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Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services

Oral Health in Alabama: Unveiling the Burden and Pathways to Improvement
Reports on oral health in Alabama, highlighting issues across the lifespan, the relationship between oral health and other health conditions, protective factors, workforce, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and more. Discusses oral health disparities for particular groups including rural residents. Includes county-level data.
Author(s): Zachary W. Schulz
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alabama Public Health, Oral Health Office
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Whole-Person Oral Health Education: Proceedings of a Workshop
Report discusses the proceedings of a workshop on the importance of holistic care in oral healthcare education. Highlights the use of interprofessional education and collaborative practices for oral healthcare providers. Explores considerations for rural communities.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Expanding Behavioral Health Care Workforce Participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace Plans
Report highlights barriers to obtaining behavioral health treatment on Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace plans. Discusses barriers specific to rural and tribal communities. Details behavioral workforce needs and makes policy recommendations.
Additional links: Full Report
Author(s): Board on Health Care Services
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Essential Health Care Services Related to Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Women: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes a workshop from April 2024 discussing essential healthcare services across the female lifespan for anxiety and mood disorders, policy, impacts on particular populations, and improving care provision. Discusses access concerns for rural and Native American women throughout.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Health Care Services
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Tobacco Use Among MSAW: Environmental Scan Findings Report
Reports on tobacco use among migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) using surveys of MSAW-serving organizations and focus groups with MSAWs. Includes discussion of tobacco use, beliefs about health effects, tobacco use in the workplace, cultural differences, cessation programs, and more. Offers recommendations for healthcare providers and MSAW-serving organizations addressing tobacco use.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Playbook Project: 2024 Indiana Mental and Behavioral Health County Level Needs Assessment
Provides interactive county-level data on population and behavioral health workforce characteristics in Indiana. Includes information such as youth and elderly population, poverty, substance use, population to various behavioral health professions ratios, and more.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Indiana Health Workforce Summit: Behavioral & Mental Health
Provides an overview of the 2024 Indiana Health Workforce Summit that covered issues and strategies related to the Indiana healthcare workforce. Includes information on education, training, recruitment, and retention in the areas of behavioral, primary care, and rural health. Discusses health workforce needs for specific population groups.
Additional links: Primary Care: Adult & Geriatrics Brief, Primary Care: Maternal & Child Brief, Rural Health Brief
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Indiana Department of Health, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
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"I Don't Think That a Medication Is Going to Help Someone Long-Term Stay off Opioids": Treatment and Recovery Beliefs of Rural Vermont Family Members of People with Opioid Use Disorder
Examines beliefs related to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and recovery from the perspective of the family members of people with OUD. Analyzes interview data from 20 rural Vermont family members and discusses themes such as medication for OUD (MOUD), OUD treatment and mental health services, patient readiness for OUD treatment, and stigma.
Author(s): Catherine E. Peasley-Miklus, Julia G. Shaw, Katie Rosingana, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(4), 681-688
Date: 2024
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Growing Resilience in Tough Times (GRITT): Development and Randomized Trial of a Farmer Mental Health Literacy Intervention
Evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a text message based mental health literacy program tested in 134 farmers. Discusses barriers to offering face-to-face mental health programming for farmers and other recruitment challenges related to COVID-19.
Author(s): Amanda J. Holmstrom, Gwyn Shelle
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine 29(3), 392-403
Date: 2024
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Serious Illness Care Research: Exploring Current Knowledge, Emerging Evidence, and Future Directions: Proceedings of a Workshop
Reports proceedings of a November 2023 workshop on serious illness care research. Includes content of presentations and discussions on lived experience of affected individuals, current and future state of the field, approaches to addressing research gaps, barriers and facilitators to health equity in research, and translation to practice. Pages 76-79 include discussion of rural health equity in palliative care.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Health Care Services
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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