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381. Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission - RHIhub Substance Use Disorder Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2025

Describes the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission Outreach Program's comprehensive approach to addressing substance use disorder through prevention, intervention, treatment, case management, and recovery.

...community health worker model and pairs the case coordination services of a peer recovery specialist...

382. 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...

383. Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.

...Community health workers · Graduate medical education · Health career pathways · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse...

384. 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...

385. From the Front Lines: COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts in Rural Communities Hit by the Opioid Epidemic - Resources - Archive
Date: May 2021

Examines the COVID-19 response, including testing, contact tracing, and vaccination efforts, of HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grantees. Discusses challenges related to vaccination efforts to reach rural individuals with substance use disorder/opioid use disorder and other rural residents.

...Community health workers · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Statistics and data · Vaccination...

386. Implementation Considerations for Tribal Telehealth Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve tribes.

...community health workers to help patients address other needs outside of the healthcare setting. The Indian...

387. 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...

388. Virginia Oral Health Workforce Gap Assessment - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Report describing challenges in ensuring that all Virginians have equitable access oral healthcare, and offering an actionable framework for addressing them. Features statistics on the Virginia oral healthcare workforce, including numbers of dentists and dental hygienists, numbers of dentists treating Medicaid patients by year from 2012-2022, and a map showing dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Includes information about the Virginia state loan repayment program for eligible providers.

...Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Loans...

389. 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...

390. 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...