Rural Health
Resources by State: Missouri
A Qualitative Exploration of Factors Influencing Healthcare Utilization among Rural Missourians: "We Have to be Bleeding, Broken"
Examines factors influencing healthcare utilization in rural Missouri via interviews with 25 rural Missourians. Identifies structural, cultural, and individual factors, including discussion of financial accessibility, perceptions of rural healthcare quality, treatment preferences, and approaches to health.
Author(s): Klaudia Kukulka, Jacquelyn J. Benson, Olivia J. Landon, et al.
Citation: Health Place, 90, 103367
Date: 12/2024
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Examines factors influencing healthcare utilization in rural Missouri via interviews with 25 rural Missourians. Identifies structural, cultural, and individual factors, including discussion of financial accessibility, perceptions of rural healthcare quality, treatment preferences, and approaches to health.
Author(s): Klaudia Kukulka, Jacquelyn J. Benson, Olivia J. Landon, et al.
Citation: Health Place, 90, 103367
Date: 12/2024
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FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Missouri Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Missouri in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Missouri in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Stories of Impact: Great Mines Health Center
Provides an overview of the Great Mines Health Center successes through 2024, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves 6 rural Missouri counties. Discusses the impact of integrating the Washington County Mobile Integrated Healthcare Network model that created a partnership among an FQHC, an emergency medical services agency, and a nonprofit consulting firm and initiates primary care services in the home.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Provides an overview of the Great Mines Health Center successes through 2024, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves 6 rural Missouri counties. Discusses the impact of integrating the Washington County Mobile Integrated Healthcare Network model that created a partnership among an FQHC, an emergency medical services agency, and a nonprofit consulting firm and initiates primary care services in the home.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Primary Care Providers Fill Rural Gaps in Autism Resources
Features efforts in Arkansas, Missouri, and Arizona to improve screening and services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. Includes methods for preparing primary care providers and providing support for caregivers.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features efforts in Arkansas, Missouri, and Arizona to improve screening and services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. Includes methods for preparing primary care providers and providing support for caregivers.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Mental Health: Challenges & Opportunities
Webinar recording discusses barriers to rural mental health access and offers strategies for overcoming those barriers. Presents Kansas and Missouri as examples. Details unintentional injury fatalities in metro versus nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Angie Schindler-Berg
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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Webinar recording discusses barriers to rural mental health access and offers strategies for overcoming those barriers. Presents Kansas and Missouri as examples. Details unintentional injury fatalities in metro versus nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Angie Schindler-Berg
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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How to Reach the Next Generation of Health Care Workers with Hannibal Regional Healthcare System
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Susan Wathen, vice president of human resources at Hannibal Regional Healthcare System in Hannibal, Missouri. Describes strategies to recruit and retain clinical and non-clinical workforce for the health system, including tuition payments and stipends, apprenticeships and internships, serving as a site for clinical rotations for medical schools, and more.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Susan Wathen, vice president of human resources at Hannibal Regional Healthcare System in Hannibal, Missouri. Describes strategies to recruit and retain clinical and non-clinical workforce for the health system, including tuition payments and stipends, apprenticeships and internships, serving as a site for clinical rotations for medical schools, and more.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Home Cooked: A 50-Year History of Meth in America - Ep. 3: Lab School
Podcast series presents a discussion on the history of the use, production, and proliferation of methamphetamine in the U.S. Episode 3 discusses the home meth lab surge in the rural Midwest and how this changed the distribution and policing of the illicit meth market.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Assembly, The Daily Yonder
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Podcast series presents a discussion on the history of the use, production, and proliferation of methamphetamine in the U.S. Episode 3 discusses the home meth lab surge in the rural Midwest and how this changed the distribution and policing of the illicit meth market.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Assembly, The Daily Yonder
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HealthTran: Provider Sustainability and Patient Empowerment
Video featuring Community Asset Builders' HealthTran, a volunteer driver program that helps mobility-challenged clients in over 40 rural Missouri counties get to and from medical appointments.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Video featuring Community Asset Builders' HealthTran, a volunteer driver program that helps mobility-challenged clients in over 40 rural Missouri counties get to and from medical appointments.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Medical Debt in Missouri
Analyzes the impact of medical debt on the finances, physical health, and mental and emotional health of Missouri citizens. Utilizes feedback from 8 focus groups to discuss issues such as medical debt circumstances, financial consequences and strategies to lower debt, and debt's impact on health and mental wellbeing. Includes feedback from participants in rural areas.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Foundation for Health
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Analyzes the impact of medical debt on the finances, physical health, and mental and emotional health of Missouri citizens. Utilizes feedback from 8 focus groups to discuss issues such as medical debt circumstances, financial consequences and strategies to lower debt, and debt's impact on health and mental wellbeing. Includes feedback from participants in rural areas.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Foundation for Health
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A Federally Qualified Health Center and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Partnership in Rural Missouri
Case study describing a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and a certified community behavioral health clinic in rural southwest Missouri. Covers the infrastructure of the MOUD program, staffing and services, financing, and more. Highlights challenges and successes, as well as recommendations for other health centers interested in a similar partnership.
Author(s): Ashley Jasko, Meryl Schulman
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Case study describing a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and a certified community behavioral health clinic in rural southwest Missouri. Covers the infrastructure of the MOUD program, staffing and services, financing, and more. Highlights challenges and successes, as well as recommendations for other health centers interested in a similar partnership.
Author(s): Ashley Jasko, Meryl Schulman
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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