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Mississippi Scholarship Program Helps Create More Rural Physicians
The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program is addressing the state's health care crisis by providing incentives for medical students to practice in rural areas.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Hotlines and Mental Health Screenings Provide Needed Support
Mental health hotlines and mental health screenings offer critical support in getting people the help they need in a timely manner.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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State Variability in Supply of Office-based Primary Care Providers: United States, 2012
Data brief covering the supply of primary care providers. Includes national rural-urban comparisons for primary care providers per 100,000 population and for use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in physician practices. See Figure 4.
Author(s): Esther Hing, Chun-Ju Hsiao
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Rural Emergency Medical Technician Pre-Hospital Electrocardiogram Transmission
Rural communities face challenges to rapid emergency response services for heart attacks, mostly related to prolonged travel time. As a strategy to address this, this research article sought evidence of the risks and benefits associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) protocols, which urban ambulance teams staffed with paramedic level providers have been successful in implementing.
Author(s): Angela Powell, Joshua Halon, Jessica Nelson
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 2690
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Trust in Physicians Among Rural Medicaid-Enrolled Smokers
Reports on a study of rural Medicaid-enrolled adult smokers participating in a tobacco cessation program to assess their level of trust in their physicians and the relationship between trust and patient characteristics and physician performance.
Author(s): Emory Nelms, Ling Wang, Michael Pennell, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 30(2), 214–220
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
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Doctors Across New York: Physician Loan Repayment and Physician Practice Support Program Awards 2009 - 2013
Discusses the shortages of health professionals in New York and reports on programs to encourage health care professionals to locate in high-need geographic areas or to work with underserved and rural populations.
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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A Qualitative Study of Medical Students in a Rural Track: Views on Eventual Rural Practice
Studied medical students enrolled in a rural track (RT). Conclusions showed that despite enrollment in an RT program, students with rural and primary care practice interests are often not committed to rural practice; however such RTs may provide a gathering place for interested students within medical school.
Author(s): Carrie Roseamelia, James L. Greenwald, Tiffany Bush, Morgan Pratte
Citation: Family Medicine, 46(4), 259-266
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
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Reducing Rural Suicide
Describes the efforts of psychologists searching for innovative ways to reach out to people in isolated communities. Includes a specific focus on Native American and veteran populations to address stigma and access to care, and create a preventive environment.
Author(s): Rebecca A. Clay
Citation: APA Monitor on Psychology, 45(4), 36
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
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Projected Impact of the Primary Care Residency Expansion Program Using Historical Trends in Graduate Placement
Discusses the Primary Care Residency Expansion Program and its impact on future physicians working in primary care. Chart shows projected work areas by type of residency including the number of those residents working in primary care, health professional shortage areas, and rural areas.
Author(s): Rossan M. Chen, Stephen M. Petterson, Andrew Bazemore
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Graduate Medical Education for Rural Practice
A joint statement of the NRHA and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Describes how graduate medical education including rural training tracks (RTTs) have contributed to residency education that prepares physicians to practice in rural environments. Lists recommendations to further address the training of residents in rural medicine.
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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