Rural Health
Resources by State: Montana
Sustainability Resources for Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) Program Awardees
Offers guidance to awardees of the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) on creating sustainability for funded projects. Lists resources and funding opportunities for awarded projects at the national and state levels.
Date: 01/2025
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Offers guidance to awardees of the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) on creating sustainability for funded projects. Lists resources and funding opportunities for awarded projects at the national and state levels.
Date: 01/2025
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Midwifery Care at Rural Hospitals in Montana and California
Provides a brief overview of hospital-based maternal healthcare in rural communities. Profiles hospitals that serve rural areas in Montana and California and how they have incorporated midwives into their maternity and primary care services. Identifies opportunities and challenges to employing midwives and incorporating midwifery care that may be helpful to other rural hospitals.
Author(s): Alyssa H. Fritz, Maggie L. Thorsen, Emily C. Sheffield, Katy B. Kozhimannil
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Provides a brief overview of hospital-based maternal healthcare in rural communities. Profiles hospitals that serve rural areas in Montana and California and how they have incorporated midwives into their maternity and primary care services. Identifies opportunities and challenges to employing midwives and incorporating midwifery care that may be helpful to other rural hospitals.
Author(s): Alyssa H. Fritz, Maggie L. Thorsen, Emily C. Sheffield, Katy B. Kozhimannil
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Montana Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Montana 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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HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Montana 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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Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration Extension Fact Sheet
Provides an overview of the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration Extension, which tests new healthcare delivery models in the most sparsely populated rural counties. Identifies participating Critical Access Hospitals and models tested.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides an overview of the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration Extension, which tests new healthcare delivery models in the most sparsely populated rural counties. Identifies participating Critical Access Hospitals and models tested.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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'A Silent, Unmet Need': Rural Motherhood and the Challenges of Postpartum Care
Discusses the importance of rural access to postpartum care, including perinatal mental healthcare. Features programs in Montana, Maine, and Alaska that are providing support to rural mothers via postpartum doulas, telehealth, and home visiting.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses the importance of rural access to postpartum care, including perinatal mental healthcare. Features programs in Montana, Maine, and Alaska that are providing support to rural mothers via postpartum doulas, telehealth, and home visiting.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Improving Care and Accessibility for Rural Patients with Disabilities
Provides an overview of barriers to healthcare access for rural patients with disabilities. Shares insights from a public health department in Montana and a disability and health program in New Hampshire on how to improve accessibility and communication with patients with disabilities.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides an overview of barriers to healthcare access for rural patients with disabilities. Shares insights from a public health department in Montana and a disability and health program in New Hampshire on how to improve accessibility and communication with patients with disabilities.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Montana
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: 10/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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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: 10/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Food as Medicine Survey Findings: How Anti-Hunger Organizations Partner With Health Care Providers to Address Food Insecurity
Analyzes how anti-hunger organizations are partnering with healthcare providers and facilities to promote food security and connect patients with federal food assistance programs. Utilizes 2023/2024 quantitative and qualitative survey data from 56 respondents and provides characteristics of the respondent's organization; types of healthcare facilities involved; food assistance programs to which patients are referred; screening and referral process; and demographics of people served, such as race/ethnicity, age group, special populations, and geographic location of urban, suburban, or rural. Includes a case study of the Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN) and their use of mobile food delivery to reach rural populations.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Food Research & Action Center
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Analyzes how anti-hunger organizations are partnering with healthcare providers and facilities to promote food security and connect patients with federal food assistance programs. Utilizes 2023/2024 quantitative and qualitative survey data from 56 respondents and provides characteristics of the respondent's organization; types of healthcare facilities involved; food assistance programs to which patients are referred; screening and referral process; and demographics of people served, such as race/ethnicity, age group, special populations, and geographic location of urban, suburban, or rural. Includes a case study of the Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN) and their use of mobile food delivery to reach rural populations.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Food Research & Action Center
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Building Stronger Early Childhood Systems: Reflections from Western Montana
Details efforts by the Headwaters Foundation to improve early childhood services and policy in Montana, including efforts to build relationships in rural and underserved areas. Discusses trust-based philanthropy, technical assistance, and collaboration and coalition-building.
Author(s): Erin Switalski, Robyn Windham
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Grantmakers in Health
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Details efforts by the Headwaters Foundation to improve early childhood services and policy in Montana, including efforts to build relationships in rural and underserved areas. Discusses trust-based philanthropy, technical assistance, and collaboration and coalition-building.
Author(s): Erin Switalski, Robyn Windham
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Grantmakers in Health
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Mountain West HPV Vaccination Project Helps Shape American Cancer Society National HPV Vaccination Program
Provides an overview of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Mountain West HPV vaccination project, which focused on increasing HPV vaccination among adolescents in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Details ACS partnerships with health systems and other groups to implement interventions and provide professional education.
Author(s): Ashley Lach, Hannah Nein
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Provides an overview of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Mountain West HPV vaccination project, which focused on increasing HPV vaccination among adolescents in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Details ACS partnerships with health systems and other groups to implement interventions and provide professional education.
Author(s): Ashley Lach, Hannah Nein
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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