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

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2014

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
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
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
Success in Stanley
Mountrail County Health Center in Stanley, North Dakota has experienced increased patient volumes due to oil development in their service area. Their providers and staff are facing the struggles head on, and becoming better because of it.
Author(s): Barclay, M.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: March 2014
Type: Article
The North Dakota Brain Injury Network
Brain injuries don't just happen to football players. People are dealing with the oftentimes debilitating aftermath of brain injuries here in North Dakota, from concussions to severe traumatic brain injuries.
Project: North Dakota Brain Injury Network
Author(s): Massmann, N.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: March 2014
Type: Article

2013

Celebrating the Power of Rural
Rural communities are a wonderful place to live and work, and continue to make strides even when faced against the steepest of challenges. National Rural Health Day showcases the strengths of rural America.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Barclay, M.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: December 2013
Type: Article
What is a Community Health Center?
Non-profit community-driven clinics provide high-quality primary and preventive care to all individuals, with or without insurance and regardless of their ability to pay.
Projects: Flex, State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Morin, K., Barclay, M.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 38(3), 20-21
Date: October 2013
Type: Article
Scrubs Camps: Growing the Program That's Growing Our Own
The Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camps began in 2009 as a mini-grant program focused on introducing rural North Dakota students to various careers in healthcare. If you fast-forward four years, you will clearly see that the 41 camps involving 184 communities and over 2,600 kids have touched people in every corner of the state.
Project: Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program
Author(s): Morin, K.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 38(2), 20-21
Date: June 2013
Type: Article
Team Boosters: A Bright Spot for Rural North Dakotans is the Increasing Role that Advanced Practice Providers Play in Primary Care
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that by 2020 there will be 45,000 too few primary care physicians. These shortages are exacerbated in rural North Dakota, where communities can spend tens of thousands of dollars and years recruiting a physician.
Author(s): Barclay, M.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 38(2), 22-23
Date: June 2013
Type: Article

2012

Seven Generations Center of Excellence: Building THIS Generation for Future Generations
UND awarded $3.5 million to educate Native American behavioral health professionals.
Author(s): Morin, K.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 37(3), 18-19
Date: September 2012
Type: Article