Topic Guides Search Results for: community health workers
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Reviewed: May 31, 2022
Resources, information, and frequently asked questions related to tribal health in rural areas. Provides an overview of the Indian Health Service and other federal agencies that address Native American health. Discusses tribal health disparities, health workforce barriers, and other challenges.
...health paraprofessionals and to use such paraprofessionals in the provision of healthcare, health promotion, and disease prevention services to Indian communities. A community health representative (CHR) is a trained, community-based healthcare worker...
A list of current Rural Health Information Hub topic guides grouped by theme.
...Health Professions Recruitment and Retention for Rural Health Facilities J-1 Visa Waiver Community Health Workers...
Reviewed: Jul 13, 2023
Provides resources on and answers frequently asked questions related to rural human services. Includes information on income, housing supports, job training and placement programs, child care, child welfare programs, virtual models for delivering human services, and more.
...Health program includes social workers as part of multi-disciplinary community health teams that operate...
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 Education Center has initiated opioid-related education efforts for health workers and the larger community...
Reviewed: Jan 27, 2023
Provides information, resources, and answers frequently asked questions related to community paramedicine. Covers benefits and challenges community paramedicine programs in rural communities, defines the role of community paramedics, discusses education and licensure requirements requirements for community paramedic providers, and program funding. Includes community paramedicine models and existing program examples.
...community. However, MIH is broader, including healthcare services provided outside of a healthcare facility by any type of health professional, which could include community paramedics, but also nurses, community health workers...
Reviewed: Jun 28, 2023
Provides information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to substance use in rural areas. Describes substance use and misuse and discusses what rural healthcare providers and communities can do related to prevention and treatment.
...Community Health Worker/Certified Recovery Specialist program addresses behavioral health issues in rural areas by training community health workers...
Reviewed: Nov 13, 2023
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to emergency preparedness and response for rural communities. Includes information on resources available for rural communities encountering emergency management challenges, emergency preparedness requirements for rural healthcare facilities, communication planning, and multiple tools and resources for preparedness planning for individuals, healthcare facilities, and communities in rural America.
...health workers and officials, and community members, who are willing to volunteer after disasters and emergencies...
Reviewed: Jun 7, 2023
Information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to the education and training of the rural healthcare workforce. Includes use of educational programs to introduce students to healthcare careers, role of community colleges, rural rotations in academic programs, use of technology in training the rural health workforce, and baccalaureate-MD programs.
...communities. This approach recognizes and builds on the idea that health professionals are more likely to consider serving in the community in which they were raised. It does not provide healthcare workers...
Reviewed: Feb 1, 2024
Includes information on strategies and incentives to attract providers, positive aspects of rural practice, organizations and programs that support recruitment and retention, statistics on vacancies, options for recruiting international workers, and suggestions for compensation and benefits that might be offered to potential employees.
...workers to rural communities? Many communities recruit international medical graduates to fill physician vacancies. The Conrad State 30 Program allows each state’s health...
Reviewed: Feb 7, 2024
Information and resources focused on rural maternal health disparities, issues of access, barriers to rural maternal well-being, and workforce challenges. Highlights strategies, programs, and policies that support rural maternal health.
...Communities Lacking Hospital Labor and Delivery Units promotes obstetric readiness for emergency units in rural hospitals without obstetric units. The article emphasizes the importance of supporting community-based, emergency department-adjacent health workers...