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3371. COPD & Rural Health: A Dialogue on the National Action Plan - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Video of rural health experts discussing the challenges, opportunities, and resources related to the COPD National Action Plan's 5 goals. Presentations feature data including county-level maps on prevalence of COPD and death rates.

...Health Appalachia · Chronic disease management · Chronic respiratory conditions · Environmental health · Health disparities · Occupational health and safety...

3372. Promoting Health through Transdisciplinary Local Food System Partnerships: Insights from the North Carolina Local Food Council - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Discusses the impact of the North Carolina Local Food Council (NCLFC) Community Health Working Group and their efforts to strengthen statewide and local food systems. Focuses on the North Carolina Medicaid 1115 Waiver Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOPs) case study that aimed to integrate local food into health systems and healthcare initiatives. Includes information about partnerships, collaborations, pilot structure, and network leads in specific North Carolina regions.

...Health through Transdisciplinary Local Food System Partnerships: Insights from the North Carolina Local Food Council...

3373. Rural Barriers to Emergency Preparedness and Response - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Explains common barriers that rural communities may face when preparing for and responding to emergencies.

...Health Unit A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Pennsylvania purchased a mobile health unit...

3374. Home Health Agencies: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 - Resources
Date: May 2023

Outlines specific regulatory waivers and Medicare flexibilities for home health agencies issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes information on whether each waiver or flexibility has been terminated, will end at the conclusion of the public health emergency, or has become permanent.

...health emergency, or has become permanent. --- Home Health Agencies: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Outlines...

3375. Ambulance Deserts and Health Care Deserts - Resources
Date: Apr 2026

Story maps illustrating the intersection of ambulance deserts and rural healthcare deserts in 2020 across 41 states. Maps include the locations of hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Presents data on the number and percent of rural residents living in ambulance deserts and healthcare deserts in each state and by region. Builds on a 2023 chartbook, Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services.

...Health Centers (FQHCs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Presents data on the number and percent...

3376. AzCRH 2015 Supply and Demand Study of Arizona Health Practitioners and Professionals - Resources
Date: Feb 2016

Provides an update on Arizona's healthcare workforce data derived from licensing boards, state and federal agencies, surveys, and interviews. Compares rural and urban workforce data and identifies strategies to moderate the workforce demand for rural health services.

...health services. --- AzCRH 2015 Supply and Demand Study of Arizona Health Practitioners and Professionals Provides...

3377. Perceptions of Environmental and Occupational Health Hazards Among Agricultural Workers in Washington State - Resources
Date: Sep 2009

Details a study on the perceived risk of health hazards by agricultural workers in Washington State's Yakima Valley. Bases conclusions on interviews with 389 agricultural workers.

...Health Nurses, 57(9), 359-371 09/2009 Agricultural health and safety · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers...

3378. Leading a Faith-Based Charge Against Opioid Abuse: How a Minnesota Rural Health Organization Became a National Leader - Resources
Date: 2018

Describes prescription drug abuse treatment efforts of CHI St. Gabriel's Health, a multifacility rural health organization in Little Falls, Minnesota.

...Health, a multifacility rural health organization in Little Falls, Minnesota. Patrick Rioux Health Progress, 99(2), 29-32 2018 Community...

3379. Utilization of Z Codes for Social Determinants of Health among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2019 - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Discusses how Z codes help report and track social determinants of health and reduce health disparities. Describes Z code claim data collected from 2016-2019, including the top 5 Z codes used in 2019 and the propositions of Medicare beneficiaries with Z codes across demographic characteristics. Highlights potential strategies to increase Z code utilization.

...health and reduce health disparities. Describes Z code claim data collected from 2016-2019, including...

3380. Policy Goals to Support the Healthcare Workforce in Healthy Aging Communities - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Report describing a research project funded by the New Mexico Department of Health that examines behavioral healthcare workforce needs and the growing elderly population in rural Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Catron, and Valencia counties. Presents key points from discussions with project participants, including professionals in health promotion, hospital, community health centers, local government, and educational institutions. Offers policy goals related to regional services, economic planning, and expansion of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursable services.

...Health Innovation Aging and aging-related services · Behavioral health workforce · Community and economic development · Health...