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381. 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...

382. 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...

383. 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...

384. 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...

385. 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...

386. 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...

387. Living in Limbo: Latinas' Assessment of Lower Rio Grande Valley Colonias Communities - Resources
Date: May 2017

Highlights the activities conducted by promotoras during an intervention study using community asset mapping (CAM) to identify factors that may facilitate or create barriers to physical activity among Latina residents in the U.S.-Mexico border region of Texas.

...Nursing, 34(3), 267-275 05/2017 Community health workers · Physical activity · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Texas...

388. 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...

389. 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...

390. Region 6 Public Health Leadership Institute (R6-PHLI) - Funding
Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

A leadership program designed for mid-career practitioners and emerging leaders in Public Health Region 6.

...Community health workers Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas A link to the online...