Rural health research findings from eight national research centers, supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), are now featured at one convenient location, the Rural Health Research Gateway Listserv. This initiative is designed to help move the most up-to-date findings of the Rural Health Research Centers to policy makers, health care providers and others as quickly and efficiently as possible.
New information is launched on the listserv and its corresponding web site
(http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org) to provide easy and timely access to projects, research, and findings of these national research centers. The web site has abstracts of both current and completed research projects addressing issues such as rural health quality and behavioral health, related publications, and information about the researchers and research centers.
If you would like to receive the Rural Health Research Gateway postings, please sign-up at http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/listserv/subscribe.php [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
The 2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators report is the first of a series based on a survey of farm and ranch operations in IA, MN, MO, MN, NE, KS, ND and SD. The report contains insurance status, health care access and medical debt for these families. Please note the 8-page PDF attachment. The Project Access webpage for this information is: http://www.accessproject.org/medical.html#md_rural [Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
The Rural Assistance Center (RAC), a national information resource for rural health and human services information, is celebrating its five-year anniversary this month. As part of its celebration, RAC is launching a redesigned home page and is hosting Elizabeth Duke, the top administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Since its launch in December 2002, RAC’s web site has received over 1.5 million visits, with over half a million coming in the last year. In addition, RAC has responded to almost 5,000 customized assistance requests from people in all 50 states and over 20 foreign countries. RAC’s services include an extensive web site that is updated daily, periodic electronic updates, and customized assistance provided by RAC’s knowledgeable and committed information specialists.
Based at the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, RAC is a collaboration of the University of North Dakota and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI). It is funded through HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy.
See the new home page at http://www.raconline.org/
An electronic version of this press release and webcast of our press conference on December 10th at 10 a.m. CST is available online at: http://www.raconline.org/anniversary/
"Nearly two of five Americans struggle with high medical expense burdens, with the problem most severe in rural areas and the South, according to a new study supported by The Commonwealth Fund. As reported in Overburdened and Overwhelmed: The Struggles of Communities with High Medical Cost Burdens, an estimated 38 percent of people in the United States are saddled with high medical cost burdens relative to their income. http://tinyurl.com/yqkl5s The PDF of the report is available online at http://tinyurl.com/yrtjaf [posted on The Commonwealth Fund eMail Alert]
Native American students living on Arizona’s Hopi and Navajo Indian reservations are spending summer vacations discovering their vocation in life while providing hope for their communities.The Indigenous Pride Health Worker (IPHW) program exposes high school students to professional health careers with the aim that they will eventually return to serve their people on the reservation. http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/fall07.php#iphw [posted on New Issue of the Rural Monitor]
HHS Announces Project to Help 3.6 Million Consumers Reap Benefits of Electronic Health Records
Oct 31, 2007 -- In a move that will improve health care for millions of Americans, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced a five-year demonstration project that will encourage small to medium-sized physician practices to adopt electronic health records (EHRs). http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=7530
Broadband Enables Better Health Care at Reduced Cost for More Americans
Oct 25, 2007 -- Business Wire article reports that the expansion of broadband internet service has facilitated the development of telemedicine technologies improving healthcare to more Americans at a reduced cost, according to a new study commissioned by the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA). http://tinyurl.com/yrxw49
Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
Application deadline: Dec 6, 2007
Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1721
Healthy Behaviors in Women
Application deadline: Dec 7, 2007
Grants to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate novel approaches that concurrently address the relationship between women's healthy eating and mental health during the perinatal period. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1722
Grants for Native Americans and Native American Caregiver Support Program
Application deadline: Jan 22, 2008
Funding for programs to increase home and community based services to older Indians, Alaska Natives and native Hawaiians, which respond to local needs and are consistent with evidence-based prevention practices. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1724
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Fiscal Year 2007 Fire Prevention and Safety Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=635
Application deadline: Nov 30, 2007
Grants to assist State, regional, national or local organizations to address fire prevention and safety.
J. Jill Compassion Fund
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=683
Application deadline: Nov 30, 2007
Grants to provide financial support on a national scale to community-based organizations and/or programs whose mission is that of aiding women and children in need.
Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1721
Application deadline: Dec 6, 2007
Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators.
2008 BRICK Awards
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=624
Application deadline: Dec 31, 2007
This program honors and funds the efforts of dynamic leaders age 25 and under.
Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) - Local and Regional
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1026
Application deadline: Jan 10, 2008
Grants to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so.
Foundation for Rural Education and Development Scholarships
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1559
Application deadline: Feb 8, 2008
Scholarships to rural America's best and brightest students.
My Hometown Helper Grant Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1342
Application deadline: Mar 31, 2008
Grants for community projects including lights or bleachers for baseball, soccer or football fields; Books for school, library, or literacy programs; Playground equipment; Red Cross health and safety programs; Swimming and lifeguard training and more.
Technology Grants for Rural Schools
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=932
Application deadline: Sep 13, 2008
Technology Grants for Rural Schools program was created to help meet the growing need for innovative technology in the classroom.
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update - search the RAC Funding Database for more grants at http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding.php]
Together, the National Alliance for Caregiving and Easter Seals have produced a report, Caregiving in Rural America, to bring to light and support the demand to address the ever-increasing numbers and unmet needs of rural caregivers. Both organizations have a strong interest in caregiving, in the well-being of caregivers and care recipients, and in the challenges of providing care in special situations. In addition, both organizations have a commitment to exploring and addressing the unique needs and issues of rural Americans. Read more about the report at http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=OPA_ruralcaregiving Download the report at http://www.easterseals.com/site/DocServer/Caregiving_in_Rural-saveas-compress.pdf?docID=49463
Nurses Taking Charge of Health Care in Rural Missouri
Aug 28, 2007 -- Associated Press article via Hays Daily News, (MO) tells how across rural Missouri, residents who once relied on the country doctor to treat their everyday aches and pains are increasingly turning to clinics owned by nurses with advanced training. http://www.hdnews.net/Story/k1021_BC_MO_RuralNurses_08_27_0798
Telepharmacy Provides Rural Hospital with 24-hour Pharmacy Services
Aug 15, 2007 -- Community and Rural Hospital Leadership Center article reports that many rural hospital struggle with onsite pharmacy coverage, but one solution by a Washington State hospital is 24-hour pharmacy coverage for its patients seven days a week through a telepharmacy program. http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/crhlc/view_news.cfm?content_id=91471
Rural Definitions
Provides tables, maps and methods to help the user identify and define rural.
Organization: USDA Economic Research Service
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/ruraldefinitions/
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Effective and Promising Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latino Youth
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/works/pdf/Science_Says_32_latino_programs.pdf
Details six programs, some designed specifically for Latino teens, that have been shown through careful evaluation to either delay sex, improve contraceptive use, and/or reduce teen pregnancy.
Organization: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Kids Count Data Book, 2007
http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/databook_2007.pdf
Provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. New this year is information on child well-being in Puerto Rico. Introductory essay focuses on supporting permanence for children in foster care.
Organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center
HCH Directory
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/hchirc/directory/default.htm
Intended to be a reference tool for programs and agencies serving the health care needs of homeless people in the United States. Its purpose is to foster collaboration and communication among people working in this field.
Organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
Relationships between Rural CHCs and Hospitals
A new report by the National Rural Health Association offers practical advice to create successful partnerships between rural hospitals and community health centers. The report, "Practical Tips and Information Resources for Developing Collaborative Relationships," analyzed the elements of five collaborative models and their benefits to the CHC, hospital and community. The report also identified the barriers that these programs have overcome to achieve current levels of effectiveness. http://www.nrharural.org/pubs/pdf/CHCHosp607.pdf Health Leaders Media site offers a brief overview of the study: http://tinyurl.com/359ddb [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
Diabetes ToolKit for Community Health Workers
The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) is now taking pre-orders for a diabetes primary prevention kit designed for community health workers and promoters that work with African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos. Toolkit components include: a flipchart, user’s guide, activities guide, resources guide, photo journal, Step by step: Moving towards prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (CD/DVD), NDEP food and activity tracker, NDEP fat and calorie counter, and The Road to Health Supplemental CD-ROM. Interested organizations can pre-order the toolkit by emailing emx4@cdc.gov: To learn more about NDEP visit http://www.ndep.nih.gov
The latest issue of The Rural Monitor is now available on the RAC web site and can be accessed at http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php Included in this issue are articles on the rural workforce, including recruitment of local people to fill the shortage http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php#workforce , and an overview of the Rural Assistance Center's "Am I Rural?" tool http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php#roundup [posted on RAC Rural Monitor Listserv - to subscribe, go to http://www.raconline.org/listserv/]
Registration is open for the upcoming Rural Health Information Technology: Navigating the Road to Performance Improvement conference. The Conference is September 12 – 14, 2007 at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, MO. For more information and to register online visit http://www.ruralcenter.org/pages/events/conf-hit-2007/. The web site includes registration and hotel information, draft agenda, and sponsor and exhibitor information. [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)email]
To increase the number of rural and public hospitals participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 5 Million Lives Campaign, the Cardinal Health Foundation announced today it is granting up to $500,000 to hospitals that enroll and report their data to IHI. Hospitals would receive up to $15,000 each to help defray costs associated with implementing IHI initiatives, aimed at protecting patients from five million incidents of medical harm over two years (December 2006 – December 2008). The National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Public Hospitals and HealthSystems will administer the grants. Both groups will oversee the application process and review grant applications. Read the full press release at http://www.cardinal.com/content/news/6202007_75317.asp
Find application materials at http://www.NRHArural.org/groups/pdf/CHFGrantRFP-2.pdf
Reservation Roads Suffer
Jul 16, 2007 -- The Casper Star Tribune, (WY) article reports that with the fatality rate on reservation roads four times the national average and two-thirds of the roads unpaved, tribal leaders and federal officials agreed Thursday that the government has dangerously underfunded transportation needs in Indian Country. http://tinyurl.com/2abu5x
Toolkit Supports Efforts in Native Communities to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Jul 6, 2007 -- A toolkit to help Native communities protect their children from the harm caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy is now available from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17702
Rural Emergency Responders Initiative - Funding
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=727
Rural Health and Safety Education Program
Application deadline: Aug 1, 2007
Grants to meet national needs for addressing the health and access needs of rural Americans. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1647
truth® or Consequences Youth Tobacco Prevention Grants Program
Letter of Intent (Optional): Sep 7, 2007
Application deadline: Nov 20, 2007
Funding to support community-based tobacco use prevention efforts. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1653
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
This new Network Development Planning Grant Program provides one year of funding to rural communities that seek to develop a formal integrated health care network and that do not have a significant history of collaboration. The planning grants are to be used to develop a formal network with the purpose of improving the coordination of health services in rural communities and strengthening the rural health care system as a whole. Existing networks that seek to expand services or expand their service area are not eligible to apply. The deadline for submitting an application is October 5, 2007. http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/networkplanning.htm
A new Pew Internet study says that 47% of American adults now have a broadband connection at home, an increase of 5 percentage points from early 2006. Home broadband connections in rural areas is now at 31% and continues to lag behind high speed adoption in urban and suburban areas. Read the entire report http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/217/report_display.asp You can also read a summary of the report on Andy Carvin's "Learning Now" blog on PBS.org http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/07/got_broadband.html
CRS Report for Congress: Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL30719.pdf
Covers broadband Internet access issues in rural and underserved areas. Also covers the federal assistance programs as well as state and local broadband activities.
Organization: Congressional Research Service, 04 / 2007
Getting Connected: Broadband Services a Key to a Vibrant Rural America
http://ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/RuralRealities2-1.pdf
Describes the current situation of broadband services in rural America and discusses the federal, state, and local broadband policies and policy options.
Organization: Rural Sociological Society, 2007
Journal: Rural Realities Volume: 2 Issue: 1
Faith Based Organizations: Potential Partners in Rural Transportation
http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/Trn/Partners.htm
Reports on a survey of rural Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) to assess their interest in providing local transportation for people with disabilities and their capacity to do so.
Organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, 05 / 2007
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
National Association for Rural Mental Health's (NARMH) 2007 Conference
There's No Place Like Home : Jazzin' Up Rural Mental Health
Kansas City, MO
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
August 8-11, 2007
http://www.narmh.org/conferences/2007_conference.html
Research for Native Health: Strengthening Partnerships,Promoting Trust, and Increasing Communication
August 22-23, 2007 in Denver, CO
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=5042&lvl=1&lvlID=11
The conference will provide opportunities to improve the dialogue between Tribal Nations, academic scientists, government researchers, American Indian community representatives, policymakers, and funders regarding key issues involving human research, ethics, tribal sovereignty, and the role of Institutional Review Boards in tribal decision making.
Draft Agenda http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/NativeHealthAgendaAugust82223.pdf
William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=863
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1578
Application deadline: Jun 6, 2007
Funding for projects that will discover, implement, evaluate or disseminate practical and replicable solutions related: 1) public health laws, regulations or policies; 2) public health advocacy or communications; and 3) engaging hard-to-reach populations.
Health Information Technology Innovations for Health Center Controlled Networks
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1601
Application deadline: Jun 20, 2007
Funding to implement health information technologies (HIT) other than electronic health records.
HeartRescue Grant Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=648
Application deadline: Oct 15, 2007
Grants to increase awareness and education of sudden cardiac death, early defibrillation, and the need for early intervention among community leaders, first responder organizations and the public.
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Medicaid: A Primer
Examines the structure of Medicaid, who the program covers, what services it provides and spending. Includes tables examining the state-to-state variation in eligibility, enrollment and spending for Medicaid enrollees.
Organization: Kaiser Family Foundation; Date: 03 / 2007 http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/Medicaid-A-Primer-pdf.pdf
NDSUH Report: Methamphetamine Use
Examines trends and patterns in rates of methamphetamine use by gender based on data from the 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Date: 01 / 2007 http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/meth/meth.pdf
Substance Abuse in Rural America
Chapter from the 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues. Addresses rural access to substance abuse services, with a focus on alcohol, methamphetamine and narcotics addiction.
Organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services; Date: 01 / 2007 http://ruralcommittee.hrsa.gov/NAC07Report.htm#SubstanceAbuse
Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) surveys American Indians and Alaska Natives, 12 years and older, to collect data regarding substance use and substance use disorders.
Organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Date: 01 / 2007 http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/2k7/AmIndians/AmIndians.pdf
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr announced that USDA is making available $62.9 million in distance learning and telemedicine loans, $75 million in loan and grant combinations, and $15 million in grants. Applications for the $15 million in distance learning and telemedicine grants must be received by June 11, 2007 and will compete nationally for funding. To learn more, view the PDF DLT Application Guidance and visit the Rural Development DLT website at http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
Population Dynamics Are Changing the Profile of Rural Areas
An influx of retirees and ethnic populations brings both challenges and benefits to small-town America.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April07/Features/Population.htm
"New and diverse residents from abroad are revitalizing small towns economically and demographically. At the same time, their presence signals changes in local economic structure and raises concerns about barriers to assimilation and changing and increasing demands for social services."
Sustainable Communities for All Ages: A Viable Futures Toolkit
Aimed at designing solutions to meet the needs of older generations that will also meet the needs of younger generations. Examples from around the country include developing new school curricula that encourage young people to go into health care fields, designing walkable communities that improve the health of all generations, and having after school programs share sites with senior centers. A user guide complements the toolkit http://www.bluemoonfund.org/usr_doc/Toolkit.pdf
FCC Pilot Program Under Rural Health Care Mechanism
Application deadline: May 7, 2007
A pilot program to examine how the rural health care (RHC) funding mechanism can be used to enhance public and non-profit health care providers’ access to advanced telecommunications and information services. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1346
Healthy Homes Demonstration Program
Application deadline: May 18, 2007
Funding to prevent safety and health hazards in the homes low-income families with children.
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=529
[Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Economic Development in Indian Country: Redefining Success
Discusses how both economic development and support for generating entrepreneurship can lead to successful alternative economies on Indian reservations.
Date: 2006
Journal: Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy Issue: 4 http://www.ojrrp.org/issues/2006/04/index.html
Efforts to Assess the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education Programs
Reports on efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services and the states to assess the scientific accuracy of materials used in federally funded abstinence-until-marriage education programs and the effectiveness of these programs.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0787.pdf
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
The latest issue of the Rural Monitor is now available on the RAC web site and can be accessed at:
HTML version: http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/winter07.html
PDF version: http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/pdf/winter07.pdf
In this issue:
Cover Story: A Head Start for Rural Kids
Rural Kindergartners Often Disadvantaged
Getting Children Where They Need to Go
Rethinking Human Services: What is Poverty in America?
Look What's Coming: Hospitals and Insurance - The Weak Protecting the Strong
Around the Country: Special Series on Technical Assistance Centers - TASC and TAP
Focus on Funding: Funding for SCHIP Outreach
Resource Roundup: Rural Updates in Real Time: RACs RSS Feeds
[posted on RAC Rural Monitor Listserv]
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) has released a new publication, Mental Health and Rural America: 1994-2005: An Overview and Annotated Bibliography
This important reference book presents a summary of the current knowledge base surrounding mental health issues in America’s rural and frontier areas, as a solid resource to assist with Federal, State, and local efforts to improve mental health and substance abuse policies and services. It highlights the environment of mental health in rural areas over three decades with hopes of being a valuable resource across the spectrum of rural mental health from the perspectives of local community planning to national policy development. The book includes annotations and a user’s guide to the annotated bibliography.
For more information: http://wiche.edu/MentalHealth/index.asp
Up to 10 free copies may be requested via the HRSA Information Center website at: http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/detail.cfm?PubID=ORHP00369 [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS) list]
Women of Color: Addressing Disparities, Affirming Resilience, and Developing Strategies for Success
August 23-26, 2007
Hyatt Regency Washington, DC
The Call for Abstracts is now posted on the Office on Women's Health's website, http://www.womenshealth.gov/mwhs/
Charting New Frontiers in Rural Women’s Health
August 13 -15, 2007
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
http://www.esi-bethesda.com/ruralfrontier2007/
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference
December 2-5, 2007
Atlanta, GA
Call for abstracts: http://www.2007nhpc.org/abstract.asp
"Health disparities, often associated with urban ethnic and racial populations, persist in rural America as well. Ethnicity or race may have less of an impact on the types of health disparities in rural areas than geography, social status, life style, and job availability. While 20% of the United States population lives in rural areas higher rates of chronic illness and poor overall health are found in those communities when compared to urban populations. Rural residents are older, poorer, and have fewer physicians to care for them." The guide, created by the Rural Assistance Center, inlcudes an overview of the topic, along with frequently asked questions and links to resources, including organizations, publications, maps, and related web sites. http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/disparities/ Two new additional guides are: Child Support http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/child_support/ and Hospice and Palliative Care http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/hospice/ [posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
"A GPs' surgery in mid Wales has launched a series of health education films on YouTube, better known as a website featuring home videos." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/6234141.stm See the videos at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=BuilthSurgery. [posted on HMONGHEALTH listserv]
Saucony Run for Good - Red Laces Program
Application deadline: Mar 30, 2007
Grants to encourage active and healthy lifestyles in children. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1410
Forgotten Population
Describes the use of telehealth and home-based health-care interventions to address a mental health crisis among elderly Americans in rural areas.
Organization: American Psychological Association
Date: 11 / 2006
Journal: APA Monitor on Psychology Volume: 37 Issue: 10 Pages: 52-53
http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov06/forgotten.html
Language Services Resource Guide for Health Care Providers
A guide to aid health care providers, administrators, interpreters, translators, and others in improving language access and improving health care for their clients and patients.
Organization: Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Date: 10 / 2006
see http://www.healthlaw.org/library.cfm?fa=detail&id=118637&appView=folder
Telehealth Technical Assistance Manual
Provides information to assist in the planning of telehealth and telemedicine projects for rural community and migrant health centers and other health care organizations. Includes a step-by-step telehealth planning process.
Organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 10 / 2006
http://www.nrharural.org/pubs/pdf/Telehealth.pdf
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations
Nov 29, 2006 -- Newswise article tells how Native American women who live in North Dakota and South Dakota are coming to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for their mammograms without ever leaving the reservation. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525436/?sc=rsmn
Deaver Foundation Grant for Online Spanish for Health Workers
Application deadline: Jan 10, 2007
The Deaver Foundation will pay half the $450 cost of a six-month online basic Spanish course for up to 1,000 healthcare providers. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1096
W.K. Kellogg Foundation 2007 Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative Cohort
Geographic Coverage: West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona
Application deadline: Jan 22, 2007
A multi-year national initiative that energizes and equips rural organizations and networks to shape policy that will improve the lives of rural people and the vitality of rural communities. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1099
2005 Profile of Local Health Departments
Results of a survey of local health departments (LHDs) across the nation. Includes information on a wide range of LHD-related topics, including jurisdiction; governance; financing; characteristics of top executives; workforce; activities and services; planning and performance improvement; partnerships; policy-making activities; and information technology.
Organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/2005Profile.cfm
Rural HIV/AIDS Care
A web resource for Rural HIV/AIDS information.
Organization: National Rural Health Association http://www.nrharural.org/opporty/sub/rural_HIV.html
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Information Guides: The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) announces the introduction of new resources on Home Health http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/homehealth/ and Teen Pregnancy http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/teenpregnancy/ available on the RAC web site. These information guides include an overview of the topic, along with frequently asked questions and links to resources, including organizations, publications, maps, and related web sites.
New Immigrants Settling in Rural America, Carsey Report Finds
Nov 27, 2006 -- More immigrants are bypassing traditional gateway communities such as Chicago, New York, and San Francisco in favor of settling in rural areasand their impact is acutely felt in these small communities according to a new report from The Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/ImmigrationPressRelease_112106.pdf Read the complete report at http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/Immigration_Final.pdf
New Web Site Presents Socio-Economic Data for U.S. Regions
Oct 13, 2006 -- A new Web site launched by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, the Regional Indicators Site, allows interactive access to socio-economic indicators for cities, suburban and rural areas of the nation. http://regionalindicators.unh.edu/
Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/cbpr/index.php
Is intended as a tool for community-institutional partnerships that are using or planning to use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to improving health. It can be used by partnerships that are just forming as well as mature partnerships.
Funding Opportunites:
Targeted Grants to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1381
Application deadline: Jan 12, 2007
Grants to conduct activities to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in vulnerable populations.
Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children's Existing and Potential Exposure and Risks Associated with Lead
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1382
Application deadline: Jan 12, 2007
Funding to Federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal consortia to support Tribal educational outreach and to conduct a baseline assessment of Tribal children's existing and potential exposure to lead-based paint and related lead-based paint hazards.
Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=30
Application deadline: Jan 31, 2007
Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.
General Mills Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=327
Application deadline: Feb 1, 2007
Grants for programs to encourage communities to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of young people.
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
Eight out of 10 Hospitals Treat Patients with Limited English Frequently: New Survey
Oct 12, 2006 -- The vast majority of hospitals – 80 percent – frequently treat patients with limited English proficiency, providing them critical language services, according to a new report from the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET). http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=5182
HIV/AIDS in Rural America
Of the estimated 860,037 Americans diagnosed with AIDS through 2003, 52,375 live in rural areas with fewer than 50,000 people. About 7.6 percent of AIDS cases reported in 2003 were in rural areas, up from 5 percent in 1995. http://www.raconline.org/pdf/Rural_HIV_Factsheet.pdf
Strategies for Improving Latino Healthcare in America: Report of The Latino Healthcare Taskforce
Provides an overview of Latinos in America. Reports on a number of healthcare strategies and recommendations for improving Latino healthcare along with supporting information.
Date: 09 / 2006 http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_642.pdf
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Letter of Intent (Required): Dec 29, 2006
Application deadline: Dec 29, 2006
Grants to organizations that help children read, provide nutritious after-school meals, offer life-changing surgeries, or help prevent life-threatening disease. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1348
Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Women
Application deadline: Feb 1, 2007
The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research aimed at reducing health disparities among racial/ethnic minority and underserved women. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=630
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
ConAgra Foods Foundation
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide, only in areas of company operations. Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. The Foundation's major commitment is fighting child hunger. http://www.conagrafoods.com/company/corporate_responsibility/foundation/community_guidelines.jsp
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
Application deadline: Oct 20, 2006
Grants to stimulate innovative community-based programs that employ prevention strategies to promote access to health care for children and their families nationwide. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=986
Developing a Quality Grant Proposal
Provides information to assist organizations in applying for federal grants. Includes an overview of the grant-making process, a copy of an actual program announcement from the Federal Register, and a sample of a successful grant proposal.
Organization: White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/developing-quality-grants-200510.pdf
Disability and the Digital Divide: Comparing Surveys with Disability Data
Discusses how surveys consistently report that people with disabilities have only half the rate of Internet access of people without a disability. Despite regular increases over time, people with disabilities have not caught up, and still face a significant digital divide.
Organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, 06 / 2006
http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/TelCom/Divide.htm
Expanding Telecommunications Access in Indian Country
Guide provides an overview of the FCC, the types of available communications technology, and FCC programs that are aimed at promoting telecommunications services in Indian Country.
Organization: Federal Communications Commission, 07 / 2006 http://www.fcc.gov/indians/itibooklet.pdf
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
The Office of Rural Health Policy is concerned that incorrect information is circulating regarding the application deadline for this year's Outreach Grant Program. They wanted rural providers to know that the deadline is still October 18. For more information on this grant program, visit: http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/outreach.htm [Kansas Rural Health Information System (KRHIS) notice]
Remaking American Medicine ... Health Care for the 21st Century, a four-part television series, is scheduled to begin airing on October 5 at 10 p.m. on PBS. Underwritten by RWJF, the series explores the nation’s health care crisis and considers the innovative ways in which providers, patients and their families are transforming care. Organizations across the country are also forming coalitions and organizing community-based events as part of an outreach campaign around the series. Please check your local listings for specific broadcast dates and times in your community. http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/featureDetail.jsp?featureID=1870&type=3 [posted on RWJF Content Alert]
Public Health Nurse (PHN) Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (DPHP) Program
Application deadline: Sep 15, 2006
Grants to Tribal Public Health Nursing (PHN) Programs.
The Public Health Nursing (PHN) Service is the prevention of illness, promotion and maintenance of health through the provision of therapeutic services, counseling, education and advocacy services. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1300
Healthcare and Aging Awards
Application deadline: Oct 2, 2006
Awards will be given to organizations that have demonstrated high-quality, innovative programs that enhance the health-related quality of life in older adults. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=623
Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (RHNPGP)
Application deadline: Oct 12, 2006
This Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program supports one year of planning to develop integrated health care networks in rural areas. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=218
Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
Application deadline: Oct 31, 2006
Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=30
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) joined the Honorable Greg Walden (R-OR) and the Honorable Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), and many of their colleagues from the House Rural Health Coalition, to unveil a new rural health care bill designed to increase equity and improve access to high quality care in rural America. See the complete news release at http://www.nrharural.org/about/sub/news/H-CARE06.html
Call for Proposals The 2007 HMA conference Navigating the River: Journey With Us Through Health Ministries' Healing Waters will be held June 21 - 24 in San Antonio, TX at the Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk. Have an interesting program? A major benefit of the HMA Conference is that we share ideas with each other and go home re-energized and with a book full of new ideas. What programming idea do you have to share? The Call for proposals is listed on http://www.HMAssoc.org Conferences->Annual Conference->Call for Proposals., or http://www.hmassoc.org/call_for_proposal_directions.html
Am I Rural? The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) http://www.raconline.org/ has established an "Am I Rural?" service that can be used to help determine whether a specific location is considered rural based on various definitions of rural, including definitions that are used as eligibility criteria for federal programs. Just click on this link: http://www.raconline.org/funding/rural.php
[HMA E-Announcement - September 5, 2006]
Youth Garden Grants Program
Application deadline: Nov 1, 2006
Helps children reap rewards and vital life lessons from working in gardens and habitats. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=768
Catalog of Innovative Regional Parnerships: Part Two
Discusses summaries of two innovative regional partnerships in the Tenth District--GROW Nebraska and the Prairie States Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. The regional cooperation in these examples crosses traditional spatial, institutional, and networking boundaries, creating synergies among players that previously seemed unrelated. Organization: Center for the Study of Rural America; Date: 2006; Journal: Main Street Economist Volume: 6 http://www.kansascityfed.org/RuralCenter/mainstreet/MSE_6_06.pdf
Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update
The Rural Assistance Center has launched State Resources on its Web site, allowing easy access to continuously updated demographics and statistics, documents and resources, contacts and success stories for all 50 states. This new state information resource, located at http://www.raconline.org/states, features an overview of each state and its rural health and human services environment.
RYKA Women's Fitness Grant
Application deadline: Sep 8, 2006
Fitness grants to support organizations and individuals that enhance women's lives through health and fitness-related programs. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=207
Palliative Care Tools
Critical Care, Evaluation, Educational, and Organizational Tools developed or adapted by Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care demonstration projects and national workgroups.
Organization: Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
http://devpromotingexcellence.i4a.com/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3276
Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities (AgrAbility)
Application deadline: Dec 23, 2006
Grants to enable successful work experience for farmers, ranchers, farm workers or farm family members with disabilities. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=377
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
The National Rural Health Association is now accepting a presentation proposal for its 13th Annual Rural Minority and Multicultural Health Conference – “Effective Traditional Health Customs and Practices: In Our Own Words,” to be held in Anchorage, Alaska, May 14-15, 2007.
The deadline for submission is September 29, 2006.
For questions or to obtain the form, please contact Rosemary McKenzie, Minority Health Liaison and Program Services Manager, at rmckenzie@NRHArural.org or 816-756-3140.
http://www.nrharural.org/conferences/sub/MMConf.html [posted on aapcho-path list]
Caregiving in Rural Communities: 12 Tips for Caregivers
http://www.raconline.org/pdf/12tipsforcaregivers.pdf
Provides 12 tips for rural caregivers to help them feel less isolated and better prepared for the daily demands of providing care to a loved one. Part of the Rosalynn Carter Institute Caregivers Program.
Organization: Johnson & Johnson
Date: 2006
Grant Writing Tips
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/publications/tips/grantwriting.html
Tips and advice on grantwriting. Includes suggestions about the content and structure of the proposal, writing style, and more.
Organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Date: 07 / 2006
Steps to a HealthierUS
http://www.cdc.gov/steps/
An initiative that advances the HealthierUS goal of helping Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives. Through the CDC, the Steps initiative operates a cooperative agreement program office that provides funding to 40 communities nationwide to support evidence-based community interventions.
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Using diabetes as a proxy for all chronic diseases, Rural Policy Research Institute, RUPRI, explored how local innovations overcame challenges of the rural setting to provide effective and efficient disease management. To download this document go to: http://www.rupri.org/healthpolicy/Pubs/p2006-2.pdf [posted on KDHE's Office of Local and Rural Health]
The new, competing FY07 Rural Health Care Outreach guidance has been posted on Grants.gov. The Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program encourages the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential health care services. The emphasis of this grant program is on service delivery through collaboration, requiring the grantee to form a consortium with at least two additional partners. The community being served must be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the program, to appropriately address the needs of the population. This year all applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Applications are due on October 18, 2006. This is for a project period from May 1, 2007 – April 30, 2010. An easy way to search for the Outreach program in Grants.gov is by the CFDA number, 93.912. Here’s the Grants.gov link:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10326&mode=VIEW
The Office of Rural Health Policy will hold a TA Call for the guidance on Wednesday, August 30 at 2 pm, Central. The toll-free number is
800-593-0731 and the passcode is Outreach. The call will be recorded for playback if you cannot be on the call on the 30th. The playback number is 866-501-5103.
Network Development Grant guidance also has been posted on Grants.gov.
This program is designed to support organizations that wish to further ongoing collaborative relationships among health care organizations to integrate systems of care administratively, clinically, financially and
technologically. Applications are due on November 2, 2006. This is for a
project period from May 1, 2007 – April 30, 2010.
The Network Program can also be found on Grants.gov by the CFDA number, 93.912. Here’s the Grants.gov link:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10280&mode=VIEW
The Office of Rural Health Policy will hold a Technical Assistance call for the Rural Health Network Development grant program. The call will be held on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 1:00pm Central Time. The toll-free number to call in is 1-888-390-7303. The Passcode is Network, and the Leader name is Erica Molliver. The Technical Assistance call will be recorded and available for playback within one hour of the end of the call and will be available for 30 days. The phone number to hear the recorded call is 1-866-467-2554.
[posted on KDHE's Office of Local and Rural Health]
The 'How To' of Achieving a More Healthful Lifestyle; New Brochure Complements MyPyramid.gov Web Site
Jul 14, 2006 -- U.S. Newswire article tells of a new brochure, "Your Personal Path to Health: Steps to a Healthier You!," that builds upon the advice provided by the MyPyramid.gov food guidance Web site to provide realistic, manageable tips on how consumers can incorporate healthful eating habits and physical activity into their daily lives. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=69176 See the PDF file for the brochure at http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/pyramidbroch.cfm
Public Welfare Foundation
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to provide services to disadvantaged populations. The primary goal of the Public Welfare Foundation is to address human needs in disadvantaged communities. The Foundation's grantmaking strongly emphasizes support for organizations that include service, advocacy, or empowerment in their approach, with particular interest in efforts that combine two or all three of these elements. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=240
Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund (AFBCF)
Application deadline: Sep 1, 2006
Grants for breast cancer early detection programs. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=879
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10326
The Office of Rural Health Policy's Health Care Services Outreach Program encourages the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential care services. The emphasis of the grant program is on service delivery through creative strategies requiring the grantee to form a consortium with at least two additional partners. Programs funded have varied greatly and have brought care that would not otherwise have been available to at least 2 million rural citizens across the country. Through consortia of schools, churches, emergency medical service providers, local universities, private practitioners and the like, rural communities have managed to create hospice care, bring health check-ups to children, and provide prenatal care to women in remote areas. [Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Issue paper providing an overview of racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States and in rural areas of the U.S. Discusses strategies that can be used to address health disparities and includes policy recommendations.
Organization: National Rural Health Association http://199.237.254.34/advocacy/sub/issuepapers/0606disparities.pdf
Training Community Health Workers: Using Technology and Distance Education
Overview of programs and issues related to the use of technology and distance education to train community health workers (CHWs) in frontier areas. Includes examples of successful programs.
Organization: Office of Rural Health Policy http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/TrainingFrontier.asp
Call for Abstracts for the Public Health Preparedness Summit
The 2007 Summit Planning Committee is currently accepting proposals for the 2007 Public Health Preparedness Summit. http://www.phprep.org/present.shtml
Rural Research to Diverse Audiences
Application deadline: Jul 19, 2006
Funds to conduct research to design and implement multiple approaches for targeting rural research to diverse audiences of decision-makers at national, state, and community levels. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1255
Faith and Community Technical Support Grants
Application deadline: Jul 20, 2006
Pilot project to oversee a national grant competition, disseminate grant awards to support small faith-based and/or community-based programs providing services to victims of domestic violence in rural areas, and provide technical assistance. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1247
2007 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program
Application deadline: Aug 31, 2006
Funding for health education activities that support healthy vision and the Healthy Vision 2010 objectives. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=966
The W.K.Kelloggs Foundation released a report based on survey results from national state legislatures. Access to Healthcare which tied with Low Wages Jobs, were ranked third as the Most Important Problem in Rural America. See the report at http://www.wkkf.org/pubs/FoodRur/pub2973.pdf [posted on the KDHE's Office of Local and Rural Health email]
The South Carolina Rural Health Research Center http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/ released a finding brief discussing issues related to uninsured rural children: Rural children have been consistently less likely to have insurance than urban children, and minority status adds to the disparity Several factors consistently influenced the odds that a child would lack health insurance, measured in 1980, 1986, 1994 and 2001. http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report.html#Report2 See the PDF at http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report/SCRHRC_Trends_in_Uninsurance_Exec_Sum.pdf [posted on KDHE's Office of Local and Rural Health]
The Need to Permit Broadband from Public Entities
http://www.cfra.org/pdf/BroadbandWhitePaper.pdf
Rural broadband white paper discussing Nebraska’s ban on municipal broadband and its impact on the digital divide in Nebraska. (Organization: Center for Rural Affairs Date: 05 / 2006 )
The Changing Face of Rural America
http://www.ruralsociology.org/briefs/brief1.pdf
Discusses population growth and the many changes in rural America. (Organization: Rural Sociological Society Date: 01 / 2006)
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Toolkit
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/fbci/fbci_toolkit.html
Offers a one-stop shop for organizations interested in applying for USDA Rural Development programs. Includes supplemental resources, legal guidance for faith and community groups, and contact information for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative Office and liaisons at USDA.
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
FY 2006 Stand Down Grant
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1236
A Stand Down is an event held in a local community where homeless veterans are provided a wide variety of social services. The critical services provided at a Stand Down are often the catalyst that enables homeless veterans to reenter mainstream society.
Brookdale Foundation National Group Respite Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=910
Application deadline: Jul 6, 2006
Awards consist of seed grants to service providers that offer new, dementia-specific adult day programming to participants, along with support to caregivers, in order to help individuals remain in their homes.
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
Dr. Elizabeth Duke, Administrator of HRSA, DHHS announced a release of a comparative description of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Helath Center programs. The report was last released in 1995. "Both programs offer very real opportunities for enhancing access to health care in underserved rural areas". To view the complete report see the attached PDF document. http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/downloads/fqhc-rhccomparison.pdf
Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point (2006)
US Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System Board on Health Care Services
Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Academy of Sciences. 2006
Available online at: http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309101735/html
“……Over the last several decades, the role of hospital-based emergency and trauma care has evolved. Hospital emergency departments (EDs)-- continue to focus on their traditional mission of providing urgent and lifesaving care, but have taken on additional responsibilities to meet the needs of communities, providers, and patients. Today, their complex role also encompasses safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparedness, and serving as an adjunct to community physician practices.
In some rural communities, the hospital ED may be the main source of health care for a widely dispersed population. While the demands on emergency and trauma care have grown dramatically, however, the capacity of the system has not kept pace. Balancing these roles in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources has become increasingly challenging. ….” [posted on PAHO/WHO EQUITY list]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will award up to 15 sites with grants, not to exceed $750,000 per site, to establish and/or deliver PACE program services. The purpose of the Rural PACE Provider Grant Program is to promote the development of Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) models in rural service areas. PACE development has been slow in rural areas, in part, because of fear of potential financial losses, since PACE is based on a per-member per-month reimbursement for a broad range of health and social services for elderly patients, and outlier protections have not historically been available.
CMS will award grantees start up monies and provide cost outlier protections. Technical assistance outreach and education to state agencies and provider organizations interested in serving rural areas will also be provided by CMS as part of this initiative. If questions or concerns with the grants.gov on-line process, including the registration process, please contact Grants.gov directly at 1-800-518-4726
or support@grants.gov. Please remember to include your grant number on all correspondence.
For more information go to the web link: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PACE/downloads/Solicitation.pdf [posted on KDHE's Office of Local and Rural Health]
Arthritis in American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
Discusses arthritis prevalence and its impact on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) elders.
Organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: 2006 http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/fs_arthritis.pdf
Emergency Medical Services in Frontier Areas: Volunteer Community Organizations
Provides information on paid and volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers in frontier and rural areas. Discusses challenges facing volunteer EMS systems and provides examples of different types of programs from several states.
Organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
Date: 04 / 2006 http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/FrontierEMS.asp
Health Disparities in Rural Populations: An Introduction
Provides a general background on health disparities faced by all rural citizens. The first in a series of policy briefs that look at rural health disparities.
Organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 05 / 2006 http://www.nrharural.org/advocacy/sub/policybriefs/HlthDisparity.pdf
Public Health Preparedness: Integrating Public Health and Hospital Preparedness Programs
Examines different models for coordination that local health departments and general acute-care hospitals have employed to improve public health preparedness.
Organization: RAND Corporation
Date: 2006 http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR318.pdf
Office of Rural Health Policy Grants by State
State-by-state list of Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) grants. Includes information on funding awards for outreach grants, State Offices of Rural Health, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, and other grants funded by ORHP.
Organization: Office of Rural Health Policy http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/Map/index.htm
[Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Arthritis in American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
Discusses arthritis prevalence and its impact on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) elders.
Organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: 2006 http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/fs_arthritis.pdf
Emergency Medical Services in Frontier Areas: Volunteer Community Organizations
Provides information on paid and volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers in frontier and rural areas. Discusses challenges facing volunteer EMS systems and provides examples of different types of programs from several states.
Organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
Date: 04 / 2006 http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/FrontierEMS.asp
Health Disparities in Rural Populations: An Introduction
Provides a general background on health disparities faced by all rural citizens. The first in a series of policy briefs that look at rural health disparities.
Organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 05 / 2006 http://www.nrharural.org/advocacy/sub/policybriefs/HlthDisparity.pdf
Public Health Preparedness: Integrating Public Health and Hospital Preparedness Programs
Examines different models for coordination that local health departments and general acute-care hospitals have employed to improve public health preparedness.
Organization: RAND Corporation
Date: 2006 http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR318.pdf
Office of Rural Health Policy Grants by State
State-by-state list of Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) grants. Includes information on funding awards for outreach grants, State Offices of Rural Health, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, and other grants funded by ORHP.
Organization: Office of Rural Health Policy http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/Map/index.htm
[Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
"The new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan has had mixed results in rural areas. While higher numbers of rural Americans have enrolled in stand-alone prescription drug plans (21%), few have enrolled in a Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plan (3%), bringing to attention the continuing insurance equity gap between rural and urban dwellers. This announcement came following the release of a new study by the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, "Medicare Part D: Early Findings on Enrollment and Choices for Rural Beneficiaries." According to the study, 21% of rural Medicare beneficiaries have enrolled, as compared to 13% of urban persons." Read the RUPRI report on the Kansas Rural Health Information Service Web Site at http://tinyurl.com/nryut
New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Initiative Seeks to Reduce Youth Dating Violence
May 19, 2006 -- Adolescents who report being hit, slapped, or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend in the past year are more likely to report binge drinking, suicide attempts, physical fighting and current sexual activity, said a study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). "Choose Respect encourages adults to support the positive social skills of youth to help prevent unhealthy relationship habits." For more information on Choose Respect go to http://www.chooserespect.org To read more on the initiative see http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=4370
William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=863
Public Housing Neighborhood Networks
Application deadline: Jun 23, 2006
Provides grants to update and expand existing Network Neighborhood/community technology centers and establish new NN centers. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=530
IncludingAllKids.org
A Web Site for Youth Leadership Organizations. Assists youth organizations in actively engaging young people of all abilities. The site features examples from Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the National 4-H Council, National Wildlife Federation and Wilderness Inquiry, and all collaborators with Easter Seals on inclusion projects. http://includingallkids.easterseals.com/
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
Fresh Ideas: Community-based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is offering grants for fresh ideas that represent new approaches to the health and health care problems that affect our country’s most vulnerable people. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1199
FedEx Social Responsibility Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Core giving areas are emergency and disaster relief, pedestrian and child safety, education, and health and human services. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=904
Hasbro Children's Fund
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Support for innovative programs for children throughout the nation. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=304
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Proposals on Disparities Issues
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants for research proposals that offer solutions towards reducing health care disparities. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1196
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Distance Learning & Telemedicine: The USDA announces $20 million in grants for distance learning and telemedicine. The intent of the funding is to strengthen rural communities by funding distance learning and telemedicine programs. The grant deadline is June 12, 2006. http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm
Employees in the smallest U.S. firms pay, on average, 18 percent more in health insurance premiums than those in firms with 1,000 or more workers, when actuarial value--the percentage of total medical expenses paid by a health plan--is taken into account, a new Commonwealth Fund-supported study finds. The researchers found that employees in states with large urban populations, such as California, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, tend to get more value for their premium dollar than those in rural states. http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=371983&#doc371983
[posted on The Commonwealth Fund e-mail alert]
Registration Opens for Rural Health Information Technology Conference
Apr 25, 2006 -- The Office of Rural Health Policy announces that rural providers can now register to attend Health IT: A Rural Provider's Roadmap to Quality, which will be held September 21-23, 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri.
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/HITMeeting.asp
Study Targets Better Screenings for Rural Tribes
Apr 25, 2006 -- Salt Lake Tribune, (UT) article reports that researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute will examine how to best ensure American Indians on Medicare living in rural and frontier areas get the appropriate screenings for breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer.
http://www.sltrib.com/healthscience/ci_3747959
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program Loans and Grants
Application deadline: Jun 12, 2006
Loans and grants designed to provide access to education, training and health care resources for people in rural America. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=397
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards
Program web site http://worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/hcsra.asp
Sponsor World Hunger Year
Deadlines June 15, 2006
Purpose The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards program distributes cash awards ($5,000 maximum) to community-based organizations judged outstanding for their innovative, creative approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the U.S. World Hunger Year (WHY) and the Harry Chapin Foundation administer the program together. The awards honor organizations that go beyond charity to help people improve their own lives and the communities in which they live. WHY and the Harry Chapin Foundation will not consider applications from organizations providing only emergency services.
Foundation Funding Guide: Tobacco
Lists state and national foundations with an interest in tobacco issues.
Organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
http://www.naccho.org/topics/fundingguide/fundingmap_april06.cfm
Hispanics: Strengths, Needs, Hopes, Solutions: 1st Annual HASHSP Conference & Health Expo
Hispanic and American Social and Human Service Professionals
Davie, FL
954.966.6765
DenaBower@bti-training.com
http://www.hashsp-fl.org/Event_Details.asp?fair=10004001
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
Read the latest issue of Local Voices: Storytelling Issue The articles include links to audio and video stories. http://www.soundpartners.org/usr_doc/LV4.pdf This month's issue includes Ho Te’ca:Young Voice Nine South Dakota teens tell their own stories over the airwaves to inspire healthier lives. Hey Girlfriend, Listen Up! The Healthy Start team uses all of their considerable skills to promote health in mothers and babies, and more.
Programs include community health centers, migrant worker health centers
HealthDay
Robert Preidt
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Public "safety net" medical services -- such as community health centers, public hospitals, migrant worker health centers and primary-care programs in public housing -- play a crucial role in providing health care to uninsured children in the United States.
That's the finding of a Rand Corp. study in the March issue of Pediatrics.
The study of more than 2,600 uninsured children, aged 2 to 17, who lacked insurance for at least one full calendar year at some time from 1996 to 2000, found that children in rural areas were more likely to receive medical services if they lived closer to safety net medical providers or if there were more primary-care doctors nearby.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_30707.html
Related MedlinePlus Pages:
Children's Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus//childrenshealth.html
PubMed Abstract: http://tinyurl.com/npf9w
[posted in MedlinePlus Health News, Wednesday March 8, 2006]
"At a time when arguably, US healthcare is at its worst, it’s an inarguable fact that rural Americans are more frequently denied access to health care than their urban counterparts. The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) cites a study released today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that concludes the Nation’s healthcare safety net, in large part filled by Community Health Centers (CHC), is grossly inadequate in rural areas. Access to, as well as recruitment and retention of physicians and other medical providers in rural communities lags far behind that of urban and metropolitan areas."
Part of a Press Release of the National Rural Health Association
Websites of Interest:
New Information Guide on Health Literacy http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/healthliteracy/
AHRQ Launches New "Learning Resources" to Help Providers Adopt Health IT http://www.healthit.ahrq.gov
Grants and Funding
RadioShack StreetSentz Community Grant Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants for prevention of family violence/abuse and/or child abduction.
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=760
Expanded Medical Capacity (EMC) for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and/or Homeless Persons
Application deadline: Mar 31, 2006
Grants to promote the development and operation of community-based primary health care service systems in medically underserved areas and improves the health status of medically underserved populations.
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=666
Articles of Interest
Telecommunications: Challenges to Assessing and Improving Telecommunications for Native Americans on Tribal Lands
Discusses the status of telecommunications access for Native Americans living on tribal lands, federal programs available for improving telecommunications, barriers to improvements, and how some tribes are addressing these barriers.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06189.pdf
Organizing to Address Minority Health Disparities: A Directory of State and Local Initiatives
A detailed 90-page compilation of over 300 groups working to address the causes and solutions to the health disparities crisis.
Organization: Poverty & Race Research Action Council
http://www.prrac.org/pdf/HealthDirectory.pdf
[Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Cultural Competence and Limited English Proficiency Guide
http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/culture/
Includes FAQs, Tools, Funding, Terms, Bibliographies and more, that cover culturally and linguistically competent health and human services for America diverse populations.
Informal Caregiving Guide
http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/caregiving/
Informal caregiving is assisting those you care about, who might be chronically ill, frail, or disabled, and unable to care for him/herself.
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Issues Web Site
Federal health officials launched a new web-based resource for residents along the U.S.-Mexico border and others seeking information on health and human services for border communities. The U.S.-Mexico Border Health web site, which can be found at http://borderhealth.raconline.org, includes information on sources of health funding, grant-writing for health projects, health topics, links to health agencies in each border state, an overview of federal activities, and a searchable resource database. (You can also see information on environmental health hazards at the US-Mexico Border at http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/border/main.html)
Johnson & Johnson/Rosalynn Carter Institute Caregivers Grant Program
http://rci.gsw.edu/pdfs/2006%20Call%20for%20Proposals.pdf
Deadlines March 31, 2006
Purpose Funding for communities to initiate, expand, or replicate collaborative community-based programs that address one or more of these top needs of family caregivers: respite care; skill development; information/education; and caregiver health and well-being.
Key to Methamphetamine-Related Literature
http://www.nyhealth.gov/diseases/aids/harm_reduction/crystalmeth/docs/meth_literature_index.pdf
Contains a comprehensive bibliography of over 5,000 research articles from peer-reviewed journals, linked to their corresponding PubMed abstracts.
Organization: New York State Department of Health
Planning for the Future: A Handbook on Community Visioning
http://www.ruralpa.org/visioning3.pdf
Helps communities to conduct community planning and community development. Includes a list of recommended readings and resources that can be used to help implement different parts of a community vision.
Organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Rural Hispanics at a Glance
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB8/EIB8.pdf
Overview of the rural Hispanic population, with information on population growth and geographic dispersion, demographic characteristics, and social and economic indicators.
Organization: Economic Research Service
[posted on the Rural Assistance Center Update]
The National Library of Medicine website "ToxTown" http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/index.html uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health. Tox Town's target audience is students above elementary-school level, educators, and the general public. You can explore Tox Town by selecting Neighborhoods, Location links or Chemical links. The City, Town, US-Mexico Border or Farm neighborhoods give an overview of environmental health concerns in those settings. The Farm scene http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/farm/main.html has just been added to the locations to choose from when searching ToxTown.