Archive for March, 2010
Nutrition, Wellness and Development
Well, it’s the last day of National Nutrition Month. What, you didn’t know it was National Nutrition Month? Apparently, you don’t read my blog on a regular basis! I thought I’d put up one more post on the topic of nutrition. While the goal of a healthy diet is to improve our health, nutrition can [...]
March 31, 2010
Tags: Children's Health, Community Development, Economic Development, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Public Health, Wellness Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools 
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EMS, Safety and Disaster Preparedness
I know there is a real need for financial and other resources in rural EMS, including workforce and training. The Office of Rural Health strives to provide training and financial resources as much as we can. I know many of you come here looking specifically for EMS information, so here are some grants and other [...]
March 28, 2010
Tags: Children's Health, EMS, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Office of Rural Health, Rural Health & Safety Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Program Updates, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools One Comment
Health Care Reform and Oral Health
I’m passing along this summary from the American Dental Education Association of the impact on oral health care of the health care reform legislation.
The ADEA has put together a list of features most relevant to dentistry included in the new legislation passed yesterday. Â The health care reform legislation will:
March 25, 2010
Tags: Children's Health, Oral Health, Public Health, Workforce Posted in: Program Updates 4 Comments
Community and Economic Development Part II
This is a continuation of my last post on development opportunities and resources. There are a few funding opportunities—both grants and loans— and other resources. I know that everyone always want s grants to fund projects and programs. But there are a lot of loans and grant/loan combination opportunities, especially through the USDA. You should [...]
March 23, 2010
Tags: Community Development, Economic Development, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Training Opportunities Posted in: Grant Advice, Training and Tools One Comment
Community and Economic Development Part I
The Office of Rural Health is committed to providing a “wealth of resources to healthcare and community organizations,” resources that enable communities to address both their health care and community and economic development needs. We believe health care and development are related; improving one can lead to improvements in the other. I’ve recently come across [...]
March 16, 2010
Tags: Community Development, Economic Development, Grant Opportunities & Assistance Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice No Comments
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
I try to regularly post about resources you can use to address mental health and substance abuse problems in your rural communities. As I’ve written before, I think this is an area that often gets short changed, especially in rural areas, for a variety of reasons.
Several organizations will host substance abuse and mental health conferences [...]
March 11, 2010
Tags: Children's Health, Conferences, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Senior Health, Training Opportunities Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Training and Tools No Comments
Health Care Workforce Woes
In case it wasn’t obvious to anyone who lives in or works with rural communities, an article in the Sunday WI State Journal describes what I believe is the most significant crisis in rural health care: workforce. Life and Death in Park Falls describes the difficulty in recruiting providers in rural communities and the impact [...]
March 9, 2010
Tags: Caregivers, Loan Repayment, Minority Health, Office of Rural Health, Rural Hospitals & Clinics, Webcasts, Workforce Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Program Updates, Provider Loan Repayment No Comments
Federal Grant Workshop
The Wisconsin Office of Rural Health will host a federal Office of Rural Health Policy grant workshop on April 27 here in Madison. ORHP staff will share information on upcoming community-based federal grant opportunities, including the Rural Health Outreach, Network Development, and Network Planning programs. You’ll learn proposal writing advice, federal grant deadlines and review [...]
March 5, 2010
Tags: Community Development, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Office of Rural Health, Public Health, Training Opportunities Posted in: Grant Advice, Program Updates, Training and Tools No Comments
Poison Prevention and Safety
March 14-20 is Poison Prevention Week and the Poison Prevention Week Council has prepared a number of resources your organization—EMS, law enforcement, clinics, schools—can use to raise awareness of this safety issue. Take a look around their site. There are opportunities to order education material (free!), examples of PSAs, posters, etc. Did you know you [...]
March 4, 2010
Tags: Children's Health, EMS, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Reports and Studies, Rural Health & Safety, Training Opportunities Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools No Comments
Food and Nutrition
March is National Nutrition Month, so I’ll feature resources that may help your community improve access to healthy food and that describe the impact of that access (or lack of access). The American Dietetic Association is the primary sponsor of National Nutrition Month—the link to the left takes you directly to the ADA’s webpage.
Although this [...]
March 1, 2010
Tags: Children's Health, Community Development, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Public Health, Reports and Studies Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies One Comment
