NRHA's Rural Health Voices blog offers informed commentary on the latest news in rural health care from NRHA staff and editorials from selected contributors.
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Navigate shifting currents from the comfort of your home or office at NRHA’s 43rd Annual Rural Health Conference, the nation’s largest gathering of rural health professionals and the association’s first virtual event, June 16-19.
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Rural Horizons
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To improve oral health outcomes, it is necessary to understand and address the barriers that prevent individuals from accessing services.
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Rural Horizons
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A dearth of mental health practitioners, social isolation — perhaps now exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis — and perceived stigma can combine to make identifying, quantifying, and treating mental health issues complicated everywhere, but particularly in rural areas. Researchers are taking action to pinpoint rural mental health needs and solutions.
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Rural Horizons
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Telemedicine provides the opportunity to share resources, lower costs, increase access, and provide specialty services that might otherwise be unavailable.
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Provider shortages and limited access to health services are not new concerns for rural health systems, but access to emergency medical services (EMS) has also reached a critical juncture.
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Rural health care settings present unique challenges to older adults seeking care. Access to specialists and primary care may be an issue, with variables such as transportation, unemployment, and caregiver resources presenting additional barriers.
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The complex problem of rural social isolation requires open-minded, unconventional solutions. From ad-hoc, online communities to creative grant funding, health care providers and rural residents can address the stigma of social isolation and depression.
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October 12–15, 2019 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | WRHC19.org. This is an opportunity for you and your organization to engage and network with international clinicians, educators, health researchers, and providers.
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Beth O'Connor
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Being included in the census can have a real impact on people in local communities. Having an accurate assessment of the diversity that makes up the American portrait is vital to ensure our communities receive the funding to which they are entitled.
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Educating more nurse practitioners (NPs) for rural practice is essential to address provider shortages in America’s small towns. The Collaborative for Rural Primary care Research, Education, and Practice (Rural PREP) is studying rural-oriented primary care NP education programs and clinical training consistent with the organization’s goal of improving education and preparing providers for successful rural primary care practice.
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