Projects

• American Indian Health Research Conference
  A venue to share current research activities concerning health risk and health promotion among Native American communities.
• Area Health Education Center Program (AHEC)
  The purpose of the AHEC is to improve the distribution, diversity, supply and quality of health care personnel in the health care services delivery system.
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Rural Health Grant Program
  Supports individual organizations or organization/community coalitions working collaboratively through innovative programming to strengthen North Dakota’s rural health system through the use of health information technology (HIT).
• CAH Quality Network Development
  Supports quality improvement activities of CAH Network members and assists them with the Medicare Conditions of Participation.
• Campus Suicide Prevention
  To provide a comprehensive program to identify student needs and intervene to prevent suicide and support students and their families.
• Carol M. White Grant Evaluation
  Evaluation of the after school recreation program in 18 Northwestern Minnesota school districts.
• Environmental Scan of Health and Health Care in North Dakota
  Results from an assessment conducted from December 2008 to February 2009 provides an overview of selected health and health care issues in North Dakota.
• Evaluation of IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence EVALUATION CORE (INBRE Evaluation Core)
  Measures the outcomes of students participating in this biomedical science program designed to increase the numbers of biomedical scientists.
• Evaluation of ND Family Support Coalition FAMNET (FamNet)
  Evaluation of the project's goal, which is to establish a collaborative network of organizations serving families of children with special health care needs to improve outcomes of children and their families.
• Evaluation of Suicide Prevention
  Evaluation of the North Dakota Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
• Flex (Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program)
  Assist small rural hospitals to maintain access to health services for rural residents.
• Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC)
  Provides free access to the most recent resources on the nation’s health workforce in one easy-to-use online location.
• Mood Disorder Assessment in Northern Plains Indians
  Looks at the accuracy of clinical psychological tests used to detect depression, anxiety, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse problems with American Indian patients.
• National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA)
  Improving the quality of life for Native elders through research, training and technical assistance.
• North Dakota Nursing Needs Study
  The North Dakota Nursing Needs Study is a comprehensive, ten-year project that tracks supply and demand of nursing in North Dakota.
• North Dakota State Planning Grant
  Assesses the problem of health uninsurance in North Dakota and develop policy options for increasing access to health insurance.
• Primary Care Office (PCO)
  The North Dakota Primary Care Office (PCO) program is a subcontract with the North Dakota State Health Department for recruitment and retention assistance and shortage area designation activities.
• Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
  The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) is a national rural health and human services information portal.
• Rural Health Research Gateway (Diverse Audiences)
  Examines and produces effective dissemination products and approaches for diverse audiences at the national, state and community level.
• Rural People, Rural Policy
  A five year national program that builds and strengthens multi-state and multi-organizational networks of local organizations to develop policy options to help rural communities and small towns.
• SHIP (Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program)
  Provides funding to small rural hospitals to help them pay for costs related to the implementation of PPS, comply with provisions of HIPAA, and reduce medical errors and support quality improvement.
• State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW)
  To utilize relevant state, tribal, and local data to guide substance use prevention planning, programming and evaluation.
• State Office of Rural Health (SORH)
  A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.
• Student/Resident Experiences & Rotations in Community Health Program SEARCH (SEARCH)
  The SEARCH (Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health) program provides health professions students and residents with opportunities to work on interdisciplinary health care teams.
• Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Evaluation
  The purpose of this evaluation is to develop a model that examines the factors related to the completion of statewide goals and objectives.
• Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Grant Program
  Works toward the building of a comprehensive system of coordinated services for individuals with TBI and their families.
• Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Undertakes national projects focusing on quality of rural health care and other important rural health issues.
• VA Midwest Rural Health Resource Center
  Supports a number of new initiatives to enhance health care delivery to rural veterans and close gaps in quality and access to care that may result from the geographic isolation faced by rural veterans.