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Website Search Results for: community health workers

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291. New Jersey Rural Health Transformation Program 2026: Advancing Technology, Prevention, and Workforce Capacity - Funding
Deadline: Jan 20, 2026

Funding to improve health outcomes in rural New Jersey in the areas of preventive health; technology, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring; training and capacity building; and workforce recruitment and retention.

...Community health workers · Culture · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Health screening · Health workforce · Hospitals...

292. PREVENT Pandemics Act (P.L. 117-328, Division FF, Title II) - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Provides a section-by-section overview of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act), enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Describes the Continuing Education Support for Health Professionals Serving in Rural and Underserved Communities Program, which supports specialty training for primary care providers, as well as other rural-relevant provisions.

...Community health workers · Emergency preparedness and response · Health workforce · Health workforce education and training · Legislation...

293. Project ECHO's Complex Care Initiative: Building Capacity to Help "Superutilizers" in Underserved Communities - Resources
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...

294. Mortality and Life Expectancy in Rural America: Connecting the Health and Human Service Safety Nets to Improve Health Outcomes over the Life Course - Resources
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.

...Community health workers · Emergency department and urgent care services · Mortality · Population health · Rural-urban differences...

295. Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Reports on a pilot study of utilizing bilingual promotoras as patient navigators to help cancer patients and their families in 3 rural counties of southwest New Mexico navigate the healthcare system from cancer diagnosis to treatment.

...Education, 34(1), 173-179 02/2019 Access · Cancer · Community health workers · Statistics and data · New Mexico...

296. Depression in a Depressed Area: Deservingness, Mental Illness, and Treatment in the Contemporary Rural U.S. - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Examines the concepts of health-related deservingness and local moral economics to understand the diversity of moral responses to depression for rural women living in Appalachian Kentucky, where economic distress has contributed to poor mental health. Women from a variety of ages, treatment encounters, work experiences, and family sizes, along with healthcare professionals from a variety of backgrounds and settings, participated in semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

...Community health workers · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Poverty · Primary care · Statistics and data · Stigma...

297. Coast to Forest: Mental Health Promotion in Rural Oregon and Beyond - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 21, 2025

Coast to Forest provides training and community education to improve mental health and prevent substance use disorders in rural Oregon and beyond.

...Community health workers · Health literacy · Networking and collaboration · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention Oregon...

298. 2022 Behavioral Health Workforce Assessment: A Report of the Behavioral Health Workforce Advisory Committee - Resources
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.

...Community health workers · Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

299. The Role of Social Support and the Neighborhood Environment on Physical Activity in Low-income, Mexican-American Women in South Texas - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Presents a study on the effectiveness of a promotora-led intervention aimed at improving the rates of physical activity among low-income Mexican-American women in rural South Texas.

...Community health workers · Physical activity · Poverty · Public health · Social connectedness · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Women...

300. Promising Practice: Educational Partnership Reaches Rural California Communities - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Details a promising practice that works to expand health literacy among rural Latinos in California through a partnership between the California State Office of Rural Health and the California Department of Public Health's Office of Binational Border Health. Details the way the program is reaching rural Latinos through community health worker/promotores training.

...Offices of Rural Health Community health workers · Health literacy · Public health · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · California...