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381. Match the Program to the Community's Needs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Feb 29, 2024

Considering the needs of your rural community in selecting a rural community health program model.

...Community Health Workers Toolkit Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit Health Literacy Toolkit Health Promotion and Disease...

382. 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...

383. MedlinePlus and the Challenge of Low Health Literacy: Findings From the Colonias Project - Resources
Date: Jan 2007

Describes the Colonias Project, a health literacy outreach project using promotoras in low-income Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border.

...Association, 95(1), 31-39 01/2007 Community health workers · Health literacy · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Texas...

384. 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...

385. 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...

386. North Carolina AHEC Medicaid Managed Care Trainings - Resources
Reviewed: May 2026

Offers tools and coaching on Medicaid care management for North Carolina medical practices. Intended to help practices discover their revenue potential with billing the various care management models, and provides no-cost assistance with education and issue resolution, quality improvement, and clinical workflow redesign.

...Community health workers · Emergency preparedness and response · Healthcare quality · Medicaid · Population health · Telehealth · North Carolina...

387. 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...

388. HERO: New Mexico's Health Extension as a Model for Primary Care Transformation - Resources
Date: Apr 2015

Describes the benefits and lessons learned of a New Mexico state-wide primary care improvement infrastructure program - Health Extension Rural Offices (HERO) - to address social determinants of health. Through the use of extension agents (HEROs) information about patient centered medical homes (PCMH) and university resources was provided to 34 participating small primary care clinics of which half were rural. Program was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants.

...Research and Quality Community health workers · Medical homes · Primary care · Social determinants of health · New Mexico...

389. 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...

390. 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...