Dear Colleagues The 10th Annual UNCFSP/NLM HBCU ACCESS Conference will be held June 13-15, 2011 at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda Maryland. The theme this year is "Celebrating 10 Years of Health Information ACCESS at HBCUs". Learn from NIH and University health experts presenting on current research; hear about the outcomes and impacts of the ACCESS Project from awarded campus-community teams at HBCUs reporting on successful outreach and training projects; discover a new funding opportunity, with the release of the new ACCESS Project 2011-2012 Request for Proposals; learn how you can advance access to and use of NLM online resources with a resulting impact on health literacy on your campus and in African-American communities. The Four Funded Institutions for 2010-2011 are: Alcorn State University Alcorn State University (ASU) Easy ACCESS to Health Information Project PI (Dr. Robin Christian), with the support of a core campus team representing the Department of Nursing. and their community partners (Natchez Regional Hospital, Library, and Senior Center; Harriet Person Memorial Library, Community Hospital, Woodville, Public Library, Alcorn State University Infirmary- Lorman Campus, Concordia Parish Library), is dedicated to improving access to health care in a rural community. The ECSU eHealth project focuses on health promotion, increased empowerment, and self management of chronic illness in 4 countries in Mississippi and 1 parish in Louisiana. The ECSU eHealth project aims to decrease barriers to eHealth information by establishing 8 community sites where the public will be trained and have free access to health information online, utilizing a mobile health unit to reach outlying community sites to increase access to information and health care, and introducing eHealth technology into the nursing curriculum at a University in rural Mississippi. Howard University Project Expand Consumer Health Information Access Howard University's (HU) Project Expand Consumer Health Information Access PI (Ms. Cynthia L. Henderson), with the support of a core campus team representing the campus Louis Stokes Health Sciences and campus partners Founders, Divinity, Business, Social Work and Law Libraries, is determined to promote the use of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) consumer health information databases among non-health sciences librarians, students, and faculty at Howard University. The HU Project Expand Consumer Health Information Access will provide training to the community using a train the trainer model supporting academic librarians teaching a workshop on searching NLM consumer health databases for users at the public library of their choice. The HU Project Expand Consumer Health Information Access focuses on bringing knowledge of NLM health consumer health information resources to librarians and users University of the District of Columbia Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Project The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Project PI (Dr. Carolyn E. Cousin), with the support of a core campus team representing the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and their community partner (Georgetown University, Zion Baptist Church, Berean Baptist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, and Emmanuel Baptist Church), is determined to increase health literacy in the African American Community in Washington DC. The UDC project focuses on increasing awareness of the NLM online Health Resources, and faculty, student, and community training through its Health Awareness Day and The Health Knowledge and Contemplation Pilot Project. Winston-Salem State University Campus and Community Health Literacy Initiative (CCHLI) Winston-Salem State University's (WSSU) E-Health Literacy Initiative (ELI) Campus and Community Initiative (CCHLI) PI (Dr. Cynthia Williams Brown), with the support of a core campus team representing the Departments of Human Performance and Sport Sciences and Secondary Education, and their community partners (Forsyth County Public Library, Goler Memorial AMEZ Church, and C.G. O'Kelly Library), is determined to increase awareness and utilization of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) online health resources to enhance eHealth literacy and improving health status of minority populations. The WSSU CCHLI focuses on curriculum development, training, eHealth information dissemination, research. The ECSU eHealth project aims to increase awareness, dissemination, and utilization of the NLM databases in all undergraduate health education courses, its campus, and surrounding community; and evaluate the effectiveness of an eHealth literacy program. The CCHLI will target students, faculty, and community participants including seniors, adults with chronic diseases, and underserved adults from minority populations. You could be one of the funded institutions for 2011-2012! (Conference attendance is required of institutions seeking to respond to the 2011-2012 UNCFSP/NLM eHealth ACCESS RFP). Please go to www.uncfsp.org/NLM-HBCU-ACCESS<http://www.uncfsp.org/NLM-HBCU-ACCESS> for more information. The 10th Annual UNCFSP/NLM HBCU ACCESS Conference "Celebrating 10 Years of Health Information ACCESS at HBCUs" Save the Dates: June 13-15, 2011 Early Registration By: May 13, 2011 The UNCF Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP), in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is hosting the 10th Annual Health Conference, "Celebrating 10 Years of Health Information ACCESS at HBCUs". The Conference examines the health literacy, health research, and health disparities needs of underserved populations. During the conference participants will experience: 1. NIH and University health researchers presenting on current research in tandem with keynote addresses 2. ACCESS Project Principal Investigators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) reporting on successful eHealth outreach and training projects 3. The release of the new UNCFSP/NLM HBCU ACCESS Project 2011-2012 Request for Proposals (RFP). NOTE: Conference attendance is required of institutions seeking to respond to the 2011-2012 UNCFSP/NLM eHealth ACCESS RFP 4. An optional post-conference NLM Database Training Workshop - June 15th 5. An optional post-conference Hands-on Proposal Development Workshop - June 16th (open only to RFP respondents) 6. Opportunities for networking and collaboration to build and sustain eHealth capacity on HBCU campuses Conference Site: National Institutes of Health, Main Campus - National Library of Medicine Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38-A 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 Conference Hotel: DoubleTree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center 8120 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 Tel: 301-652-2000 Fax: 301-664-7317 Please be sure to indicate the 10th Annual Access Conference when making hotel reservations to receive the special rate. Rooms will be held at the Conference rate of $229.00 per night (plus tax) until May 13, 2011. Registration: Conference registration will be available after March 11, 2011. To register participants must: 1) Complete the Conference Registration Form and 2) Pay the registration fee: (early registration is $15.00 for students and $30.00 for all others). Post-Conference Workshops registration requires participants to complete the Hands-on Proposal Development Workshop Form and/or complete the NLM Online Database Training Workshop Form. The deadline for early registration is May 13, 2011. Registration after May 13th and on site is $15.00 for students and $40.00 for all others. Registration fee includes conference program and materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and networking reception. For questions please contact: Renee Burgess at renee.burgess@uncfsp.org<mailto:renee.burgess@uncfsp.org> or 703-205-6585 * Conference attendance is required of institutions seeking to respond to the 2011-2012 UNCFSP/NLM health information ACCESS RFP Cynthia Cynthia L. Henderson, MILS, AHIP Executive Director Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library Howard University 501 W Street, NW Washington, DC 20059 cynthia.henderson@howard.edu<mailto:cynthia.henderson@howard.edu> 202.884.1723 voice 202.884.1733 fax http://hsl.howard.edu/