Website Search Results for: community health workers
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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
...health risks of wildfire smoke in rural 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...
Date: Dec 2020
Looks at workplace-related, community, and household factors that might affect person-to-person SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with data for U.S.- and foreign-born workers at two Maryland poultry processing facilities.
...Workers — Maryland, May 2020 --- Looks at workplace-related, community, and household factors that might affect person-to-person SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with data for U.S.- and foreign-born workers at two Maryland poultry processing...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how a rural hospital in Alamosa, Colorado handled an extended power outage in the middle of winter in 20201.
...Health Regional Medical Center is a rural prospective payment system (PPS) hospital in Alamosa and is located over 250 miles from the site of the fire. The hospital was in an area that experienced...
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.
...community-based services. Discusses rural throughout. --- View more Addressing the Shortage of Direct Care Workers: Insights from Seven States Link View Resource Description Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related...
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 --- 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...
Date: Aug 9, 2023
Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant and postpartum patients. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Crawfordsville established, an early version of Project Swaddle was formed, centered on connecting mothers to obstetric care, transportation, and social services as needed. But conversations with Sinnott, who had paired up with the fire...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
Overview of telehealth and home health as methods to help rural older adults age in place.
...Health Information Technology in Rural Healthcare topic guide and the Rural Telehealth Toolkit . Home Health As older adults age, it may also be increasingly difficult for them to travel outside of their home to visit...
Learn about how the Economic Impact Analysis Tool and how it calculates economic impact.
...community. The current version of the tool was developed by the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis and the Rural Health Information Hub. The EIA Tool can be used by grantees in several ways...
Date: Oct 6, 2021
Three programs across rural America demonstrate how doulas improve birth outcomes by providing prenatal, labor, and postpartum support. A New Mexico program reaches American Indian, Hispanic, and other populations who lack nearby labor/delivery units; a Minnesota program works with moms experiencing incarceration; and a North Dakota program is training postpartum doulas who will care for families impacted by opioid use disorder and other substance use. - The Rural Monitor
...worker or other resources. In Española, New Mexico, the nonprofit Tewa Women United provides full-spectrum doula services across the reproductive spectrum, regardless of pregnancy outcome, in its region as well as doula training across...