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).
• Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC)
  The Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) program provides funding to support the development of health services research.
• 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.
• Center of Excellence Women's Health Region VIII Demonstration Project
  Focuses on the needs of women of all ages, with particular emphasis toward women in rural areas as well as the needs of diverse populations, especially Native American women.
• Empowerment Evaluation Project
  To assist with capacity building of evaluation efforts of primary prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence at the local and state level.
• 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 and Analysis of Disability Health Project
  CRH will participate in development of a statewide data collection, analysis and reporting system regarding health and wellness conditions of North Dakota citizens with disabilities; dissemination of information; and evaluation of the project.
• Evaluation of Blue Cross/Blue Shield Rural Health Grant Projects
  The purpose of this project is to work with the BCBSND grantees to evaluate their grant projects.
• 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 North Dakota Family Support Coalition (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 Northwest Women's Chemical Health Initiative
  Evaluates the process and outcomes of the treatment support and recovery services for substance abusing women who are pregnant or have dependent children.
• Evaluation of Suicide Prevention
  Evaluation of the North Dakota Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
• FCC Rural Pilot Program
  Will construct a high-speed data network, Health Care Research & Education Network, to connect the UNDSMHS's four main campus sites and its own clinical medical sites to several rural health care facilities in North Dakota.
• Flex Program (Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program)
  Assist small rural hospitals to maintain access to health services for rural residents.
• Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators
  A health care survey of farm and ranch families in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
• 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.
• Health Workforce Summit
  Planning Together to Meet North Dakota’s Future Health Care Needs was held on December 5, 2006, in Bismarck, ND.
• Healthcare Needs of North Dakota American Indian Veterans
  The purpose of this project was to conduct a statewide assessment of health status, healthcare access, and health risk of AI veterans residing on North Dakota’s four reservations and one Indian service area
• Impact of Pesticide Exposure on Cognition in Children
  This NIH funded project examined the impact of chronic exposure to pesticides in children between the ages of 7-12 on intelligence, school-related achievement and motor ability.
• 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.
• Non-Physician Clinician Workforce Study
  The NPC (Non-Physician Clinician) project will provide demographic information on the practicing physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners in North Dakota to assist in future workforce projections for these disciplines.
• 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.
• Nurse Faculty Intern Study
  The Nurse Faculty Intern study is examining the effectiveness of a role development model for the development of nurse faculty.
• Nurse Faculty Project
  This Dakota Medical Foundation funded project will examine recruitment and retention strategies for nurse faculty.
• Nursing Workforce Impact
  Examines the impact of nurse staffing and nurse work environment on hospital performance improvement in the CMS/Premier Inc. Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) project.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 Central Region Rural Health Resource Center (VISN)
  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.
• Vision, Opportunity, and Inspiration through Civic Engagement (VOICES)
  Works to develop and build rural community capacity based on a regional approach.