# NN/LM Greater Midwest Region (3)

> **NIH NIH UG4** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2020 · $496,223

## Abstract

Outreach Core Abstract 
The GMR will partner directly with organizations and educational institutions such as 
rural health organizations, primary care associations, and colleges and community 
colleges with allied health programs to develop innovative approaches to reaching 
members of the organizations or students attending the schools. These partnerships will 
work to better prepare both practicing health professionals and students to understand 
health disparities and evidence-based healthcare by introducing them to resources 
focusing on these topics as well as to general health-related resources. The GMR will 
provide subawards to network members to develop and implement healthcare 
information outreach and education initiatives in their communities. Outreach and 
Education subawards also will be awarded to network members who have identified a 
target group interested in learning more about NLM resources. The GMR will offer a 
variety of Professional Development Awards to enable network members and potential 
network members to attend Webinars, classes, and conferences to stay current on 
health information resources. A 25-person training facility will be available at the RML 
for in-person training and other regional sites will be identified. The University of Iowa 
Institute for Public Health Practice (IPHP), will provide a learning platform and 
instructional design for developing a series of health information literacy classes for 
public health professionals. The focus of the consumer health program will be to target 
public librarians and library school students to improve their skills on using quality 
consumer health resources, to encourage health sciences libraries to partner with 
community organizations that serve targeted communities such as clinics, schools, and 
faith-based organizations, and to provide training to organizations that cannot locate a 
health sciences librarian within their community to provide health information literacy.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9920210
- **Project number:** 5UG4LM012346-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** LINDA J WALTON
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $496,223
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9920210

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9920210, NN/LM Greater Midwest Region (3) (5UG4LM012346-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9920210. Licensed CC0.

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