Past Funded Projects

Oftentimes academic universities, public libraries, and churches serve as cultural centers to communities that offer a variety of workshops to promote wellness and health awareness.

This project will build upon a successful 4-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library NHFPL and Liberty Community Services, Inc. LCS by integrating resources and references in case management services provided onsite at NHFPL. The services target people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing. Libraries, as default front doors to homeless services, are in a unique position to engage community members in need of information, support services and referrals related to health, housing and potential sources of income.

Patrons in crisis often turn to the public library as a space for support in finding health and social services resources. Boston Public Library actively meets the needs of a variety of people in crisis, including those experiencing homelessness, people suffering from substance abuse, and survivors of domestic violence, for example. To address these various service needs, Boston Public Library made changes to staffing and hired a social worker.

As one of the only medical schools in the nation founded by a grassroots effort from the local community, Eastern Virginia Medical School EVMS is committed to addressing our communitys most pressing health needs through our educational, research, and clinical programs. The Edward E. Brickell Medical Sciences Library EVMS Library shares in this commitment and believes that an Community Engagement Project award aligns with our vision.

During a four- to six-hour mini-academy lesson at the American University of Health Sciences AUHS, students will learn about First Aid, CPR, blood pressure, and body mass index BMI. Participants will learn the fundamentals of behavior change and develop a personal project to address how they can become health advocates in their own home and community. Participants will have the opportunity to show how information learned during the lesson could be used to reduce healthcare disparities in their community.

The Networking for Health project is about a community gaining access to updated technology and the internet to expand health literacy. Library staff will be able to focus on health through workshops, events, speakers, and guidance on internet access and resources. Through the project, Bent Northrop Memorial Library will work to expand computer and internet access at the library and town events. The result is a healthier and more informed community that impacts individuals far beyond the grant period.

Restored Generation is an outreach organization focused on enriching and educating the underserved population. The outreach program will support minorities from low-income households and provide the learners with the understanding of digital health literacy. For example, the recipients could be African American, Hispanics, or other cultural backgrounds. The events will collaborate and connect with the youth and their families to better understand how to have a healthier, more productive lifestyle.

According to the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy, by 2030,29.2% of the population in Merrimack County, NH will be age 65 and older - this is up from 12.4% in 2000. As the population continues to grow there is inherent value in providing opportunities to find meaning and beauty in aging while responding to living in an age-phobic culture.

Residents of 95 communities face increasing challenges to optimizing health and well-being. Beyond structural barriers, health disparities in 95 areas are heightened due to lack of access to quality health information. This project seeks to address this issue by developing a health information literacy training INQUIRY tailored to 95 youth.

Summer Youth Camp / 135 Twin Lakes Dr. / Ward, SC 29166 / July 11-14, 2018

This program series will cover 10 key concepts in mental health and wellness, offering public programs. The series will include individual speakers, virtual reality demonstrations on the Avon Library's HTC Vive Virtual Reality station, panel discussions, plus the addition of books and resources to the library's circulating collection. Resources and information will focus on what is available from and the promotion of the National Library of Medicine and the Research Program.

As the population continues to grow there is inherent value in providing opportunities to find meaning and beauty in aging while responding to living in an age-phobic culture. Through the use of visuals and the book, Aging with Wisdom by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, Beyond the Book Discussion with the Author will provide participants the opportunity to reflect on the aging process: noticing how the body changes can provide space for reflection on life's gifts and challenges, and aging often brings family members together, creating an opportunity to heal broken relationships.

Mobile Systems Education and Resources for Consumer Health MSEARCH 2018 is an electronic skill building program focused on educating 89' in Harris County on how to navigate National Libraries of Medicine NLM health information resources using mobile device technology. The program will address the information-seeking needs of 89' while providing ready access to NLM online information resources.

Our plans are to educate and train as many Senior Citizens by pairing them with Teenagers to teach them on how use the Internet/Computer to find online reliable health information using MedlinePlus.gov. This will help bridge the gap between Technology, Teenagers 87 and Senior Citizens.