Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health occupations
Missouri's Dentists - 2014
Highlights Missouri's dental workforce, focusing on access to dental health services. Compares urban and rural population to dentist ratios. Includes a map of total dentists in Missouri broken down by county as well as areas designated as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas in 2014.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Highlights Missouri's dental workforce, focusing on access to dental health services. Compares urban and rural population to dentist ratios. Includes a map of total dentists in Missouri broken down by county as well as areas designated as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas in 2014.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Community Paramedic Program Handbook
A comprehensive planning manual to be used by paramedic services or a community for the development of a community paramedic program. Provides an array of resources focused on assessing community needs, determining program scope, identifying services to provide, engaging the community, developing policies and procedures, conducting training, and developing an evaluation plan. Requires filling out a form to download the program manual.
Author(s): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Christopher A. Montera, Anne Robinson
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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A comprehensive planning manual to be used by paramedic services or a community for the development of a community paramedic program. Provides an array of resources focused on assessing community needs, determining program scope, identifying services to provide, engaging the community, developing policies and procedures, conducting training, and developing an evaluation plan. Requires filling out a form to download the program manual.
Author(s): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Christopher A. Montera, Anne Robinson
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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A Cost Analysis of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Vermont
Examines the cost and effectiveness of a hospital affiliated community health program staffed by 3 community health workers in rural Vermont. Cost data was compiled from 2 categories that included the personnel involved and operational costs from 2010 to 2011.
Author(s): Alberta M. Mirambeau, Guijing Wang, Laural Ruggles, Diane O. Dunet
Citation: Journal of Community Health, 38(6), 1050–1057
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Examines the cost and effectiveness of a hospital affiliated community health program staffed by 3 community health workers in rural Vermont. Cost data was compiled from 2 categories that included the personnel involved and operational costs from 2010 to 2011.
Author(s): Alberta M. Mirambeau, Guijing Wang, Laural Ruggles, Diane O. Dunet
Citation: Journal of Community Health, 38(6), 1050–1057
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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The Evolution, Expansion, and Effectiveness of Community Health Workers
Reviews the development of Community Health Worker roles, accomplishments, and future contributions in rural and urban settings. Discusses the education and training of CHWs, and includes a detailed table of their activities in promoting prevention and well-being.
Author(s): Randall R. Bovbjerg, Lauren Eyster, Barbara A. Ormond, Theresa Anderson, Elizabeth Richardson
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
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Reviews the development of Community Health Worker roles, accomplishments, and future contributions in rural and urban settings. Discusses the education and training of CHWs, and includes a detailed table of their activities in promoting prevention and well-being.
Author(s): Randall R. Bovbjerg, Lauren Eyster, Barbara A. Ormond, Theresa Anderson, Elizabeth Richardson
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
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Promising Approaches to Integrating Community Health Workers into Health Systems: Four Case Studies
Identifies the scope of practice, supervision, financing, and the workforce standards implemented by states and employers in the development of community health worker (CHW) programs. Four case studies that include rural counties illustrate the challenges and opportunities for integrating CHWs into health systems.
Author(s): Lauren Eyster, Randall R. Bovbjerg
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
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Identifies the scope of practice, supervision, financing, and the workforce standards implemented by states and employers in the development of community health worker (CHW) programs. Four case studies that include rural counties illustrate the challenges and opportunities for integrating CHWs into health systems.
Author(s): Lauren Eyster, Randall R. Bovbjerg
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
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Rural Primary Care Physician Workforce Expansion: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Legislation
Recommends expansion of graduate medical education (GME) support in teaching health centers (THCs) as a way to address the shortage of rural primary care physicians. Proposes an expanded version of the community health center and academic medicine partnerships (CHAMP) model that would help in the development of rural THCs.
Author(s): Richard E. Rieselbach, Robert L. Phillips, Thomas J. Nasca, Byron J. Crouse
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 5(4), 556-559
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Recommends expansion of graduate medical education (GME) support in teaching health centers (THCs) as a way to address the shortage of rural primary care physicians. Proposes an expanded version of the community health center and academic medicine partnerships (CHAMP) model that would help in the development of rural THCs.
Author(s): Richard E. Rieselbach, Robert L. Phillips, Thomas J. Nasca, Byron J. Crouse
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 5(4), 556-559
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Rural Nurses' Continuing Education Needs: A U.S. Multi-Site Survey Reveals Challenges and Opportunities
Presents the results of a study which assessed the perceptions of continuing education needs for nursing staff working in healthcare facilities throughout rural areas of the Midwestern United States. Results showed the need for evidence-based continuing education content, and reducing nursing knowledge stagnation among entry level staff.
Author(s): Roseanne M. Fairchild, Marcee Everly, Linda Walters, et al.
Citation: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 3(5), 45-55
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Presents the results of a study which assessed the perceptions of continuing education needs for nursing staff working in healthcare facilities throughout rural areas of the Midwestern United States. Results showed the need for evidence-based continuing education content, and reducing nursing knowledge stagnation among entry level staff.
Author(s): Roseanne M. Fairchild, Marcee Everly, Linda Walters, et al.
Citation: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 3(5), 45-55
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Projecting the Supply and Demand for Primary Care Practitioners Through 2020
Examines the adequacy of the future supply of primary care providers to meet the projected demand for primary care. Includes information on physician, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant supply and demand. Discusses likely causes of growth in demand for primary care, and potential impact of increased use of NPs and PAs on alleviating the primary care physician shortage. Section 8 of the full report discusses geographic disparities.
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Examines the adequacy of the future supply of primary care providers to meet the projected demand for primary care. Includes information on physician, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant supply and demand. Discusses likely causes of growth in demand for primary care, and potential impact of increased use of NPs and PAs on alleviating the primary care physician shortage. Section 8 of the full report discusses geographic disparities.
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Advancing Geriatrics Fellowship Programs Through a Community-Based Residency Network
Describes a project, conducted through Michigan State University, which studied the formation of geriatric fellowship programs within an established family medicine residency network to recruit and retain graduates. Facilitates the accreditation of new programs in nonmetropolitan communities, recruits fellows into underserved areas, and helps retain graduates to practice and teach in neighboring areas.
Author(s): Kevin Foley, Marolee Neuberger, Mary Noel, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 45(10), 719-725
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Describes a project, conducted through Michigan State University, which studied the formation of geriatric fellowship programs within an established family medicine residency network to recruit and retain graduates. Facilitates the accreditation of new programs in nonmetropolitan communities, recruits fellows into underserved areas, and helps retain graduates to practice and teach in neighboring areas.
Author(s): Kevin Foley, Marolee Neuberger, Mary Noel, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 45(10), 719-725
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Oregon Indigenous Farmworkers: Results of Promotor Intervention on Pesticide Knowledge and Organophosphate Metabolite Levels
Highlights a study on changes in health knowledge relating to pesticides of indigenous farmworkers in Oregon. Details the results of participants' pesticide knowledge from pre/post-intervention questionnaires and biological testing.
Author(s): Linda McCauley, Jennifer D. Runkle, Julie Samples, et al.
Citation: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55(10), 1164-1170
Date: 10/2013
Type: Document
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Highlights a study on changes in health knowledge relating to pesticides of indigenous farmworkers in Oregon. Details the results of participants' pesticide knowledge from pre/post-intervention questionnaires and biological testing.
Author(s): Linda McCauley, Jennifer D. Runkle, Julie Samples, et al.
Citation: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55(10), 1164-1170
Date: 10/2013
Type: Document
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