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Resources by Topic: Policy

The Dynamics of Sustainability: A Primer for Rural Health Organizations
Provides information and case studies on sustainability for rural organizations that are starting new programs. The case studies were identified from a study of rural health organizations that received funding from the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP).
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Ohio Appalachian Residents' Views on Smoke-free Laws and Cigarette Warning Labels
Presents results from a study that explored attitudes and beliefs of residents in Appalachian Ohio relating to smoke-free laws and public health policies in place to reduce smoking and smoking-related diseases.
Author(s): Paul Reiter, Mary Wewers, Electra Paskett, Elizabeth Klein, Mira Katz
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 1945
Date: 02/2012
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Defining the Issues and Principles of Recruitment and Retention: Introduction to the Rural Health Careers Pipeline Series
Overview of the issues endemic to healthcare workforce recruitment and retention in rural areas. The introduction to a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs.
Author(s): Dave Schmitz, Natalie Claiborne, Nicole Rouhana
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Pursuing High Performance in Rural Health Care
Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Quality Incentives for Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics and Free Clinics: A Report to Congress
Discusses initiatives and incentives that apply to primary care clinics regarding quality of care and the use of health information technology.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
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We Will Be Known Forever by the Tracks We Leave: Rising up to Meet the Reproductive Health Needs of American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Provides statistics on the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, teen birth, physical/sexual abuse, and alcohol/drug abuse among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Highlights innovative efforts to address these issues.
Author(s): Lori de Ravello, Scott Tulloch, Melanie Taylor
Citation: American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 19(1), i-x
Date: 2012
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A Community-Driven Approach to Identifying "Winnable" Policies Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention
Describes a community-based participatory research approach used in two rural North Carolina counties to select obesity prevention strategies, based on the Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention (COCOMO). Discusses how COCOMO might be adapted for use in rural communities.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Lauren M. Whetstone, Jean R. Wilkerson, Tosha W. Smith, Alice S. Ammerman
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 2012
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The Roles of Nurses in Primary Care: Tenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Congress
Discusses the role of nurses in providing primary care. Highlights the role of nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary care to underserved populations in the U.S., barriers to primary care nursing practice, nursing education, and supporting successful nursing models of primary care.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 15-17, 2012
Minutes from the NACRHHS, which provides recommendations on rural health and human services issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Meeting included the following topics: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, children and families, Head Start, health professional shortage areas, rural healthcare infrastructure, and the White House Rural Council.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, September 26-28th, 2011
Reports on a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Addresses rural health challenges in Mississippi, health disparities, physician payment value modifier, and Affordable Care Act provisions affecting the rural elderly.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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