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801. Peer Support Specialists Care for and Connect Rural Behavioral Health Clients - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 6, 2019

Peer support specialists are trained laypeople in recovery with a mental health condition or substance use disorder who act as mentors and coordinators for clients with similar behavioral health issues. PSSs in rural Arizona, Michigan, and North Dakota share the challenges and successes they see in their communities. - The Rural Monitor

...health workers (CHWs): individuals who receive professional training to provide a specialized service. But, in contrast to CHWs, peer support specialists must be in recovery for a behavioral health condition. Effective as mentors because...

802. Navajo Wellness Model: Keeping the Cultural Teachings Alive to Improve Health - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Describes a wellness model curriculum developed by the Navajo Area Indian Health Service along with cultural experts and traditional healers to increase health literacy and self-management in healthcare and public health settings. The curriculum uses traditional Navajo methods of teaching healthy behaviors and is designed to improve the knowledge and understanding of healthcare and public health providers on Navajo values about health within the family, community, and environment.

...Health Service along with cultural experts and traditional healers to increase health literacy and self-management in healthcare and public health settings. The curriculum uses traditional Navajo methods of teaching healthy behaviors and is designed...

803. Telehealth Models to Improve Care Delivery - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Introduction to telehealth program models that help improve care delivery in rural communities.

...health issues such as mental health or substance use disorders, and workforce shortages such as limited numbers of specialty care providers. Telehealth can be used to reach patients in their homes, addressing barriers such...

804. Healthcare-Based Programs – RHIhub Rural Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Feb 18, 2021

Features healthcare-based programs that target childhood health and overall positive health behaviors for rural families.

...health outcomes and mental health. For example, the evidence is particularly strong for children with asthma as it improves both patient and caregiver understanding of the condition. Staffing. There is a shortage of healthcare providers...

805. Challenges and Solutions for Disaster Behavioral Health in Rural and Remote Communities - Resources
Date: Apr 2023

Describes the scope and diversity of rural and remote populations across the nation, highlighting sources of strength and struggle, including the effects of stigma, for rural Americans and rural healthcare providers. Explores potential approaches to disaster behavioral health in rural and remote areas, including governmental and policy approaches, community-based approaches, and telemedicine.

...behavioral health in rural and remote areas, including governmental and policy approaches, community-based approaches, and telemedicine. --- View more Challenges and Solutions for Disaster Behavioral Health in Rural and Remote Communities Link View Resource Description...

806. Licensure Portability Grant Program - Funding
Deadline: Apr 8, 2024

Funding for state licensing boards to develop and implement state policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telehealth, with the ultimate goal of addressing workforce shortages and improving access to care in underserved and rural areas.

...Health Resources and Services Administration, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deadlines Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 8, 2024 Application: Apr 8, 2024 Contact For programmatic or technical...

807. Strategic Collaboration: The Key to Moving Rural Healthcare Forward - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 27, 2024

Strategic collaboration allows rural organizations to combine resources and expertise to improve care and patient outcomes. Southern Illinois Healthcare, the Iowa Primary Care Association, and Minnesota's Winona Community HUB share how strategic collaboration has helped them conduct community health needs assessments, provide technical assistance to community health centers, connect patients to food and housing, and much more. - The Rural Monitor

...workforce shortages, and disparities in health outcomes. As a statewide network of integrated primary care providers, our impact is exponentially greater and more sustainable to environmental changes when we work together toward common goals." Through...

808. Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas - Funding
Deadline: May 15, 2023

Grants to institutions of higher education in U.S. territories, commonwealth, and freely associated states designed to strengthen the capacity to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences as well as to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment necessary to conduct tropical and subtropical agricultural research.

...workforce to meet current and future national food and agricultural science needs Improve the economic health and viability of rural communities through the development of degree programs emphasizing new and emerging employment opportunities in food...

809. Oral Health-Primary Care Integration Model – Rural Oral Health Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: May 6, 2022

Learn about oral health program strategies focused on bringing together oral health and primary care.

...behavioral health services. Integration of dental care and mental and behavioral health may be especially helpful for people with persistent mental health or substance use issues who often access care via safety net providers...

810. America's Health Rankings Senior Report 2023 - Resources
Date: 2023

Provides a national and state-by-state overview of population health for older adults across 52 measures using data from 22 unique data sources. Covers social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, behaviors, and health outcomes. Highlights health disparities, including rural-urban disparities, across five categories of health. Includes state-by-state summaries and county-level maps for risk of social isolation by state.

...health for older adults across 52 measures using data from 22 unique data sources. Covers social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, behaviors, and health outcomes. Highlights health disparities, including rural-urban disparities, across...