Website Search Results for: community health workers
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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...
Date: Feb 2019
Reports on a pilot study of utilizing bilingual promotoras as patient navigators to help cancer patients and their families in 3 rural counties of southwest New Mexico navigate the healthcare system from cancer diagnosis to treatment.
...Education, 34(1), 173-179 02/2019 Access · Cancer · Community health workers · Statistics and data · New Mexico...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: Jan 2015
Discusses a community-based participatory method providing cancer research training to promotores and to assess their capability to disseminate cancer research information to Latinos in rural Kansas.
...Community health workers · Culture · Health literacy · Health workforce education and training · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
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...
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...