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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

The search for that solution led her to East Carolina Universitys psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program. The number of such programs has nearly doubled in the past eight years, according to a 2022 report by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. She graduated in December.

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NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

NC Health News

The chambers Democrats say the budget falls short on rural health care access while increasing tax cuts that they say disproportionately help the wealthy. DHHS also asked for an additional $87 million to support the Healthy Opportunities Program , a pilot project providing services to people in three rural areas of the state.

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Podcast from Washington: Omnibus Spending Bill of 2022 and Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program Reauthorized

The NACCHO Podcast Series

On this month’s podcast, NACCHO Government Affairs team members Kerry Allen and Lauren Mastroberardino recap key provisions in the omnibus spending bill Congress passed at the end of 2022.

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Low-income Washington state households still struggling with food insecurity as pandemic protections end

UW School of Public Health Blog

That’s one of the findings of a food survey of Washington residents from December 2022 to January 2023, run by researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Washington State University. For more information, contact Jennifer Otten at jotten@uw.edu Health Equity DEOHS Nutritional Sciences Tseng, Ph.D.

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Study: Rural residents more likely to struggle with medical debt

NC Health News

By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder According to new research from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center , rural residents are not significantly more likely to be worried about their medical bills than their urban counterparts, but they are more likely to have trouble paying them. percent compared to 6 percent). “The

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Tribal Health Leaders Say Feds Haven’t Treated Syphilis Outbreak as a Public Health Emergency

KFF Health News

According to the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center , syphilis rates among Native Americans in its region soared by 1,865% from 2020 to 2022 — over 10 times the 154% increase seen nationally during the same period. The rise in infections accelerated in 2021, pinching public health leaders still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Resource: The 2021–2022 Study of Family and Staff Experiences in American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start FACES Programs: Spring 2022 Data Tables and Study Design

Rural Health Information Hub

Includes data on Region XI characteristics, experiences, health status, and needs of children and their families; cultural and linguistic experiences; and characteristics of Head Start programs and staff. -- Administration for Children and Families

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