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 · KJacobson · One Comment
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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 · KJacobson · One Comment
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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.  The health care reform legislation will:

March 25, 2010 · KJacobson · 4 Comments
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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 · KJacobson · One Comment
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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 · KJacobson · No Comments
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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 [...]

March 11, 2010 · KJacobson · One Comment
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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 · KJacobson · No Comments
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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 · KJacobson · No Comments
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