Nevada Resources

Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake with Reservation and Off-Reservation Kindergarten Students in Nevada
Presents an overview of Veggies for Kids, a nutrition education program used with American Indian kindergarten students attending schools on reservations and kindergarten students attending schools next to a Nevada reservation. Examines the impact this program had on the students' knowledge of nutritional concepts and practicing healthy behaviors.
Author(s): Staci Emm, Jessica Harris, Judy Halterman, Sarah Chvilicek, Carol Bishop
Citation: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(Suppl. 2), 215-224
Date: 11/2019
Type: Document
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Medicaid: Efforts to Identify, Predict, or Manage High-Expenditure Beneficiaries
Describes strategies used in 7 states to manage beneficiaries' healthcare costs while ensuring quality care, and lists resources the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides to help states identify, predict, and manage high-expenditure beneficiaries. Discusses effects of social determinants of health and staff shortages in rural areas. Includes statistics for Medicaid expenditures among beneficiaries enrolled only in Medicaid, for fiscal years 2009-2011.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 08/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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A Comparison of Urban and Rural Medical Student's Academic Performance and Rural Retention in Nevada - UME Graduates 2005-2014
Compares rural and urban student's demographics, previous locations, undergraduate grade point average (GPA), and medical college admission test (MCAT) scores with students working in rural and urban counties in Nevada to determine the probability of a rural student to be more likely to practice in a rural county.
Author(s): Victoria Young, Tabor Griswold, John Packham
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Director's Office, Grants Management Unit: 2019 Annual Report
Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada including several programs, partnerships, and coalitions within rural communities and counties. Grantees are identified, award amount is disclosed, activities are described, and statistical data demonstrates the achievements of each program.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Nevada State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)
Interactive dashboard offering data on unintentional drug overdoses in Nevada. Includes current data, trends over time, and demographic data. Includes filters for rural areas of the state.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Pacific Southwest Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center - Events Calendar
Lists the events, trainings, and webinars for the Pacific Southwest Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Pacific Southwest Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Data Portal
Dashboard provides data on a variety of population health measures. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including substance use and misuse; maternal and child health; elderly health; Medicaid enrollment; infectious diseases, cancer, and other health conditions; vaccinations; mortality including suicide; telehealth; and other general population and community health statistics. Includes the DHHS Factbook which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Nevada 2020-2024 Child and Family Services Plan
Outlines the goals of Nevada's child and family services division, including preventing abuse and neglect, providing for children's physical and mental health needs, and more. Offers data related to Nevada's rural regions throughout and addresses some of the challenges of providing services to those areas.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Southwest Telehealth Resource Center - Events
List of upcoming webinars and trainings from the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center and the Arizona Telemedicine Program, as well as events from partner organizations. Events cover telemedicine delivery and specialty care, funding opportunities, and more.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organizations: Arizona Telemedicine Program, Southwest Telehealth Resource Center
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Nevada Compare Hospital Quality Measures
Offers an interactive website comparing quality measures for Nevada's hospitals, including acute care, specialty, and Critical Access Hospitals, where sufficient data is available. Includes data from the CMS Hospital Compare website, AHRQ Hospital Quality Performance Measures, the Nevada State Health Division, and the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Hospital Association
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