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361. Hawai'i Island Family Medicine Residency - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 29, 2024

The Hawai'i Island Family Medicine Residency (HIFMR) program uses an interprofessional team-based approach so residents learn how to care for many types of patients in many different healthcare settings.

...community health workers, and clinical pharmacists to care for their patients' needs. Behavioral health is integrated...

362. Franklin Cardiovascular Health Program (FCHP) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Mar 11, 2026

A sustainable, community-wide prevention program targeting cardiovascular diseases, undertaken over a 40-year period in a low-income area of rural Maine.

...community health workers, and volunteers Using the workplace to conveniently initiate cardiovascular risk screenings with...

363. Rural Louisiana Programs Create Healthier Schools - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 28, 2024

Two FORHP Delta States Rural Development Network grantees are improving children's health in rural Louisiana schools. The Adolescent Pre-Diabetes Prevention Program screens high school students and provides Healthy Lifestyle lessons, while the EatMoveGrow program increases nutrition and physical activity opportunities in elementary schools. - The Rural Monitor

...community health workers (CHWs) to connect students and families with resources such as housing assistance...

364. Rural Health Predictions: Q&A with Alan Morgan - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 5, 2020

National Rural Health Association CEO Alan Morgan discusses his organization's work on the national and global stages and shares his rural health predictions for 2020. - The Rural Monitor

...community health workers. This is something that has been highlighted and has been proven to be an effective...

365. Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership: Leveraging Public-Private Funds to Improve Health - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: May 31, 2017

Public agencies and private nonprofit groups have mutual interests in improving the health of rural Americans. The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and philanthropy organizations worked together to create a unique funding opportunity, the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program. Two health care organizations and their philanthropy partners share how coordinated efforts benefit patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. - The Rural Monitor

...community health workers (CHWs). Williamson's network director, Jenny Hudson, said their model has significant...

366. Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program (RCHIP) - Funding
Deadline: Apr 2, 2026

Student loan reimbursements or stipend payments to assist rural communities in recruiting non-physician healthcare professionals who agree to serve in a medically underserved community of Texas.

...Community health workers · Dental workforce · Emergency medical technicians and paramedics · Health aides and assistants · Health...

367. 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...

368. 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...

369. 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...

370. Impact of Improving Home Environments on Energy Intake and Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Resources
Date: Jan 2016

Reports on the effectiveness of a weight control intervention using health coaches to target home environments using the Healthy Homes/Healthy Families model. Examines changes in the patients' physical activity, calorie intake, and weight. The intervention focused on overweight and obese women in rural Georgia who were patients of community health centers.

...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness...