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151. 2022 Behavioral Health Workforce Assessment: A Report of the Behavioral Health Workforce Advisory Committee
Date: Dec 2022

Details the results of a study analyzing the occupations, roles, size, distribution, career pathways, demand, policy, and practice issues for the behavioral health workforce in the state of Washington. Includes recommendations to address workforce-related barriers and improve access to behavioral healthcare, and provides rural specific information.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers · Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural...

152. Council on Graduate Medical Education Meeting Minutes, September 8, 2023
Date: Sep 2023

Summarizes the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) meeting held on September 8, 2023. Includes an update from the White House COVID-19 Response Team, among other things. Features presentations on team-based care through the Quality Payment Program and Interprofessional Practice and Education and a Whole Health Approach. Include rural references throughout.

...Health Approach. Include rural references throughout. Date 09/2023 Type Document Organization Council on Graduate Medical Education Tagged as COVID-19 · Community health workers...

153. Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission
Date: Feb 2019

Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.

...health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development. Date 02/2019 Type Document Organization California Future Health Workforce Commission Tagged as Community health workers...

154. The Intersection of Workplace and Environmental Exposure on Health in Latinx Farm Working Communities in Rural Inland Southern California
Date: Oct 2022

Analyzes access and barriers to healthcare services for Eastern Coachella Valley rural farmworkers who are exposed to workplace and environmental health risks. Reports on 9 culturally responsive in-home interviews conducted from 2017 to 2018 with the assistance of a bilingual Spanish-Purépecha Latina promotora. Provides demographic information of participants and quotes from interviews related to themes such as environmental exposures, including the nearby Salton Sea; agricultural labor and its impact on health; chronic health conditions and trauma of exposures; and community-proposed solutions.

...Health, 19(19), 12940 Date 10/2022 Type Document Tagged as Access · Agricultural health and safety · Community engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers...

155. The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary Care Access for Underserved Populations: An Assessment of the Literature
Date: Jan 2022

Review of research literature to assess whether policy initiatives targeting primary care access for rural and underserved populations has been effective in reducing healthcare disparities. Initiatives considered include availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability.

...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Graduate medical education · Health disparities · Health workforce supply...

156. Cultural Beliefs and Understandings of Cervical Cancer Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Southeast Georgia
Date: Jun 2015

Investigates the knowledge and beliefs among rural Latina immigrant women in southeastern Georgia about the causes of cervical cancer and apparent barriers to cervical cancer screening. A cross-sectional survey of 39 Mexican women was conducted and the information gathered was applied to inform and test the development and effect of using trained lay health advisors or promotoras to increase compliance with cervical cancer screening.

...Health, 17(3), 713-721 Date 06/2015 Type Document Tagged as Access · Cancer · Community health workers...

157. Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: Case Study Analysis: Kanawha County, West Virginia
Date: Jun 2023

Case study of policy initiatives to increase access to primary care, focusing on Kanawha County, West Virginia. Discusses workforce shortages, healthcare access, structural barriers to primary care, healthcare affordability, and more.

...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Medicaid...

158. Project ECHO's Complex Care Initiative: Building Capacity to Help "Superutilizers" in Underserved Communities
Date: Aug 2016

Describes a case study from the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) program, which uses telehealth to support primary care clinicians in underserved areas. Focuses on a project targeting Medicaid beneficiaries with substance abuse and mental health issues, with details on two primary care teams being supported, including one in a rural New Mexico community.

...Community health workers · Health workforce education and training · Medicaid · Mental health · Primary care · Substance use and misuse...

159. Mortality and Life Expectancy in Rural America: Connecting the Health and Human Service Safety Nets to Improve Health Outcomes over the Life Course
Date: Oct 2015

Policy brief describing the driving forces behind rural health disparities in Appalachian Kentucky. Offers nationally relevant recommendations for addressing these challenges. Discusses rural and urban differences in life expectancy and mortality rates, and other significant factors including behavioral health, substance abuse, population health, trauma care, and transportation.

...health, substance abuse, population health, trauma care, and transportation. Date 10/2015 Type Document Organization National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Tagged as Appalachia · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers...

160. From the Front Lines: COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts in Rural Communities Hit by the Opioid Epidemic
Date: May 2021

Examines the COVID-19 response, including testing, contact tracing, and vaccination efforts, of HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grantees. Discusses challenges related to vaccination efforts to reach rural individuals with substance use disorder/opioid use disorder and other rural residents.

...Community health workers · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Statistics and data · Vaccination...