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Jun
20
0 comments Tags: Funding, libs4health, public libraries and health, Success Stories
I’m thrilled to announce that the GMR has funded the Effingham Public Library‘s Mobility for All program! 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… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Public Libraries
Jun
19
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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… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Success Stories
Jun
18
0 comments Tags: Consumer Health, Funding, Success Stories, UIC
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: UIC’s Crawford Library serves the UIC medical school in Rockford, Illinois. As an academic library, its primary users are pharmacy,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Consumer Health, Funding, News from the Region, Success Stories
Jun
15
0 comments Tags: Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Success Stories
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… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, Funding, News from the Region, Success Stories
Jun
15
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The Division of Child and Community Health, part of the University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, partnered with the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to offer family leadership training to parents or primary caregivers of children or youth with special health care needs between September 2017 and… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, Funding, News from the Region, Success Stories