Rural Health
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Montana AHEC Scholars - HRSA: Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Highlights the Montana AHEC Scholars Program, which provides interdisciplinary training in behavioral health integration, telehealth, and social determinants of health, among other topics, to improve the quality and access to care in rural communities.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health
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Highlights the Montana AHEC Scholars Program, which provides interdisciplinary training in behavioral health integration, telehealth, and social determinants of health, among other topics, to improve the quality and access to care in rural communities.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health
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Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training Program - HRSA: Advanced Nursing Education (ANE)
Report discusses Montana's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training program. Highlights the Montana SANE Consortium's efforts in recruiting, training, and certifying healthcare workforce with the support of HRSA's Advanced Nursing Education (ANE) program.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health
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Report discusses Montana's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training program. Highlights the Montana SANE Consortium's efforts in recruiting, training, and certifying healthcare workforce with the support of HRSA's Advanced Nursing Education (ANE) program.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health
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Rural Ready Nurse Practitioner Scholars - HRSA: Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW)
Report highlights the Rural Ready Nurse Practitioner Program, funded through the HRSA: Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program. Discusses the program's goals of enhancing rural healthcare access, workforce retention, and strengthening rural healthcare systems in Montana.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health
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Report highlights the Rural Ready Nurse Practitioner Program, funded through the HRSA: Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program. Discusses the program's goals of enhancing rural healthcare access, workforce retention, and strengthening rural healthcare systems in Montana.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health
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Relevance and Acceptability of a Technology-Delivered Childhood Obesity Intervention for Hispanic/Latino Families in Rural Nebraska: A Qualitative Approach
Examines program strengths and challenges, implementation concerns, and cultural relevance of Hispanic Family Connections, a Spanish-language childhood obesity intervention for Latino families in rural Nebraska, via focus group interviews with 26 participants.
Author(s): Thais F. Alves, Natalia Santos, Camila Squarcini, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 16
Date: 05/2025
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Examines program strengths and challenges, implementation concerns, and cultural relevance of Hispanic Family Connections, a Spanish-language childhood obesity intervention for Latino families in rural Nebraska, via focus group interviews with 26 participants.
Author(s): Thais F. Alves, Natalia Santos, Camila Squarcini, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 16
Date: 05/2025
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Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database Analysis of Hepatitis B
Reports on Hepatitis B diagnosis, treatment, screening, and other clinical and population-based data in Arkansas in 2021, utilizing Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) and Arkansas Department of Health data. See Table 1 and Appendix B for demographic data on individuals with health insurance diagnosed with Hepatitis B broken down by level of rurality.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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Reports on Hepatitis B diagnosis, treatment, screening, and other clinical and population-based data in Arkansas in 2021, utilizing Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) and Arkansas Department of Health data. See Table 1 and Appendix B for demographic data on individuals with health insurance diagnosed with Hepatitis B broken down by level of rurality.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database Analysis of Hepatitis C
Reports on Hepatitis C diagnosis, treatment, screening, and other clinical and population-based data in Arkansas in 2021, utilizing Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) and Arkansas Department of Health data. See Table 1 and Appendix B for demographic data on individuals with health insurance diagnosed with Hepatitis C broken down by level of rurality.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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Reports on Hepatitis C diagnosis, treatment, screening, and other clinical and population-based data in Arkansas in 2021, utilizing Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) and Arkansas Department of Health data. See Table 1 and Appendix B for demographic data on individuals with health insurance diagnosed with Hepatitis C broken down by level of rurality.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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Assessing Neighborhood Deprivation Reveals Rural-Urban Disparities in CGM Access Among Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Examines disparities in access to continuous glucose monitor (CGM) technology in rural versus urban and high deprivation versus low deprivation areas, utilizing 2016-2023 pediatric endocrine patient encounter data for a region including parts of Missouri and Kansas. Highlights interactions between rurality, deprivation, access, and neighborhood demographics.
Author(s): Daniel R. Tilden, Christie A. Befort, Brent Lockee, et al.
Citation: Diabetes Care, dc250077
Date: 05/2025
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Examines disparities in access to continuous glucose monitor (CGM) technology in rural versus urban and high deprivation versus low deprivation areas, utilizing 2016-2023 pediatric endocrine patient encounter data for a region including parts of Missouri and Kansas. Highlights interactions between rurality, deprivation, access, and neighborhood demographics.
Author(s): Daniel R. Tilden, Christie A. Befort, Brent Lockee, et al.
Citation: Diabetes Care, dc250077
Date: 05/2025
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Access to CCTA at Safety-Net Hospitals Across the United States
Examines the availability of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) at safety-net hospitals to evaluate patients with chest pain. Analyzes 391 safety-net hospitals according to bed size, state, academic status, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Jonah Delshad, Trevor Weis, Caleb Bayona, et al.
Citation: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 19(3), 340-343
Date: 05/2025
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Examines the availability of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) at safety-net hospitals to evaluate patients with chest pain. Analyzes 391 safety-net hospitals according to bed size, state, academic status, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Jonah Delshad, Trevor Weis, Caleb Bayona, et al.
Citation: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 19(3), 340-343
Date: 05/2025
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Current Approaches to Rural Health Workforce Challenges Need Improvement
Describes rural health disparities using data from New York's provider recruitment efforts. Features statistics on the percentage of New York-trained physicians in the states with the highest rural populations, and workforce recruitment program outcomes with breakdowns by medical specialty and urban or rural location.
Author(s): Gaetano Forte
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Describes rural health disparities using data from New York's provider recruitment efforts. Features statistics on the percentage of New York-trained physicians in the states with the highest rural populations, and workforce recruitment program outcomes with breakdowns by medical specialty and urban or rural location.
Author(s): Gaetano Forte
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Stories of Impact: Lee County Health Department
Profiles the Lee County Health Department in Iowa and their work to support community health worker certification, continuing education for public health workers, mobile resource clinics, and health and human services referral processes.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Profiles the Lee County Health Department in Iowa and their work to support community health worker certification, continuing education for public health workers, mobile resource clinics, and health and human services referral processes.
Date: 05/2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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