Rural Monitor Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Jan 10, 2024
Rural health expert Tim Putnam, DHA, shares leadership perspectives and ideas gained from his roles as a rural hospital CEO, a member of a White House task force, and now in his academic healthcare policy position. - The Rural Monitor
...community healthcare worker, or how to utilize paramedicine doing preemptive visits and home safety checks. From that relationship building and data sharing came several anecdotes of interest. One patient's sugar was not controlled because...
Date: Aug 26, 2020
From decreasing stigma to increasing treatment access and the impact of COVID-19, experts and rural healthcare organizations speak out on alcohol use and misuse in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...worker with JBS International , providing national technical assistance for rural community opioid response grantees. He also self-describes as having a passion for "specifically addressing stigma and eliminating discrimination for all people dealing with...
Date: Jun 14, 2023
A December 2021 survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) suggests that farmers and farmworkers are more aware of mental health resources and less likely to see stigma as a barrier to care, compared to previous surveys. Experts from AgriSafe, AgWell, and AFBF share their own success stories of stigma reduction as well as the challenges that remain in addressing farmers' mental health. - The Rural Monitor
...health topics. McGinlay believes this direct approach is appreciated in the agriculture community, "when time is of the essence and you want to see results as quickly as possible." McGinlay's work also shows...
Date: Dec 18, 2024
The GRACE Youth and Family Center for Everyone brings free programming to children and teenagers in a county with one of the highest drug overdose rates in the state. - The Rural Monitor
...Community Built a Grassroots Youth and Family Center from the Ground Up by Gretel Kauffman Matthew Probst, PA-C, stands in front of the GRACE Center with center participants. Grace was many things...
Date: Oct 18, 2017
Rural veterans may face significant challenges when pursuing careers in healthcare. Organizations like the Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit and the Consortium of Michigan Veterans Educators are working to reduce these barriers so that veterans can better serve their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Workforce Studies paper reports the following as the top four barriers standing between veterans and healthcare careers: Navigating their educational benefits: The GI Bill determines educational benefits based on a veteran's period...
Date: May 6, 2020
Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center co-directors Thomasine Heitkamp and Dennis Mohatt discuss telehealth, economic insecurity, broadband, and mental health under COVID-19 and self-isolation. - The Rural Monitor
...Community Treatment is delivered through the collaborative care model. It's delivered by a team, and it's very hard right now to provide that care and to do it with fidelity to the evidence...
Date: Jul 26, 2023
In response to rising rates of overdose death and injection-related disease, rural organizers across the country are testing innovative harm reduction strategies to expand potentially life-saving services to some of the most at-risk members of their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, legal advocates, and other community members formed to discuss the possibility of opening a syringe services program (SSP) in Homer, a small coastal community affectionately known to locals as "the end of the road...
Date: Jan 22, 2020
Over 40% of today's physicians are burned out. A closer look at research indicates that not only is this a system problem rather than an individual problem, but that burnout impacts a system's revenue streams, healthcare quality, and patient safety and satisfaction. Experts suggest the problem may even be of more concern in rural areas. - The Rural Monitor
...health disparities , are there differences in the well-being of clinicians who care for the rural patient, repeatedly described as older, sicker, poorer, and living in resource- and geographically-challenged regions of America? Does burnout...
Date: Jan 28, 2021
An event space in Dalhart, Texas was converted into a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, distributing 1,232 Pfizer vaccines to residents in a tri-county area and beyond, finding unique ways for the participants to promote the event on social media. - The Rural Monitor
...workers and the public through 6 PM. By 3:45 PM the team completed the 1,232nd vaccination and we were out of the Pfizer vaccine for the day. We had no idea how many...
Date: Oct 17, 2018
In this in-depth story, multiple clinical issues surrounding domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural settings are discussed by providers and researchers. Rural prevalence rates, provider knowledge gaps, and healthcare expenditures are also reviewed. - The Rural Monitor
...community's healthcare providers. With these factors in mind, she said she reminds students to still just start with being patient-centered. "I believe there's not a 'rural approach' to screening," she says...