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221. Office-Based Spirometry: Key to Diagnosing Rural COPD Patients - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 20, 2019

Chronic obstructive lung disease, or COPD, is a disease with a stronghold in rural America: almost double the prevalence and double the mortality rates compared to large urban areas. Though it is a condition with no cure, it's a condition that has treatments — and hope — making proper diagnosis by spirometry imperative. - The Rural Monitor

...Guidelines Pulmonary function tests. Based on an international standard referred to as the GOLD criteria...

222. Eye Health Needs: Preserving the Eyesight of Rural Populations - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 9, 2019

Rural Americans of all ages often go without eye healthcare, a gap that has obvious consequences: blindness and low vision. National associations and an FQHC administrator talk about how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. - The Rural Monitor

...Guidelines Rural Eye Healthcare: Optometrist Explains the Benefits of the Medical Model of Optometry Source...

223. Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 2, 2025

University of Washington program that places medical students in a rural medical setting prior to beginning schooling and allows them to return regularly to learn and work within the same community.

...guidelines as they come from government agencies and from the University of Washington at large...

224. Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence: Some Do's and Don'ts for Health Providers - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 17, 2018

In this in-depth story, multiple clinical issues surrounding domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural settings are discussed by providers and researchers. Rural prevalence rates, provider knowledge gaps, and healthcare expenditures are also reviewed. - The Rural Monitor

...Guidelines that included DV/IPV screening. Dr. Gregory Della Rocca, orthopedic trauma surgeon. Dr. Gregory Della...

225. Pulmonary Health in Rural America: Cause and Impact of Work-Related Lung Diseases - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 4, 2017

What's in the air in the rural workplace? From grain dust to rock dust to hospital cleaning chemicals, all these particles have potential to cause chronic lung diseases. But, there are keys to prevention. - The Rural Monitor

...guidelines for these strategies are found in federal regulations, educational programs, and onsite monitoring for many...

226. Concussion in Rural America: Experts Detail Injury and Recovery of Traumatic Brain Injury - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Apr 8, 2020

In the past five years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delivered two reports to Congress concerning traumatic brain injury. Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are common. With perspectives gained from their varied roles, five experts share information on concussions in rural America. - The Rural Monitor

...guidelines on the topic. While practicing in rural South Dakota in a group of six family...

227. Community Health Worker-based Chronic Care Management Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Mar 23, 2026

A community health worker-based Chronic Care Management program implemented in a 3-state area of Appalachia has a sustainability track record due to insurance payer support.

...guidelines for CHWs: Community-based residence Ability to communicate and relate to patients with respect...

228. Project ECHO® – Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 13, 2026

In Project ECHO, primary care providers and specialists work as a team to manage chronic complex conditions of rural patients and to increase the knowledge base through shared case studies.

...guidelines by emailing Project ECHO's replication staff . Often, participation in a series of learning...

229. National School Lunch Afterschool Snack Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Funding for schools and residential child care institutions to provide afterschool snacks to low-income children who participate in the National School Lunch program.

...guidelines 2026-2027 school year reimbursement rates Generally, public or nonprofit private schools of high...

230. Kentucky Homeplace - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Oct 21, 2026

A community health worker initiative to improve the health of rural Appalachian Kentucky residents who have deficits in health resources and health status, including high levels of cancer, heart disease, hypertension, asthma, and diabetes.

...guidelines for publicly funded CHW program evaluation and research Staff retention in grant-funded or annual...