Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Fund is a more than 100-year-old operating foundation that improves population health and health equity by connecting leaders with evidence and sound experience. Before joining the Fund in 2013, he served the state of Rhode Island for eight years as the country’s first health insurance commissioner.

Mental Health and Public Health 52

Mental Health and Public Health Rural Health Health Equity Ageing and Health 52

PHIG Partners

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It’s really helped our health department, which is a rural health department with a population of about 100,000, and it’s helped us in a number of ways. Video Transcript How Have You Been Able to Use PHIG Funding?

Rural Health 52

Rural Health Health Equity 52

JPHMP Direct

MARCH 31, 2025

Variation in the quality of Community Health Assessments and Improvement Plans among Kentuckys local health departments reveals opportunities for strengthening collaboration, evidence-based strategies, and equity-focused public health efforts.

Rural Health 62

Rural Health Health Equity 62

NC Health News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The increased frequency of extreme weather events, like Hurricane Debby and Hurricane Helene, and wildfires like the ones ravaging parts of Los Angeles, require doctors to become more aware of the environmental factors affecting patients health, said Marni Holder, director of community health initiatives at the UNC Department of Family Medicine.

Climate Change and Health 110

Climate Change and Health Disaster and Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness and Response Environmental Health and Safety 110

Association of Health Care Journalists

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Here are a few more prevention and solutions-focused initiatives: Together With Veterans is an initiative funded by the VA Office of Rural Health aimed at reducing suicide rates among rural veterans. This community-based program leverages veterans to help fellow veterans build mental health resilience.

Mental Health and Public Health 119

Mental Health and Public Health Risk Factors Substance Use Disorders Rural Health 119

The Health Care Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

It is important to acknowledge here that hundreds more hospitals, many in rural health shortage areas or in inner cities, would have closed had they not been rescued by larger systems. Inova also supports 30 community organizations through health equity grants totaling $1M to leverage relationships for real impact in the community.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 113

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Mental Health and Public Health Health Metrics and Evaluation 113

Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 11, 2025

While telehealth is expanding access to substance use disorder treatment in rural areas, a new study suggests that it’s failing to adequately serve Medicaid beneficiaries, as they are less likely than the privately insured to access substance use disorder treatment.

Substance Use Disorders 87

Substance Use Disorders Ethnicity and Health Health Disparities Rural Health 87