Rural Monitor Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Jun 28, 2017
For the past few decades, suicide rates for working-aged men have been at a steep incline. Healthy Men Michigan is a unique campaign that evaluates the risk of depression and suicide in Michigan men through an anonymous online survey. Male-dominated industries and other organizations are drawn to the campaign's creative methods that appeal to working-aged men. - The Rural Monitor
...health of workers, especially during down times," attested Elhart. Recent studies show that suicide rates are the highest in male-dominated industries of construction and extraction. Other industries with high rates of male suicide include...
Date: May 31, 2017
Public agencies and private non-profit groups have mutual interests in improving the health of rural Americans. The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and philanthropy organizations worked together to create a unique funding opportunity, the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program. Two health care organizations and their philanthropy partners share how coordinated efforts benefit patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. - The Rural Monitor
...Health and Wellness Center in Williamson, West Virginia, uses their federal grant funds to build on successes of a previous university-based study, which involved a model using community health workers...
Date: Mar 15, 2017
Oral health training programs are equipping Community Health Workers on Navajo Nation, Texas colonias, and Maryland's Appalachian communities to improve access to dental care and teach people how to take care of their teeth. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Pathways and its partner organizations in Rural Health Models & Innovations. That's where Savage comes in. She is part of the Regional Oral Health Pathways project that uses Community Health Workers...
Date: Mar 1, 2017
Nearly 1 in 5 American adults have a diagnosable mental or behavioral disorder. By supporting 16 nonprofit agencies, the Vermont Care Network facilitates the provision of services for this population. Nearly 50,000 Vermont residents have access to behavioral health and developmental disability services through their efforts. - The Rural Monitor
...health conditions, and substance use disorders. Vermont Care Network serves 13,000 agency workers who address developmental disabilities, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders in Vermont. In 1994, a group of community...
Date: Nov 16, 2016
In Pennsylvania, more people are dying from drug overdose than from car accidents. The FORHP-funded Addiction Recovery Mobile Outreach Team (ARMOT) program works to educate medical staff on addiction and recovery and to support patients as they navigate the recovery process. - The Rural Monitor
...communities across the country are facing the opioid crisis. Rural opioid users are more likely than urban users to have less income and formal education, no insurance, and poorer health, factors which put them...
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 workforce is foundational.” Because of this reality, Schoenbaum's team assists immigrant physicians in becoming licensed to practice medicine in Minnesota. Emerging professions, such as community health workers...
Date: Oct 19, 2016
Much of a person's health is determined by social and environmental factors such as housing or access to healthcare. When these factors negatively affect a person's health, legal intervention combined with medical care may be the best treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...community health center movement. At the first community health center in Mississippi, Geiger hired a lawyer to help low-income patients solve legal problems that affected their health. In the 1980s, the nation...
Date: Sep 7, 2016
Tom Nerhing, Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care (JCREC) and Division Director at the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS and Trauma, shares how the changes in healthcare delivery can be an opportunity for emergency medical services to provide an even greater service to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor
...communities. One of the more common current approaches is the provision of community health through community paramedics. In traditional healthcare-starved communities, this approach can offer a degree of community healthcare where very little exists...
Date: Jun 29, 2016
By teaching youth how to better their health and economic situation, Reverend Richard Joyner has inspired the Conetoe community to make lasting changes. Read more about how the Conetoe Family Life Center's garden camp and partnerships with local hospitals have revolutionized the health of northeast North Carolina. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, and other volunteers to help lead the center's initiatives. The medical community has been on-board with Joyner since the center's inception. In 2006, the Community Benefits Grants Program of Vidant Health...
Date: Oct 14, 2015
A September 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services focused on the needs of rural children and families living in poverty. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Service is currently working to utilize local home health nurses and Community Health Workers...