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Sep. 10—Many low-population regions experience problems developing or sustaining quality health care, particularly during a pandemic. Radically Rural's health care sessions, presented Sept. 22 ...
HRSA offers technical assistance to more than 4,000 rural health clinics. Through quarterly conference calls, HRSA helps these small ambulatory clinics react to regulatory and market changes in health care. The agency also supports the Rural Recruitment and Retention Network, which helps locate qualified health care professionals to work in ...
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit professional association in the United States with more than 18,000 members. The association's mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues, which it attempts to carry out through education, communication, and advocacy. The NRHA membership is made up of a diverse ...
Rural areas within the U.S. have been found to have a lower life expectancy than urban areas by approximately 2.4 years. [17] Rural U.S. populations are at a greater risk of mortality due to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke, as well as unintentional injuries such as automobile accidents and opioid overdoses compared to urban ...
Five community partner organizations taught students leadership skills through retreats and policy-related community service projects. [44] The Great Valley Fellows Program was a program designed to teach college graduates about public policy issues facing the Central Valley. The program consisted of coursework, community immersion ...
The programs of NCHL are supported primarily through membership fees contributed by organizational members. [1] Participants in NCHL's membership programs vary based on the specific program, but they generally involve leaders who are responsible for a specific leadership activity within their own health system or university, such as healthcare leadership development, international healthcare ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Romney's understanding of the "challenges facing ... of a single-payer health care system being "the right ...
The Journal of Rural Health is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering rural health. It was established in 1981 as the American Journal of Rural Health, obtaining its current name in 1985. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Rural Health Association. The editor-in-chief is Tyrone Borders (University of Kentucky).