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1. Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Overview
Reviewed: Nov 21, 2022

Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and covers barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, such as transportation, insurance, and workforce issues. Highlights strategies to improve access to care for rural residents.

...health services in rural areas, see RHIhub's Rural Mental Health topic guide. For more information, see the 2016 WWAMI Rural Health Research Center data brief, Supply and Distribution of the Behavioral Health Workforce...

2. Rural Response to the Opioid Crisis Overview
Reviewed: Dec 30, 2020

Learn about activities underway to address the opioid crisis in rural communities at the national, state, and local levels. Includes initiatives and funding opportunities, rural program examples, and tools and resources focused on prevention, harm reduction, and treatment.

...Health Workforce offers several behavioral health grant programs to help expand the substance abuse and behavioral...

3. Health Professions Students Seeking Scholarships
Reviewed: Jan 10, 2022

Information for health professions students that are seeking scholarship opportunities.

...such as behavioral health workforce or nurses , and click OK Last Updated: 1/10/2022 Last Reviewed: 1/10/2022...

4. Rural Mental Health Overview
Reviewed: Oct 20, 2021

Information, resources and frequently asked questions on rural mental health services and issues. Details the state of mental health, suicide prevention, and access to mental health services in rural areas.

...health workforce. Some of the most commonly cited practices to deal with workforce issues include: Expanding the use of telemental health services Offering loan repayment programs and state tax waivers to recent behavioral...

5. Rural Long-Term Care Facilities Overview
Reviewed: Jun 20, 2023

Resources and information related to rural long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and others. Includes sections on workforce issues, mental health needs, antibiotic stewardship, and oral health.

...Workforce and Recruitment and Retention for Rural Health Facilities topic guides. What behavioral health needs...

6. Health Professionals Seeking Loan Repayment Options
Reviewed: Jan 10, 2022

Information for health professionals seeking loan repayment options.

...Health Professional Shortage Areas. NHSC SUD Workforce LRP fact sheet NHSC SUD Workforce LRP website Disciplines Physicians Nurse practitioners Certified nurse-midwives Physician assistants Behavioral...

7. Rural Public Health Agencies Overview
Reviewed: Jan 11, 2023

Provides an overview of rural public health agencies. Answers frequently asked questions about the availability, provision, funding, and workforce needs of rural public health agencies. Discusses local health department accreditation, education and training, and collaboration with healthcare providers to improve population health.

...health behaviors Responding to disasters Assuring the quality and accessibility of services Rural public health agencies encounter many challenges while trying to meet the unique and diverse needs of rural Americans, including: Workforce...

8. Community Supports for Rural Aging in Place and Independent Living Overview
Reviewed: Feb 28, 2024

Resources and information on home-based services and community supports to support aging in place and independent living in rural communities.

...behavioral health training to provide quality services in challenging settings. For strategies to increase the rural workforce...

9. Community Health Workers in Rural Settings Overview
Reviewed: Jul 24, 2023

Guide outlines the roles of community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas. Features frequently asked questions about CHW's duties, certification, and education, among other topics.

...health workers. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recognized CHWs as members of the healthcare workforce to promote healthy behaviors...

10. Chronic Disease in Rural America Overview
Reviewed: May 20, 2022

Provides resources and information on the impact of chronic disease in rural areas, as well as prevention and treatment strategies. Highlights specific chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, arthritis, and HIV/AIDS.

...Health Wagon in rural Virginia and the New Mexico Mobile Screening Program for Miners . How can community health workers, home health providers, and school nurses help a patient manage chronic diseases? Community Health Workers Chronic...