Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration
A Federally Qualified Health Center and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Partnership in Rural Missouri
Case study describing a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and a certified community behavioral health clinic in rural southwest Missouri. Covers the infrastructure of the MOUD program, staffing and services, financing, and more. Highlights challenges and successes, as well as recommendations for other health centers interested in a similar partnership.
Author(s): Ashley Jasko, Meryl Schulman
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Case study describing a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and a certified community behavioral health clinic in rural southwest Missouri. Covers the infrastructure of the MOUD program, staffing and services, financing, and more. Highlights challenges and successes, as well as recommendations for other health centers interested in a similar partnership.
Author(s): Ashley Jasko, Meryl Schulman
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Closing the Gap: How a Community Effort Can Improve Rural Maternity Care
Case study of a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) that increased access to maternal healthcare in rural North Carolina by opening a maternity care center. Discusses recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals and collaboration among healthcare organizations in the community.
Author(s): Jesus Ruiz
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 22(1), 68
Date: 01/2024
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Case study of a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) that increased access to maternal healthcare in rural North Carolina by opening a maternity care center. Discusses recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals and collaboration among healthcare organizations in the community.
Author(s): Jesus Ruiz
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 22(1), 68
Date: 01/2024
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Bridging the Gap: Building Authentic Partnerships Between Urban and Rural Organizations
Provides strategies to improve cooperation and partnerships between urban and rural organizations. Discusses issues such as context, partnership, communication, and programming. Includes references to specific food programs that have had successful collaborations.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Provides strategies to improve cooperation and partnerships between urban and rural organizations. Discusses issues such as context, partnership, communication, and programming. Includes references to specific food programs that have had successful collaborations.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Investing in Rural Downtowns: What Role are EDDs Playing?
Discusses the role of Economic Development Districts (EDDs) in rural downtown revitalization. Summarizes the planning, investment, and development process. Provides case studies of EDDs involved in each stage of downtown revitalization.
Additional links: One-Page Summary
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Development Organizations
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Discusses the role of Economic Development Districts (EDDs) in rural downtown revitalization. Summarizes the planning, investment, and development process. Provides case studies of EDDs involved in each stage of downtown revitalization.
Additional links: One-Page Summary
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Development Organizations
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Cosecha: A Statewide Promotor de Salud Network to Attain Equity in Accessing COVID-19 Services in Florida's Farmworker Corridor
Describes the activities of a network of promotores de salud, or community health workers, promoting equitable access to COVID-19 services, including vaccination, among rural, migrant Latinx farmworkers in Florida from November 2021 to July 2022. Discusses program implementation, evaluation, sustainability, outcomes, and more.
Author(s): Anna Villagomez, Robin Lewy, Bruce Tyler, Jonathan Castro, Zorayda Avila
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S1), S74-S77
Date: 01/2024
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Describes the activities of a network of promotores de salud, or community health workers, promoting equitable access to COVID-19 services, including vaccination, among rural, migrant Latinx farmworkers in Florida from November 2021 to July 2022. Discusses program implementation, evaluation, sustainability, outcomes, and more.
Author(s): Anna Villagomez, Robin Lewy, Bruce Tyler, Jonathan Castro, Zorayda Avila
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S1), S74-S77
Date: 01/2024
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How Tribal Medical Education Programs Could Solve the Rural Health Care Crisis with Natasha Bray, DO
Highlights a partnership between The Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to address physician recruitment and retention in tribal communities. Discusses physician residencies, cultural competency, national physician shortages, and lessons learned. Transcript beneath podcast player.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Highlights a partnership between The Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to address physician recruitment and retention in tribal communities. Discusses physician residencies, cultural competency, national physician shortages, and lessons learned. Transcript beneath podcast player.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Critical Access Hospital-Local Health Department Partnerships to Address Rural Community Needs
Explores Critical Access Hospital (CAH) involvement in collaborative community health networks that include local public health departments (LHDs), other healthcare organizations, social service agencies, and other community organizations. Uses survey data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) to describe the collaborative partnerships CAHs are engaged in, the organizations with which they partner, and the activities these partnerships undertake. Presents findings from qualitative interviews with four pairs of CAH and LHD leaders regarding challenges and lessons learned from these local-level collaborations. Identifies three areas of activity - community health needs assessments, emergency preparedness planning, and emergent public health crises - that provide an opportunity to encourage collaboration between CAHs and LHDs and address priority needs.
Author(s): Zachariah Croll, Celia Jewell, John Gale
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Explores Critical Access Hospital (CAH) involvement in collaborative community health networks that include local public health departments (LHDs), other healthcare organizations, social service agencies, and other community organizations. Uses survey data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) to describe the collaborative partnerships CAHs are engaged in, the organizations with which they partner, and the activities these partnerships undertake. Presents findings from qualitative interviews with four pairs of CAH and LHD leaders regarding challenges and lessons learned from these local-level collaborations. Identifies three areas of activity - community health needs assessments, emergency preparedness planning, and emergent public health crises - that provide an opportunity to encourage collaboration between CAHs and LHDs and address priority needs.
Author(s): Zachariah Croll, Celia Jewell, John Gale
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples
Report discusses Alzheimer's disease and dementia among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Includes an overview of the disease and details the trends among Native Americans. Provides strategies and resources for tribal communities through knowledge sharing, workforce, data, and community partnerships. Includes case studies using the 4 domains.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alzheimer's Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Report discusses Alzheimer's disease and dementia among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Includes an overview of the disease and details the trends among Native Americans. Provides strategies and resources for tribal communities through knowledge sharing, workforce, data, and community partnerships. Includes case studies using the 4 domains.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alzheimer's Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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National Rural Health Day 2024 Community Stars
Collection of stories about individuals and organizations across the U.S. that have made positive differences in the health of the rural communities they serve through innovation, leadership, commitment, collaboration, education, and communication.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Collection of stories about individuals and organizations across the U.S. that have made positive differences in the health of the rural communities they serve through innovation, leadership, commitment, collaboration, education, and communication.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Rural Healthcare Partnerships Toolkit: How North Carolina's Rural-Serving Community Colleges Leverage Partnerships to Meet Healthcare Workforce Needs
Toolkit highlighting partnerships between higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare employers, community-based organizations, and government agencies across the state of North Carolina to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in the state. Discusses opportunities for strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline as well as reducing barriers to entering the pipeline through degree completion.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Postsecondary Practices Partnership
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Toolkit highlighting partnerships between higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare employers, community-based organizations, and government agencies across the state of North Carolina to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in the state. Discusses opportunities for strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline as well as reducing barriers to entering the pipeline through degree completion.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Postsecondary Practices Partnership
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