Community Development

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

• 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).
• 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.
• Flex Program -- Assist small rural hospitals to maintain access to health services for rural residents.
• 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
• National Resource Center on Native American Aging -- Improving the quality of life for Native elders through research, training and technical assistance.
• Primary Care Office -- 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 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 -- 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 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.
• Vision, Opportunity, and Inspiration through Civic Engagement -- Works to develop and build rural community capacity based on a regional approach.

Staff

• Amundson, Mary
• Dickson, Lynette
• Gibbens, Brad
• Miller, Marlene
• Nissen, Kylie

Presentations

• The Fundamentals of Grant Writing
  Presented by Gibben, B. on Oct 29, 2009 at the community based grant writing workshop, Bottineau, ND.
• The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Rural Health
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Oct 19, 2009 at the annual Hospital Community Meeting hosted by the Ashley Medical Center, Ashley, ND.
• North Dakota Flex Program Progress & Plans
  Presented by Gibbens, B., & Miller, M. on Aug 13, 2009 at the Flex Advisory and Steering Committee meeting, Grand Forks, ND.
• What Does My Hospital Have to do With My Town's Economic Development?
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Aug 1, 2009 at the AgriWellness, Inc., The Clock is Ticking for Rural America Conference, Sioux Falls, SD.
• Health Care as a Driver in Economic Development
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Jul 18, 2009 at the Critical Access Hospital Boards' of Directors, Grand Forks, ND.
• Health Care as a Driver in Economic Development
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on May 9, 2009 at the CAH and LTC Board Training, Bootcamp '09, Dickinson, ND.
• Community Development Tools for Decision Making
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Apr 24, 2009 at the multi-community forum hosted by the MHCH Foundation, Chamberlin, SD.
• Using RAC to Find Resources for your Community
  Presented by Spencer, K. on Aug 28, 2008 at the Community Action Partnership (CAP) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Don’t Go It Alone: Identifying Effective External Partnerships
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jul 28, 2008 at the National Health Service Corps Ambassador’s Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• Ambassadors In Action
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jul 28, 2008 at the National Health Service Corps Ambassador’s Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• A Rural Health System in Change
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Apr 15, 2008 at the UNDSMHS Occupational Therapy 511 Service Delivery System class, Grand Forks, ND.
• Making a Difference: Maintaining Access to Quality Healthcare for Rural North Dakotans
  Presented by Miller, M., Bertsch, D., & Antonson, P. on Dec 11, 2007 at the HRSA administrator, Dr. Elizabeth Duke, Grand Forks, ND.
• Working to Achieve HRSA’s Vision in North Dakota, in Partnership with the Center for Rural Health
  Presented by Wakefield, M., Miller, M., & Dickson, L. on Dec 10, 2007 at the meeting with HRSA administrator, Dr. Elizabeth Duke, Grand Forks, ND.
• 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.
• Rural Economic Development Believes in Wellness Too
  Presented by Dickson, L., Gibbens, B., & Rice, J. on May 16, 2007 at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, Anchorage, AK.
• The SEARCH Program and the National Health Service Corps
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jan 17, 2007 at the College of Nursing, Grand Forks, ND.
• The SEARCH Program and the National Health Service Corps
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Oct 24, 2006 at the National Primary Care Week, Grand Forks, ND.
• Issues and Opportunities In Rural Health
  Presented by Gibbens, B. on Apr 15, 2005 at the West River Health Services department managers meeting, Hettinger, ND.
• Strengthening Rural Health Care Facilities through Community Development
  Presented by Gibbens, B. & Miller, M. on Mar 9, 2005 at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Bismarck, ND.

Publications

• Evaluation of North Dakota's National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Muus, K., & Amundson, M., Texas Journal of Rural Health, Vol. XVII, No 1, 1998
  
• National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Amundson, M., Family Practice Quarterly, Spring, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1995
  
• No Better Time for Leadership, Spencer, K., Spring, 2009
  Includes a brief discussion on the importance of leadership in rural communities as well as a description of the various resources found on RAC's Leadership Information Guide.
• North Dakota Critical Access Hospital and Flex Program: 2008 Survey Results, Miller, M., July, 2008
  

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.