Rural Health
Resources by State: Louisiana
Disaster Recovery in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Southwest Louisiana
Provides a descriptive case study that describes the disaster recovery and rebuilding process in the three parishes in South Louisiana that were hardest hit by Hurricane Rita in 2005.
Author(s): Deborah M. Tootle
Citation: Southern Rural Sociology, 22(2), 6-27
Date: 2007
Type: Document
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Provides a descriptive case study that describes the disaster recovery and rebuilding process in the three parishes in South Louisiana that were hardest hit by Hurricane Rita in 2005.
Author(s): Deborah M. Tootle
Citation: Southern Rural Sociology, 22(2), 6-27
Date: 2007
Type: Document
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Health Equity Through a Rural Lens – ECHO Mini Series
Telementoring program focusing on health equity and social determinants of health in rural Louisiana.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Rural Health Association
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Telementoring program focusing on health equity and social determinants of health in rural Louisiana.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Rural Health Association
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Health Professional Shortage Areas: Louisiana
Provides information and definitions on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), as well as related HPSA opportunities and healthcare facilities. Includes county-level maps of primary care, dental, and mental HPSAs in Louisiana.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Provides information and definitions on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), as well as related HPSA opportunities and healthcare facilities. Includes county-level maps of primary care, dental, and mental HPSAs in Louisiana.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Well-Ahead Louisiana - Upcoming Events
Provides information on events hosted by the Louisiana Department of Health's Well-Ahead program, including events through the Louisiana Rural Health Association, the Louisiana State Office of Rural Health, and other rural health partners. Events include public health and disease prevention, healthcare finance, and annual rural health summits.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Provides information on events hosted by the Louisiana Department of Health's Well-Ahead program, including events through the Louisiana Rural Health Association, the Louisiana State Office of Rural Health, and other rural health partners. Events include public health and disease prevention, healthcare finance, and annual rural health summits.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Louisiana Rural Health Association - Upcoming Events
Provides information on events hosted by the Louisiana Rural Health Association, including webinars, workshops, trainings, and annual conferences. Links to past event information are also available.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Rural Health Association
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Provides information on events hosted by the Louisiana Rural Health Association, including webinars, workshops, trainings, and annual conferences. Links to past event information are also available.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Rural Health Association
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Cardiovascular & Cancer Rates for the Rural Delta Region
Interactive mapping tool showing 13 health measures for people in Delta Region counties/parishes. Allows users to compare rates by county, rural or urban status, to peer counties, to the national average, to national quartiles, by Health Resources and Services Administration regions, and by states.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Interactive mapping tool showing 13 health measures for people in Delta Region counties/parishes. Allows users to compare rates by county, rural or urban status, to peer counties, to the national average, to national quartiles, by Health Resources and Services Administration regions, and by states.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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TexLa Project ECHO
A practice model supporting Texas and Louisiana healthcare professions that reduces health disparities in underserved and remote areas through telementoring. The ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams offer virtual clinics to increase the capacity for providers to deliver best practice care to the underserved in their communities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: TexLa Telehealth Resource Center
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A practice model supporting Texas and Louisiana healthcare professions that reduces health disparities in underserved and remote areas through telementoring. The ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams offer virtual clinics to increase the capacity for providers to deliver best practice care to the underserved in their communities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: TexLa Telehealth Resource Center
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Louisiana HIV, AIDS, and Early Syphilis Surveillance Quarterly Report
Provides data on people living with HIV and those newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or syphilis for Louisiana. Includes parish-level data and more detailed breakdowns for regions in Louisiana by gender, race/ethnicity, and age group.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Provides data on people living with HIV and those newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or syphilis for Louisiana. Includes parish-level data and more detailed breakdowns for regions in Louisiana by gender, race/ethnicity, and age group.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Louisiana's Health Data Portal
Provides data on health outcomes, population health, and environmental health by parish for Louisiana. Includes data for vaccination rates, food security, social determinants of health, COVID-19, chronic illnesses, alcohol and tobacco use, and more. Offers the ability to view multiple datasets at once and download files.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Provides data on health outcomes, population health, and environmental health by parish for Louisiana. Includes data for vaccination rates, food security, social determinants of health, COVID-19, chronic illnesses, alcohol and tobacco use, and more. Offers the ability to view multiple datasets at once and download files.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Louisiana Department of Health Medicaid Expansion Dashboard
Provides data on the impact of Louisiana's Medicaid expansion. Scroll over the map on the right for the number of new Medicaid enrollees, doctor visits, colon and breast cancer screenings, and preventative care visits by parish.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Provides data on the impact of Louisiana's Medicaid expansion. Scroll over the map on the right for the number of new Medicaid enrollees, doctor visits, colon and breast cancer screenings, and preventative care visits by parish.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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