Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Planning and strategy methods and resources
Rural Childhood Obesity Prevention Toolkit
Provides specific policy options for healthy eating and active living for rural communities to implement to address childhood obesity.
Author(s): Maya Rockeymoore, Craig Moscetti, Andrew Fountain
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Provides specific policy options for healthy eating and active living for rural communities to implement to address childhood obesity.
Author(s): Maya Rockeymoore, Craig Moscetti, Andrew Fountain
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Building Partnerships in Community-Based Participatory Research: Budgetary and Other Cost Considerations
Explores costs and budget considerations when implementing a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework to work with communities to reduce health disparities. Analysis can inform budget discussions and assist with planning CBPR project timelines. Table 1 details budget concerns for CBPR project staff and Table 2 lists opportunity costs associated with community partners for a CBPR project.
Author(s): Theresa J. Hoeft, Wylie Burke, Scarlett E. Hopkins, et al.
Citation: Health Promotion Practice, 15(2), 263-270
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
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Explores costs and budget considerations when implementing a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework to work with communities to reduce health disparities. Analysis can inform budget discussions and assist with planning CBPR project timelines. Table 1 details budget concerns for CBPR project staff and Table 2 lists opportunity costs associated with community partners for a CBPR project.
Author(s): Theresa J. Hoeft, Wylie Burke, Scarlett E. Hopkins, et al.
Citation: Health Promotion Practice, 15(2), 263-270
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
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Rural Hospital System Transformation
Discusses how Mercy Health Network, a group of 28 hospitals in rural Iowa, improved system-wide performance by implementing a Lean methodology. Focuses on learning from outside the healthcare industry, identifying the appropriate leaders, and utilizing innovative approaches to do more with less.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Discusses how Mercy Health Network, a group of 28 hospitals in rural Iowa, improved system-wide performance by implementing a Lean methodology. Focuses on learning from outside the healthcare industry, identifying the appropriate leaders, and utilizing innovative approaches to do more with less.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Critical Access Hospital Population Health Summit: Improving Population Health: A Guide for Critical Access Hospitals
Presents highlights from a summit held in Bloomington, MN, on March 25-26, 2014. Included national rural hospital and population health experts who discussed recommendations for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and small rural hospitals regarding population health needs in their communities.
Author(s): Karla Weng
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Presents highlights from a summit held in Bloomington, MN, on March 25-26, 2014. Included national rural hospital and population health experts who discussed recommendations for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and small rural hospitals regarding population health needs in their communities.
Author(s): Karla Weng
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Community Paramedic Program Handbook
A comprehensive planning manual to be used by paramedic services or a community for the development of a community paramedic program. Provides an array of resources focused on assessing community needs, determining program scope, identifying services to provide, engaging the community, developing policies and procedures, conducting training, and developing an evaluation plan. Requires filling out a form to download the program manual.
Author(s): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Christopher A. Montera, Anne Robinson
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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A comprehensive planning manual to be used by paramedic services or a community for the development of a community paramedic program. Provides an array of resources focused on assessing community needs, determining program scope, identifying services to provide, engaging the community, developing policies and procedures, conducting training, and developing an evaluation plan. Requires filling out a form to download the program manual.
Author(s): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Christopher A. Montera, Anne Robinson
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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Community Size as a Factor in Health Partnerships in Community Parks and Recreation, 2007
Study to determine whether park and recreation leaders' perceptions of characteristics, effectiveness, and outcomes of partnerships with public health agencies vary depending on whether the community is very small, small, medium, or large.
Author(s): Laura L. Payne, Jo An M. Zimmermann, Andrew J. Mowen, Elizabeth Orsega-Smith, Geoffrey C. Godbey
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
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Study to determine whether park and recreation leaders' perceptions of characteristics, effectiveness, and outcomes of partnerships with public health agencies vary depending on whether the community is very small, small, medium, or large.
Author(s): Laura L. Payne, Jo An M. Zimmermann, Andrew J. Mowen, Elizabeth Orsega-Smith, Geoffrey C. Godbey
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
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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
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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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
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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An Overview of Lean: A Guide for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program
Explains the key Lean concepts as they relate to rural healthcare delivery, and outlines the necessary steps that will help rural healthcare facilities reduce waste, improve productivity, and provide better patient care.
Date: 04/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Explains the key Lean concepts as they relate to rural healthcare delivery, and outlines the necessary steps that will help rural healthcare facilities reduce waste, improve productivity, and provide better patient care.
Date: 04/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Implementing the ACHIEVE Model to Prevent and Reduce Chronic Disease in Rural Klickitat County, Washington
Describes efforts by a local health department to implement the Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and Environmental Change (ACHIEVE) model. Specific objectives included completing an assessment, developing an action plan, establishing community gardens, creating biking and walking trails, and promoting worksite wellness.
Author(s): Laura Horne, Katie Miller, Sandra Silva, Lori Anderson
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 04/2013
Type: Document
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Describes efforts by a local health department to implement the Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and Environmental Change (ACHIEVE) model. Specific objectives included completing an assessment, developing an action plan, establishing community gardens, creating biking and walking trails, and promoting worksite wellness.
Author(s): Laura Horne, Katie Miller, Sandra Silva, Lori Anderson
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 04/2013
Type: Document
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Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Guide: Using HCAHPS to Drive Patient and Employee Satisfaction
Describes the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey and data collection process. Explains how rural providers can use the survey findings to improve hospital operations, patient outcomes, and quality scores. Includes case studies of two hospitals that used HCAHPS data to successfully drive patient and employee satisfaction.
Date: 03/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Describes the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey and data collection process. Explains how rural providers can use the survey findings to improve hospital operations, patient outcomes, and quality scores. Includes case studies of two hospitals that used HCAHPS data to successfully drive patient and employee satisfaction.
Date: 03/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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