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361. Cultural Beliefs and Understandings of Cervical Cancer Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Southeast Georgia - Resources
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.

...Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Health screening · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

362. Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.

...Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Loans...

363. Salud es Vida: A Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for Rural Latina Immigrant Women - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of Salud Es Vida, an educational group session led by promotoras focused on cervical cancer screening and increased cervical cancer knowledge among immigrant Hispanic/Latina women from farmworker environments. The intervention was conducted in four rural counties of Southeast Georgia and included the development of a toolkit offering a curriculum guide and class activities created in partnership with promotoras.

...Community health workers · Health screening · Migrants · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

364. Tennessee Rural Health Care Task Force: Improving Rural Health Care Across Tennessee - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Report from the Tennessee Rural Health Care Task Force. Offers recommendations to the state in the areas of access to care, workforce development, and social drivers of health. Discusses rural health research and advocacy, health insurance, telemedicine, workforce training, grants and loans, and more.

...Community health workers · Financial aid for health career education · Grant writing · Health insurance · Health workforce...

365. The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary Care Access for Underserved Populations: An Assessment of the Literature - Resources
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...

366. 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...

367. Virginia Oral Health Workforce Gap Assessment - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Report describing challenges in ensuring that all Virginians have equitable access oral healthcare, and offering an actionable framework for addressing them. Features statistics on the Virginia oral healthcare workforce, including numbers of dentists and dental hygienists, numbers of dentists treating Medicaid patients by year from 2012-2022, and a map showing dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Includes information about the Virginia state loan repayment program for eligible providers.

...Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Loans...

368. Maine Care for the Underserved Pathways AHEC Scholars Program - Funding
Deadline: Aug 1, 2024

A multidisciplinary certificate and honors distinction program for health professions students in Maine that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural and underserved communities, and networking with other students and professionals.

...Community Health Worker Training Program Maine A link to the online application is available on the program...

369. Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: Case Study Analysis: Kanawha County, West Virginia - Resources
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...

370. Empowering Promotores de Salud as Partners in Cancer Education and Research in Rural Southwest Kansas - Resources
Date: Jan 2015

Discusses a community-based participatory method providing cancer research training to promotores and to assess their capability to disseminate cancer research information to Latinos in rural Kansas.

...Community health workers · Culture · Health literacy · Health workforce education and training · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...