Rural Monitor Search Results for: Mental Health
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Date: Jan 13, 2021
Dolores E. Roybal, executive director of Con Alma Health Foundation, discusses how her foundation partnered with other funders to provide almost $2 million in grants and created an advisory committee of immigrant-led, immigrant-serving organizations to address barriers limiting access to services. - The Rural Monitor
...health, telehealth, our education, remote working ― all aspects. And it's resulting in problems that may not have surfaced as vividly before, such as mental...
Date: Sep 6, 2017
Dr. Donald Warne discusses health disparities among American Indians, upstream approaches to addressing those disparities, and the importance of American Indian public health. - The Rural Monitor
...health outcomes. In the Northern Plains, we have a higher prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. We also have a higher prevalence of mental...
Date: Jun 30, 2021
On the list of leading causes of death, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, impacts millions of rural Americans and their quality of life. Though limited treatments are available for COPD, research indicates that pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) provides major benefits, yet is currently under-prescribed and facing challenges from COVID-19 and from reimbursement policies. Researchers discuss the potential that tele-PR might bring to rural areas, and rural healthcare leaders highlight the benefits of their PR programs for service areas. - The Rural Monitor
...health emergency (PHE) came as no surprise to many experts who've long understood its value for the evaluation and treatment of many physical and mental...
Date: Nov 9, 2016
Happy 25th anniversary to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's State Office of Rural Health (SORH) Program! Although each SORH has its own story, this article highlights the history of the program and the good work of three state offices that are meeting rural health needs in unique ways. - The Rural Monitor
...health factors and outcomes, evaluating primary care physician demand; hospitalization utilization; and patient satisfaction, concerns, and priorities. For instance, in the last CHNA, there was a common concern regarding mental...
Date: Jul 30, 2015
Thomas C. Ricketts, Deputy Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, reflects on how Medicare payments have been used to encourage healthcare providers to practice in underserved communities. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). HPSAs were originally developed to help rural, isolated, or underserved communities get a doctor. Physicians, and later nurse practitioners and physician assistants, then dentists and mental...
Date: Feb 3, 2021
Foundations with a rural health focus share how they're addressing immediate and long-term issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides funding, these foundations provide technical assistance, convening of partners, and other services so their grantees can continue previous projects or focus on COVID. - The Rural Monitor
...health agencies, and other organizations quickly had to figure out testing, contact tracing, treatments, telehealth, and other services. While the pandemic seems to have put life on pause, issues like hunger, mental...
Date: May 15, 2014
The director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health discusses innovative programs, hydraulic fracking and her work in prisons. - The Rural Monitor
...mental health programs and in federally-funded programs to help vulnerable populations find employment. She volunteered...
Date: Oct 28, 2020
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy created the Rural Pharmacy Practice program, a concentration for PharmD students interested in working in rural communities. Two students, two assistant professors, and a clinical pharmacy specialist share their experiences. - The Rural Monitor
...mental health program or they need this, they need that,” Hauser said, “when, depending on the community...
Date: Jan 20, 2021
Kim Barber Tieman, program director for health and human services for the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, shares how her foundation set up a COVID-19 grant capture team and funded grant writers to help organizations navigate and apply for federal funding opportunities. In addition, her foundation worked with organizations and funded three mobile COVID testing units to better reach communities of color. - The Rural Monitor
...mental health, oral health, and medical interventions happened. Who are the disenfranchised populations? Who are the people...
Date: May 10, 2023
Montana Health Network's Regional Care Coordination program uses registered nurses to check in with adult patients with chronic conditions and connect them with any needed referrals or community resources. The program serves 8 counties in eastern Montana. - The Rural Monitor
...mental health condition while her psychiatrist was on vacation. Since the psychiatric provider couldn't refill...