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Rural Monitor Search Results for: covid vaccination

17 Rural Monitor webpages matched your search. Here are matches 1 - 10:

1. Rural Libraries Help Communities Access Health Information - The Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 11, 2020

Libraries in South Carolina, Vermont, and Washington work to improve their communities' health by providing monthly programs and teaching patrons and staff how to access reliable health information online. - The Rural Monitor

...vaccinations, and healthy aging. In rural Norwich, Vermont, Lisa Milchman is Assistant Director of Norwich Public Library. Milchman was a nurse before she earned a dual master's degree in library science and health studies...

2. One Health: Bringing Health to Humans, Animals, and the Environment - The Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 14, 2020

Wondering about animal-to-human diseases? Or human medical conditions related to the environment? Federal experts join health educators to talk about how understanding a One Health approach for human, animal, and environmental health can be helpful for rural healthcare organizations. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID-19, also start off in an animal. That makes a One Health approach critically important." Consider rabies . "People tend to know about rabies because they know they're supposed to get their dogs...

3. Listening to Rural Stories: Q&A with Alisa Druzba - The Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 25, 2020

Alisa Druzba, director of the New Hampshire's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, discusses her journey to becoming a SORH director, the ways her state has been affected by the pandemic, and the favorite parts of her job. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID-19 pandemic has affected her state, and how rural organizations and individuals are rising to meet this and other challenges. Tell me about your journey to the New Hampshire Rural Health and Primary Care...

4. Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation: Taking a Leadership Role and Building Trust - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 20, 2021

Kim Barber Tieman, program director for health and human services for the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, shares how her foundation set up a COVID-19 grant capture team and funded grant writers to help organizations navigate and apply for federal funding opportunities. In addition, her foundation worked with organizations and funded three mobile COVID testing units. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID immunizations across the state. How do we get that vaccine out to the public...

5. Community Health Center Addresses Vaccine Hesitancy through Social Media - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 26, 2021

Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) in rural Ahoskie, North Carolina, is using social media and creating graphics to answer common questions about vaccines and encourage its patients to get the COVID-19 vaccine. - The Rural Monitor

...vaccines and encourage its patients to get the COVID-19 vaccine. - The Rural Monitor --- Jan 26, 2021 Community...

6. 1,232 Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Distributed at Coliseum in Dalhart, Texas - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 28, 2021

An event space in Dalhart, Texas was converted into a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, distributing 1,232 Pfizer vaccines to residents in a tri-county area and beyond, finding unique ways for the participants to promote the event on social media. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID-19 vaccine clinic, distributing 1,232 Pfizer vaccines to residents in a tri-county...

7. Asset-Based Thinking: Q&A with Graham Adams - The Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 10, 2021

Graham Adams, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH), shares how his office is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing social determinants of health like employment. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID planning and response. We were really engaged from day one around trying to devise a hospital bed surge capacity plan. We helped develop the statewide plan for where and when patients would be transferred...

8. Broadband in Rural America: Faster Speeds for Home and Healthcare - The Rural Monitor
Date: Apr 28, 2021

Fast, reliable broadband is essential for people to access telehealth and patient portals as well as work and study from home, but rural and tribal areas fall behind urban and suburban areas in terms of broadband deployment and speed. Organizations in Alabama, Colorado, and Kentucky share how broadband affects their work and their patients' care. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID-19 pandemic, is "going to exacerbate these already existing disparities," since the people who would most benefit from telehealth still can't access it. In addition, the lack or poor quality of broadband prevents...

9. Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Benefiting Rural Individuals, Benefiting Rural Population Health - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jun 30, 2021

On the list of leading causes of death, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, impacts millions of rural Americans and their quality of life. Though limited treatments are available for COPD, research indicates that pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) provides major benefits, yet is currently under-prescribed and facing challenges from COVID-19 and from reimbursement policies. Researchers discuss the potential that tele-PR might bring to rural areas, and rural healthcare leaders highlight the benefits of their PR programs for service areas. - The Rural Monitor

...COVID-19 did delay the program's start, Johnson said now that these patients are vaccinated...

10. Federal Agencies' Investment in Rural Cancer Control Fosters Partnerships between Researchers and Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 28, 2021

Researchers and rural communities are working together to address rural cancer prevention and control, with federal funding supporting a wide range of projects. From targeting health behaviors, to making cancer screening and vaccination more accessible, to increasing rural participation in clinical trials, efforts to reduce rural cancer burden are underway across the country. - The Rural Monitor

...vaccination. Askelson is particularly excited about how federal funding has allowed her team to leverage their expertise to serve their community partners and help them execute their cancer control ideas and projects. She recounted...