- VA Announces Expansion of "Close to Me" Cancer Program as Part of the Cancer Moonshot, Bringing Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Closer to Thousands of Veterans
- Navajo Psychiatrist Bridges Gaps Between Native American Culture and Behavioral Health Care
- Biden-Harris Administration Releases National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and First-Ever Federal Action Plan
- Biden-Harris Administration Takes Historic Action to Increase Access to Quality Care, and Support to Families and Care Workers
- Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don't Meet Them.
- Rural Jails Turn to Community Health Workers To Help the Newly Released Succeed
- Rural Communities Face Primary Care Physician Shortage
- Miles for Milk: How Student-Run Grocery Store Reshaped Rural Community's Food Access
- Native Americans Have Shorter Life Spans, and It's Not Just Due to Lack of Health Care
- Promotoras Play Essential Role in Connecting Farmworkers with Health Care in Rural NorCal
- Across the Country, Amish Populations Are on the Rise
- Using Medicaid to Address Young People's Mental Health Needs in School Settings
- Sunsets, Wildlife and Limited Care: Challenges of Aging in Place in Rural America
- City-Country Mortality Gap Widens amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access
- Tribal Environmental Impact Network
Pennsylvania Data Use Conference: May 14, 2020
Save the Date!
We are excited to announce that registration for the Pennsylvania Data User Conference on May 14, 2020 is now open. This year’s conference will focus on the 2020 Census, including topics on upcoming data products and training on the new data dissemination platform, data.census.gov. We hope to see you in May!
May 14, 2020
Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown, PA
(717) 948-6336
NRHA’s 43rd Annual Rural Health Conference
Fill your sails with rural health insights in Sunny San Diego
NHRA’s 43rd Annual Rural Health Conference, the nation’s largest gathering of rural health professionals, will be May 19-22 in scenic San Diego.
More information here
Register for the Coronavirus Preparedness Summit!
Join us at the Coronavirus Preparedness Summit scheduled for June 17-19 in Washington, DC.
The 3-day event will bring together Public health Officials, Emergency Preparedness Leaders, Academia, Education, Business, Public and Private sector Partners.
Delegates will have access to coronavirus experts from around the world to address the issues of continued planning for the possibility of a more severe outbreak of human coronaviruses later this year.
CoV Summit present a clear, easy-to-remember overview of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. The event includes an all-day hands-on workshop.
To view the agenda, please visit www.cov-s.com.
To register, call me at (703) 466-0011, or download a registration form: www.cov-s.com
I look forward to speaking with you. Thank You.
All the best,
Tricia Reyes
(703) 466-0011
CoVid-19 Team
Save the Date! 2020 PA Community Alliance Summit!
March 6, 2020
| Let’s maximize the power of our allied communities! |
SAVE THE DATE!
2020 PA Community Alliance Summit
| The Summit is a day of networking, discovering alliances and collaboration building among diverse organizations throughout Pennsylvania led by and/or supporting underserved/unserved populations who experience marginalization and oppression. |
September 16, 2020: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
September 17, 2020: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey
This event is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council; in part by grant number 1901PASCDD, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.
Community Health Worker Effectiveness Report
Behavioral Health in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities
Behavioral Health In Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities
Principal authors: John Gale, MS; Jaclyn Janis, BSN, RN, MPH; Andrew Coburn, PhD; Hannah Rochford, MPH
Prepared by the RUPRI Health Panel: Keith Mueller, PhD; Andrew Coburn, PhD; Alana Knudson, PhD; Jennifer Lundblad, PhD, MBA; Timothy McBride, PhD
The prevelence mental health and substance use diagnoses and unmet treatment needs are not equally distributed, with rural residence being one factor associated with these differences. Moreover, the rural context has proven challenging for ensuring the availability of and access to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery services in rural areas. This paper reviews the prevalence of behavioral health disorders in rural populations, rural access to behavioral health services, promising program and policy strategies targeted to improving rural BH systems, and opportunities for policy and system changes to improve rural BH systems and outcomes.
Click to download a copy: Behavioral Health In Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities – Full document
ARC and NACo Partnership Focuses on Region’s Opioid Crisis
In 2017, the death rate for opioid overdoses in Appalachian counties was an astounding 72 percent higher than in non-Appalachian counties. “A good job can change a lot”, said Greg Puckett, Commissioner for Mercer County, West Virginia during a seminar event hosted this week by the National Association of Counties (NACo) and ARC focusing on the opioid crisis in Appalachia. The seminar, which included two panel discussions, focused on effective solutions and how counties can best look toward the future to strengthen communities for long-term growth. It was a capstone event of on an ongoing partnership between partnership between NACo and ARC offering recommendations, best practices, and case studies to counties to help address the situation.
ARC Releases Year-in-Review Investments Summary, Announces Governor DeWine As States’ Co-Chair for 2020
A new fact sheets series is available recapping ARC’s regional and state specific investments showing that ARC invested nearly $177 million into the region, attracting nearly $247 million in matching funds and over $542.5 million in leveraged private investment during fiscal year 2019. These investments are projected to create or retain more than 17,300 jobs and train/educate over 51,000 students and workers. 70 percent of ARC’s FY 2019 investment dollars will benefit distressed counties and areas throughout the region.
340B Drug Discount Program: Increased Oversight Needed to Ensure Nongovernmental Hospitals Meet Eligibility Requirements
Provides an overview of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) review of 258 nongovernmental hospitals that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program and their contracts with state and local governments. Evaluates the contracts to determine if they meet the eligibility requirement to serve low-income individuals. Outlines weaknesses in the Health Resources and Services Administration’s review of the hospital contracts and offers six recommendations to improve the contract review process.
Challenges in Providing Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Child Welfare Clients in Rural Communities
Provides an overview of the unique challenges rural communities face serving parents with substance abuse issues, including provider shortages, limited access to health insurance, transportation and technological barriers, and lack of routine cross-systems collaboration with the child welfare system. Offers strategies to overcome these challenges in rural communities.