Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Aug 31, 2022
A skilled nursing facility in New Hampshire and national experts share the benefits telehealth services can bring to the residents and staff of rural long-term care facilities as well as the challenges some facilities face in providing these services. - The Rural Monitor
...worker can also talk with the psychologist and provide more context if needed in regard to residents' situations. University of Vermont Medical Center's Nursing Home Telepsychiatry Service provides telepsychiatry care and education to nursing...
Date: Oct 2022
Results of a study addressing the need for and supply of workers to provide personal care services in rural communities. Features statistics on characteristics of personal care aides employed during 2013-2017 with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and county-level maps showing percentages of adults with self-care disabilities and supply of personal care aides per 1,000 adults with self-care disabilities.
...workers to provide personal care services in rural communities. Features statistics on characteristics of personal care aides employed during 2013-2017 with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and county-level maps showing percentages...
Reviewed: Jun 23, 2025
Hope Squad helps students in 16 states and Canada identify classmates struggling with suicide and other mental health concerns and refer them to adult advisors who can help.
...communities in Utah. In 2004, Hope4Utah implemented Hope Squad , a school-based peer leadership program in which students learn how to identify warning signs of suicide or other mental health concerns in their peers...
Date: Feb 8, 2023
Across the rural West, an awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality – and how to minimize those impacts – is growing. - The Rural Monitor
...communities and develop new educational materials. "Risk communication messaging around wildfire smoke is directly informed by air quality data," said Kristin VanderMolen, PhD, an assistant research professor of atmospheric sciences...
Date: Mar 2024
Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related to the direct care workforce through interviews with 20 stakeholders in 7 states. Discusses federal funding, collaboration, workforce pipelines, equity, credentials, training, family caregivers, and home- and community-based services. Discusses rural throughout.
...Workers: Insights from Seven States Link View Resource Description Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related to the direct care workforce through interviews with 20 stakeholders in 7 states. Discusses federal...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how a rural hospital in Alamosa, Colorado handled an extended power outage in the middle of winter in 20201.
...workers worried about outpatient needs as well. Many community residents required electricity to power healthcare equipment used in their homes such as oxygen concentrators. Frequent communication with emergency medical services (EMS) was initiated during...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Learn about the considerations for first responders in rural preparedness and response.
...workers might be better suited to respond to a viral outbreak. First responders must receive the appropriate training that corresponds to their role and skills. However, in rural areas, the number of first responders available...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Learn about preparing for, responding to, and recovering from mass casualty incidents in rural communities.
...communities should be prepared to set up temporary infrastructure to maintain cellular communication. Portable cell towers, called cells on wheels (COWs), can be rented or purchased to make up for a lack of signal. Mental...
Date: Dec 2022
Highlights a study on the perceptions of the efficacy of COVID-19 protective behaviors among farmers and farmworkers from April to June of 2020. Bases conclusions on the results of a survey on agricultural workers' adherence to, and belief in, COVID-19 protective practices, such as social distancing, wearing a face mask, and handwashing, among others.
...Community Members Link View Resource Description Highlights a study on the perceptions of the efficacy of COVID-19 protective behaviors among farmers and farmworkers from April to June of 2020. Bases conclusions on the results...
Date: Aug 9, 2023
Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant and postpartum patients. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, and other service providers in the community. Patients can enroll in Project Swaddle as early as the first trimester of their pregnancy and receive care up to 90 days postpartum; the program...