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Rural Health Day is November 18, 2021! Evidence shows that there are marked health disparities between those living in rural areas versus their urban counterparts. Check out these events and resources:<\/p>\n
Rural Health Information Hub<\/strong><\/a> Medline Plus: Rural Health Concerns<\/strong> CDC Rural Health<\/strong><\/a> Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America<\/strong><\/a> Federal Office of Rural Health Policy<\/strong><\/a> County Health Rankings & Roadmaps<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n COVID-19 Vaccine Webinar for Rural Communities<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Enhancing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Critical Access Hospitals<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Twitter Chat: Digital Equity and the Health of Rural Americans<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n NIH Rural Health Day Seminar<\/strong><\/a> Structural-Level Determinants of Rural Health Disparities <\/p>\n Federal Efforts to Achieve Health Equity in Rural Communities<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Telling the Rural Star Stories<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n NNLM Class: Rural Health Resources<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n Addressing Health Disparities in Rural Communities: FORHP Grantee Highlights<\/strong><\/a> Rural Health Day is November 18, 2021! Evidence shows that there are marked health disparities between those living in rural areas versus their urban counterparts. Check out these events and resources: Resources Rural Health Information Hub Includes funding opportunities, state guides, rural health data visualizations, rural project examples, an online library, evidence-based toolkits, and… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2968,"featured_media":14200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,151,6,11,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-blog","category-consumer-health","category-general","category-nlm-resources","category-public-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/NRHD-Logo.png?fit=1218%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-3GW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14194"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14204,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14194\/revisions\/14204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIncludes funding opportunities<\/a>, state guides,<\/a> rural health data visualizations<\/a>, rural project examples<\/a>, an online library<\/a>, evidence-based toolkits<\/a>, and information on rural health disparities<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Includes a summary of rural health concerns, and links to journal articles, prevention toolkits, and related issues.<\/p>\n
\nIncludes an A-Z list of health topics impacting rural Americans<\/a>, The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Rural Health Series<\/a>, and success stories<\/a> featuring successful interventions.<\/p>\n
\nThe Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America provides statistics by broad categories of socioeconomic factors. View county-level maps for socioeconomic indicators or or zoom into specific regions, States, or county areas.<\/p>\n
\nIncludes information on Funding<\/a>, Rural Health Policy<\/a>. Rural Hospital Programs<\/a>, Rural Community Programs<\/a>, Telehealth Programs<\/a>, Rural Health Research <\/a>and Policy Programs<\/a>, Rural Communities Opioid Response Programs<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe County Health Rankings and Roadmaps provides data, evidence, guidance, and examples to build awareness of the multiple factors that influence health and support community leaders working to improve health and increase health equity.<\/p>\nEvents<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\nCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH)
\nMonday, November 15, 2021
\n<\/strong>12:00 \u2013 1:30 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>Learn more about federal COVID-19 resources, healthcare workforce mandates, healthcare coverage related to COVID-19 vaccines, and more.<\/p>\n
\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)
\nWednesday, November 17, 2021
\n<\/strong>2:00 \u2013 3:00 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>Hear about antibiotic stewardship programs at Critical Access Hospitals. You will also hear from The Joint Commission about upcoming revisions to their antibiotic stewardship standards and receive practical advice for meeting these standards<\/p>\n
\nRural Health Information Hub and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
\nWednesday, November 17, 2021
\n<\/strong>12:00 \u2013 1:00 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>This #RuralHealthChat explores technology inequities that people in rural areas experience. This includes access to broadband, telehealth<\/a>, and patient portals. This #RuralHealthChat will also allow attendees to learn more about funding opportunities that can help rural communities with their efforts to improve digital equity and broadband access.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>National Institute of Health
\nThursday, November 18, 2021
\n<\/strong>10:00 a.m.\u20134:30 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>The virtual seminar features engaging panel discussions, presentations and early-stage investigator talks, organized in three tracks:<\/p>\n\n
\nHRSA
\nThursday, November 18, 2021
\n<\/strong>10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CT
\n<\/strong>Learn about federal efforts to achieve health equity in rural America. Panelists will present on strategies the Administration is taking to prioritize health equity and eliminate disparities in health access, policy, and practice.<\/p>\n
\nNational Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
\nThursday, November 18, 2021
\n<\/strong>1:00\u2013 2:00 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>Behind the big headlines of rural health are the extraordinary people who make rural life better. Their stories tell the real \u201cpower of rural.<\/a> \u201d Hear stories on resolve, resiliency, relationships, and readiness and lessons learned.<\/p>\n
\nThursday, November 18, 2021
\n<\/strong>1:00 p.m. – 2 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>CE credit: CHES and CHIS Level 1
\nLearning Objectives:<\/p>\n\n
\nFederal Office of Rural Health Policy
\nThursday, November 18, 2021
\n<\/strong>2:00 \u2013 3:00 p.m. CT
\n<\/strong>Learn about projects funded through FORHP grants. Hear from FORHP grantees as they share their work and best practices to create equitable access to health care in their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"