Wisconsin Resources

Wisconsin Health Professional Shortage Areas: Primary Health Care
Shows Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and HPSA facilities in Wisconsin.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Wisconsin Health Professional Shortage Areas: Mental Health Care
Shows Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and HPSA facilities in Wisconsin.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Wisconsin Health Professional Shortage Areas: Dental Health Care
Shows Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and HPSA facilities in Wisconsin.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Palliative Care — More Than Just Hospice, with Karla Weng and Pat Justis
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Karla Weng, Senior Program Manager for Stratis Health, and Pat Justis, Director of the Washington State Office of Rural Health. Discusses rural palliative care and an initiative to expand access in rural communities in Washington State, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Date: 06/2022
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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How Centers for Independent Living (CIL) can Promote Transportation Options in Rural Areas: Developing a Transportation Program
Discusses how Centers for Independent Living (CIL) can identify gaps in transportation services and help provide transit options to people with disabilities that improve their access to services, healthcare, and employment opportunities. Includes an example from a CIL promoting a transportation program in Wisconsin and provides ridership needs, potential transportation partners, and operation details.
Date: 04/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Independent Living of Western Wisconsin, Disability Employment TA Center
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Wisconsin's Demographic Changes & The Impact of the Pandemic on Schools
Presentation slides that show population changes and trends in Wisconsin. Provides percentage change by county from 2010-2020 and compares changes across metro, micro, and rural counties. Includes enrollment data as well as discussion of COVID-19 impacts on rural schools in Wisconsin.
Author(s): Sarah Kemp
Date: 02/2022
Sponsoring organization: Applied Population Laboratory
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Rural Wisconsin Demographics
Provides a rural versus urban breakdown of Wisconsin residents by age, sex, race, living arrangements, education, health, and more. Includes a Wisconsin map showing rural counties.
Date: 01/2022
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Rural Wisconsin Caregiver Toolkit 2022
Toolkit offering rural-relevant resources on informal caregiving. Provides videos and handouts on various types of caregiving, resources on advance directives, and information on self-care for informal caregivers.
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organization: Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
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2020 Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities
Report details the farm fatalities in Wisconsin in 2020. Presents data on the injuries that caused the fatalities, the counties the fatalities occurred in, and the age and occupation of the victims.
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organizations: National Farm Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
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Rural Wisconsin Caregiver Resources Toolkit 2022
Compendium of resources intended to help caregivers find the information they need to perform their caregiving roles effectively. Includes resources to help caregivers perform medical and nursing tasks, resources relating to advance directives and power of attorney, links to a broad range of Wisconsin and national caregiver resources, and resources intended to help caregivers address their own health and well-being.
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organization: Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
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