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861. Rural Schools and Health Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Apr 22, 2025

Resources, information, and frequently asked questions examining the role that rural schools play in the health of students and the community. Discusses school-based healthcare services, nutrition, physical activity, mental health, health education, and more.

...workforce preparation, as well as playing an important role in the health and wellness of students and the community. Working on health-related initiatives makes sense for rural schools, as physical health, mental and social...

862. Healthcare-Based Programs – RHIhub Rural Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Feb 18, 2021

Features healthcare-based programs that target childhood health and overall positive health behaviors for rural families.

...health. For example, the evidence is particularly strong for children with asthma as this customization improves both patient and caregiver understanding of the condition. There is a shortage of healthcare providers in many rural areas...

863. Rural Community Health Worker Programs: Proving Value and Finding Sustainability - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 24, 2024

For decades, community health workers (CHWs) provided their services outside usual healthcare reimbursement models. In recent years, with research supporting CHWs as professionals effectively assisting patients with navigating health-related social determinants, federal and private payers are exploring reimbursement mechanisms. Four rural healthcare organizations share both the impact and the continued sustainability challenges — and successes — of their CHW programs. - The Rural Monitor

...workforce for West Virginia," Deborah Koester, PhD, DNP, said, sharing key elements of the model. Deborah Koester, PhD, DNP. Koester, director of the Community Health Department at West Virginia's Marshall University Joan C. Edwards...

864. Rural Maternal Health Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Feb 9, 2026

Information and resources focused on rural maternal health disparities, issues of access, barriers to rural maternal well-being, and workforce challenges. Highlights strategies, programs, and policies that support rural maternal health.

...workforce challenges in providing rural maternal health services? What other barriers and issues affect rural maternal health? What policies, programs, or models address challenges with affordability, accessibility, and quality of maternal health services in rural...

865. Specific Rural Populations that May Benefit from Telehealth - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Rural telehealth programs can be designed to create programs to address rural community challenges and benefit people who live in rural areas.

...Behavioral Health Network provides telehealth services to rural veterans by partnering with community mental health centers. However, veterans also face some barriers to accessing telehealth. The FCC found that in 2019, 15% of veterans lived...

866. Building a Regional Healthcare Presence and Partnerships, with Krista Postai and Jason Wesco – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Sep 3, 2024

The September 2024 episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with Krista Postai, CEO of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), and Jason Wesco, CHC/SEK's President and Chief Strategy Officer. We learn about how CHC/SEK developed a single Federally Qualified Health Center into an organization serving 18 locations.

...behavioral health, pharmacy, all of it together in a separate building. So, it's a good question for us. It often happens that we move into something there. Because as you could appreciate...

867. Rural Health Research Centers - Organizations

Lists rural health research centers funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

...behavioral health, and rural aging. A partnership between the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine and the Maine Rural Health Research Center at the University of Southern Maine. view details RUPRI Center...

868. Healthcare Access and Coordination Models for Rural Healthy Aging – RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 24, 2026

Learn about healthcare access and coordination models to support healthy aging in rural communities.

...Workforce topic guides for more information. Community health workers (CHWs) play a key role in increasing access to care and improving the health outcomes of older adults living in rural areas. For more information...

869. Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas - Funding
Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

Grants to institutions of higher education in U.S. territories, commonwealth, and freely associated states designed to strengthen the capacity to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agriculture sciences through distance education technology.

...behavioral sciences is important for addressing many of the challenges facing agriculture and rural communities. Eligible applicants are individual institutions of higher education, branch institutions of a state system, or independent branch campuses. All eligible...

870. Infectious Disease Outbreak Case Studies – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Brief summaries of case studies describing how rural communities, healthcare facilities, first responders, and others have responded to and addressed infectious disease outbreaks.

...behavioral change as a way to slow the spread of infectious disease. Fall 2021 COVID-19 Surge Hits Remote Island Community in Alaska: Local Critical Access Hospital Responds Under Challenging Circumstances Petersburg, Alaska In response...