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91. New Mexico State-Tribal Collaboration Act Agency Report 2024
Date: Jul 2024

Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including COVID-19, substance use disorder, maternal and child health, and cancer. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2024, covering community health workers, cancer, diabetes, suicide prevention, and more.

...Community health workers · Diabetes · Emergency preparedness and response · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health...

92. Texas Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan: Progress Report
Date: Dec 2023

Report summarizing progress of the Texas Fiscal Years 2022-2026 Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan. Discusses mental health workforce shortages, recruitment and retention of workforce, telehealth, loan repayment, community health workers, and incentivizing rural practice. Discusses rural throughout. Includes priority next steps and outlines strategies by various Texas state agencies.

...Health Coordinating Council Tagged as Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers · Health workforce...

93. The Health Equity & Access for Rural Dually Eligible Individuals (HEARD) Toolkit: Raising Rural Voices from New Mexico, North Dakota, and Tennessee to Create Action
Date: Jan 2023

Provides an overview on the access barriers and health disparities of Medicaid and Medicare dually eligible individuals residing in rural areas. Presents research and stakeholder feedback from New Mexico, North Dakota, and Tennessee to provide information to policymakers. Discusses topics such as community planning related to equity and infrastructure, workforce capacity and community health workers (CHWs), and social determinants of health.

...community health workers (CHWs), and social determinants of health. --- View more The Health Equity & Access...

94. Forces of Change: 2023 Survey Results
Date: Apr 2024

Presents results from a 2023 survey of 532 local health departments (LHDs). Provides data on LHD staffing and budgets, billing practices, community health workers, programs and partnerships focused on social determinants of health and violence prevention, data modernization, and outbreak analytics. Includes comparisons of small, medium, and large LHDs.

...Health Officials Tagged as Abuse and violence · Community health workers · Emergency preparedness and response · Health...

95. Caring for America: Legislation to Support Patients, Caregivers, and Providers
Date: Oct 2021

Recording of a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on legislation related to funding for behavioral and mental health services for the healthcare workforce; a loan repayment program for local, state, and tribal public health professionals; increasing diversity in allied health professions; improving health outcomes in underserved communities through the use of community health workers; and more. Includes testimony from the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Augusta University, Ballad Health, and others.

...health professionals; increasing diversity in allied health professions; improving health outcomes in underserved communities through the use of community health workers...

96. Immigrant Health Policy Paper
Date: May 2018

Policy position brief about new immigrants in rural areas, in terms of health care access, health disparities, economic contributions, health care facilities and Community Health Workers, and service strategies to benefit immigrants. Includes case studies of immigrants in Minnesota and immigrants employed in the meat-processing industry and in rural farming.

...Health Policy Paper --- Policy position brief about new immigrants in rural areas, in terms of health care access, health disparities, economic contributions, health care facilities and Community Health Workers...

97. Cost-effectiveness of a Statewide Public Health Intervention to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Date: Sep 2019

Highlights a study on the cost effectiveness of a community health worker (CHW)-based public health intervention to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in rural areas. Highlights an intervention that uses software to calculate risk scores and assist CHWs in making referrals and give support.

...disease · Community health workers · Public health · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services...

98. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Patient-Centered, Nonphysician Led Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center
Date: Sep 2024

Evaluated the effectiveness of a self-monitoring blood pressure program (SMBP) involving a nonphysician team for 205 patients with recent hypertension diagnoses in a rural Washington Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Discusses facilitators and barriers to implementation including COVID-19, telehealth, community health workers, working with limited English proficiency populations, reimbursement, and collaborations.

...Health Center (FQHC). Discusses facilitators and barriers to implementation including COVID-19, telehealth, community health workers...

99. A Mixed-Method Assessment of a Pilot Peer Advocate Intervention for Rural Gender and Sexual Minorities
Date: May 2018

Examines implementation challenges of a peer-based, community health worker intervention intended to help rural lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people with mental health or substance abuse issues. Details the pilot program, which focused on a diverse area of rural New Mexico, discusses the results and challenges, and offers recommendations based on the findings.

...Community Mental Health Journal, 54(4), 395-409 Date 05/2018 Type Document Tagged as Behavioral health · Community health workers...

100. Dialogue About the Workforce for Population Health Improvement: Proceedings of a Workshop
Date: 2021

Presentations from a workshop facilitating a population health perspective among public health and healthcare leaders and professionals; framing the work of personnel such as community health workers, health navigators, and peer-to-peer chronic disease management educators within the context of population health; and leveraging the competencies of public- and private-sector workforces that are working to include a well-being orientation in their activities.

...Health Improvement: Proceedings of a Workshop --- Presentations from a workshop facilitating a population health perspective among public health and healthcare leaders and professionals; framing the work of personnel such as community health workers...