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Community Health Workers Spread Across the US, Even in Rural Areas

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Community health worker programs can address common barriers in rural areas, where people face higher rates of poverty and certain health problems , said Gabriela Boscán Fauquier, who oversees community health worker initiatives at the National Rural Health Association.

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

UW School of Public Health Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

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

The NACCHO Podcast Series

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Community health workers spread across the US, even in rural areas

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Community health worker programs can address common barriers in rural areas, where people face higher rates of poverty and certain health problems , said Gabriela Boscán Fauquier, who oversees community health worker initiatives at the National Rural Health Association.

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

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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

Mission Health permanently shutters Asheville Specialty Hospital

NC Health News

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Scott Joslin , once director of Mission’s hospitalist program, currently works at the Asheville VA but served as medical director of Asheville Specialty from January through September 2022. “It It is a big deal,” Joslin said of the closure.

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School-based clinics, nurses bridge care gaps for kids, communities after Helene

NC Health News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The majority of school-based health centers have physical space within a school. Some centers use telehealth only, some have a mobile unit, and some are situated off campus but near the school they serve, according to the School-Based Health Alliances 2022 census.

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Mental Health America launches hub to help rural residents

NC Health News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

million rural adults, or about a quarter (23 percent) of all nonmetropolitan adults in the U.S., reported having mental illness in 2022, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration , Additionally, about 1.6

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Helene exacerbated rise in homelessness across western North Carolina

NC Health News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Data from the Gaston-Lincoln-Cleveland Continuum of Care showed a 21 percent decrease in homelessness in the three counties it serves from 2022 to 2023, but then a 16 percent uptick during this years count.

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Study: Rural residents more likely to struggle with medical debt

NC Health News

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

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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Public Health Departments Face a Post-Covid Funding Crash

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Local health department staffing grew by about 19 percent from 2019 to 2022, according to a report from the National Association of County and City Health Officials that examined 2,512 of the nation’s roughly 3,300 local departments.

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Budget cuts and layoffs hit public health departments as federal Covid aid ends

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Local health department staffing grew by about 19% from 2019 to 2022, according to a report from the National Association of County and City Health Officials that studied 2,512 of the nation’s roughly 3,300 local departments. That same report explained that half of their revenue in 2022 came from federal sources.

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Si Trump recorta fondos, millones de personas en nueve estados podrían perder Medicaid

KFF Health News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Para ver el impacto de las leyes de activación, hay que considerar lo que sucedió después que, en 2022, la Corte Suprema, anulara Roe vs. Wade y, con ello, el derecho constitucional al aborto.

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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

billion into tamping down the bird flu on poultry farms since 2022, which includes reimbursing farmers who’ve had to cull their flocks, and more than $430 million into combating the bird flu on dairy farms. ” Rural health departments are also stretched thin. Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

billion into tamping down the bird flu on poultry farms since 2022, which includes reimbursing farmers whove had to cull their flocks, and more than $430 million into combating the bird flu on dairy farms. Rural health departments are also stretched thin. Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7

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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Yet federal lawmakers left money for Black maternal health out of the historic Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Alma Adams, a North Carolina Democrat, pushed for “Momnibus” legislation to reduce maternal mortality.

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Community Health Workers Spread Across the US, Even in Rural Areas

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

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

Community health workers spread across the US, even in rural areas

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

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

Mission Health permanently shutters Asheville Specialty Hospital

School-based clinics, nurses bridge care gaps for kids, communities after Helene

Mental Health America launches hub to help rural residents

Helene exacerbated rise in homelessness across western North Carolina

Study: Rural residents more likely to struggle with medical debt

Public Health Departments Face a Post-Covid Funding Crash

Budget cuts and layoffs hit public health departments as federal Covid aid ends

Si Trump recorta fondos, millones de personas en nueve estados podrían perder Medicaid

How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

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