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441. 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 · Opioids · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Statistics and data...

442. 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...

443. 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...

444. 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...

445. Filling the Gaps in the Behavioral Health Workforce - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Discusses the shortage of licensed behavioral health workers in rural and underserved communities. Explores the roles of behavioral health support specialists and community-initiated care to support licensed behavioral health professionals. Offers policy recommendations to strengthen the roles of the nonclinical workforce.

...health workers in rural and underserved communities. Explores the roles of behavioral health support specialists...

446. The Social Vulnerability of Farmworker Communities in North Central Florida: Challenges and Opportunities for Mapping Vulnerable Populations - Resources
Date: 2024

Describes an emergency preparedness project to develop vulnerability indicators and conduct geospatial mapping analysis of the places that farmworkers live and work in north central Florida. Discusses collaborations with farmworker-focused community based organizations and community advisory boards, ethics, and public health implications of the work. Includes recommendations to public health workers and policymakers interested in farmworker communities.

...community advisory boards, ethics, and public health implications of the work. Includes recommendations to public health workers...

447. A Population Health Workforce to Meet 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of a Workshop - Resources
Date: 2023

Proceedings from a February 28, 2022 workshop exploring challenges faced by public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, renewed policymaker attention, and expenditures directed to supporting the public health workforce. Intended to showcase the training, roles of, and setting for population health workers. Includes information focused on tribal communities in chapters 3 and 4.

...health workers. Includes information focused on tribal communities in chapters 3 and 4. --- A Population...

448. Barriers to Surgical Health Care Access in Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Feb 2025

Discusses surgical healthcare worker shortages in rural communities and strategies to recruit and retain future surgeons. Provides information on the subspeciality in rural areas and the importance of access to surgical care.

...Health Care Access in Rural Communities --- Discusses surgical healthcare worker shortages in rural communities and strategies...

449. Promoting the Health of Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Rural Minnesota Using a Whole-Person Health Approach: A Pilot Project - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Discusses the efficacy of a whole-health assessment of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) at identifying community strengths and challenges pertaining to physical, emotional, social, and economic health. Highlights the University of Minnesota comprehensive whole-health assessment criteria and details the implementation, uptake, and results.

...health assessment of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) at identifying community strengths and challenges...

450. AgriStress Helpline: Crisis Support for Agricultural Communities - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2026

Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources in their area. Provides crisis support tailored for the agricultural community with an understanding of the values, stressors, and lived experiences of the agricultural community. Helpline is open 24/7 and is currently available in 11 states.

...Communities --- Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources...