Public Health

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Public Health. 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

• Carol M. White Grant Evaluation -- Evaluation of the after school recreation program in 18 Northwestern Minnesota school districts.
• 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 North Dakota Family Support Coalition -- 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.
• 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.
• State Office of Rural Health -- A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.
• 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.

Staff

• Dickson, Lynette

Presentations

• An Environmental Scan of Health and Health Care in North Dakota: Establishing the Baselines for Positive Health Transformation
  Presented by Wakefield, M., Volkov, B., & Opsahl, W. on Mar 4, 2009 at the Dakota Medical Foundation board of directors, Fargo, ND.
• The Rural Public Health System
  Presented by Knudson, A. on Apr 21, 2008 at the International Visitor Leadership Program, Minot, ND.
• Effects of Pesticide Exposure on Learning and Development
  Presented by Moulton, P., Petros, T., Pyle, S., Ferraro, R., Kerr, P., Offutt, S., & Barr, D. on Sep 19, 2006 at the Regional Children’s Environmental Health Summit, Vail, CO.

Events

• 2010 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
  Apr 13 - 15, 2010
  Alerus Center
  Grand Forks, ND
  For more information, contact:
     Kylie Nissen
     Tel: 701.777.5380
     Email: knissen@medicine.nodak.edu