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481. Community Paramedics Team Up with Hospitals to Reduce Readmissions - Resources
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...

482. Health Wanted: Finding Care in Rural America - Resources
Date: May 2024

Series of videos highlighting challenges with access to quality healthcare for rural Americans. Discusses healthcare access in remote locations, food insecurity and farming practices, transportation, wellness initiatives, and chronic health conditions in 5 states. Transcripts available below video descriptions.

...Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Frontier and remote areas · Obesity and weight control · Transportation · Wellness...

483. Rural Healthcare Disparities in the United States: Can Our Payer Structures Help Us Get Upstream? - Resources
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...

484. Association Between Insurer Connectivity in Appalachian Population Health Networks and Preventable Hospitalizations: Evidence from Kentucky - Resources
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...

485. Health Disparities in Rural America: Current Challenges and Future Solutions - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Describes health risks experienced by rural people and the problems they face in accessing healthcare in shortage areas, and offers possible solutions. Includes a map showing Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas by county, and a list of states allowing full practice authority for nurse practitioners as of 2019.

...Diabetes · Health disparities · Health information technology · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal...

486. Hawai'i Island Family Medicine Residency - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 29, 2024

The Hawai'i Island Family Medicine Residency (HIFMR) program uses an interprofessional team-based approach so residents learn how to care for many types of patients in many different healthcare settings.

...diabetes groups, and provide education on pharmacology. The psychology post-doc learners commit to the clinic...

487. Education, Income, and Employment and Prevalence of Chronic Disease Among American Indian/Alaska Native Elders - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Results of a study measuring the effects of income, employment status, and education level on the rates of chronic disease among 14,632 American Indian or Alaska Native elders from 2011-2014. Features demographics with breakdowns by 10 chronic diseases.

...Diabetes · Educational attainment · Employment and unemployment · Health disparities · Income · Mental health conditions · Older adults · Statistics...

488. Culture and Self-Determination Provide Strength to Heal - Resources
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...

489. Educational Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Rural Patients with Chronic Diseases: Lessons Learned from An Innovative Academic–Community Partnership - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Results of a study using an educational intervention to increase vaccine knowledge and vaccine acceptance in rural patients with chronic diseases in West Virginia. Uses data from an academic–community partnership comprising researchers, practitioners, community organizations, community-engaged partners, and patient stakeholders.

...Community and faith-based initiatives · Diabetes · Mental health conditions · Networking and collaboration · Vaccination · West Virginia...

490. Feasibility and Outcomes of an Out-of-School and Home-based Obesity Prevention Pilot Study for Rural Children on an American Indian Reservation - Resources
Date: Jul 2018

Evaluates the feasibility, and behavioral health and physical health outcomes resulting from the Generations Health intervention program to prevent obesity in children. This intervention program focuses on physical activity, nutrition, sleep and reduction of screen time, and engages parents and families in home-based activities supporting their child's health.

...Diabetes · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...