Congratulations to Sandi Htut, Professional Development Awardee!
The GMR is excited to announce that Sandi Htut has been funded to attend the 2018 CityMatch Leadership and Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference. Sandi is the Data Analyst and Evaluation Coordinator at Franklin County Public Health.
Franklin County’s infant mortality rate is higher than both state and national averages. By attending this conference, Sandi will come away with actionable insight that will have a direct impact on her work and, in turn, the residents of Franklin County, Ohio.
For example, Franklin County is experiencing an increase in opioid overdoses. Sandi plans to attend a session on opio...
Source: The Cornflower - July 27, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Funding Public Health Success Stories Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to Charlevoix Public Library
I am happy to announce that the GMR has awarded funding to the Charlevoix Public Library! Congratulations to Susan Kroll and the staff at Charlevoix Public Library.
Project Summary:
This request seeks to fund the purchase and support of 20 iPads loaded with NLM consumer health information for adults and children. This proposed project is a partnership between the Charlevoix Public Library and the Munson Charlevoix Hospital Education Department. The iPads will be placed in the Library, the Hospital Wellness Workshop facility, in selected physicians’ and school nurse offices and used in health clinics for American In...
Source: The Cornflower - July 27, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Funding Public Libraries Success Stories Source Type: news
Congratulations to the Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2018 Conference, Professional Development Awardee!
The Health Science Librarians of Illinois has been awarded the Professional Development Award through the GMR office. The award goes towards supporting three separate classes at their annual conference:
Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and Other Stakeholders
Data Management in the Wild: Why It Matters and What You Can Do About It
Managing Your Online Scholarly Identity
The HSLI 2018 Conference will be held this fall, September 26-28 in Rockford, Illinois.
Looking to bring in speakers for your own conference or association meeting? While interest has surpassed our supply for the professional development...
Source: The Cornflower - July 26, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Sam Watson Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to The Association of Rural and Small Libraries for a preconference on health reference, resources, and programming
I am pleased to announce that the GMR has awarded funding to The Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) for a pre-conference focused health information services and programming.
ARSL will host the Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community as pre-conference sessions at their 2018 annual conference in Springfield Illinois. The preconference consists of 2 hours of pre-conference work, an eight-hour in-person preconference session, and 2 hours of post-conference work to provide 12 CE credits from the Medical Library Association (MLA). Participants who complete all the requirements will quali...
Source: The Cornflower - July 26, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Funding Public Libraries ARSL stand up for health Success Stories Source Type: news
Dementia and Alzheimer ’s Services @ Your Library
On May 4, 2018, I was honored to lead a session entitled “Dementia and Alzheimer’s Services @ Your Library” for approximately 40 front line library staff members attending the annual Reaching Forward Conference sponsored by the Illinois Library Association. In addition to demonstrating how NLM databases such as Medline Plus can provide much needed medical information for those living with dementia and their care partners, I was also able to share some of the knowledge about dementia that I learned during the decade that I cared for my late husband who had been diagnosed with a young onset dementia at age 56....
Source: The Cornflower - July 17, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Outreach Source Type: news
SUSPECT Before You Download that Health or Wellness App
While developing content for our public library course Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community on health and wellness related apps I decided we need a clever evaluation tool similar to CRAAP for websites. Using the criteria I came up with SUSPECT. I hope you find it helpful for all app evaluations!
Seeking – Why are you searching for an app? Does this app do something you want or need?
Usability – How is the app designed? Is it easy to use? Do the menus or icons make sense?
Security – Do you need to make an account? Does the app share your data with friends? Does the developer share you...
Source: The Cornflower - July 9, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: From the GMR General app evaluation health apps wellness apps Source Type: news
GMR Funds Innovative Pilot Program to Teach Graduate Students Research Data Management
The GMR office is excited to announce that Tina Griffin at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been granted a Research Data Award to develop the Research Data Management Best Practice Implementation Program for Graduate Students in STEM and Health Sciences!
Background:
Today, data management practices by students are largely learned by conforming to the laboratory culture and adopting habits from the environment in which they work. There is no known national mandatory data management training for students. The recent NLM strategic plan (PDF) recognizes the importance of the role of libraries in advancing open ...
Source: The Cornflower - June 26, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Funding Success Stories Training Data Management Source Type: news
GMR Funds a Womens Health Education Series at Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library
Jamie Paicely, Library Director
Jamie Paicely, Director of Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library in Steger, Illinois, received funding for Women’s Health Wednesdays, a series of one-hour community health sessions for women.
Background:
Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library is located in a racially diverse community: 45% White, 25% Black or African American, and 25% Hispanic or Latino. “Our library users tend to be mostly black and Hispanic.” The community also is low-income. “Our school district is 76.82% free or reduced lunch students.” Jamie wants to increase her patrons’ ...
Source: The Cornflower - June 25, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog Consumer Health Funding News from the Region Outreach Public Libraries Success Stories public libraries and health Source Type: news
HOPE Recuperative Care Center offers exactly that – hope and care
At the end of a quiet and unassuming neighborhood street in Pontiac, Michigan, a red-brick church stands forlorn. No sign indicates whether the tired building continues to hold Sunday-morning services; however, it respectfully stands erect. It’s here that I met Misa Mi on a warm October morning last fall. As the Director of Curriculum Evaluation and Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, as well as the school’s health information specialist, she received a GMR grant in 2016 to fund a health literacy project for the HOPE Recuperative Care Center, a n...
Source: The Cornflower - June 21, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog Consumer Health Funding News from the Region Outreach Success Stories Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to Teaching Health Literacy to Underserved Youth in Milwaukee County
The GMR office is thrilled to announce funding for the creation of a youth health literacy curriculum through the Medical College of Wisconsin via our Health Information Outreach award.
Project:
Description: This project will Implement a sustainable youth health literacy curriculum in a health education course at Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center in Wauwatosa School District in Milwaukee County Wisconsin. The proposed youth health literacy curriculum, which has a focus on self-efficacy and social interactions, will become a sustainable component of an existing health education course. The project will provide yo...
Source: The Cornflower - June 21, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Sam Watson Tags: Blog Funding Success Stories Source Type: news
GMR Funds Community Health Engagement Partnership in Cincinnati
Tiffany Grant, PhD, Assistant Director for Research and Informatics at the University of Cincinnati Health Sciences Library, applied and received a GMR award for a community partnership to improve health literacy and address health disparities.
Project Background:
Racial and ethnic minorities, those in rural and/or urban areas, and those living in medically underserved areas are at high risk for health-related disparities. Low-income wages, reduced government services, and low educational attainment are a few reasons why these population groups have significant barriers overcoming food insecurity, obesity, mental health is...
Source: The Cornflower - June 20, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog Consumer Health Funding News from the Region Outreach Success Stories awards Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to Effingham Public Library
I’m thrilled to announce that the GMR has funded the Effingham Public Library‘s Mobility for All program!
Effingham Public Library
Description: Effingham Public Library will partner with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to provide “Mobility for All” a monthly chair yoga training that will provide strengthening exercises that anyone can do as well. During these sessions the Library will offer instruction and free resources from the National Library of Medicine such as Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging, Getting Fit for Life and Go 4 L...
Source: The Cornflower - June 20, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Funding Public Libraries libs4health public libraries and health Success Stories Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to the University of North Dakota ’ s Information Needs Assessment Project
The GMR office is happy to announce the funding of the Information Needs Assessment of Unaffiliated North Dakota Rural Health Professionals & Biomedical Researchers project at the University of North Dakota via our Health Information Outreach award.
Project:
Description: This is the last phase of a multi part effort to provide North Dakota unaffiliated health professionals and biomedical researchers with access to a variety of information resources, including those not freely available. Evidence-based workshops and train-the-trainer sessions will be implemented to meet the information needs of targeted groups.
Ob...
Source: The Cornflower - June 19, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Sam Watson Tags: Funding Success Stories Source Type: news
GMR Funds Consumer Health and Community Outreach in Rockford
Cynthia Reynolds, Regional Health Sciences Librarian for the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Crawford Library of the Health Sciences, applied for and received a GMR award to reinvigorate consumer health outreach in Rockford, Illinois.
Background:
Crawford Library for the Health Sciences UIC-Rockford Illinois
UIC’s Crawford Library serves the UIC medical school in Rockford, Illinois. As an academic library, its primary users are pharmacy, nursing, and medicine students and faculty. However, the Crawford Library also has a mission to serve Rockford and the surrounding communities in Winnebago County with a ...
Source: The Cornflower - June 18, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog Consumer Health Funding News from the Region Success Stories UIC Source Type: news
DBSA Continues Its Outreach Efforts with GMR Funding
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) has received additional funding from the GMR to continue efforts to support youth living in medically underserved areas with a mental health condition. The How to Maximize Your Health Insurance Benefits program is designed to reach out to professional youth influencers, such as social workers, librarians and school personnel through a 4-hour workshop that provides continuing education credits. This program builds upon last year’s award, Improving Health Information Literacy and Access to Mental Health Care. (Source: The Cornflower)
Source: The Cornflower - June 15, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Consumer Health Funding News from the Region Success Stories Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Source Type: news
