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Date: Dec 2020
Action plan outlining steps the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is taking to reduce maternal mortality and address disparities that endanger women before, during, and following pregnancy. Four main goals include: improving prevention and treatment services to promote positive health outcomes for every woman of reproductive age; prioritizing quality improvement efforts to support healthy pregnancies and births; improving postpartum health; and enhancing data and research to inform future interventions. Includes data and statistics on maternal health and morbidity, and addresses rural considerations throughout.
...Health conditions · Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health · Mortality · Policy...
Date: Dec 2020
Describes the state of maternal health in the United States, including data and statistics on mortality and morbidity. Discusses risks to maternal health, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, infectious diseases, mental health conditions, intimate partner violence, and more. Recommends strategies and actions that individuals, organizations, and communities can implement to improve maternal health and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. Includes rural references throughout.
...Health conditions · Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health · Mortality · Policy...
Date: Oct 2019
Provides an overview of rural healthcare workforce programs, recruitment, and retention opportunities in Iowa. Includes county-level information on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs).
...Health and Primary Care: Health Professional Underserved Areas and Rural Health Program Opportunities --- Provides an overview...
Added: Sep 14, 2022
Provides information on sustainability strategies including building capacity, buy-in, and funding rural health literacy programs.
...Health Literacy Plan Organizations with a health literacy focus should consider developing a health literacy...
Date: Nov 2024
Provides an overview of Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grant programs in Fiscal Year 2024. Summarizes and briefly describes funding awarded to support rural hospitals, address rural behavioral health, expand the rural health workforce, increase access to care, advance maternal health, and support rural health research and policy analysis.
...Health Policy Tagged as Access · Behavioral health · Funding · Health workforce · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal...
Date: Aug 2023
Summarizes recent research from Rural Health Research Centers examining numbers of social workers, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and counselors. Features statistics including percent of counties without behavioral health professionals from 2014-2021 and behavioral health professionals per 100,000 residents from 2014-2021, with breakdowns by urban or rural location and profession type.
...Health Research Recap: Rural Behavioral Health Workforce --- Summarizes recent research from Rural Health Research Centers...
Date: 2015
Provides a rural focus for the Healthy People 2020 priorities with an overview for each of the top health priorities ranked 11 through 20 identified by rural stakeholders. (Volume 1 discussed the top 10 priorities.) Topics include: cancer, health education, oral health, immunizations and infectious disease, public health, sexual health and family planning, injury and violence prevention, and social determinants of health. Includes reviews of the relevant literature and model programs appropriate for rural communities. Document is available for free download, after providing brief information about intended use.
...Health disparities · Health information technology · Infectious diseases · Injuries · Oral health · Public health · Social determinants of health...
Date: May 2023
Presents the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on Health Care hearing on improving access to high-quality, affordable healthcare in rural communities. Discusses workforce issues, education pipeline, transportation, broadband, school-based health centers, payment models and value-based care, and rural-friendly policies. Features testimonies from representatives of Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, Choptank Community Health System, Essentia Health, and the Sheps Center For Health Services Research.
...Health Care Tagged as Access · Broadband · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health workforce pipeline · Health workforce...
Date: Jan 2023
Provides information on the Healthy Iowans Partnership Steering Committee, public health department accreditation process, state health improvement plan (SHIP) and its phases, and population health metrics. Discusses health equity and improving health outcomes for disadvantaged populations, including rural.
...Health and Human Services Tagged as Accreditation · Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Population health · Public health...
Date: Feb 2006
Summarizes rural health services research conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers Program of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
...Health Policy. --- View more Rural Health Research in Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers...