Cade Report: September 2021

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THE CADE REPORT JOHN B. CADE LIBRARY NEWS FALL 2021 • ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 2

CADE LIBRARIANS TO OFFER HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING WITH NLM GRANT AWARD Librarian Maletta Payne and School of Nursing professor, Cheryl Taylor, Ph.D. (Nursing) will serve as co-principal investigators for a grant, Access to Health Literacy for Life: Learning the National Library of Medicine’s Resources Online. The grant was funded through the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Environmental Health Information Partnership (EnHIP) Engagement Initiative. EnHIP which is a collaboration between NLM and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), a Predominately Black Institution (PBI), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), an Alaska Native-Serving Institution, and a community college. The aim of the project is to promote health literacy and increase African Americans’ awareness and use of information, using three health/promotional NLM online resources – Daily Med, Medline Plus, and Lit COVID.

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The NLM health information resources will be used to target and train African Americans in Louisiana who are experiencing alarming rates of death and disability due to chronic diseases and COVID-19. Southern University librarians and volunteer community health advisory teams will provide culturally tailored training modules using the NLM information resources.

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“I am excited when there is an opportunity to collaborate with teaching faculty," says Library Dean Dawn Kight. “These initiatives further the library’s efforts to support teaching, learning, research and service.”

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In addition to co-principal investigators, the project will be guided by Cade Librarians Maya Banks, Vanissa Ely, and Charlotte Henderson, and library technical support staff members Rena Darensbourg and Christopher Russell. Cade Librarians will lead the effort in working with incoming freshmen, community groups, SU Alumni, and SUBR faculty and staff. “With Cade Library as the central command post for outreach, participants with basic computer literacy skills will learn how to access NLMs scientifically sound and trusted online resources from trusted members of the University community," says Taylor. The mission of the Environmental Health Information Partnership is to enhance the capacity of minority-serving academic institutions to reduce health disparities through the access, use, and delivery of environmental health information on their campuses and in their communities. (See related grant writing story p. 4)

This project has been funded in whole or in part with funding under contract #288 with ORAU to support NLM Community Engagement and Training.

The Cade Report is published four times yearly with special issues published as needed.


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