Website Search Results for: social determinants of health
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Added: Jan 14, 2025
Step Into Cuba in rural Cuba, New Mexico, works to make the community more pedestrian-friendly by creating and improving hiking trails and other places to walk.
...social interaction in a positive way." Program coordinators disseminated lessons learned as part of consultation to a network of 30 other rural New Mexico communities. A video series and fact sheets were shared with many...
Date: Sep 7, 2016
Gary Wingrove, President of the Paramedic Foundation, discusses the vital role emergency medical services play in rural communities, and the role community paramedics can fill in a changing healthcare system. - The Rural Monitor
...determine whether you live or die. That's how you know us, but the reality is that we are the FINAL healthcare safety net and the ONLY healthcare provider in most of the towns...
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2023
The Communities that Care Coalition of Massachusetts has found ways to significantly reduce substance abuse among teens in Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.
...Determination of Need" hospital funding. Results Thirty rural towns in Franklin County and the North Quabbin have benefited from CTC. Since the program's launch in 2002, Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region have...
Date: Jul 24, 2019
CAPABLE is a national model that connects low-income seniors with an occupational therapist, registered nurse, and home repair services. Program coordinators from Hawaii and Maine share their successes and the challenges of helping rural residents age safely in place. - The Rural Monitor
...Health. Lessons Learned To other rural communities considering CAPABLE, Farrar advised understanding what challenges you may experience and finding community partners. For example, KAPA partners with other traditional healers as well as social workers from...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
Data collection is used by programs to track how well the program is working, and to demonstrate any changes as a result of the program.
...determine the program's success and to encourage other communities to replicate the model in their own communities. Evaluation measures that can be used for aging in place programs include: Monetary : Cost savings for families...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's Initial Preventive Physical Exam (IPPE) or Welcome to Medicare visit.
...social history, depression risk factors, functional ability, exam measurements, end-of-life planning, opioid use, and SUD risk factors. Who in my organization should I engage when designing and implementing IPPEs? Implementing IPPEs requires broad...
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 clinics and social service organizations throughout the county. Partnerships with "trusted partners" in the community, such as healthcare and social service providers and fire safety entities, have been key to Clean Air Methow...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Provides information on potential dissemination methods to consider when planning a rural suicide prevention program dissemination strategy.
...determining the appropriate audience(s) for dissemination, many methods can be used to share findings and successes of a rural suicide prevention program. Some methods of dissemination for suicide prevention programs include: Sharing information through...
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2024
Potential questions to consider in the evaluation activities for rural transportation programs.
...determining which questions should be answered through the evaluation. Examples of evaluation questions for transportation programs are provided below. For additional information about process and outcome evaluations, please see Evaluation Design in the Rural Community...
Added: Mar 12, 2024
To help rural Texas communities prepare for emergency events, a year-long pilot project used focus groups, a survey, and exit interviews to help librarians and local stakeholders discuss a community's strengths and opportunities for resiliency planning.
...Health Research Center (THRC) used a community collaboration framework to adapt the COPEWELL (Composite of Post-Event Well-Being) framework, developed by an interdisciplinary research team at Johns Hopkins University. In this adaptation, THRC researchers...