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361. Virginia AHEC Scholars Program - Funding
Deadline: Feb 2, 2026

A multidisciplinary certificate program for health professions students in Virginia 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 Virginia A link to the online application is available on the program...

362. Access to Oral Health Workforce Report: Part II - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Evaluates and discusses patient access to oral healthcare in Pennsylvania. Provides demographic and well-being information, and analysis of variables affecting workforce outcomes and access to care. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.

...Community health workers · Dental workforce · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health workforce education and training · Health...

363. 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...

364. Scaling a Community-Wide Campaign Intervention to Manage Hypertension and Weight Loss - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Analysis of a public health intervention addressing hypertension and obesity among low-income Latino populations in the U.S.-Mexico border region in Texas. Discusses the impacts of the intervention in 10 cities and large metro areas, 2 small towns, and 6 rural areas and examines data using the RE-AIM Framework.

...Community health workers · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Wellness...

365. Mitigating Cancer Disparities Through an Innovative Navigation Program - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Describes the development and implementation of a population health navigation program to reduce barriers to cancer care in underserved communities in Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina. Provides data on rural program participants, including barriers to cancer care access, program impact on transportation needs and food insecurity, and rates of participation in clinical cancer research. Also covers Black, Hispanic, and adolescent and young adult program participants.

...Children and youth · Community health workers · Health disparities · Statistics and data · Transportation · North Carolina · South Carolina...

366. Using Community Participation to Assess Acceptability of "Contra Caries", A Theory-Based, Promotora-Led Oral Health Education Program for Rural Latino Parents: A Mixed Methods Study - Resources
Date: Sep 2015

Reports on a qualitative study of a promotora-led oral health education program for low-income, Spanish-speaking parents of children aged 1–5 years, conducted in a rural agricultural city in California.

...Health, 15, 103 09/2015 Community health workers · Families · Oral health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · California...

367. Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Mar 4, 2026

DOVE is a brochure-based and safety planning intervention for pregnant women and mothers with infants experiencing interpersonal violence.

...community health worker who may or may not work in an evidence-based home visiting...

368. 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...

369. 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...

370. Montana AHEC Scholars - HRSA: Area Health Education Center (AHEC) - Resources
Date: May 2025

Highlights the Montana AHEC Scholars Program, which provides interdisciplinary training in behavioral health integration, telehealth, and social determinants of health, among other topics, to improve the quality and access to care in rural communities.

...Community health workers · Integrated service delivery · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Nurse practitioners and other...