United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) Corporation UNCFSP/ NLM HBCU ACCESS Project College of Health & Public Policy PROJECT e-HEALTH Presenters: PI: Michelle Fisher, FNP-BC Co-PI: Sheridan Quarless Kingsberry, PhD Research Assistant: Linda Mayer

Identified Problem Health Disparities in Delaware 2004: Indicators Report confirms that in Delaware many diseases disproportionately affect minorities

Health Disparities in Delaware Heart Disease Cancer Stroke Diabetes HIV Infections/AIDS Infant Mortality

Proposed Solution Provide ongoing education and training as a strategy for reducing and eliminating health disparities Educate and train allied health/social work majors and community partners on the use of the NLM on line resources

Methodology Pre/post surveys provided quantitative data Focus group sessions and homework assignments provided descriptive qualitative data Data were analyzed using SPSS software

Marketing Flyers s Magnetic door hangers Computer flash drives Business card holders NLM give-aways

Opposition and challenges One hour was an insufficient amount of time to conduct training Internet access was not available for all training sessions One community partner dropped out of the project

Opposition and challenges Problem with graduate students’ accountability to the project Connecting with community partners took longer than anticipated

Campus-Community Impact Tremendous campus response Community impact is still being determined

Measures 75% of students in the CH&PP will be aware of the NLM online health and medical resources 100% of the University Seminar students trained will use one of the databases

Measures Inform 100% of households in Capitol Park of NLM’s online resources Train a minimum of 50 residents Post surveys will indicate that residence trained will be able to use the database

Milestones 51% of graduate social work students were trained 31% of undergraduate nursing & social work students were trained

Milestones 100% of occupied households in Capitol Park received information on NLM databases 76% of targeted 50 residents have been trained

Milestones Completed ‘Train the Trainer’ session for Christiana Care Health Systems HIV/AIDS Wellness Clinic

Accomplishments Students, faculty and staff in the College have been trained DSU Library staff have also been trained

Accomplishments Students  Before training: 18% had heard of NLM online resources and 7% had used the databases  After training: 97% reported raised awareness of and an increased ability to use the NLM databases

Accomplishments MSW students incorporated the MedlinePlus database into their final class project MSW student provided NLM training to the staff at her field placement agency Community agency added the NLM website to their list of resources

Timeline to Completion Campus component of training: May 2008 Community training: to be determined Data analysis: preliminary report May 2008  Final analysis to be determined

Sustainability Plan Create a link to NLM site on DSU library web-site Curriculum infusion or ongoing trainings by faculty members  NLM training is being incorporated into the Human Behavior and Social Environment syllabi Develop online self study training module

Notable Quotes “When I could not convince my teenager about medical information, the NLM website did it for me” “ The NLM website is an incredible storehouse of information. I have only just scratched the surface in more than ten hours of browsing”

Notable Quotes “I will certainly use this resource frequently in the future instead of relying on a scatter shot approach using Google” “The NLM databases are great for our generation since we already depend on computers for practically everything”

Notable Quotes “….felt empowered to discussed her treatment with her doctor more knowledgeably after using the NLM resources to look up her diagnosis”