Rural Health
Resources by State: Nebraska
NHA Human Trafficking Toolkit
Resources and information to help hospitals and hospital staff address human trafficking. Includes information on screening and assessment, patient care tips, examples of posters and other awareness materials, and examples of policies and procedures. Lists Nebraska programs that can help adults and minors impacted by trafficking.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Hospital Association
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Resources and information to help hospitals and hospital staff address human trafficking. Includes information on screening and assessment, patient care tips, examples of posters and other awareness materials, and examples of policies and procedures. Lists Nebraska programs that can help adults and minors impacted by trafficking.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Hospital Association
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Promising Practice: Loan Repayment Programs in Nebraska Yielding Huge Payoffs
Explores Nebraska's loan repayment programs for rural providers and health professionals administered by the State Office of Rural Health. Discusses the state's Health Professional Tracking Service (HPTS), which tracks all of the healthcare providers in the state.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Date: 12/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Explores Nebraska's loan repayment programs for rural providers and health professionals administered by the State Office of Rural Health. Discusses the state's Health Professional Tracking Service (HPTS), which tracks all of the healthcare providers in the state.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Date: 12/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Feasibility of Synchronous Online Focus Groups of Rural Breast Cancer Survivors on Web-based Distress Self-Management
Details a study on a web-based post-diagnosis focus group for women with breast cancer. Bases findings on the perceptions of cancer survivors on the effectiveness of the focus group. Features the perceptions 23 cancer survivors living in rural Nebraska.
Author(s): Robin M. Lally, Christine Eisenhauer, Sydney Buckland, Kevin Kupzyk
Citation: Oncology Nursing Forum, 45(6), E111-E124
Date: 11/2018
Type: Document
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Details a study on a web-based post-diagnosis focus group for women with breast cancer. Bases findings on the perceptions of cancer survivors on the effectiveness of the focus group. Features the perceptions 23 cancer survivors living in rural Nebraska.
Author(s): Robin M. Lally, Christine Eisenhauer, Sydney Buckland, Kevin Kupzyk
Citation: Oncology Nursing Forum, 45(6), E111-E124
Date: 11/2018
Type: Document
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Trauma Training Initiative Teaches Rural Laypeople How to "Stop the Bleed"
Features the Stop the Bleed initiative, which trains community members to help control blood loss while waiting for medical help. Highlights training provided in rural North Dakota and Nebraska.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features the Stop the Bleed initiative, which trains community members to help control blood loss while waiting for medical help. Highlights training provided in rural North Dakota and Nebraska.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Voices for Food: Methodologies for Implementing a Multi-state Community-based Intervention in Rural, High Poverty Communities
Highlights a study on an intervention to address barriers to food access in economically impoverished rural communities. Focuses on 24 counties in 6 Midwestern states and details the various assessment tools used to evaluate the needs of the community and the success of the intervention.
Author(s): Suzanne Stluka, Lindsay Moore, Heather A. Eicher-Miller, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 18, 1055
Date: 08/2018
Type: Document
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Highlights a study on an intervention to address barriers to food access in economically impoverished rural communities. Focuses on 24 counties in 6 Midwestern states and details the various assessment tools used to evaluate the needs of the community and the success of the intervention.
Author(s): Suzanne Stluka, Lindsay Moore, Heather A. Eicher-Miller, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 18, 1055
Date: 08/2018
Type: Document
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Telepsychiatry Program: Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Describes the development, impact, lessons learned, and future goals of a telepsychiatry program designed to provide behavioral healthcare services to children in rural Nebraska.
Date: 07/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Describes the development, impact, lessons learned, and future goals of a telepsychiatry program designed to provide behavioral healthcare services to children in rural Nebraska.
Date: 07/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Daily Dietary Intake Patterns Improve after Visiting a Food Pantry among Food-Insecure Rural Midwestern Adults
Evaluates dietary patterns for rural adults in the Midwest before and after visiting a food pantry. Compares differences for food secure and food insecure clients. Addresses fruit and vegetable intake, number of meals and snacks eaten, and more.
Author(s): Breanne N. Wright, Regan L. Bailey, Bruce A. Craig, et al.
Citation: Nutrients, 10(5), 583
Date: 05/2018
Type: Document
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Evaluates dietary patterns for rural adults in the Midwest before and after visiting a food pantry. Compares differences for food secure and food insecure clients. Addresses fruit and vegetable intake, number of meals and snacks eaten, and more.
Author(s): Breanne N. Wright, Regan L. Bailey, Bruce A. Craig, et al.
Citation: Nutrients, 10(5), 583
Date: 05/2018
Type: Document
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Nebraska Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease by Local Health Department Service Area
Describes the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, cholesterol, and diabetes at the county-level and by local health department service areas using 2015 and 2016 Nebraska data.
Author(s): Ami Sedani
Date: 05/2018
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Describes the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, cholesterol, and diabetes at the county-level and by local health department service areas using 2015 and 2016 Nebraska data.
Author(s): Ami Sedani
Date: 05/2018
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Nebraska Heart Disease Death Rate by County, 2012-2016
Describes the rate of heart disease deaths at the county-level from 2012 to 2016 in Nebraska.
Author(s): Ami Sedani
Date: 05/2018
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Describes the rate of heart disease deaths at the county-level from 2012 to 2016 in Nebraska.
Author(s): Ami Sedani
Date: 05/2018
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Behavioral Health Integration and Workforce Development
Examines the need for states to assess behavioral health integration (BHI) workforce needs, identify legal and policy barriers to practice, and effectively train and retain BHI practitioners, especially in underserved areas. Includes case studies of programs in Washington, Nebraska, and Michigan, and lists of resources.
Author(s): Rachel Block
Date: 05/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Examines the need for states to assess behavioral health integration (BHI) workforce needs, identify legal and policy barriers to practice, and effectively train and retain BHI practitioners, especially in underserved areas. Includes case studies of programs in Washington, Nebraska, and Michigan, and lists of resources.
Author(s): Rachel Block
Date: 05/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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