Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Reviewed: Jun 4, 2024
Information and resources on hospice and palliative care options in rural areas, as well as financial considerations and workforce challenges. Includes types of services available and information on the composition of hospice and palliative care teams.
...workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors, may also be reimbursed for mental health services provided to patients receiving palliative care services in some situations. As a result, patients experience variation in access...
Date: Dec 13, 2023
As the pandemic receded, many rural healthcare providers began to feel the acute effects of another crisis impacting communities across the country: a severe local housing shortage. In response, some organizations are forming unique partnerships and implementing creative solutions. - The Rural Monitor
...workers in addition to 17 permanent supportive housing units for individuals with behavioral health conditions who have been, or are at high risk for becoming, homeless. The project is led by Columbia Pacific...
Deadline: May 17, 2024
Grants for research projects to develop, adapt, or implement intervention strategies to address social determinants of health to improve health and promote health equity in rural populations.
...health (SDOH) to improve health and promote health equity in rural populations. Projects should consider specific community priorities, needs, and preferences and should seek to leverage community strengths in intervention design, when appropriate. Community-based...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Scholarships for specific behavioral/mental health professional students. Recipients agree to a 6 year service obligation at a Vet Center Readjustment Counseling Service site. Applicants from rural, tribal, and other underserved communities are encouraged.
...health professional students. Recipients agree to a 6 year service obligation at a Vet Center Readjustment Counseling Service site. Applicants from rural, tribal, and other underserved communities are encouraged. --- View more Vet Center Scholarship Program...
Reviewed: Apr 8, 2022
Racial and ethnic minority populations living in rural areas are disproportionally affected by HIV/AIDS and may have special needs.
...workers, and language barriers faced by recent immigrants. Cultural and linguistic diversity of communities increases the importance of offering culturally sensitive and affirming HIV prevention and treatment services. The Health...
Date: Oct 26, 2022
After a 1965 public law created the Medicare and Medicaid programs, many rural residents insured by these government health programs were unable to access care. This challenge was remedied by another public law: the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977. Using a historical framework, rural health policy experts, researchers, and clinicians reviewed the Act's impact on outpatient healthcare delivery in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...health report. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Health policy experts said the origin story — a story that starts actually two decades before the 1997 Critical Access Hospital designation — had several public law precursors. The first...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
Reliable transportation is needed for rural residents to access healthcare services, employment and educational opportunities, social services, as well as recreation and other activities of daily life.
...communities. Access to Social Services and other Community Activities Limited transportation options may prevent rural residents from accessing social services and consumer needs (such as running errands or shopping). In more remote locations, transportation...
Reviewed: May 6, 2022
Overview of the staff needed to support a rural oral health program.
...health educator. For example, one rural school-based program model retained the services of a health educator in a “tooth fairy” costume to educate children about oral health. Common types of rural oral health program...
Date: Dec 18, 2019
With national standards now available for voluntary accreditation, rural public health departments need to determine the feasibility of that activity for their organization. The Public Health Accreditation Board President and CEO joins researchers and experts to share information about accreditation and how rural health departments can achieve that designation. - The Rural Monitor
...health departments ― despite size or number of provided essential services ― PHAB and NACCHO are leading the effort to further understand the accreditation needs of smaller health departments . The Unseen, Unmeasured, and Intangible Side of Accreditation...
Reviewed: Jun 21, 2018
Learn about the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model of services integration.
...community when possible. In rural communities, PACE programs are located either in a larger healthcare system or in a local agency or organization. Examples of Rural PACE Programs Senior CommUnity Care is a PACE program...