2001-2006 SCR Funded Projects
Consumer Health
Access to Electronic Health Information for the Public Award
2001-2002:
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Center for Development and Disability, Albuquerque, NM:
The University of New Mexico's project seeks to ensure that New Mexicans are supported in accessing health information about disabilities and to increase their capacity to make informed health care decisions.
Express Consumer Health Outreach Award
2005-2006:
Centers for Youth and Families, Little Rock, AR:
The Parent/Caregiver Outreach Program will provide training on MedlinePlus and Household Products Database, and provide access to health, safety, and developmental information to teen parents, other parents in the community, and childcare providers.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Baton Rouge, LA:
The Learning for Life: Teaching Seniors about MedlinePlus and the Household Products Database project will use the East Baton Rouge Parish Library bookmobile to provide programs and training on NLM databases to area retirement centers and nursing homes.
People Living Through Cancer, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
The Enhancing Education for Empowerment Project will improve the access to online health information offered through the lending library of cancer related information for consumers, and use a wireless computer to provide direct Internet access for educational workshops, trainings for peer cancer support group facilitators, and other outreach efforts.
Los Alamos County Public Library System, Los Alamos, NM:
The project, Promoting Easy Access to Online Consumer Health Information for Los Alamos County Senior Citizens, will provide access to and instruction in the use of MedlinePlus and NIHSeniorHealth at library branches and at senior residential facilities.
Perry Carnegie Library, Perry, OK:
The project, The On-Ramp to Better Health, will offer senior citizens in the community access to and hands-on education on the use of NLM consumer health databases.
Collin County Community College District, McKinney, TX:
In the project, HIP for Collin (Health Information Program for Collin County), the Consumer Health Information Center @ Central Park Campus of Collin County Community College, in collaboration with the McKinney Memorial Public Library, will offer classes and resources to library patrons to promote health literacy.
2004-2005:
These awards are designed to foster the use of online consumer health information resources among the general public by supporting collaborative projects between community based health organizations and public libraries.
New Orleans Public Library and
REACH 2010: At the Heart of New Orleans, New Orleans, LAShuter Library of Angel Fire and
Jeffrey G. Loving Memorial Open Arms Free Medical Facility, Angel Fire, NMMustang Public Library and
Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital, Mustang, OKThe Texas Partnership for End-of-Life Care and
Harris County Public Library, Houston, TX
Express Public Library Health Information Award
2004:
Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena, TX:
Pasadena Public Library plans to work with the Texas Cancer Data Center and the Golden Acres Elementary School Library to develop a program to bring Spanish speaking families into the library to learn about cancer and other health information.
Partners for Access to Consumer Health Information Awards
This project is a partnership between a Network member and a community based clinic that will provide assistance in retrieving and disseminating consumer health information.
2002-2003:
Mercy Northside Community Clinic, Fort Smith, AR and
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Medical Library, Fort Smith, ARNew Mexico Tribal Health Care Alliance, Albuquerque, NM and
Lovelace Health Systems Medical Library, Albuquerque, NM2001-2002:
Su Clinica Familiar, Raymondville, TX and
Regional Academic Health Center Library-University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Harlingen, TX
Sound Mental Health Information and Learning Exchange (SMILE) Project
2003-2004:
San Juan College, Farmington, NM:
The goal of the SMILE project is to promote awareness of mental health issues among children and their families in schools and community centers serving Indian and Hispanic populations of the Four Corners Area.
Network
Ariel Project for DOCLINE Libraries
Awards DOCLINE participants with Ariel software, scanner, computer and printer.
2005-2006:
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Medical Library, Alexandria, LA
Baton Rouge General Medical Center Medical Library, Baton Rouge, LA
2004-2005:
St. Edwards Mercy Medical Center, Medical Library, Ft. Smith, AR
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Library, Alexandria, LA
LSUHSC Earl K. Long Medical Center, Medical Library, Baton Rouge, LA
Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, Chapman Memorial Library, Jackson, LA
Texas Chiropractic College, Mae Hilty Memorial Library, Pasadena, TX
2003-2004:
St. Vincent Foundation, Medical Library, Little Rock, AR
UAMS/AHEC-Pine Bluff, Melville Library , Pine Bluff, AR
Northwestern State University, Nursing Education Center Library, Shreveport, LA
Lovelace Sandia Health System, Medical Library, Albuquerque, NM
St. John Medical Center, Medical Library, Tulsa, OK
Tulsa Regional Medical Center, Medical Library, Tulsa, OK
School of Public Health Library, Houston, TX
2002-2003:
Delta Area Health Education Center Library, Helena, AR
SEL-AHEC, Slidell, LA
Valley View Regional Hospital Library, Ada, OK
Mercy Memorial Health Center Resource Center, Ardmore, OK
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center Library, Enid, OK
Norman Regional Hospital Library, Norman, OK
Deaconess Hospital Library, Oklahoma City, OK
Dean McGee Eye Institute Library, Oklahoma City, OK
OU Medical Center Presbyterian Tower Library, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Library, Oklahoma City, OK
St. Anthony Hospital Library, Oklahoma City, OK
Texas Dept. of Health Library, Austin, TX
DOCLINE Internet Connectivity Project
A yearly award designed for full DOCLINE libraries interesting in enhancing their technology capabilities to improve services and to implement electronic document delivery. Selected libraries receive support, which may include workstation equipment (computer, printer, and scanner). Sites must be full DOCLINE libraries (both borrowers and lenders) in the NN/LM SCR.
2002-2003:
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA
Central Louisiana State Hospital, Pineville, LA
Huey P. Long Medical Center, Pineville, LA
San Juan Regional Medical Center, Farmington, NM
2001-2002:
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Fort Smith, AR
Griffin Memorial Hospital, Norman, OK
Tulsa Regional Medical Center, Tulsa, OK
Outreach
Closing the Gap: Health Information Outreach to Health Professionals Serving Special Populations
2002-2003:
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Center for Development and Disability, Albuquerque, NM:
A collaboration with Continuum of Care to provide information and training to health professionals serving people with developmental disabilities utilizing a train-the-trainer approach at several clinics in New Mexico.
Express Outreach Award
2005-2006:
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Fort Smith, AR:
The Quality Medical Information for Cancer Patients and Their Families: Combining NLM Resources and Improved Technology project will improve access and usage of NLM databases for cancer survivors, families, and consumers in the greater Fort Smith, Arkansas area.
Southeastern Louisiana University, Baton Rouge, LA:
The project, A Study to Examine PDA Use by Undergraduate Nursing Students: Encouraging Future Clinicians to Access Health Information at the Point of Care, will provide instruction on PDA resources including PubMed to nursing students.
Southeastern Louisiana Area Health Education Center Learning Resource Center, Slidell, LA:
The SEL-AHEC Learning Resource Center will conduct outreach activities aimed at improving access to biomedical information by promoting NLM products and services, especially MEDLINE/PubMed and MedlinePlus to consumers and healthcare providers in 13 Southeast Louisiana parishes.
Express Public Health Outreach:
2005-2006:
New Mexico Public Health Association, Santa Fe, NM
Beginning and advanced training sessions will be offered in Farmington, Espanola, Raton, and Portales, NM for public health professionals and community health workers on the use of the PHPartners website to access reliable health information.
2004-2005:
New Mexico Public Health Association, Santa Fe, NM:
The Health Information Training for Public Health Workers project will provide health information training and skills to public health workers and community members involved in health and related community coalitions. Training sessions will emphasize effective use of NLM databases in finding high quality public health information.
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX:
The goal of the Aiding Public Health Professionals: Promoting Health Information Online & On Target project is to enhance the ability of public health professionals in Public Health Regions 4/5 North to fulfill their mission through awareness and use of quality online health information resources. The sessions will demonstrate the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce resource as well as other NLM Databases.
2003-2004:
Border Epidemiology and Environmental Health Center, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM:
The project, Connecting BIEN Promotion Information to Rural Communities/Colonias of South Central New Mexico Using the Promotora Model, will provide computer health information training to community health workers known as promotoras.
Express Special Populations Outreach Project
Designed to improve access to and utilization of health information resources among special populations.
2005:
Ozuna Learning Resources Center, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX
Project Title: Complementary and Alternative Medicine2004-2005:
Community Resources, Inc., Portales, NM
Project Title: Roosevelt County Hispanic Diabetes and Obesity Educational Intervention
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, TX
Project Title: Consumer Health Information to Spanish Speakers
Health Information Outreach to Special Populations
2004-2005:
Indian Health Service Hospital, Santa Fe, NM:
The goal of the Health Information Outreach to Special Populations project is to improve the knowledge, skills and behaviors relative to searching, retrieval and utilization of evidence-based health information among public health nurses at the IHS hospital.
University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences, Denton, TX:
The project Health Information Outreach to the Chinese Population in Dallas-Fort Worth seeks to improve the abilities of the Chinese population of Dallas-Fort Worth in accessing and utilizing quality health information on the Internet.
Information Access for Public Health Professionals
2002-2003:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library's Arkansas Public Health Information Network, Little Rock, AR:
A collaboration between the UAMS Library, Arkansas Department of Health, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and the UAMS College of Public Health.
2001-2002:
The University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, San Antonio, TX:
The University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health's, Community Health Assessment Resource for Texas, seeks to provide access via the Internet to births, deaths, and census data for all census tracts in Texas.
Library Improvement Project
The Library Improvement Project is a yearly award intended to assist Network members that wish to connect to the Internet and develop library services. Selected libraries receive new computer equipment and funding for Internet and document delivery services.
2004-2005:
University Medical Center Library, Lafayette, LA
Bullard Community Library, Bullard, TX
Elmer P. and Jewel Ward Memorial Library, Centerville, TX
Atwell Public Library, Hutchins, TX
2003-2004:
Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center/AHEC, Library Service, Alexandria, LA
Claiborne Parish Library, Homer, LA
Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, Chapman Memorial Library, Jackson, LA
Jackson Parish Library, Jonesboro, LA
Lincoln General Hospital, Medical Library, Ruston, LA
2002-2003:
SEL-AHEC Medical Library, Lakeview Regional Hospital, Covington, LA
Vernon Parish Library, Leesville, LA
Natchitoches Parish Library, Natchitoches, LA
Families Helping Families at the Crossroads, Pineville, LA
North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, TX
2001-2002:
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, Houma, LA
National Diabetes Prevention Center Southwest, Gallup, NM
Institute for Rehabilitation and Research/Information Resource Library, Houston, TX
Partners in Public Health Information Outreach
2004-2005:
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, Albuquerque, NM:
The project, Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH) Informatics Training for Public Health Practitioners in New Mexico, will provide EBPH informatics training for Department of Health workers serving rural and remote areas of New Mexico. It will also generate practical information about questions that practitioners formulate in the course of fulfilling their everyday responsibilities.
2003-2004:
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA:
The Teaching Public Health Outreach Using a Wireless lab will use a wireless teaching lab to provide training to public health workers in 29 parishes of northeast Louisiana. Training will include PubMed, MedlinePlus and other databases.
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Center Library, Fort Worth, TX:
The project will increase practitioners ability to access, evaluate and search databases to retrieve information relevant to the public health field. It will also introduce Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and highlight their potential for access to immediately available information to rural public health professionals.
Technology
Information Access Improvement Project
The IAIP is designed to upgrade existing connections in underconnected institutions, implement Internet services in unconnected institutions and provide access to health information resources. Sites receive workstation equipment (computer, printer, scanner), funding for Internet services, and training in NLM databases.
2005-2006:
Arkansas Children's Hospital Medical Library, Little Rock, AR
Bradley County Medical Center, Warren, AR
David Raines Community Health Center, Gilliam, LA
David Raines Community Health Center, Haynesville, LA
David Raines Community Health Center, Minden, LA
David Raines Community Health Center, Shreveport, LA
Texas Dept. of State Health Services, Library and Information Services Program, Austin, TX
Internet Connectivity Project Awards
A yearly award designed for hospitals, clinics and other institutions who are interested in providing technology for health information access. Selected institutions receive workstation equipment, as well as training in NLM databases and support in health information access initiatives.
2004-2005:
Children's Association for Maximum Potential, Inc. (CAMP), San Antonio, TX
2003-2004:
9th Street Ministries Free Clinic, Mena, AR
Grant Parish Library, Colfax, LA
YWCA Allendale, Shreveport, LA
El Pueblo Health Services, Bernalillo, NM
Santa Fe Indian Hospital, Santa Fe, NM
Memorial Health Systems of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas, Fort Worth, TX
Wilbarger General Hospital, Vernon, TX
2002-2003:
Booneville Community Hospital, Booneville, AR
Mercy Hospital of Scott County, Waldron, AR
DeSoto Parish Library, Mansfield,LA
Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service Dental Clinic, Albuquerque, NM
Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston, Houston, TX
La Clinica de las Hermanas, Santa Rosa, TX
Nuestra Clinica del Valle, Pharr, TX
Star of Hope Men's Development Center, Houston, TX
2001-2002:
Dover Medical Clinic, Dover, AR
Lasalle General Hospital, Jena, LA
Madison Parish Hospital, Tallulah, LA
South Texas Rural Health Services, Dilley, TX
Pecos County Memorial Hospital, Fort Stockton, TX
Central Family Practice Clinic, Fort Worth, TX
Westside Family Practice Clinic, Fort Worth, TX
Fayetter Memorial Hospital, La Grange, TX
Mercy Hachar-Cigarroa Health Center, Laredo, TX
Mobile Health Education Project
Provides a funding and equipment opportunity for a Network Member to advance health information outreach by utilizing mobile technologies.
2004-2005:
US Public Health Service Indian Hospital Library, Santa Fe, NM
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX
