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Resources by Topic: Population health

Serving Older Veterans: Dementia Caregiver Video Series
Features a series of videos informing rural caregivers on challenges and methods for supporting veterans with dementia. Highlights issues pertaining to medication management, pain management, financial mismanagement, and safety risks, among others, for dementia patients.
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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FarmSafe Podcast
A podcast series focused on farm safety, covering rural issues such as research, emergency preparedness, mental health, chronic disease, farm hazards, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
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Texas Health Insights Dashboard
Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Financing and Sustaining Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings Toolkit
Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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UVM CORA Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD Toolkit
Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Arizona Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)
Provides information on Arizona's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Describes Arizona's four strategic goals, a program timeline, frequently asked questions, and the RHTP Steering Committee. Includes links to Arizona's approved program and budget narratives and information from community listening sessions. Also shares details on the state RHTP funding opportunities.
Additional links: Revised Budget Narrative, Revised Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
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Farmer Mental Health Resilience Program
Presents mental health resources, tools and support to build mental health resilience and combat stigma in rural and farming communities.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Minds
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Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Prevention in Rural America
Offers a free online course on mental health and suicide in rural America. Hosted by Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, the course is aimed at educating veterinarians, veterinary students, and agribusiness professionals and presents practical support strategies and resources for rural people facing mental health challenges.
Sponsoring organizations: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, NY FarmNet, Rural Minds
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PremisesMapper
A web-based mapping tool for farm producers to depict existing buffers, access points, cleaning and disinfecting stations, and more as part of a facility biosecurity plan to limit the spread of infectious diseases. Registration is required but free.
Sponsoring organization: National Farm Medicine Center
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Kansas Center for Rural Research Committee Research Brief Series
Provides a spotlight on research in rural Kansas. Includes an archive of research briefs focused on issues such as population health and healthcare delivery.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Center for Rural Health
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