Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Developing Partnerships in Rural Communities: At the Intersection of Suicide Prevention, Overdose, and Adverse Childhood Experiences
A fillable worksheet that guides the user in determining how to address suicide prevention, overdose prevention, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) at the societal, community, relationship, and individual levels. Provides tailored information and planning for rural health departments on risk and protective factors, data sources available to them, and potential partnerships.
Sponsoring organizations: Community-Led Suicide Prevention, edc.org, National Association of County and City Health Officials
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A fillable worksheet that guides the user in determining how to address suicide prevention, overdose prevention, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) at the societal, community, relationship, and individual levels. Provides tailored information and planning for rural health departments on risk and protective factors, data sources available to them, and potential partnerships.
Sponsoring organizations: Community-Led Suicide Prevention, edc.org, National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Build Healthy Places Network: Rural Resources
Provides resources which support community health and health equity through rural community and economic development. Includes a playbook of strategies and case studies for the health partnership model of investment, a primer on rural multi-sector health partnerships, webinars, essays, organization profiles, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Build Healthy Places Network
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Provides resources which support community health and health equity through rural community and economic development. Includes a playbook of strategies and case studies for the health partnership model of investment, a primer on rural multi-sector health partnerships, webinars, essays, organization profiles, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Build Healthy Places Network
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Using Project ECHO and Patient Navigation to Improve Care for Cancer Survivors in Rural Areas
Case study describing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded pilot study to reduce health inequities among rural cancer survivors at National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) sites in Kansas, Montana, Nevada, and South Carolina. Discusses implementation of patient navigation and the Project ECHO telemonitoring platform in order to improve access to care and services.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Case study describing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded pilot study to reduce health inequities among rural cancer survivors at National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) sites in Kansas, Montana, Nevada, and South Carolina. Discusses implementation of patient navigation and the Project ECHO telemonitoring platform in order to improve access to care and services.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Growing and Sustaining Community Partnerships: A Use Case
Offers 2 case studies from West Virginia on community partnerships to support community-engaged research. Case studies discuss emergency response efforts and a community ambassador program. Includes 2 toolkits on working with the community and partner compensation for successful community-based participatory research projects.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance
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Offers 2 case studies from West Virginia on community partnerships to support community-engaged research. Case studies discuss emergency response efforts and a community ambassador program. Includes 2 toolkits on working with the community and partner compensation for successful community-based participatory research projects.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance
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Non-Congregate Summer Meals
Provides an overview of the interim final rule allowing non-congregate summer meals in rural areas. Includes information on rural definitions, meal types and distribution, associated research on non-congregate meal offerings, implementation and outreach strategies, and additional resources and webinars.
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Provides an overview of the interim final rule allowing non-congregate summer meals in rural areas. Includes information on rural definitions, meal types and distribution, associated research on non-congregate meal offerings, implementation and outreach strategies, and additional resources and webinars.
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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PARTNER Program: Promoting Active Rural Transportation ​with Need & Economic-based Resources
Provides resources dedicated to explaining and implementing the PARTNER Program, a community-led process for developing walking and bicycling routes in rural Alabama communities. Covers topics including collaboration, planning, implementation, and funding.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Extension at Auburn University
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Provides resources dedicated to explaining and implementing the PARTNER Program, a community-led process for developing walking and bicycling routes in rural Alabama communities. Covers topics including collaboration, planning, implementation, and funding.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Extension at Auburn University
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Project ECHO: PHR 6/5S Tobacco Prevention and Control
A virtual learning network for healthcare and other professionals interested in reducing tobacco use in youth in Public Health Region 6/5S in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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A virtual learning network for healthcare and other professionals interested in reducing tobacco use in youth in Public Health Region 6/5S in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Telehealth.HHS.gov: Community Stories
Offers a collection of profiles on communities and providers that have used telehealth virtual visits to improve access to healthcare.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Offers a collection of profiles on communities and providers that have used telehealth virtual visits to improve access to healthcare.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Downtown Revitalization Playbook
Offers materials focused on supporting stakeholders in downtown redevelopment and revitalization projects in rural Appalachia. Includes case studies, an investment readiness tool, an overview of the stages of investment in downtown development, and a breakdown of investment types and strategies. Provided materials highlight funding, collaboration, and community assessment while touching broadly on topics related to rural needs and challenges.
Author(s): Ruthie Caldwell, Melissa Levy, Robert Donnan, Barbara Wyckoff
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Funders Network (AFN), Central Appalachia Network (CAN)
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Offers materials focused on supporting stakeholders in downtown redevelopment and revitalization projects in rural Appalachia. Includes case studies, an investment readiness tool, an overview of the stages of investment in downtown development, and a breakdown of investment types and strategies. Provided materials highlight funding, collaboration, and community assessment while touching broadly on topics related to rural needs and challenges.
Author(s): Ruthie Caldwell, Melissa Levy, Robert Donnan, Barbara Wyckoff
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Funders Network (AFN), Central Appalachia Network (CAN)
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Pathways to Equity Rural Health Roadmap
Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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