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Resources by State: Missouri

Exploring Disparities in Post-Cancer Treatment Instructions: An Analysis of Rural vs. Urban Breast Cancer Survivors in Missouri using BRFSS Data
Examines receipt of post-cancer treatment summary and follow-up instructions among rural and urban breast cancer survivors in Missouri, utilizing Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Cancer Survivorship Module data for 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. Provides data breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, and rural setting.
Author(s): Allison B. Anbari, Knoo Lee, Jennifer M. Hulett, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 1533
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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A Qualitative Exploration of Factors Influencing Healthcare Utilization among Rural Missourians: "We Have to be Bleeding, Broken"
Examines factors influencing healthcare utilization in rural Missouri via interviews with 25 rural Missourians. Identifies structural, cultural, and individual factors, including discussion of financial accessibility, perceptions of rural healthcare quality, treatment preferences, and approaches to health.
Author(s): Klaudia Kukulka, Jacquelyn J Benson, Olivia J Landon, et al.
Citation: Health Place, 90, 103367
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Missouri Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Missouri in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Stories of Impact: Great Mines Health Center
Provides an overview of the Great Mines Health Center successes through 2024, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves 6 rural Missouri counties. Discusses the impact of integrating the Washington County Mobile Integrated Healthcare Network model that created a partnership among an FQHC, an emergency medical services agency, and a nonprofit consulting firm and initiates primary care services in the home.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Rural Health Equity in HHS Region 7
Presentation slides that provide highlights related to rural health equity in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 7, which consists of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas. Discusses issues such as COVID-19 health equity funding, housing, farmworker and immigrant health, maternal healthcare access, and more.
Author(s): Whitney Zahnd
Date: 07/2024
Type: Presentation Slides
Sponsoring organization: Iowa College of Public Health
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Primary Care Providers Fill Rural Gaps in Autism Resources
Features efforts in Arkansas, Missouri, and Arizona to improve screening and services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. Includes methods for preparing primary care providers and providing support for caregivers.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Missouri
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Mental Health: Challenges & Opportunities
Webinar recording discusses barriers to rural mental health access and offers strategies for overcoming those barriers. Presents Kansas and Missouri as examples. Details unintentional injury fatalities in metro versus nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Angie Schindler-Berg
Date: 04/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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How to Reach the Next Generation of Health Care Workers with Hannibal Regional Healthcare System
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Susan Wathen, vice president of human resources at Hannibal Regional Healthcare System in Hannibal, Missouri. Describes strategies to recruit and retain clinical and non-clinical workforce for the health system, including tuition payments and stipends, apprenticeships and internships, serving as a site for clinical rotations for medical schools, and more.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Home Cooked: A 50-Year History of Meth in America - Ep. 3: Lab School
Podcast series presents a discussion on the history of the use, production, and proliferation of methamphetamine in the U.S. Episode 3 discusses the home meth lab surge in the rural Midwest and how this changed the distribution and policing of the illicit meth market.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Assembly, The Daily Yonder
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