Health
Health Literacy Grant
Miami Public Library receives Health Literacy Grant The library recently received a $9,000 Health Literacy grant. The funds, provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries (ODL), will be used to provide health education through such events as diabetes classes, yoga classes, and some healthy cooking demonstrations. It…
Read MoreDiabetes Empowerment Education Program
The library is hosting a Diabetes Empowerment Education Program as part of this year’s Health Literacy Project. Classes will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays beginning Oct. 2 and will run through Nov. 6. They will be held in the upstairs meeting room of the library. Whitney McGhee, Community Health Educator of INTEGRIS in Miami…
Read MoreChildren’s Community Garden
Gardening is fun and it’s all the more so if you involve kids! According to Susan Patterson, 9 Reasons Every Child Should Help Grow a Garden, there are many benefits to gardening with children not the least of which is to get them to eat more vegetables. It seems that the more we verbally emphasize the…
Read MoreNew Health Literacy Grant will provide additions to Community Garden
The Miami Public Library was awarded another Health Literacy grant from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. The Health Literacy initiative is funded through ODL with funds from Library Services and Technology Act, a federal source of library funding provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The library will again partner with the Ottawa…
Read MoreAdult Literacy Students Visit the Ottawa County Farmer’s Market
We are so excited that the Ottawa County Farmer’s Market is thriving! A few of our adult literacy students took part in a health literacy event in which we discussed the health benefits of eating tomatoes and also learned some fun facts about them. (Did you know that as of 2013, the world’s heaviest tomato,…
Read More“I Went to a Garden Party…”
The Health Literacy Project Partners, Ottawa County Health Department, Northeastern Tribal Health Systems, OSU Extension Office, and Miami Public Library recently hosted a garden party at the Community Garden located on the grounds of the Ottawa County Health Department. Community members were invited to view the beds, examine future plans for expansion, and enjoy refreshments.…
Read MoreCommunity Garden Coming Soon!
The Miami Public Library is concerned about the health of our community. Part of the reason for our poor health is that out of 77 Oklahoma counties, Ottawa County ranks 39th in vegetable consumption and 45th in fruit consumption. Poor health literacy, or not having the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and…
Read MoreWhat’s Cookin’?
Things are really cooking at the Miami Public Library. Our Health Literacy Project, a cooperative partnership between the Miami Public Library, INTEGRIS Baptist Regional Health Center, Northeastern Tribal Health Systems, Ottawa County Health Department, and Ottawa County DHS, includes cooking classes for kids! Families were invited through school based social workers and tribal health workers…
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