Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Regional Clusters and Rural Development: To What Extent Does EDA's Build Back Better Regional Challenge Include Rural Areas?
Analyzes recipients of an Economic Development Administration grant to evaluate the level of rural inclusion in regional collaborative projects between metro and nonmetro areas. Offers recommendations for equitable integration of rural places in future grants.
Author(s): Anthony F. Pipa, Zoe Swarzenski
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Brookings
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Analyzes recipients of an Economic Development Administration grant to evaluate the level of rural inclusion in regional collaborative projects between metro and nonmetro areas. Offers recommendations for equitable integration of rural places in future grants.
Author(s): Anthony F. Pipa, Zoe Swarzenski
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Brookings
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Forming Partnerships to Increase Rural Immunization Rates
Discusses barriers to vaccine uptake in rural communities. Describes how two community organizations worked to increase vaccinations in rural Alabama and how a network led by the National Center for Farmworker Health built the capacity to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and build vaccine confidence among migrant farmworkers. Identifies state considerations for implementing community-based programs to increase vaccinations in rural areas.
Author(s): Shalini Nair, Heather Tomlinson
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Discusses barriers to vaccine uptake in rural communities. Describes how two community organizations worked to increase vaccinations in rural Alabama and how a network led by the National Center for Farmworker Health built the capacity to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and build vaccine confidence among migrant farmworkers. Identifies state considerations for implementing community-based programs to increase vaccinations in rural areas.
Author(s): Shalini Nair, Heather Tomlinson
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Quality Time: Sharing PIE – Preventing Readmissions
Podcast episode discussing the varied approaches used by quality leaders from three Critical Access Hospitals to reduce readmissions. Covers community partnerships and collaboration with local health and human services providers, including emergency medical services (EMS).
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Podcast episode discussing the varied approaches used by quality leaders from three Critical Access Hospitals to reduce readmissions. Covers community partnerships and collaboration with local health and human services providers, including emergency medical services (EMS).
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Connecting Minority-Serving Institutions and Rural Research
Discusses minority serving institutions (MSI) and their role in rural research. Highlights rural-focused research systems, research of MSIs, and opportunities for integration of the two.
Author(s): Marjory Givens, Brian Dabson, Hilary Joyner, Olivia Little
Date: 07/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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Discusses minority serving institutions (MSI) and their role in rural research. Highlights rural-focused research systems, research of MSIs, and opportunities for integration of the two.
Author(s): Marjory Givens, Brian Dabson, Hilary Joyner, Olivia Little
Date: 07/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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Partnering with the Kansas Center for Rural Health
A recorded webinar that presents information on the services and programs provided by the Kansas Center for Rural Health, such as loan repayment programs, Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) maps and tools, information on rural health disparities, and organizational goals, strategies, and collaborations.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Date: 07/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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A recorded webinar that presents information on the services and programs provided by the Kansas Center for Rural Health, such as loan repayment programs, Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) maps and tools, information on rural health disparities, and organizational goals, strategies, and collaborations.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Date: 07/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Demonstrating Your Value: A Guide to Potential Value-based Care Partnerships for Rural Health Care Organizations
Provides a three-step framework to help rural healthcare organizations quantify and demonstrate their value to potential partners - understanding the potential partner, identifying the value proposition, and presenting the value message. Includes a worksheet that can be used to document and track progress through each of the three steps
Date: 07/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Provides a three-step framework to help rural healthcare organizations quantify and demonstrate their value to potential partners - understanding the potential partner, identifying the value proposition, and presenting the value message. Includes a worksheet that can be used to document and track progress through each of the three steps
Date: 07/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Rural Pharmacies Provide Multi-Faceted Value to Rural Communities
Describes the role rural pharmacies can play in the provision of healthcare in rural communities. Describes the challenges faced by rural pharmacies and efforts to address those challenges through partnerships and pharmacist training.
Author(s): Whitney Zahnd
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Describes the role rural pharmacies can play in the provision of healthcare in rural communities. Describes the challenges faced by rural pharmacies and efforts to address those challenges through partnerships and pharmacist training.
Author(s): Whitney Zahnd
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) Accomplishments 2022
Provides an overview of the work of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) and their public health partners in 2022. Covers infectious disease surveillance, detection and tracking of infectious disease threats, and response to various outbreaks. Includes mentions about infectious disease surveillance and response in rural and underserved areas.
Additional links: NCEZID 20222 Accomplishments: Video Overview
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Provides an overview of the work of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) and their public health partners in 2022. Covers infectious disease surveillance, detection and tracking of infectious disease threats, and response to various outbreaks. Includes mentions about infectious disease surveillance and response in rural and underserved areas.
Additional links: NCEZID 20222 Accomplishments: Video Overview
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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How a Black Community Brought Affordable Health Care and Clean Water to Rural South Carolina in the 1970s
Reports on a predominately Black rural community in South Carolina that worked together to provide indoor plumbing, build a health center, and improve health outcomes of their citizens in the 1970s.
Author(s): Olivia Lewis
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
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Reports on a predominately Black rural community in South Carolina that worked together to provide indoor plumbing, build a health center, and improve health outcomes of their citizens in the 1970s.
Author(s): Olivia Lewis
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
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Global to Local Toolkit: Adapting Global Interventions for Local Public Health
A toolkit that discusses strategies for adapting evidence-based, global interventions in public health to local health departments (LHDs) in the United States. Provides an overview of a case study from a predominately rural LHD that used global strategies to address the behavioral workforce shortage in their area. Includes resources and tools for planning and networking.
Additional links: Are You Prepared to Go Global-to-Local? Checklist, Global-to-Local Partner Identification Tool
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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A toolkit that discusses strategies for adapting evidence-based, global interventions in public health to local health departments (LHDs) in the United States. Provides an overview of a case study from a predominately rural LHD that used global strategies to address the behavioral workforce shortage in their area. Includes resources and tools for planning and networking.
Additional links: Are You Prepared to Go Global-to-Local? Checklist, Global-to-Local Partner Identification Tool
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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