Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Behavioral health workforce
Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) Meeting Minutes, September 6, 2024
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) meeting held on September 6, 2024. Includes updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce and anticipated notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs). Features a presentation on Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERENV), a workforce development initiative to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in Nevada.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) meeting held on September 6, 2024. Includes updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce and anticipated notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs). Features a presentation on Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERENV), a workforce development initiative to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in Nevada.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Health Care: Chelsea Lensing
A video recording of a podcast episode that discusses mental healthcare access in rural Iowa. Features Chelsea Lensing, economics professor at Coe College in Iowa, who studies disparities in healthcare access in rural versus urban populations. Transcript available below video.
Author(s): Paul Yeager, Chelsea Lensing
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Iowa PBS
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A video recording of a podcast episode that discusses mental healthcare access in rural Iowa. Features Chelsea Lensing, economics professor at Coe College in Iowa, who studies disparities in healthcare access in rural versus urban populations. Transcript available below video.
Author(s): Paul Yeager, Chelsea Lensing
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Iowa PBS
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Interconnected Youth Mental Health Crisis
A recorded webinar that discusses youth mental health in rural and urban Minnesota. Focuses on issues such as workforce shortages, risk and protective factors related to mental health, continuum of care, and more. Transcript available below description.
Author(s): Sue Abderholden, Sara Gonzalez Rodriguez, Wade McKittrick, Feven Tesfaye
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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A recorded webinar that discusses youth mental health in rural and urban Minnesota. Focuses on issues such as workforce shortages, risk and protective factors related to mental health, continuum of care, and more. Transcript available below description.
Author(s): Sue Abderholden, Sara Gonzalez Rodriguez, Wade McKittrick, Feven Tesfaye
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Youth Mental Health: Where Rural Families Can Find Help Now
Provides an overview of mental health struggles in adolescents, with a focus on the impact of mental health workforce shortages in rural areas of Minnesota. Discusses opportunities to address issues through education, prevention, and mental health access via primary care or schools.
Author(s): Marnie Werner
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Provides an overview of mental health struggles in adolescents, with a focus on the impact of mental health workforce shortages in rural areas of Minnesota. Discusses opportunities to address issues through education, prevention, and mental health access via primary care or schools.
Author(s): Marnie Werner
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Addressing Travel Costs for Providers of Field-Based Services in Medi-Cal
Examines provider travel costs associated with field-based healthcare services in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program. Discusses Medicaid policies related to provider travel costs and the implications for community health workers (CHWs), doula services, and behavioral health services, with emphasis on the impact for rural areas of the state.
Author(s): Logan Kelly
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Examines provider travel costs associated with field-based healthcare services in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program. Discusses Medicaid policies related to provider travel costs and the implications for community health workers (CHWs), doula services, and behavioral health services, with emphasis on the impact for rural areas of the state.
Author(s): Logan Kelly
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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An Increasing Number of States Filled Conrad 30 Waivers for Recruiting International Medical Graduates
Examines the Conrad 30 visa waiver program between 2001 and 2020 and offers findings related to variations by specialty and geography at the state level. Discusses disparate distribution of Conrad physicians in rural areas.
Author(s): Tarun Ramesh, Sarah E. Brotherton, Gregory D. Wozniak, Hao Yu
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 2(9)
Date: 09/2024
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Examines the Conrad 30 visa waiver program between 2001 and 2020 and offers findings related to variations by specialty and geography at the state level. Discusses disparate distribution of Conrad physicians in rural areas.
Author(s): Tarun Ramesh, Sarah E. Brotherton, Gregory D. Wozniak, Hao Yu
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 2(9)
Date: 09/2024
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Virginia's Licensed Master's Social Worker Survey: 2024
An overview of the licensed master's social worker (LMSW) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2024 Licensed Master's Social Worker Survey. Features statistics including the number of LMSWs in metro, urban, and rural areas of Virginia.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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An overview of the licensed master's social worker (LMSW) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2024 Licensed Master's Social Worker Survey. Features statistics including the number of LMSWs in metro, urban, and rural areas of Virginia.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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MN Rational Service Areas: Mental Health Geographic and Low Income HPSA Designations
Provides a Minnesota state map and county list of low-income and geographic mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Provides a Minnesota state map and county list of low-income and geographic mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Rural Ohio Counties Face Challenges with Access to Health Providers
An Ohio map that shows select counties and their ratios of population to primary care, dental, and mental health providers, with lowest access areas all located in rural or partially rural counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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An Ohio map that shows select counties and their ratios of population to primary care, dental, and mental health providers, with lowest access areas all located in rural or partially rural counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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2024 Workforce Survey Report: The Status of Kentucky's Hospital Workforce
Provides an in-depth look at non-physician direct care positions in inpatient or hospital-related outpatient departments in Kentucky as of 2023. Includes statistics on vacancies, benefits, and pay, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Maik Schutze
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Hospital Association
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Provides an in-depth look at non-physician direct care positions in inpatient or hospital-related outpatient departments in Kentucky as of 2023. Includes statistics on vacancies, benefits, and pay, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Maik Schutze
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Hospital Association
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