Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Website Search Results for: community health workers

681 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 361 - 370:

361. The Intersection of Workplace and Environmental Exposure on Health in Latinx Farm Working Communities in Rural Inland Southern California - Resources
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.

...engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers · Culture · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Health conditions · California...

362. Texas Value-Based Payment and Quality Improvement Advisory Committee Recommendations to the 89th Texas Legislature - Resources
Date: Dec 2024

Identifies trends and provides policy recommendations related to value based care and quality improvement in Texas. Discusses rural healthcare access and workforce throughout and highlights key reports focusing on rural health.

...Community health workers · Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare quality · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models...

363. Oregon AHEC Scholars Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

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

...Community health workers and other paraprofessionals Enhancing knowledge in virtual learning and telehealth Students should...

364. Rural Health Networks and Care Coordination: Health Care Innovation in Frontier Communities to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Health Care Costs - Resources
Date: Nov 2016

Discusses the findings of a single-case, community-based participatory design study in a frontier community in northern Minnesota to determine the effectiveness of developing a community care team focused on collaboration and care coordination to improve patient outcomes and reduce emergency room use.

...Community health workers · Frontier and remote areas · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Primary...

365. Activating Patients for Sustained Chronic Disease Self-Management: Thinking Beyond Clinical Outcomes - Resources
Date: Apr 2016

Describes the Expanded Health Coaches for Hypertension Control (EHCHC) project to increase the proportion of adults 45 years and older to self-manage their hypertension. Discusses how a primary care practice and a community-based program can work together to improve patient knowledge and support readiness for behavior change through various channels, including the use of trained volunteer community health coaches.

...Community health workers · Physical activity · Population health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

366. 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...

367. 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...

368. Oregon Indigenous Farmworkers: Results of Promotor Intervention on Pesticide Knowledge and Organophosphate Metabolite Levels - Resources
Date: Oct 2013

Highlights a study on changes in health knowledge relating to pesticides of indigenous farmworkers in Oregon. Details the results of participants' pesticide knowledge from pre/post-intervention questionnaires and biological testing.

...health and safety · Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Health literacy · Migrants · Statistics and data · Oregon...

369. Advancing Health Equity through Primary Care Policy: Priorities and Recommendations for California - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Provides policy recommendations to improve access to primary care and improve health equity in California, summarizing perspectives and conclusions from policy, primary care, and health equity experts who participated in the 2023 Summit on Primary Care Policy to Advance Health Equity. Covers topics including engagement with community organizations, workforce development, access to care, data sharing, payment, and accountability. Discusses people who live in rural areas and other underserved populations throughout.

...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Financial aid for health career education · Health career...

370. Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Pilot: Closing the Gaps in Rural Complex Care - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Profiles Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, a nonprofit corporation that established a pilot program to improve the health of rural patients through the use of technology and interdisciplinary care teams working together in Montana's Flathead Valley. Describes a $1 million innovation award from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to support their use of ReSource Teams and help care for high-cost, high-need Medicare patients in the region.

...Community Health Workers Connect with Patients in Rural Montana Profiles Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, a nonprofit...