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The Center for Rural Health (CRH) produces publications of several types, including maps and presentations.

2014

Lessons Learned in Testing the Feasibility of Evaluating Transfer of Training to an Operations Setting
Article explores the feasibility, identifies challenges, and offers solutions to evaluation transfer of training to the operations setting. Eight lessons are shared including the need to design training courses to align to an operation-based exercise.
Author(s): Renger, R.; Granillo, B.
Publication: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 20(5), 30-36
Date: September 2014
Type: Journal Article
Raising a North Dakota Healthcare Family
At home and at work, Ken and Lucille Peterson nurtured generations of doctors. Peterson gives his insight on how to keep medical students succeeding through the most challenging times of school.
Author(s): Kusler, S.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: September 2014
Type: Article
Oral Health in Native American Elderly
The National Resource Center on Native American Aging has released a fact sheet using nationwide data from "Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Elders." Includes information on dental work needed and overall oral health indicators.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): Hall, S., Stensland, P., Morin-Carter, P.
Date: August 2014
Type: Fact Sheet
Scrubs Project Report
Provides an overview of the Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camps and Scrubs Academy I & II programs.
Project: Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program
Author(s): Nissen, K.
Date: August 2014
Type: Report
Around the World in Rural North Dakota
Center for Rural Health staff members have driven enough miles to nearly travel around the earth at the equator – all without leaving North Dakota. They are conducting Community Health Needs Assessments to help focus rural health efforts on identified needs.
Project: Community Health Needs Assessment
Author(s): Massmann, N.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: June 2014
Type: Article
Native Aging Visions, Summer 2014
Newsletter developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: June 2014
Type: Newsletter
A Turtle Islander Meets the Maori
Dr. Jacque Gray shares her work on suicide prevention at a symposium at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. She also shared the Seven Generations Center of Excellence's approach to addressing mental health workforce needs in Indigenous populations.
Author(s): Massmann, N.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: June 2014
Type: Article
Contributing Factors to the Continued Blurring of Evaluation and Research: Strategies for Moving Forward
Article published in the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation that examines contributing factors to purpose-method incongruence for evaluation and research.
Author(s): Renger, R.
Publication: Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 29(1), 104-117
Date: May 2014
Type: Journal Article
Testimony to the Indian Health Services Appropriations

Dr. Gray provided testimony on behalf of the Friends of Indian Health to the subcommittee on interior, environment, and related agencies.
Follow-up discussion regarding mental healthcare in Indian country with Sen. Heitkamp, Megan DesCamps, and Alison Grigonis.

Author(s): Gray, J.
Date: April 2014
Type: Testimony
Where Did North Dakota Primary Care Physicians Do Their Residency and Where Have Physicians Who Completed a Residency in North Dakota Gone?
Examines where physicians practicing in North Dakota completed their residency and where physicians who completed residencies in North Dakota are currently practicing.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Klug, M., Hart, G., Peterson, M.
Publication: North Dakota Health Workforce Fact Sheet Series, Number 14
Date: April 2014
Type: Fact Sheet