Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Reflections from Lived Experience: Disability and Public Libraries
Examines disability needs as related to rural public libraries and their services. Focuses on library networking, information resources, outreach, and accessing community resources in rural areas. Discusses library services such as assisting with health insurance and benefits enrollment, social connectedness, transportation needs, and more.
Author(s): Jeff Gutierrez
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Montana: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
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Examines disability needs as related to rural public libraries and their services. Focuses on library networking, information resources, outreach, and accessing community resources in rural areas. Discusses library services such as assisting with health insurance and benefits enrollment, social connectedness, transportation needs, and more.
Author(s): Jeff Gutierrez
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Montana: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
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Building Rural Capacity through Philanthropy
Video featuring participants in the Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership sharing how philanthropic investment can strengthen local healthcare systems and providers through capacity-building.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Video featuring participants in the Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership sharing how philanthropic investment can strengthen local healthcare systems and providers through capacity-building.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Using Partnerships and Multiple Data Sources to Surveil Agricultural Injuries: Considerations and Recommendations
Describes a partnership between a rural health system and university to monitor agricultural injuries in the upper Midwest. Discusses data gathering and using geographic information systems among partners. Offers recommendations to others considering a similar partnership.
Author(s): Elizabeth A Gilblom, Angela B. Johnson, Sheryl Sahr, Hilla I. Sang
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 29(2), 197-205
Date: 04/2025
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Describes a partnership between a rural health system and university to monitor agricultural injuries in the upper Midwest. Discusses data gathering and using geographic information systems among partners. Offers recommendations to others considering a similar partnership.
Author(s): Elizabeth A Gilblom, Angela B. Johnson, Sheryl Sahr, Hilla I. Sang
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 29(2), 197-205
Date: 04/2025
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Rural Health Philanthropy: Coming Together to Meet the Need
Video featuring participants in the Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership highlighting the benefits of attending the group's annual meetings and working together throughout the year to make a difference in rural communities.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Video featuring participants in the Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership highlighting the benefits of attending the group's annual meetings and working together throughout the year to make a difference in rural communities.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Improving Access to Maternity Care in Iowa's Health Care Deserts
Examines maternal healthcare shortages and facility closures in Iowa. Discusses strategies to improve access, such as workforce training, graduate medical education, and collaborative opportunities.
Author(s): Diana Mirel
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Examines maternal healthcare shortages and facility closures in Iowa. Discusses strategies to improve access, such as workforce training, graduate medical education, and collaborative opportunities.
Author(s): Diana Mirel
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Together We Serve: How Schools and Community Organizations are Boosting Summer Meals
A recorded webinar that discusses collaboration to implement summer non-congregate meal service models. Provides examples of successful partnerships, including those in rural areas.
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Author(s): Christopher Hutchinson, Gary Bye, Veronica Stephens
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses collaboration to implement summer non-congregate meal service models. Provides examples of successful partnerships, including those in rural areas.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Christopher Hutchinson, Gary Bye, Veronica Stephens
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Reaching Rural Families with Grab & Go: Ideas for Transforming Summer Meal Programs
A recorded webinar that discusses strategies to implement grab-and-go non-congregate meal service programs in rural areas. Includes recommendations on planning, staffing, distribution models, and lessons learned.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Karla Boudreaux Horton, Avary Maunakea, Beth Miller, Robin Hernandez
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses strategies to implement grab-and-go non-congregate meal service programs in rural areas. Includes recommendations on planning, staffing, distribution models, and lessons learned.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Karla Boudreaux Horton, Avary Maunakea, Beth Miller, Robin Hernandez
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Innovative Solutions to Address the Oral Health Care Workforce Shortage: Insights from Michigan
Discusses the impact of the oral healthcare workforce shortage on rural communities and other communities in need in Michigan. Provides examples, strategies, and collaborative efforts of State Medicaid agencies to address the shortage.
Author(s): Jade Kissi
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses the impact of the oral healthcare workforce shortage on rural communities and other communities in need in Michigan. Provides examples, strategies, and collaborative efforts of State Medicaid agencies to address the shortage.
Author(s): Jade Kissi
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Navigating Natural Disasters: Key Strategies for Medicaid Agencies to Support Members
Provides information on the impact of natural disasters on people, communities, and the economy. Discusses how Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can address health needs of their members by strengthening disaster preparedness, working with managed care organizations, and focusing on policy. Includes examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Armelle Casau, Rachel Yard
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Provides information on the impact of natural disasters on people, communities, and the economy. Discusses how Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can address health needs of their members by strengthening disaster preparedness, working with managed care organizations, and focusing on policy. Includes examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Armelle Casau, Rachel Yard
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Partnering to Improve Care for People Experiencing Homelessness Profile Series - Engaging the Community to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons from California's Tuolumne County
Discusses strategies to address homelessness and healthcare access in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Utilizes community needs assessment surveys to examine how to better meet healthcare and housing needs of residents through collaboration.
Author(s): Zackiya Grant-Knight, Jahira Sterling
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses strategies to address homelessness and healthcare access in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Utilizes community needs assessment surveys to examine how to better meet healthcare and housing needs of residents through collaboration.
Author(s): Zackiya Grant-Knight, Jahira Sterling
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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