Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Bridging the Gap: Building Authentic Partnerships Between Urban and Rural Organizations
Provides strategies to improve cooperation and partnerships between urban and rural organizations. Discusses issues such as context, partnership, communication, and programming. Includes references to specific food programs that have had successful collaborations.
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Provides strategies to improve cooperation and partnerships between urban and rural organizations. Discusses issues such as context, partnership, communication, and programming. Includes references to specific food programs that have had successful collaborations.
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Investing in Rural Downtowns: What Role are EDDs Playing?
Discusses the role of Economic Development Districts (EDDs) in rural downtown revitalization. Summarizes the planning, investment, and development process. Provides case studies of EDDs involved in each stage of downtown revitalization.
Additional links: One-Page Summary
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Development Organizations
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Discusses the role of Economic Development Districts (EDDs) in rural downtown revitalization. Summarizes the planning, investment, and development process. Provides case studies of EDDs involved in each stage of downtown revitalization.
Additional links: One-Page Summary
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Development Organizations
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Cosecha: A Statewide Promotor de Salud Network to Attain Equity in Accessing COVID-19 Services in Florida's Farmworker Corridor
Describes the activities of a network of promotores de salud, or community health workers, promoting equitable access to COVID-19 services, including vaccination, among rural, migrant Latinx farmworkers in Florida from November 2021 to July 2022. Discusses program implementation, evaluation, sustainability, outcomes, and more.
Author(s): Anna Villagomez, Robin Lewy, Bruce Tyler, Jonathan Castro, Zorayda Avila
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S1), S74-S77
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
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Describes the activities of a network of promotores de salud, or community health workers, promoting equitable access to COVID-19 services, including vaccination, among rural, migrant Latinx farmworkers in Florida from November 2021 to July 2022. Discusses program implementation, evaluation, sustainability, outcomes, and more.
Author(s): Anna Villagomez, Robin Lewy, Bruce Tyler, Jonathan Castro, Zorayda Avila
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S1), S74-S77
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
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How Tribal Medical Education Programs Could Solve the Rural Health Care Crisis with Natasha Bray, DO
Highlights a partnership between The Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to address physician recruitment and retention in tribal communities. Discusses physician residencies, cultural competency, national physician shortages, and lessons learned. Transcript beneath podcast player.
Date: 01/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Highlights a partnership between The Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to address physician recruitment and retention in tribal communities. Discusses physician residencies, cultural competency, national physician shortages, and lessons learned. Transcript beneath podcast player.
Date: 01/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Critical Access Hospital-Local Health Department Partnerships to Address Rural Community Needs
Explores Critical Access Hospital (CAH) involvement in collaborative community health networks that include local public health departments (LHDs), other healthcare organizations, social service agencies, and other community organizations. Uses survey data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) to describe the collaborative partnerships CAHs are engaged in, the organizations with which they partner, and the activities these partnerships undertake. Presents findings from qualitative interviews with four pairs of CAH and LHD leaders regarding challenges and lessons learned from these local-level collaborations. Identifies three areas of activity - community health needs assessments, emergency preparedness planning, and emergent public health crises - that provide an opportunity to encourage collaboration between CAHs and LHDs and address priority needs
Author(s): Zachariah Croll, Celia Jewell, John Gale
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Explores Critical Access Hospital (CAH) involvement in collaborative community health networks that include local public health departments (LHDs), other healthcare organizations, social service agencies, and other community organizations. Uses survey data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) to describe the collaborative partnerships CAHs are engaged in, the organizations with which they partner, and the activities these partnerships undertake. Presents findings from qualitative interviews with four pairs of CAH and LHD leaders regarding challenges and lessons learned from these local-level collaborations. Identifies three areas of activity - community health needs assessments, emergency preparedness planning, and emergent public health crises - that provide an opportunity to encourage collaboration between CAHs and LHDs and address priority needs
Author(s): Zachariah Croll, Celia Jewell, John Gale
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook: Solutions, Systems, Partnerships
Provides an overview on housing shortages in the United States and its impact on quality of life and economic growth. Discusses locally driven solutions to solve housing supply issues, focusing on regional strategies and issues specific to rural.
Author(s): Lauren Lowery, Michael Wallace, Jason Jordan, et al.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: American Planning Association, National League of Cities
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Provides an overview on housing shortages in the United States and its impact on quality of life and economic growth. Discusses locally driven solutions to solve housing supply issues, focusing on regional strategies and issues specific to rural.
Author(s): Lauren Lowery, Michael Wallace, Jason Jordan, et al.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: American Planning Association, National League of Cities
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National Farm Medicine Center: 2023 Year in Review
Provides an overview of the 2023 activities of the National Farm Medicine Center and related partners, with a focus on research, policy, outreach and education, projects, and more. Discusses population health, well-being, and agricultural safety.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Farm Medicine Center
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Provides an overview of the 2023 activities of the National Farm Medicine Center and related partners, with a focus on research, policy, outreach and education, projects, and more. Discusses population health, well-being, and agricultural safety.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Farm Medicine Center
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Healthy Places NC: 10 Years That Changed the Way We Work
Reports on 10 years of activities by Healthy Places NC, an initiative focused on health improvement in North Carolina's rural and underserved communities. Discusses planning and implementation, challenges, lessons, case studies, network development and collaboration, and more. Describes the importance of addressing racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities and achieving health equity.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Video: 10 Years of Healthy Places NC
Author(s): Kristen Burwell Naney, Douglas Easterling, Tanya Beer, Mina Silberberg
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
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Reports on 10 years of activities by Healthy Places NC, an initiative focused on health improvement in North Carolina's rural and underserved communities. Discusses planning and implementation, challenges, lessons, case studies, network development and collaboration, and more. Describes the importance of addressing racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities and achieving health equity.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Video: 10 Years of Healthy Places NC
Author(s): Kristen Burwell Naney, Douglas Easterling, Tanya Beer, Mina Silberberg
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
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Telehealth in Libraries: Pre-Implementation Workbook
A workbook that guides users through implementation of telehealth in libraries. Focuses on partnerships, assessment, data collection, and readiness.
Author(s): K. Hamann, Z. Ward, P.B. DeGuzman
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Rural Health Association
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A workbook that guides users through implementation of telehealth in libraries. Focuses on partnerships, assessment, data collection, and readiness.
Author(s): K. Hamann, Z. Ward, P.B. DeGuzman
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Rural Health Association
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A National Staffing Emergency in Rural Health Care
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with three rural hospital executives from Colorado, Wisconsin, and Michigan regarding workforce shortages in rural hospitals. Describes factors driving workforce challenges; recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies; approaches to introducing healthcare careers to youth and the community; and the role of technology in meeting healthcare needs.
Date: 12/2023
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Podcast episode featuring a discussion with three rural hospital executives from Colorado, Wisconsin, and Michigan regarding workforce shortages in rural hospitals. Describes factors driving workforce challenges; recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies; approaches to introducing healthcare careers to youth and the community; and the role of technology in meeting healthcare needs.
Date: 12/2023
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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