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Conducting policy analysis, research, and evaluation on #ruralhealth, #healthcare, and #publichealth issues with @NORCNews. RTs ≠ endorsement.
Bethesda, MD
Joined May 2009
Check out our new Rural Health Equity Toolkit! It has evidence-based and promising strategies to advance health equity in rural populations @ruralhealthinfo
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New in our Exploring Rural Health podcast: we talk to Alana Knudson, Luciana Rocha, and Paula Swepson about health equity. https://t.co/U3ZP4oP9tA
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Our Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit is featured in this new article from @dailyyonder
Compiled in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and other agencies, the information is meant to help rural areas better prepare for public health emergencies, disasters and threats.
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Multi-sector collaborations bring partners together to advance health equity and support healthy, thriving communities. This strategy (and others) are in our Rural Health Equity Toolkit
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#Rural communities are wonderful places to live and work, which is why nearly 61 million people call them home. #NationalRuralHealthDay is an opportunity to celebrate the #PowerOfRural by honoring the selfless, community-minded spirit that prevails in rural America.
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It’s #NRHD2022! See our NEW Toolkit: Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response. Learn more about how rural and tribal communities, healthcare providers, and others can plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters and public health emergencies. #PowerofRural
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Today is the day! Happy #NationalRuralHealthDay! Shout out to the incredible communities, organizations, and individuals who demonstrate the #powerofrural today and every day!
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A8: Grant funding from federal agencies, philanthropic organizations, and other organizations may help programs improve rural health literacy. Our toolkit has more info on funding and sustainability #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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Learn about the importance of early planning for funding and sustainability when designing and implementing programs to improve health literacy in rural areas.
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A8: The @CMSgov Office of Minority Health (OMH) recognizes that improving health literacy can advance health equity. Health literacy is a priority area in the CMS Framework for Health Equity #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A8: The Rural Health Literacy #Toolkit has evidence-based and promising strategies rural communities can adapt to improve personal and organizational health literacy #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
ruralhealthinfo.org
Learn about different promising personal and organizational health literacy models rural communities can use when developing a health literacy intervention or program.
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A8: Our #Rural Health Literacy #Toolkit is a one-stop-shop for strategies and resources to improve rural health literacy @ruralhealthfo @hrsa #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A step-by-step guide for developing programs for improving health literacy in rural communities. Includes evidence-based examples and methods you can adapt to fit your program and community needs.
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Q8: Please share resources, materials, tools, and funding opportunities that can help rural health literacy. #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A7: Teaching health literacy skills at a young age may improve cognitive, physical, and emotional development processes for youth and may help with future health decision making #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A7: Leadership and community support are needed to improve organizational health literacy. Embedding health equity principles overall can also help rural organizations meet the health literacy needs of the people they serve #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A7: To improve health literacy, rural programs can incorporate health literacy into professional training, medical and residency training, certificate programs, and other continuing medical education #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A7: Community champions can help make rural health literacy programs successful. Champions are known and trusted by the community and can bring a sense of legitimacy and value to the goals of a program #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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Q7: What tips do you have for communities and states working to improve health literacy? #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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A6: @bistatepca is implementing the Vermont Food Access in Health Care consortium that focuses on health literacy by improving provider/patient communication to manage and understand dietary changes for health conditions #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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Bi-State Primary Care Association provides training and technical assistance to healthcare providers and community members to increase effective health communication about healthy eating, diet, and...
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A6: Using the train-the-trainer model, a program at @hslunc empowers library staff to answer questions about health services and increase community awareness of trustworthy sources for health information #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library uses a train-the-trainer approach to improve health literacy in public libraries across four rural communities in North...
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A6: Lake Okeechobee Rural Health Network, Inc. @LORHN1 provides health literacy education workshops called Your Health Matters and education about health insurance enrollment and financial literacy #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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Lake Okeechobee Rural Health Network collaborates with community health workers to provide health services to rural areas in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, including a health literacy workshop known as...
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A6: The Salud y Vida con Amigos project from @DACinformation uses CHWs/Promotoras to identify health literacy challenges and increase the availability, acceptability, and use of COVID-19 information and services #RuralHealthChat #PowerofRural
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With funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Doña County Health and Human and Human Services delivers bilingual health literacy education to expand...
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