Topics: Delta Region

Rural Patients with Chronic Disease: A Nonprofit Organization and a Health Department Leverage Federal Funding to Provide Health Education and Care Coordination

An Alabama nonprofit organization and a North Carolina rural health district share how they leverage public funding for quality improvement and rural network development activities that provide unique patient education opportunities for chronic disease prevention and self-management.

Across the nation, 11,000 sites are using The Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH), the most widespread coordinated school health program in the world. This article focuses on one Illinois region that has engaged 76% of their elementary schools in healthy eating and physical activity through CATCH.

Sister Anne Brooks, D.O., has provided care for the desperately poor at the Tutwiler Clinic for the last 30 years.

The need for community health workers—who typically provide health education and program enrollment—is increasing, as are their duties.

The Rural Monitor

Articles and resources on key rural health issues, from the Rural Health Information Hub

Topics: Delta Region

Rural Patients with Chronic Disease: A Nonprofit Organization and a Health Department Leverage Federal Funding to Provide Health Education and Care Coordination

Meeting the Needs of the Whole Child through CATCH

Nuns Help Desperately Poor at Mississippi Medical Clinic

Community Health Workers Playing a Bigger Role in Health Care