October 2024 Center for Rural Health Update
FOCUS on Rural Health
Follow the Rural Med
Road
Three healthcare professionals recount their experiences serving rural populations in Dickinson, North
Dakota.
News
Gibbens Receives National Award
Center for Rural Health (CRH) Acting Director Brad Gibbens received the Advocate Award from the National
Organization of State Offices of Rural Health.
Join the Celebration of Rural on November
21!
CRH invites you to join in celebrating National Rural Health Day in November.
Medical Students Partner with Local Newspapers to
Inform Rural Communities on Health Data
Local newspapers partner with medical students to share important health information through the Targeted
Rural Health Education (TRHE) project.
CRH Welcomes New
Employee
Elaina Seep joins CRH as a senior project coordinator with the Resource Center on Native Aging and
Disability.
Funding & Other Opportunities
Mind Matters Call for
Presentations
Presentation abstracts for the Mind Matters Conference are now being accepted. Presentations should feature
topics of interest to the community that highlight new innovative research, trends, practice strategies, and
collaborative models of care for individuals living with a brain injury.
Deadline: December 2
2025 Dakota Conference Exhibitor
Registration
The 2025 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health will take place June 17-19, 2025, in Bismarck, North
Dakota. Exhibitor registration is now open. Connect with healthcare professionals, educators, and students
from across the state to discuss strategies and challenges related to rural health.
Deadline: February 26, 2025 or until exhibitor space is full
CRH Events
| October 16 |
Webinar: The Rancho Los Amigos
Scale of Cognitive Recovery – A Guide to Understanding and Managing Recovery After Brain
Injury, Part 2 This North Dakota Brain Injury Network (NDBIN) webinar will provide an overview of the middle phases of the Rancho Los Amigos (RLA) Scale and offer suggestions for care for families and providers working with brain injury survivors. |
| October 16 |
TeleECHO:
Legalized or Not: The Impact of THC on the Developing Brain In this pediatric mental health teleECHO, attendees will learn about how THC affects the brain. |
| October 17 |
TeleECHO:
Navigating the Challenges of Rural Behavioral Health This behavioral health teleECHO will feature Monica Kramer McConkey, a licensed professional counselor who specializes in rural areas. |
| October 29 |
Community
Meet and Greet During Primary Care Week, healthcare facilities from all over North Dakota come to campus and meet with health professions students to talk about future employment opportunities. |
| October 30 |
Webinar: The Rancho Los Amigos
Scale of Cognitive Recovery – A Guide to Understanding and Managing Recovery After Brain
Injury, Part 3 The final installment of this webinar series on the RLA Scale will offer suggestions of care during the late phase of recovery after brain injury. Hosted by NDBIN. |
| November 6 |
TeleECHO:
Autism Attendees will learn about children and the autism spectrum in this teleECHO on pediatric mental health. |
| November 7 |
New QSP: Next Steps Monthly
Meeting This monthly meeting will provide recently approved Qualified Service Providers (QSPs) an introduction to the QSP handbook as well as resources, links, and advice to support them as a QSP. |
| November 13 |
Webinar: Finding Your
Place – Overcoming Barriers in Rental Housing Richard Sherman, from Renter Certification, will demonstrate how preparing an information packet for potential landlords can help secure stable housing. Hosted by NDBIN. |
Publications & Resources
Improving Care and
Accessibility for Rural Patients with Disabilities
In the Rural Health Information Hub's latest Rural Monitor article, rural health experts from
Montana and New Hampshire discuss barriers to care and ways to improve accessibility and communication with
patients with disabilities.
Identifying
Our Needs: A Survey of Elders
A guide to understanding the National Resource Center on Native American Aging's Needs Assessment.
Traditional
Foods Among Native Elders
This report shows data from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders Cycle VIII (2020-2023) regarding
traditional foods among Native Elders.
Building
a Sustainable Rural Health Workforce for the 21st Century: A Report of the 2024 Rural Health
Workforce Summit
Nicole Threadgold, grant program director,
contributed to this report, which outlines ideas to address workforce challenges in rural communities
throughout the country.
Medical Students Write About Health Outcomes
The TRHE project helps resident physicians and health profession students
take a closer look at the health needs of communities in which they are training. The writers promote
positive health outcomes in their rural communities. Here are the two most recent articles: