Toolkits Search Results for: community health workers
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Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about care transitions models for chronic disease management and explore rural program examples and resources to learn more.
...Communities Using Care Transitions Models for Chronic Disease Management Avera Health , located in South Dakota, uses CTI to aid recently discharged, newly diagnosed, or chronically ill cardiac patients with congestive heart failure. Avera Health provides...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition (BHB HCC) coordinates emergency response training, in collaboration with other healthcare providers and partners, in 4 remote and frontier Wyoming counties.
...health and emergency response coordinators to ensure that the sheriffs' offices, highway patrol, SAR volunteers, local police officers, local fire departments, ambulances, and businesses are trained and equipped with these life-saving resources. Types...
Added: Mar 27, 2024
Learn about strategies and considerations for evaluating a rural unintentional injury prevention program.
...workers to understand progress, challenges, and facilitators with implementing worksite safety measures and identify suggestions for additional support Conducting an economic assessment to analyze costs associated with changes in injury-related emergency department utilization...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how a library in rural Pottsboro, Texas responded and adapted to meet the needs of their community after losing power and water from an extreme ice storm in February 2021.
...workers around the country. This innovative, continuous provision of community services throughout a nationwide pandemic prepared the Pottsboro Area Library to undertake emergency management and response efforts while also situating itself as a reliable institution...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the Round Valley Indian Reservation in Northern California responded to a wildfire during the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020.
...workers managing the COVID-19 pandemic now had a second issue to manage: fire-related health issues. Air quality problems caused by the smoke led to breathing problems as the valley experienced dangerous levels...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how the Advancing Unified Guidance for Medical Emergencies with Network Telehealth for the Emergency Departments and Emergency Medical Services of Greater Vermont (AUGMENT Tele-ED/EMS) project supported rural providers by providing telehealth equipment and assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
...community partners also contributed to this effort by bringing in trailers and other equipment or supplies that were useful to the emergency response teams. The emergency response was also significantly aided by the very fortunate...
Added: Mar 27, 2024
Learn how rural communities are using pre-planning and hazard analysis tools to reduce farm and agricultural fires in rural communities.
...community, livestock, property, and overall livelihood. One effective strategy to reduce farm fires and farm fire related injuries is pre-incident or emergency response planning. Emergency Response Planning and Farm Mapping Rural fire departments...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how a Critical Access Hospital in Estes Park, Colorado responded to and evacuated from a wildfire in October of 2020.
...Health (EPH), a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Estes Park, Colorado, for several months. EPH serves the town of Estes Park and several small communities in Larimer County, Colorado, and is licensed for 23 beds...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the city of Gulf Shores, Alabama prepared for, responded to, and recovered from Hurricane Sally during the COVID-19 pandemic in September of 2020.
...workers had to maintain some onsite planning and preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. COVID-19 was a threat to critical personnel. Some employees in high-priority roles became sick, resulting in disruptive gaps...