Website Search Results for: community health workers
566 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 541 - 550:
Added: Mar 27, 2024
Learn about strategies and considerations for evaluating a rural unintentional injury prevention program.
...workers to understand progress, challenges, and facilitators with implementing worksite safety measures and identify suggestions for additional support Conducting an economic assessment to analyze costs associated with changes in injury-related emergency department utilization...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how a library in rural Pottsboro, Texas responded and adapted to meet the needs of their community after losing power and water from an extreme ice storm in February 2021.
...workers around the country. This innovative, continuous provision of community services throughout a nationwide pandemic prepared the Pottsboro Area Library to undertake emergency management and response efforts while also situating itself as a reliable institution...
Reviewed: Nov 18, 2024
The Medical Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois (MLPSI) was formed to create a system where medical providers can refer patients in need of legal assistance to local attorneys.
...workers, and independent attorneys donate their time and expertise. MLPSI consults with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and MLP Illinois (a collaboration of Medical Legal Partnerships located in Illinois) for further education, resources...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's Chronic Care Management (CCM) billing to support patients with two or more chronic conditions.
...community-based services. CCM requires that patients have 24/7 access to physicians or other qualified healthcare professionals or clinical staff to address urgent needs. Note that CCM services are subject to the usual Medicare Part...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the Round Valley Indian Reservation in Northern California responded to a wildfire during the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020.
...workers managing the COVID-19 pandemic now had a second issue to manage: fire-related health issues. Air quality problems caused by the smoke led to breathing problems as the valley experienced dangerous levels...
Reviewed: Feb 1, 2024
The Southeast Louisiana AHEC travels to fire departments and provides hands-on farm injury training for first responders.
...workers reduce mortality, injury, and property loss resulting from agricultural emergencies. Services offered The Southeast Louisiana AHEC travels to fire departments and provides training for first responders throughout the state of Louisiana and Mississippi...
Reviewed: Nov 22, 2024
Provides resources, information, and frequently asked questions on the various definitions used to identify rural areas in the United States. Explains how definitions of rural are used, identifies the most common definitions, and discusses differences between definitions. Identifies data sources for identifying geographic areas as rural and lists tools for checking geographic eligibility for federal programs targeting rural areas.
...communities on one side of that line are eligible while those on the other side are not. Implementation of programs and laws that concern rural areas requires that policymakers, regulators, and administering agencies stipulate...
Added: Jul 10, 2023
A summer food truck and mobile farm stand bring healthy, affordable food to families in Blaine County, Idaho.
...workers to figure out what kinds of vegetables are most popular with the children served by the program. While lunches are free for children, parents and other adults can also buy a lunch...
Date: Jan 11, 2023
Oklahoma State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation prepares future doctors to work in rural and tribal settings where healthcare workers are in short supply. - The Rural Monitor
...workers are in short supply. Behind the effort is a first-of-its-kind collaboration that Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, describes as a "life-changing partnership." Now students can attend...
Date: Apr 8, 2020
In the past five years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delivered two reports to Congress concerning traumatic brain injury. Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are common. With perspectives gained from their varied roles, five experts share information on concussions in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...health services are present in a community, taking advantage of services is avoided because there's no anonymity in rural communities." Graves pointed to other research confirming the established association between TBI and suicide . Given...