Past Funded Projects

Dementia Friendly Nahant brings the national Dementia Friendly America model to the local level. Nahant has an aging population, with an estimated 102 people experiencing some form of dementia and an estimated 168 people often family members caring for them, impacting nearly 8% of Nahant' s population . As the population continues to age, this percentage will continue to rise.

Involve local stakeholders in the Rotary effort to promote community-based education on preventing substance abuse/addiction at the local level in all New England states CT, MA, ME, NH, RI and VT. Addiction prevention and treatment resources from the National Library of Medicine will be used in conjunction with the the Addiction Prevention Toolkits from Edventi.

Effingham Public Library proposes to partner with the National Library of Medicine to provide 'Mobility for All' a monthly chair yoga training that will provide strengthening exercises that anyone can do as well as free resources from the National Library of Medicine like Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging, Getting Fit for Life and Go 4 Life Tip Sheets

Effingham Public Library proposes to partner with the National Library of Medicine to provide Mobility for All a monthly chair yoga training that will provide strengthening exercises that anyone can do as well as free resources from the National Library of Medicine like Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging, Getting Fit for Life and Go 4 Life Tip Sheets.

Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference October 16-19, 2018 There will be an information table displaying NLM resources with primary focus on Medline Plus, NIH Senior Health, and K-12 Science and Health Education Resources.

This project will provide the computers, necessary software support and marketing which will be used in the main Library and the Branch Library and at local community events and health fairs.

During the grant period, the Library will create and implement the Treat Yourself program. Treat Yourself, even in its title, combines our patrons desires to become healthier with the super popular lens of self-care & wellness. The six-week program will consist of a combination of yoga classes and group walking sessions that help patrons de-stress, take time for themselves, and meet new people through social interactions.

The Health Information and Community Outreach Program aims to provide information literary program and resources for health awareness in our community. We plan to do this by reaching out to senior residences, community organizations and the 125. We will offer classes and conduct information sessions on how to find reliable health information online. Participants to the training will learn how to navigate online resource such as the Medline Plus website to find answers to their health questions.

A citizen scientist is either a member of the public who works with a scientist to gather data to collaboratively solve a problem, or is investigating a research question on their own. In our information and data rich society, it is important to equip citizen scientists with the research skills that will enable them to conduct sound scientific investigations. Their research outcomes can be applied to solve an issue, raise awareness, or advocate for change.

As part of the 'Healthy Community' movement in Newtown, and as an agent of community cooperation and collaboration, the C.H. Booth proposes All of Us Newtown, a program of outreach involving public education about the Research Program and health information literacy using resources available from the NIH. The primary goal of this project is to assist in the delivery of improved health information to residents, focusing primarily on 92, youth, and 89 and their caregivers. Funding will enable a health information center to be located primarily in the C.H.

Durham County Library DCL will collaborate with the Durham County Public Health Department and Duke University Medical Center Library to shape and implement the program over the course of the two year term. The project will create additional and expand on a current series of Self -Management Programs that relate to the focus areas of the project. Duke Medical Center Library staff will serve as a resource for training to increase health information literacy among DCL staff.

Be Well at NPL aims to provide anyone access to free health and wellness activities, education, and resources in a safe and welcoming environment. In 2017, in partnership with many community organizations, NPL delivered 1,737 health and wellness programs serving 20,549 Nashville residents. Activities include but are not limited to yoga and meditation, aerobic exercise, nutrition education, and mental health counseling.

The overall project objective for in Memphis is to create awareness for the national database project. Memphis Public Libraries has an award winning Health Information Center HIC at its Central branch library. Our objective is to promote the project in alignment with the Librarys HIC. In addition to the Central branch, there are seventeen other neighborhood branches. Another objective is to create awareness for at each of these branch libraries.

Empower Parents will equip parent caregivers with much needed health literacy tools and skills. Parents with 86 suffering from disease, illness or disability are often not informed with credible health information placing their 86 at risk. As the caregivers to child patients, parents are tasked with the job of becoming an expert on the health needs of their 86 but yet not given appropriate tools or resources. Often parents face multiple adversities such as low socioeconomic status, low literacy, English as their second language and/or have little knowledge of healthcare in general.