Website Search Results for: social determinants of health
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Date: Jul 2016
A guide for rural community health improvement. Explains how to find strategies that are likely to be effective. Identifies interventions related to health behaviors, healthcare access and quality, social and economic factors, and the physical environment.
...social and economic factors, and the physical environment. Date 07/2016 Type Document Organization County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Tagged as Access · Healthcare quality · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...
Date: Sep 2016
Provides a summary of the 80th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The main meeting discussion focused on rural-relevant social determinants of health.
...social determinants of health. --- View more National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services...
Date: Sep 7, 2016
Gary Wingrove, President of the Paramedic Foundation, discusses the vital role emergency medical services play in rural communities, and the role community paramedics can fill in a changing healthcare system. - The Rural Monitor
...determine whether you live or die. That's how you know us, but the reality is that we are the FINAL healthcare safety net and the ONLY healthcare provider in most of the towns...
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
...social determinant of health.” Much of a person's health is determined by environmental and social...
Date: Nov 2016
Overview of the first year of the White House Rural Council and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' demonstration project, focused on improving social determinants of health and designed to reduce poverty through coordinated services for children and parents. Discusses key findings and identifies possible lessons for policymakers and stakeholders. Includes appendix with profiles of the 10 demonstration sites.
...Health & Human Services' demonstration project, focused on improving social determinants of health and designed to reduce...
Date: Nov 2016
Provides an overview of Arizona's Health Impact Assessments (HIAs), which examines the health impacts of a potential policy, plan, program, or project, and offers lessons learned. Highlights challenges for rural HIAs on page 20.
...health impacts of a potential policy, plan, program, or project, and offers lessons learned. Highlights challenges for rural HIAs on page 20. Date 11/2016 Type Document Organization Vitalyst Health Foundation Tagged as Policy · Social determinants...
Date: Nov 30, 2016
First conceptualized in the 1970s, but not widely adopted in rural communities, freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) have been getting another look as a sustainable rural option. This article discusses hospital-based versus independent FSEDs, the model's financial viability, and highlights two FSEDs meeting their communities' healthcare needs in Arizona and Illinois. - The Rural Monitor
...Health – Streator. “We really believe that taking it to the next level and improving access to some of these agencies that help the social determinants...
Date: Dec 2016
White paper discussing how social determinants of health impact those who face barriers to health and are susceptible to poor health due to circumstances such as environmental conditions, housing concerns, lack of transportation, and poverty. Includes strategies and examples of programs that have worked in rural communities to address topics such as substance use disorder and care coordination.
...Health Resources Commission, Maryland Rural Health Association Tagged as Care coordination · Health disparities · Social determinants...
Date: Dec 2016
Includes recommendations for redesign of health professional training to meet needs of an aging and diverse population, to become more team-based and interprofessional, and to prepare students to serve in rural and underserved communities.
...engagement and volunteerism · Health disparities · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Policy · Social determinants of health...
Date: Dec 2016
Provides background on the origin and importance of nonprofit hospital community benefit spending, and explains the difference between community building and community benefit activities. Examines policy options that the IRS could use to enhance community benefit spending focused on improving social determinants of health community-wide. Includes rural-specific statistics and multiple comparisons of items identified in community health needs assessments (CHNAs).
...Health Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health Tagged as Community and economic development · Health reform · Hospitals · Needs assessment methods and resources · Social determinants...