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461. AgriStress Helpline: Crisis Support for Agricultural Communities - Resources
Added: Feb 2023

Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources in their area. Provides crisis support tailored for the agricultural community with an understanding of the values, stressors, and lived experiences of the agricultural community. Helpline is open 24/7 and is currently available in CT, MO, PA, TX, VA, and WY.

...Communities --- Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources...

462. National Center for Farmworker Health Learning Collaboratives - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Virtual learning collaboratives that provide Health Centers and other farmworker serving organizations with regular training sessions, technical assistance, and peer learning focused on topics that impact agricultural worker communities, such as language access, social risk factors, and increasing access to care.

...Health hosts learning collaboratives (LCs) that provide Health Centers and other organizations with regular training sessions, technical assistance, and peer learning focused on health topics that impact agricultural worker communities...

463. American Indian and Alaska Native Worker Safety and Health Strategic Plan - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Highlights a strategic plan for researching occupational safety and health of American Indian and Alaska Native workers. Provides a step-by-step guide for conducting and disseminating research on the health and safety risks of AI/AN workers, as well as crafting safety policy for tribal communities.

...workers. Provides a step-by-step guide for conducting and disseminating research on the health and safety risks of AI/AN workers, as well as crafting safety policy for tribal communities...

464. Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program: Black Lung Screenings - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Fact sheet describing a program intended to study the causes and effects of coal mine dust lung disease and to offer early detection and prevent progression of the disease. Provides information on health screenings available at mobile testing units that travel to communities and mining sites.

...health screenings available at mobile testing units that travel to communities and mining sites. --- View more Coal Workers...

465. Hub and Spoke Model - RHIhub Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Oct 22, 2021

Learn how the hub and spoke model is well suited for implementation in rural communities that may not have access to addiction medicine expertise and comprehensive support services locally.

...workers, counselors, and community health teams. Spoke sites provide less intensive treatment and more limited...

466. Perceptions of Diabetes in Agricultural Worker Communities - Resources
Date: 2018

Details a study on the perceptions of diabetes among agricultural workers in farming communities. Discusses patients' experience of treatment programs and provides information on successful screening and management programs, as well as recommendations for health centers to improve diabetes care for agricultural workers.

...health centers to improve diabetes care for agricultural workers. --- View more Perceptions of Diabetes in Agricultural Worker Communities...

467. The U.S. Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Provides an overview of social determinants of health (SDOH) and the links between SDOH and health outcomes. Describes federal actions to date to address SDOH and outlines a set of framework actions that federal agencies are undertaking to support health by improving the social circumstances of individuals and communities. Highlights federal programs, toolkits, and guidance that front-line workers and organizations can use to improve the delivery of health and social services. Includes rural and tribal references throughout.

...health by improving the social circumstances of individuals and communities. Highlights federal programs, toolkits, and guidance that front-line workers...

468. Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned in Addressing Inequities in Heat-Related Climate Change Impacts: Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief - Resources
Date: 2023

Summary of a National Academies' Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop in June 2023 discussing health equity for heat-related climate change. Highlights challenges with data gathering, recent policy changes, capacity building, and partnerships. Includes discussion of rural specific challenges, occupational health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access.

...health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access. --- View more Communities, Climate Change...

469. Granville-Vance District Health Department - RHIhub Substance Use Disorder Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Nov 23, 2020

Project VIBRANT uses a community outreach worker to identify and train individuals at risk of overdose on the use of naloxone.

...Health Department - RHIhub Substance Use Disorder Toolkit --- Project VIBRANT uses a community outreach worker to identify...

470. Using Data to Identify Priorities and Health Inequities - RHIhub Health Equity Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Oct 13, 2022

Discusses sources of data for identifying rural health inequities and provides considerations for equitable data collection.

...communities can also collect information directly from the community and those who work with people who experience inequities. Potential qualitative data sources include: Community members who experience inequities Lay health workers...