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Models & Innovations Search Results for: community health workers

74 Models & Innovations webpages matched your search. Here are matches 51 - 60:

51. Kentucky Homeplace
Reviewed: Oct 5, 2023

A community health worker initiative to improve the health of rural Appalachian Kentucky residents who have deficits in health resources and health status, including high levels of cancer, heart disease, hypertension, asthma, and diabetes.

...Communities . Journal of Community Health, 42 (3), 565-572. Feltner, F.J., Ely, G.E., Whitler, E.T., Gross, D., & Dignan, M. (2012). Effectiveness of Community Health Workers...

52. Rural Medical Education Program at University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
Added: Oct 10, 2023

Medical students interested in rural practice complete an add-on curriculum that includes seminars, field trips, and clinical rotations.

...Health , 6(4), 616. Article Abstract Salafsky B, Glasser M, Ha J. (2005). Addressing issues of maldistribution of health care workers. Annals of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore , 34(8), 520-6. Article Abstract...

53. The Coffee Break Project
Reviewed: Oct 27, 2023

Biweekly coffee gatherings in rural Colorado encourage mental health check-ins for farmers and ranchers.

...Health Group in downtown Rocky Ford. The meeting location for Coffee Break Gathering events in Rocky Ford, Colorado. COMET trainings The Coffee Break Project offers COMET trainings in southeastern Colorado and has occasionally hosted trainings...

54. CMH Addiction Recovery Program
Added: Nov 3, 2023

This program provides medication-assisted treatment, counseling, peer and family support, and other related services through a Rural Health Clinic in rural Missouri.

...community paramedic and community health worker program, to start offering MAT in patients' homes. The Osceola...

55. Richmond Substance Use and Mental Health Mobile Integrated Health Program
Added: Nov 8, 2023

A mobile integrated healthcare program in Richmond, Indiana connects social workers with people who have just experienced a mental health crisis or overdose.

...health treatment to community resources. Intervention: A mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) program that connects social workers...

56. Tomah Hearing Loss Prevention Outreach
Reviewed: Nov 9, 2023

A program to educate farmers on the risks of prolonged, unprotected exposure to high-decibel noises coming from tractors, other loud machinery, and even livestock.

...Tomah Hearing Loss Prevention Outreach --- A program to educate farmers on the risks of prolonged...

57. HealthStreet Cognitive Screening Project
Reviewed: Nov 13, 2023

A Florida university has a boots-on-the-ground effort to do health assessments and screening with a goal of improving rural disparities associated with dementia in minority populations living in rural areas.

...Health Policy definition ( Putnam , Washington , Calhoun , and Jackson ). The department's community engagement program, called HealthStreet , uses certified Community Health Workers...

58. University of Vermont Medical Center's Nursing Home Telepsychiatry Service
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2023

The University of Vermont Medical Center provides telepsychiatry care and education to nursing homes that face shortages of mental health professionals on site.

...workers, to sit in on appointments Encourage family members to participate in appointments Complete assessments and additional studies Set up follow-up visits Contact Information Terry Rabinowitz, MD, DDS, MS University of Vermont College...

59. Health without Borders
Reviewed: Jan 3, 2024

A health promotion program in the New Mexico border region that addresses diabetes prevention and control, behavioral health, and immunization.

...community, such as HwoB's door-to-door immunization campaign Contact Information Kara Bower, Project Coordinator Ben Archer Health Center 575.373.3096 kbower@bahcnm.org Topics Behavioral health Community health workers...

60. Salud es Vida Cervical Cancer Education
Reviewed: Jan 5, 2024

A promotora-led program that provides information on cervical cancer, HPV, and the HPV vaccine to Hispanic farmworker women in rural southern Georgia and South Carolina.

...health workers in the Hispanic community who can relay health-related information to community members...