Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: May 2014
Discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided substantial incentives and opportunities to increase the role of community health workers (CHWs) in state Medicaid programs in urban and rural healthcare facilities (e.g. Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers).
...health workers (CHWs) in state Medicaid programs in urban and rural healthcare facilities (e.g. Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers). --- View more Affordable Care Act Opportunities for Community...
Date: May 15, 2014
A Texas program is helping rural HIV-positive women face the challenges of their disease through a team approach. - The Rural Monitor
...health or mental health care, the team approach and the skills of social workers and case managers, along with the ability to provide telehealth and telemental health, removes barriers to treatment and creates community...
Date: May 15, 2014
The director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health discusses innovative programs, hydraulic fracking and her work in prisons. - The Rural Monitor
...health care. We found that, in some cases, it is easy to correlate changes to drilling activity but for other topics, it is very challenging to do so—and to demonstrate a cause-and-effect...
Date: May 15, 2014
Healing Waters Greenhouse at Montana State Hospital helps patients increase social and work skills and decrease stress. - The Rural Monitor
...Greenhouse Nurtures Confidence and Skills in Montana Psychiatric Patients - The Rural Monitor --- Healing Waters Greenhouse...
Date: Aug 20, 2014
Programs in Florida and Kentucky are helping diabetic patients better manage their health, and promoting community awareness of the disease. - The Rural Monitor
...health, and promoting community awareness of the disease. - The Rural Monitor --- Aug 20, 2014 Diabetes Management in Rural Areas Takes Holistic, Community Approaches by Candi Helseth Heartland Rural Health Network Community Health Worker...
Date: Aug 20, 2014
PACE, the Program of All-inclusive Care that helps elderly people remain independent, is especially needed in rural areas. - The Rural Monitor
...Keeping PACE with the Rural Elderly - The Rural Monitor --- PACE, the Program of All-inclusive...
Date: Nov 2014
Identifies ways in which the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission and other interested organizations can increase healthcare access for border populations in the U.S. Compares provisions of health reform in both countries to recognize potential binational public health collaborations. Discusses the socioeconomic challenges in healthcare access and the enrollment gaps in health insurance offered through the market place.
...health insurance offered through the market place. Date 11/2014 Type Document Organization United States-México Border Health Commission Tagged as Access · Community health workers...
Date: Nov 18, 2014
The Executive Director of the National AHEC Organization discusses its evolution, and how AHECs build the rural healthcare workforce. - The Rural Monitor
...community health worker (CHW) initiative that we call “C3”—we're trying to coalesce the many...
Date: Nov 18, 2014
Many rural nonprofit organizations benefit from senior volunteers, giving them a chance to share their expertise and stay engaged. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Center, said social workers often refer hospitalized patients to Senior Companions at the time of discharge. The social support helps ensure that these patients continue to recuperate and achieve the best possible level...
Date: Jan 2015
Discusses a community-based participatory method providing cancer research training to promotores and to assess their capability to disseminate cancer research information to Latinos in rural Kansas.
...Community health workers · Culture and cultural competency · Health literacy · Health workforce education and training · Hispanic...