Website Search Results for: diabetes
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Date: Jul 2017
Offers detailed statistics on health conditions and behaviors for the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) population and for multiple and single-race NHPI populations, with comparisons to other racial groups and to the U.S. population as a whole. Topics covered include general health status, specific health conditions, disabilities, body mass index, physical activity, and substance use.
...Diabetes · Health conditions · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Population health · Rural-urban...
Date: Sep 2017
Describes how the Seneca Nation of Indians has incorporated its culture into programs and community initiatives. Examples include school and adult Seneca language immersion programs, restoring indigenous plants, cultivating native animals, and the Seneca Strong program to address substance abuse by incorporating prevention and sobriety programming into traditional rites of passage, outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.
...Diabetes · Environmental health · Population health · Schools · Substance use and misuse · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: 2019
Brief overview of a care coordination program using a team of community health workers, a registered nurse, and a nurse practitioner. Discusses the program's sustainability efforts, as well as key takeaways about the program. The program was funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program from 2015-2018 and received additional philanthropic funding through a public-private partnership.
...Policy Cardiovascular disease · Care coordination · Chronic respiratory conditions · Community health workers · Diabetes · Kentucky · West Virginia...
Date: Jan 2017
Describes community paramedicine pilot projects in California, one of which is rural, that are providing follow-up calls and visits to patients between 24-72 hours after hospital discharge. Features statistics including number of patients and number of readmissions within 30 days, with breakdowns by 6 diagnoses and site.
...Diabetes · Emergency medical technicians and paramedics · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Mar 2023
Describes a care model utilizing community health workers (CHWs) to engage patients by screening for diseases, and offering education and information to help them manage their chronic conditions in an accessible, non-traditional settings such as a food bank distribution centers, county fairs, livestock auctions, and educational events in rural Idaho. Discusses the value of CHWs, along with a primary care team, in improving outcomes for populations at risk, and the absence of payment models to support this model.
...coordination · Chronic disease management · Diabetes · Health screening · Mental health conditions · Reimbursement and payment models · Idaho...
Date: Jun 2022
Documents the nature of public health for Connecticut's rural populations with a focus on trends, to understand how these populations are changing. Features chapters on social determinants of health, healthcare systems, health risks and behaviors, and health outcomes.
...Diabetes · Environmental health · Health screening · Illicit drug use · Infectious diseases · Mortality · Obesity and weight control...
Date: Mar 2025
Discusses U.S. regions that experience healthcare workforce shortages and lack access to telehealth. Includes interactive county-level map showing behavioral healthcare deserts, primary care deserts, broadband deserts, dead zones, life expectancy, household income, and percentage of rural residents. Provides comparisons of chronic disease for those with and without digital access and showcases county-level dead zones in Alabama.
...Diabetes · Health workforce supply and demand · Income · Mortality · Primary care · Technology for health and human...
Date: Aug 2023
Examines insurer connectivity in community networks across regions in Kentucky, and the association between connectivity and the probability of experiencing a preventable hospitalization. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban, rural non-Appalachian, and Appalachian locations.
...Diabetes · Health disparities · Hospitals · Human services · Inpatient care · Networking and collaboration · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
Added: Sep 14, 2022
Overview of different types of validated instruments that can be used to measure personal health literacy and organizational health literacy.
...diabetes, or general health promotion? Is the program designed for a specific age range, including...
Date: May 3, 2017
From over-the-counter medication use, to decisions about personal or family disease treatments, health literacy impacts the most everyday of health decisions. But, distance and internet connectivity challenges make it difficult for rural residents to get health information. To navigate health information gaps, school nurses, newspapers, public libraries, churches, public health departments, and hub-and-spoke academic institutions are working in creative ways. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol, disparities that can be modified by behaviors, the program is based...