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Rural Monitor Search Results for: community health workers

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1. Strategic Collaboration: The Key to Moving Rural Healthcare Forward - The Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 27, 2024

Strategic collaboration allows rural organizations to combine resources and expertise to improve care and patient outcomes. Southern Illinois Healthcare, the Iowa Primary Care Association, and Minnesota's Winona Community HUB share how strategic collaboration has helped them conduct community health needs assessments, provide technical assistance to community health centers, connect patients to food and housing, and much more. - The Rural Monitor

...community resources to help address social determinants of health. The HUB addresses health risks through a comprehensive approach utilizing the Pathways Community HUB Institute model , collaborative referral partners, community health workers...

2. CommHIT Shoots for the Moon - The Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 21, 2024

CommHIT, a nonprofit based at the Kennedy Space Center, has worked at the intersection of rural health and technology for over a decade. Now, as an awardee of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) grant program, the organization is assisting Florida partners with workforce development initiatives and technology-related training programs. - The Rural Monitor

...health organizations address workforce shortages, and bolster digital literacy and security by focusing on the development of health technology, community paramedicine, and community health workers...

3. Frontline Presence, Building Trust, Emergency Preparedness, and Lessons Learned: Q&A with Dr. Tim Putnam - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 10, 2024

Rural health expert Tim Putnam, DHA, shares leadership perspectives and ideas gained from his roles as a rural hospital CEO, a member of a White House task force, and now in his academic healthcare policy position. - The Rural Monitor

...Frontline Presence, Building Trust, Emergency Preparedness, and Lessons Learned: Q&A with Dr. Tim Putnam...

4. Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2023 - The Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 27, 2023

Articles on behavioral health, workforce, maternity care, Long COVID, and more made it onto the year's most-read list. - The Rural Monitor

...communities. Published July 26, 2023 #4 – In a Maternity Desert, a New Kind of Home Visitation Program Brings Care to At-Risk Mothers Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant...

5. Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers - The Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 13, 2023

As the pandemic receded, many rural healthcare providers began to feel the acute effects of another crisis impacting communities across the country: a severe local housing shortage. In response, some organizations are forming unique partnerships and implementing creative solutions. - The Rural Monitor

...workers in addition to 17 permanent supportive housing units for individuals with behavioral health conditions who have been, or are at high risk for becoming, homeless. The project is led by Columbia Pacific...

6. Nursing Students Bring Free Care to Rural Virginia with Student-Run Mobile Health Clinic - The Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 29, 2023

Old Dominion University's new mobile clinic is bridging care gaps in underserved communities while providing clinical opportunities to nursing students. - The Rural Monitor

...Community College, a two-year school in Franklin, have also begun working at the clinic. Some patients might come to the clinic with acute issues, such as infections or injuries, while others need general wellness...

7. MotherToBaby Gives Rural Pregnant and Breastfeeding Moms 'Fingertip Access' to Exposure Experts - The Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 1, 2023

With free and confidential live chat, text, phone, and email services, new mothers can get quick answers to questions about potentially dangerous exposures. - The Rural Monitor

...community organizations on substance use during pregnancy and other issues as needed. A training performed for the South Georgia Farmworker Health Project included information about pesticides and other agricultural products that a pregnant farm worker...

8. "This Is Not My Grandmother's Summer": Rural Populations Are Uniquely Vulnerable to the Health Impacts of Extreme Heat - The Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 20, 2023

The health impacts of extreme heat events are being felt by both urban and rural populations. But experts say the factors contributing to urban and rural vulnerability may differ significantly — and some of the most promising strategies for mitigating the impacts in urban areas may not be as useful in sparsely populated rural counties. - The Rural Monitor

...Health Coordinator at Quincy Community Health Center in rural Grant County, Washington. She coordinates a team of promotores de salud (Spanish-speaking community health workers...

9. RPHWTN Grantees Help Rural Healthcare Facilities Keep Local Talent - The Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 23, 2023

The FORHP Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network works to expand public health capacity in rural and tribal areas through job development, training, and placement. Three grantees — a career ladder program in Missouri, a respiratory therapy program in Texas, and a health IT program in Virginia — share stories of changing individuals' lives as well as keeping local talent in their healthcare facilities and communities. - The Rural Monitor

...community health workers (CHWs) who helped her sign up for Medicaid. Amber Coleman, Director of Strategy...

10. In a Maternity Desert, a New Kind of Home Visitation Program Brings Care to At-Risk Mothers - The Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 9, 2023

Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant and postpartum patients. - The Rural Monitor

...Health Crawfordsville established, an early version of Project Swaddle was formed, centered on connecting mothers to obstetric care, transportation, and social services as needed. But conversations with Sinnott, who had paired up with the fire...