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Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration

Prevention and Health Promotion among Vulnerable Populations on the U.S.-México Border: Synthesis Report
Summarizes the findings from six regional United States–Mexico Border Health Commission stakeholder planning meetings organized by the New Mexico Department of Health Office of Border Health and the California Department of Public Health Office of Binational Border Health. The objective of these meetings was to collect information from agencies and organizations that provide health and human services, and/or advocate for improving access to these services for at risk populations on the U.S. side of the U.S.–Mexico border region.
Date: 10/2013
Sponsoring organization: United States-México Border Health Commission
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Mobilizing Community Partnerships in Rural Communities: Strategies and Techniques
Describes how rural communities can develop and maintain organizational and community partnerships with local health departments, community health centers, healthcare organizations, offices of rural health, hospitals, and non-profit organizations. Recommendations are based on interviews with Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grantees involved in successful rural community partnership initiatives.
Author(s): Mikhaila Richards
Date: 07/2013
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Critical Access Hospital Blueprint for Performance Excellence
Highlights from a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Performance Excellence Summit held in Minneapolis on June 6-7, 2013. The goal of the Summit was to assemble national rural hospital experts to create a recommended blueprint for sustainable CAH excellence. Components discussed were leadership, strategic planning, partners, measurement, workforce, operations, and impact. Hosted by the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC).
Date: 06/2013
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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The Role of Small and Rural Hospitals and Care Systems in Effective Population Health Partnerships
Explains how small and rural hospitals and their systems can develop community and other partnerships to effectively implement population health management and improve their community's health status. Includes five case studies.
Date: 06/2013
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Rural Oregon Community Perspectives
Provides an overview of the Lincoln County Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) in rural Oregon as it transitioned into a Community Health Improvement and Research Partnership (CHIRP). Describes the transition, including research training to grow the focus from CHIP to CHIRP, research studies to address existing local health problems, and includes lessons learned throughout the transition.
Author(s): Julia Young-Lorion, Melinda M. Davis, Nancy Kirks, et al.
Citation: Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 7(3), 313-322
Date: 2013
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Best Practices for Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy Development: A Review of Scientific Methods, Current Practices, and Future Potential
Discusses how public health and non-profit hospitals can work together to assess community health and plan for improvement. Addresses reasons rural hospitals and public health can benefit from working together. Based on a July 2011 public forum convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Author(s): Kevin Barnett
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: Public Health Institute
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Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rural Oregon
Describes a program, Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative, that works to expand oral healthcare services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in rural Oregon through collaboration with a dental hygiene school and a dental case manager to help provide access to services. Includes service delivery activities and descriptive roles for each provider.
Author(s): Jill Jones, Mahyar Mofidi, Helene Bednarsh, Alan Gambrell, Carol R. Tobias
Citation: Public Health Reports, 17(Suppl 2), 65-72
Date: 2012
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Partnership for Implementation of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers: Theory and Methods
Discusses the findings of a study to develop an effective implementation strategy between an academic health center and a rural community health center to facilitate the modification and adoption of an evidence-based mental health program to be used by primary care providers in rural community health centers located in Arkansas.
Author(s): Justin B. Hunt, Geoffrey Curran, Teresa Kramer, et al.
Citation: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 6(3), 389-398
Date: 2012
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A Manual on Effective Collaboration Between Critical Access Hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers
Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Stimulating Local Innovation for Rural Health and Human Services Integration: A Critical Review of the ORHP Outreach Grantees
Examines the existing health and human service integration efforts in the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Health Outreach Grants. Includes considerations for future programs.
Author(s): Mario Gutierrez, Kathleen Belanger, Vaughn Clark, et al.
Date: 03/2010
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Human Services Panel
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