June 2023 Center for Rural Health Update
FOCUS on Rural Health
Helping Those Who Help
Others
The North Dakota Qualified Service Provider (QSP) Hub assists rural caregivers.
News
Rural and Public Health Award
Recipients
North Dakota rural health advocates honored at the Rural and Public Health Awards Banquet.
North Dakota CAHs Receive Funds to Implement
Need-Oriented Projects
Funding from the North Dakota Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Subcontract Program has been awarded to local
hospitals.
The
Power of Rural Health Research
Published in the National Rural Health Association's Rural Horizons magazine, this article features
interviews with Kristine Sande and Per Ostmo, who share the importance of rural
health research.
Miller Temple and Schmitz Present on Targeted Rural
Health Education Project
The presentation was held on June 8 at the first annual Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health
Equity Conference in Washington, D.C.
Funding & Other Opportunities
2023 North
Dakota CAH Subcontract Program
A request for proposals is open for the North Dakota CAH Subcontract Program Community Health Needs
Assessment Implementation Activity.
Deadline: June 30
R-COOL-Health Scrubs Camp Grant
Applications Open
Grant applications are being accepted to host a Scrubs Camp in your community. Through creative and
interactive activities, these exciting camps provide an opportunity for students in grades 5-12 to learn
more about health careers available in rural North Dakota.
Deadline: August 1
CRH Events
| June 21 |
TeleECHO:
Pediatric Eating Disorders This clinic, presented by Dr. Michelle Jorgenson, will feature a discussion on pediatric eating disorders. |
| June 26 |
Brain Injury Virtual Support
Group The North Dakota Brain Injury Network hosts a monthly virtual support group for brain injury survivors, providers, and caregivers. |
| June 26 |
Webinar: Ambulance
Deserts – Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services Dr. Yvonne Jonk, from the Maine Rural Health Research Center, will present key findings on people and places that are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, known as an ambulance desert. The webinar is facilitated through the Rural Health Research Gateway. |
| June 28 |
TeleECHO:
Suicide Prevention Strategies – Is Your Community Ready? This teleECHO will focus on current data, ways to prevent suicide, and how to become an advocate in rural North Dakota. |
| July 11 |
Building QSP Connections
Group Virtual Meeting The North Dakota QSP Hub hosts monthly meetings for individual QSPs and QSP agencies. |
| July 11 |
TeleECHO:
Pressure Injuries Attendees of this geriatric-focused teleECHO will learn about pressure injuries in older patients. |
| July 12 |
TeleECHO:
Overdose Prevention Strategies – Is Your Community Ready? This teleECHO session will discuss available overdose data, preventing overdoses in your community, and advocating in rural areas. |
| July 13 |
New QSP Orientation Virtual
Meeting This monthly meeting will provide recently approved QSPs an introduction to the QSP handbook as well as resources, links, and advice to support them as a QSP. |
| July 19 |
TeleECHO:
A Multidimensional Approach to Managing Mood and Behavior in Autism Spectrum
Disorder Presented by Dr. Janice Forster, this Pediatric Mental Health clinic will discuss autism spectrum disorder. |
Publications & Resources
When It's Not Enough: Sleep's Impact
on Rural America's Health and Safety
Hear experts discuss rural sleep patterns as well as the connection to rural mental health, heart health,
and driving in RHIhub' s latest Rural Monitor article.
Rural Health Professionals and Health Systems Presentations
The following presentations were delivered by CRH acting director Brad Gibbens:
- So I Am Going to Be a Health Professional in a Rural Community, What Do I Need to Understand? – Presented on May 2 to the University of North Dakota (UND) Occupational Therapy Program.
- The U.S. Health System Is Changing: Population Health and Value-Based Care – Presented on May 4 to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services Community Engagement Unit.
- U.S. Health System Is Changing: What is Health Value, Value-Based Care/Payment and Why the Change? – Presented on May 9 to the North Dakota Healthcare Financial Management Association Conference.
- U.S. Health System Is Changing: Population and Health Value – Presented on May 10 to the North Dakota State University School of Nursing: Nursing 830 Clinical Applications Class.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: It's More
Than Just a Snore
Tiffany Barth, a third-year medical student at UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, writes about
the abnormal sleep pattern known as obstructive sleep apnea. She is part of the Targeted Rural Health
Education project, which helps resident physicians and health profession students take a closer look at the
health needs of communities in which they are training.