Texas Resources
Community Health Workers Get Trained to Reduce Oral Health Disparities
Highlights programs serving the Navajo Nation, Texas colonias, and Appalachian Maryland that use community health workers to provide oral health education and improve access dental care.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights programs serving the Navajo Nation, Texas colonias, and Appalachian Maryland that use community health workers to provide oral health education and improve access dental care.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Texas Health Insights Dashboard
Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Texas A&M Rural Texas Strong Hub
Provides information about the Rural Texas Strong (RTS) Program, the state's Rural Health Transformation Program, for Texas A&M System members. Will include a public database that displays Texas A&M expertise and interest in RTS initiatives, as well as a listing of Texas A&M System member RTS collaborations with rural stakeholders. Can offer feedback on RTS conceptual proposals and facilitate initial meetings with rural health organizations.
Sponsoring organization: Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute
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Provides information about the Rural Texas Strong (RTS) Program, the state's Rural Health Transformation Program, for Texas A&M System members. Will include a public database that displays Texas A&M expertise and interest in RTS initiatives, as well as a listing of Texas A&M System member RTS collaborations with rural stakeholders. Can offer feedback on RTS conceptual proposals and facilitate initial meetings with rural health organizations.
Sponsoring organization: Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute
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Texas Rural Health Transformation Program
Provides information on Texas's Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents a summary of proposed initiatives and includes links to initial and revised components of Texas's program application, including the project narrative and budget narrative. Shares details on the state RHTP funding opportunities.
Additional links: Budget Period 1 Revised Budget Narrative, Other Supporting Materials, Project Abstract Summary, Revised Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Provides information on Texas's Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents a summary of proposed initiatives and includes links to initial and revised components of Texas's program application, including the project narrative and budget narrative. Shares details on the state RHTP funding opportunities.
Additional links: Budget Period 1 Revised Budget Narrative, Other Supporting Materials, Project Abstract Summary, Revised Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant
Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Telehealth Broadband Project
Provides information and data on rural broadband access and its impact on healthcare. Profiles rural community partnerships in four states - Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia - designed to better understand connectivity issues.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center
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Provides information and data on rural broadband access and its impact on healthcare. Profiles rural community partnerships in four states - Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia - designed to better understand connectivity issues.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center
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Texas Office of Border Public Health Newsletter
Newsletter of the Office of Border Public Health in Texas. Covers public health in the Texas-Mexico border region. Issues include graphs, charts, maps, and other visual data covering border health topics in addition to newsletter articles.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Office of Border Public Health
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Newsletter of the Office of Border Public Health in Texas. Covers public health in the Texas-Mexico border region. Issues include graphs, charts, maps, and other visual data covering border health topics in addition to newsletter articles.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Office of Border Public Health
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Texas Health Data - Health Profession Supply
Provides supply data on various health professions at the county level in Texas, including data on advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse aides, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and primary care physicians, among others. Fact sheets include comparisons of metro versus nonmetro and border versus non-border county population-to-provider ratios.
Additional links: Health Profession Fact Sheets
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Provides supply data on various health professions at the county level in Texas, including data on advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse aides, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and primary care physicians, among others. Fact sheets include comparisons of metro versus nonmetro and border versus non-border county population-to-provider ratios.
Additional links: Health Profession Fact Sheets
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Exploring the Health Care Challenges Rural Americans Face Across 5 States
Articles from Rural RX, a series intended to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America. Features programs in Alabama, Texas, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia.
Author(s): Nicole Ellis, William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman
Sponsoring organization: PBS News Hour
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Articles from Rural RX, a series intended to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America. Features programs in Alabama, Texas, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia.
Author(s): Nicole Ellis, William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman
Sponsoring organization: PBS News Hour
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Texas Panhandle Mental Health Guide
Mental health resource guide for the Texas Panhandle region offering local, state, and national resources, a listing of regional services and support agencies, and information on state and federal legislation. Includes search tools to identify resources and services for specific locations and categories.
Sponsoring organization: Panhandle Behavioral Health Alliance
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Mental health resource guide for the Texas Panhandle region offering local, state, and national resources, a listing of regional services and support agencies, and information on state and federal legislation. Includes search tools to identify resources and services for specific locations and categories.
Sponsoring organization: Panhandle Behavioral Health Alliance
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