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An Interview with David Schmitz
The co-creator of the Community Apgar Program and program director of Rural Training Tracks (RTTs) at the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho shares his insights about rural physician training and recruitment of rural healthcare providers.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Minnesota's Physical Therapist Assistant Workforce, 2015
Summarizes the 2015 Physical Therapist Assistant Workforce Survey for the state of Minnesota. Provides data and statistics on demographics, current employment status, future plans, and work setting. Includes geographical distribution by region and across urban and rural areas.
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Changes in Dentist Retirement, Relocation, and Net Inflow of Dentist Supply in Iowa, 1997-2014: Fifth Brief in a Series
Analyzes the population of dentists in and out of Iowa's dental workforce from 1997 to 2014 with a focus on voluntary retirement and relocation out of Iowa. Provides data describing several characteristics of the dental workforce, including their retirement age, where they received training, type of practice, and if they practiced in a rural location.
Author(s): Julie C. Reynolds, Susan C. McKernan, Raymond A. Kuthy, Nyla Balakrishnan
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Iowa Public Policy Center
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Health without Borders
Video featuring the Health without Borders (HwoB) program, which uses promotoras to provide immunizations door-to-door. This approach is popular in Mexico and provides a familiar experience for the immigrants that HwoB serves in Luna County, New Mexico.
Date: 06/2016
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Vivir Mejor! (Live Better!)
Video highlighting the Vivir Mejor! (Live Better!) program, a comprehensive, culturally competent diabetes education program for Hispanic/Latino populations in rural Arizona. Features program staff and patients sharing how the program impacted the health of people in the region.
Date: 06/2016
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Oral Health Care in North Dakota Long Term Care Facilities
Provides data on oral health in long-term care (LTC) facilities in North Dakota. Compares rural and urban variation in oral health policies regarding services and staff training. Includes recommendations to encourage LTC facilities to strengthen relationships with oral health providers and improve access to oral health for their residents.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Dental Workforce in Rural and Urban North Dakota
Highlights the issues surrounding access to and utilization of oral healthcare in rural and urban North Dakota with a focus on dental workforce.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Enhancing Student Perspectives of Humanism in Medicine: Reflections from the Kalaupapa Service Learning Project
Evaluates the impact of a service learning project for students from disadvantaged backgrounds that is intended to encourage them to pursue rural medicine. Kalaupapa service learning project is a post-baccalaureate, premedical school program focused on a rural community of Native Hawaiians.
Author(s): Winona K. Lee, Chessa C.D. Harris, Kawika A. Mortensen, Linsey M. Long, Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 16, 137
Date: 05/2016
Type: Document
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Assessing Fidelity of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Rural VA Clinics: Design of a Randomized Implementation Effectiveness (Hybrid Type III) Trial
Reports on a study to redesign the CALM (coordinated anxiety learning and management) tool for cognitive behavioral therapy to meet the needs of mental health clinicians working in Veteran Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) treating rural veterans. Also assesses the best method for future implementation of the CALM tool among mental health providers in rural VA CBOCs.
Author(s): Michael A. Cucciare, Geoffrey M. Curran, Michelle G. Craske, et al.
Citation: Implementation Science, 11(65)
Date: 05/2016
Type: Document
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State Variations in the Rural Obstetric Workforce
Illustrates the challenges affecting the obstetric workforce in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and other rural hospitals having at least 10 births in 2010 by analyzing data derived from a telephone survey conducted in 9 states. Includes data for each state on hospital and provider characteristics, and services provided for labor and delivery.
Author(s): Peiyin Hung, Katy B. Kozhimannil, Michelle M. Casey, Carrie Henning-Smith, Shailendra Prasad
Date: 05/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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