Policy

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Policy. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

• Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity -- The Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) program provides funding to support the development of health services research.
• 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
• Implementing a Project of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals -- This project is designed to create a model process for implementing a medication safety program in small rural hospitals.
• 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.
• 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.
• Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center -- Undertakes national projects focusing on quality of rural health care and other important rural health issues.

Staff

• Gibbens, Brad
• Moulton, Patricia

Presentations

• Factors Shaping North Dakota Rural Heath Policy
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Jun 5, 2008 at the Legislative Candidate Forum, Grand Forks, ND.
• Rural Health Policy: Framing Your Message to Maximize Change
  Presented by Gibbens, B., Knudson, A., & Fry, T. on May 8, 2008 at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Rural Health Policy: Framing Policy Messages to Better Understand Your Message
  Presented by Gibbens, B. & Knudson, A. on Mar 27, 2008 at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Fargo, ND.
• Rural Health Research Gateway
  Presented by Wakefield, M., Moulton, P., Sande, K., & Scurry, A. on Aug 27, 2007 at the Office of Rural Health Policy - All Programs Meeting, Washington, DC.
• Future of Rural Health: A Convergence of Community and Policy Frames
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Aug 17, 2007 at the Upper Midwest Rural Health Policy Summit, University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN.
• Policy Recommendations for Native Elders
  Presented by Ludtke, R. & McDonald, L. on Jun 14, 2005 at the National Congress of American Indians 2005 Mid-Year Conference, Green Bay, WI.

Publications

• Bridging Rural Health Research and Policy: Dissemination Strategies, Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel, August, 2007
  A policy brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel, University of Missouri.
• Government Response: Legislation (Chapter 3), Wakefield, M., Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide, Second Edition, pp. 67-88,, 2004
  
• Health Policy and Politics, Wakefield, M., Nursing Economics, August 1996 to present,, 2007
  Columnist for Nursing Economics.
• The Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Implications for North Dakota Tribes, McDonald, F., November, 2004
  
• North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs (Part I), Wakefield, M., Amundson, M., Moulton, P., & Gibbens, B., January, 2007
  
• North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs (Part II), Amundson, M., Moulton, P., Wakefield, M., Beattie, S., & Gibbens, B., April, 2007
  
• North Dakota Legislative Council Budget Committee on Health Care, Moulton, P., September, 2006
  Provides information regarding the health care workforce pipeline from the North Dakota Nursing Needs Study.
• North Dakota Legislative Council Budget Committee on Health Care, Moulton, P., March, 2006
  Provides information regarding the current status of the nursing workforce and the use of technology by nursing education programs through results from the North Dakota Nursing Needs Study.
• North Dakota Nursing Supply and Demand, Moulton, P., July 1, 2008
  Provides new information about North Dakota nurse supply and demand.
• North Dakota's Uninsured and Uncompensated Care: Costs and Coverage Options, Kruger, G., November, 2004
  
• Nurse Faculty Recruitment and Retention Project, Moutlon, P. & Wakefield, M., Fall, 2007
  This document was disseminated to participants of the Nurse Faculty recruitment and Retention Meeting prior to the October 24th meeting to provide them with useful information.
• Policy Recommendations for Native Elders, Ludtke, R., & McDonald, L., June, 2005
  Prepared for the National Congress of American Indians 2005 Mid-year Conference held in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
• Suicide in North Dakota: A Dialogue Across State and Tribal Boundaries, Kruger, G. & Gray, J., Fall, 2005
  Discusses suicide factors, trends, prevention strategies, and barriers to help.

Maps

• Center for Rural Health Activities in North Dakota, 2003-2007 -- Displays the location of the Center for Rural Health's activites, from 2003 - 2007, in North Dakota.