Rural Health
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Restoring the Sacred Circle: A Toolkit for American Indian & Alaska Native Tribes
Offers guidance for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and those working with them regarding problematic sexual behavior in youth. Includes information on the health impacts of trauma, capacity challenges for under resourced tribal communities, and principles for working with tribal communities. Guidance offers culturally-relevant resources and information for healthcare workers, community advocates, and others addressing sexual behaviors for AI/AN children.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Allyson Kelley and Associates, Indian Country Child Trauma Center, National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, White Buffalo Calf Women's Society
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Offers guidance for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and those working with them regarding problematic sexual behavior in youth. Includes information on the health impacts of trauma, capacity challenges for under resourced tribal communities, and principles for working with tribal communities. Guidance offers culturally-relevant resources and information for healthcare workers, community advocates, and others addressing sexual behaviors for AI/AN children.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Allyson Kelley and Associates, Indian Country Child Trauma Center, National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, White Buffalo Calf Women's Society
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How to Solve New Mexico's Health Care Worker Shortage
Proposes state-level policy and funding changes to address healthcare workforce shortages in New Mexico, covering topics including Medicaid reimbursement, financial incentives for education and practice, credentialing, workforce programs, and more. Highlights the needs of rural and tribal communities, including discussion of rural provider retention, workforce pipelines, the Rural Healthcare Tax Credit (RHTC), and state and federal cooperation with tribal nations.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Think New Mexico
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Proposes state-level policy and funding changes to address healthcare workforce shortages in New Mexico, covering topics including Medicaid reimbursement, financial incentives for education and practice, credentialing, workforce programs, and more. Highlights the needs of rural and tribal communities, including discussion of rural provider retention, workforce pipelines, the Rural Healthcare Tax Credit (RHTC), and state and federal cooperation with tribal nations.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Think New Mexico
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Maine Doula Workforce Assessment
Describes characteristics of doulas in Maine, their locations, the populations they serve, and what types of challenges Maine people face in accessing doulas' services. Includes information from online surveys conducted in 2023-2024. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Sarah Tewhey, Cait Vaughan
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Maine Doula Coalition
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Describes characteristics of doulas in Maine, their locations, the populations they serve, and what types of challenges Maine people face in accessing doulas' services. Includes information from online surveys conducted in 2023-2024. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Sarah Tewhey, Cait Vaughan
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Maine Doula Coalition
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Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating: Overview for Flex Programs, Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Stakeholders
Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Star Ratings posted on the CMS Care Compare website. Describes the methodology for the Overall Hospital Star Ratings, including information on measure selection, measure grouping, measure group scores and hospital scoring, and peer grouping and star rating assignment. Discusses the implications these ratings have on Critical Access Hospitals and other small rural hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Resource Center
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Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Star Ratings posted on the CMS Care Compare website. Describes the methodology for the Overall Hospital Star Ratings, including information on measure selection, measure grouping, measure group scores and hospital scoring, and peer grouping and star rating assignment. Discusses the implications these ratings have on Critical Access Hospitals and other small rural hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Resource Center
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Empowering Change: Promoting and Expanding Evidence-Based Programs in Rural Communities: A Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations
Toolkit identifying strategies to plan, implement, and sustain evidence-based health promotion programs in rural areas with a focus on the needs of older adults. Highlights partnerships, transportation, technology, and marketing and outreach for their ability to successfully impact health promotion programs.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Aging
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Toolkit identifying strategies to plan, implement, and sustain evidence-based health promotion programs in rural areas with a focus on the needs of older adults. Highlights partnerships, transportation, technology, and marketing and outreach for their ability to successfully impact health promotion programs.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Aging
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Mental Health in Rural America
Fact sheet on USDA Rural Development funding for mental health and substance use disorder treatment in rural communities in fiscal year 2024. Highlights USDA investments in programs serving rural Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Fact sheet on USDA Rural Development funding for mental health and substance use disorder treatment in rural communities in fiscal year 2024. Highlights USDA investments in programs serving rural Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Toward a Framework to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes a May 2024 workshop discussing opportunities for increasing representation in clinical trials. Report discusses community engagement, data best practices, access to trials in their communities, perspectives of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and cross-sector collaborations. Includes information on community-based research, ethics, and relationship building within tribal communities as well as infrastructure challenges in rural clinical trial site selection.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): National Cancer Policy Forum
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Summarizes a May 2024 workshop discussing opportunities for increasing representation in clinical trials. Report discusses community engagement, data best practices, access to trials in their communities, perspectives of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and cross-sector collaborations. Includes information on community-based research, ethics, and relationship building within tribal communities as well as infrastructure challenges in rural clinical trial site selection.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): National Cancer Policy Forum
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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340B Discount Drug Program Reform Policy Principles
Policy position paper on the 340B program. Explores ways in which the program benefits rural health systems and patients, and the impact of restrictions by drug manufacturers on rural safety net providers.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy position paper on the 340B program. Explores ways in which the program benefits rural health systems and patients, and the impact of restrictions by drug manufacturers on rural safety net providers.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Montana Oral Health Workforce Assessment, 2024
Provides an overview of the oral health workforce in Montana. Includes information on the scope of practice, education and continuing education, and distribution within the state for dentists, dental hygienists, dental auxiliaries, and denturists. Covers county-level data on dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) by type. Discusses initiatives to expand dental education in Montana to meet the needs in rural areas.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
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Provides an overview of the oral health workforce in Montana. Includes information on the scope of practice, education and continuing education, and distribution within the state for dentists, dental hygienists, dental auxiliaries, and denturists. Covers county-level data on dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) by type. Discusses initiatives to expand dental education in Montana to meet the needs in rural areas.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
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Generating a Profile of the Near Dual Population
Chart pack from a project examining policy approaches to supporting Near Duals, who are adults aged 65+ experiencing financial precarity and not currently dually enrolled in Medicare and full-benefit Medicaid, utilizing Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and Medicare administrative claims data. Analyzes characteristics of Near Dual population, including data on Near Duals' likelihood of living in rural and medically underserved areas.
Additional links: Project Overview: Defining and Examining the Near Duals
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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Chart pack from a project examining policy approaches to supporting Near Duals, who are adults aged 65+ experiencing financial precarity and not currently dually enrolled in Medicare and full-benefit Medicaid, utilizing Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and Medicare administrative claims data. Analyzes characteristics of Near Dual population, including data on Near Duals' likelihood of living in rural and medically underserved areas.
Additional links: Project Overview: Defining and Examining the Near Duals
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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