| A rural tradition is passed to the next generation. "Dad and sons in the field for pheasants."
Photograph by North Dakota Tourism / Heather LeMoine.
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| | | | Kris Sparks Elected President-Elect of National Rural Health Association
November 11 -- The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) congratulates Kris Sparks, director of the Washington State Office of Rural Health and a long-time NOSORH leader, on being elected president-elect of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) by the organization's members. Sparks will serve a one-year term as president-elect before assuming her responsibilities as NRHA's leader in 2011.
| | | Secretary Sebelius Releases New Report on Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America
November 11 -- As the nation marks American Diabetes Month, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report, Preventing and Treating Diabetes: Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America. | | | Joint Commission, HHS Team Up in Language Access Education Effort
November 11 -- Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic, and language disparities in health care, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights have released a video, entitled "Improving Patient-Provider Communication," which supports language access in health care organizations.
| | | Key Health Alliance Applies to Serve as Health Information Technology Technical Assistance Extension Center for MN and ND
November 2 -- The Center for Rural Health assisted with the application and, if funded, will serve as a subcontractor to work with N. Dak. participants as well as the state's quality improvement organization.
| | | Native Health
October 29 -- Laura Aldridge reports for Studio One on the American Indian Health Research Conference. Studio One is a news and information program telecast live at 5 p.m. on Thursdays at The University of North Dakota's Television Center. | | | North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and 12 Other Governors Team Up with Sesame Workshop to Record Flu Prevention Public Service Announcements
October 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the availability of thirteen new 30-second PSAs. The governors convey their message to children with the help of a beloved Sesame Street character—Elmo. | | | Health Resources and Services Administration Awards Grant to University of Minnesota Telehealth Center
October 22 -- The $1.1 million grant (announced on September 28) is for the Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center, which will serve a six state area, including Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. | | | Secretary Sebelius Calls for Increase in Domestic Manufacturing of Flu Vaccines
October 21 -- In testimony before Congress, Secretary Sebelius said, "Our experience with the ups and down of the vaccine manufacturing process has made clear the need to enhance our country's vaccine manufacturing capability. Not only are we dependent on companies based in other countries, we are using decades-old technology that must be improved upon." | | | Medical School Enrollment Continues to Rise to Meet Physician Need
October 20 -- Although first-year enrollment in new and existing medical schools rose this year by two percent over 2008, American Indian applicants in 2009 fell five percent from 2008, according to data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges. | | | Disparities in Health Care Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
Findings from the National Health Care Quality and Disparities Reports, 2008
October 20 -- Since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has produced this report. The fact sheet discusses differences between groups in terms of relative rates, which is the ratio of the comparison group (e.g., Black) to a baseline group (e.g., White). | | |
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| Around North Dakota
 Mary Amundson and Tara Mertz coordinated and participated in the Community Meet and Greet held in conjunction with Primary Care Week at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. On November 10, twelve health care facilities from around the state, in addition to the Eastern Area Health Education Center, exhibited at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences to around 150 health professions students in the fields of medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, clinical laboratory science, and nursing.
| | | Lynette Dickson was invited to "Beautiful Downtown McVille" to present at the Nelson County Health System's annual meeting on November 8. She presented to 56 community members on how electronic health records can improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care; she also provided an update on federal and statewide efforts to facilitate the adoption of health information technology.
| | | Lynette Dickson and Denis MacLeod attended the University of North Dakota Center for Community Engagement's Stone Soup Luncheon and Civic Engagement Awards Program on November 5 at the Memorial Union in Grand Forks. Dickson and MacLeod spoke to participants who visited their exhibit, "Promoting Health Careers in North Dakota," which addressed the Center for Rural Health's (CRH) efforts in promoting health careers in North Dakota. Attending the event were University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley and his wife Marcia, Provost Paul LeBel, Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown, legislators, city council members, community leaders from Drayton and Rugby, and others interested in furthering UND's community engagement. Special guests were board members of the Red River Regional Council, a four-county consortium of communities in northeastern North Dakota. UND President Kelley was particularly interested in the CRH's work in promoting telehealth in rural areas of the state and addressing health workforce shortages. | | | Brad Gibbens participated in the 2009 Health Care Summit, sponsored by Sanford Health– MeritCare Health System in Fargo, N. Dak., on November 14. The summit addressed leadership for health care quality and health reform. Featured speakers included U.S. Congressman Earl Pomeroy; Mary Wakefield, PhD, administrator, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration; Joshua Wynne, MD, MBA, MPH, interim vice president for health affairs and interim dean, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences; and David Nash, MD, MBA, founding dean, Jefferson School of Population Health, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gibbens presented "The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Rural Health" at the annual Hospital Community Meeting hosted by the Ashley Medical Center on October 19. The topics of the presentation were the importance of community in rural health, current rural health issues, and health reform and rural health.
He also conducted a community-based grant writing workshop, "The Fundamentals of Grant Writing," hosted by St. Andrew's Health Center of Bottineau at the Bottineau Technology Center on October 29. Approximately 25 participants from 7 communities and 16 organizations participated: hospital, economic development, library, tribal, faith-based, public health, human service, college, public school, museum, park district, county fair, and others. | | |  Marlene Miller and Lynette Dickson met with North Dakota Healthcare Association's new president, Jerry Jurena, who came to Grand Forks on October 28. He shared the new direction that NDHA will be moving, which includes addressing membership concerns such as communication, education, and networking. Topics discussed included hospital finance, HIT, quality, workforce, communication, board training, education in general, data collection, committee participation, and the role of NDHA staff and board members. Marlene and Lynette gave him copies of the ND Environmental Scan, ND Rural Health Plan (Flex), and the statewide HIT survey results. | | | Aubrey Madler presented, via Adobe Connect on October 27, an overview of the Rural Assistance Center to members of the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. | | | Twyla Baker-Demaray, Jacque Gray, Kylie Nissen, Tara Mertz, and Karen Speaker of the Center for Rural Health attended and facilitated the Seventh Annual American Indian Health Research Conference on October 23, 2009. The American Indian Health Research Conference is a daylong event with national speakers, researchers, students, and community members. This is an opportunity to learn about how to do research with American Indian communities and what research needs to be done in American Indian communities. The conference enables  students to present their research with American Indians, and the conference offers opportunities for communities, tribal colleges, and researchers to collaborate. The keynote speaker for this year's conference was Leo J. Nolan, senior policy analyst – external affairs for the Office of the Director, Indian Health Service. He is also the executive director of the Intradepartmental Council for Native American Affairs for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
| Around the Country
Boris Volkov presented at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) annual meeting held November 11–14 in Orlando, Fla. The AEA meeting brought together approximately 2,500 evaluation practitioners, academics, and students from around the world to address the conference theme: "Context and Evaluation." Volkov's presentations included "Multiple Contexts of a Rapid Need Analysis of Statewide Health and Health Care Using the Environmental Scan Approach," "Forming a Topical Interest Group (TIG) for Internal Evaluation," and "Mutually Reinforcing Uses of Internal Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Building." | | |  Alex McEllistrem-Evenson and Patricia Moulton of the Rural Health Research Gateway and Annabell Hill and Maren Niemeier of the Health Workforce Information Center participated in the 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Philadelphia, Pa. on November 7–11, 2009. The annual meeting and  exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. | | | Laura Trude of the Health Workforce Information Center exhibited at the Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting, the nation's largest forum for academic medicine, in Boston on November 6–11. | | | Kristine Sande participated in the University of Minnesota Crookston's Program Improvement Advisory Committee (PIAC) for their Communications Department on November 4. The PIAC advises the program on how to improve their curriculum to better prepare their graduates in the types of skills employers look for in entry-level applicants as well as those skills that allow people to advance. | | | Mary Reinertson-Sand attended the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, California, on October 25–29. It is the only conference for information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing Internet, Intranet, and Web-based strategies in their roles as information architects and navigators, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators and developers, taxonomists, searchers, community builders, information providers, trainers, and guides. | | |
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| Funding
Health Workforce Information Center—North Dakota Funding
Summaries of funding programs are provided by HWIC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. | | | Funding in North Dakota
Summaries of funding programs are provided by the Rural Assistance Center for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
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| | | | Advances, October 2009
Monthly report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on projects and progress.
| | | The Branch
Monthly newsletter from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for State Offices of Rural Health and NOSORH partners. | | | Flex (Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program) Update, November 2, 2009
Publication from the Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program Steering Committee (Center for Rural Health, North Dakota Department of Health, and the North Dakota Healthcare Association), which is supported by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. | | | Health Workforce News, October 2009
Monthly publication from the Health Workforce Information Center that features articles, stories, funding opportunities, resources, and events related to health workforce issues. This issue explores issues in allied health. | | | North Dakota Medicine, Fall 2009
Magazine from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. This issue's lead story, "A Green Bill of Health," highlights the healthy state of the school despite nationwide recession. | | | Policy and Practice, October 2009
Magazine from the American Public Human Services Association that is written for administrators and managers of state and county social services and programs. This issue explores rural health and public policy. | | | Rand Health Newsletter, October 2009
Research newsletter from the Rand Corporation that highlights recent research, news releases, and commentary related to health policy research. | | | Research Activities, November 2009
Digest of research findings that have been produced with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. | | | Rural Assistance Center Update, October 29, 2009
Bimonthly update from the Rural Assistance Center that highlights news, funding opportunities, publications, and events related to rural health issues. | | | Rural Assistance Center Human Service Update, October 22, 2009
Monthly update from the Rural Assistance Center that highlights news, funding opportunities, publications, and events related to rural human services. | | | The Rural Monitor, Summer 2009
Quarterly newsletter of the Rural Assistance Center that features articles on a variety of rural health and human services issues. This issue highlights assisted living. | | | Rural Roads, Fall 2009
Quarterly magazine of the National Rural Health Association that features human interest stories and successful rural programs. | | | Rural Voices, Fall 2009
Quarterly magazine of the Housing Assistance Council. This issue focuses on nonprofit sustainability. | | | What's New at AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange, November 11, 2009
Publication from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that features innovations and tools to improve quality and reduce disparities. This issue's featured topic is health literacy. | | |
| | | | Flu.gov
Flu.gov provides comprehensive government-wide information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza for the public, health and emergency preparedness professionals, policymakers, government and business leaders, school systems, and local communities. The web site is managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the White House and 29 federal departments and agencies. | | | How Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit North Dakota
A synopsis at Health and Human Services' HealthReform.gov web site with data from federal agencies. | | | National Healthcare Quality Report State Snapshot: North Dakota
Health care quality report for the state, based on the National Healthcare Quality Report. | | | Health Reform Information Guide
This Rural Assistance Center guide sorts through the many sources of information and identifies items that impact rural America. Key web sites offer current and comprehensive news releases, policy briefs, and legislative actions that potentially affect all Americans and the future of their health care. | | | Health Workforce Information Center
This online library provides information on health workforce programs and funding sources; workforce data, research, and policy; educational opportunities and models; and news and events. | | | Music & Movement: Nutrition in Action
This new nutrition education curriculum developed in North Dakota educates children to eat healthful foods and be physically active while having fun.
The eight-lesson curriculum is packed full of fun activities and is a brilliant combination of music, movement, and nutrition education. Each lesson incorporates a story, physical activity, music, and a seated activity into the nutrition education session. Snack suggestions, additional learning activities, and a parent handout with recipes are included with each lesson. This curriculum is tailored to excite and stimulate children's movement through music and incorporate healthful eating and physical activity into their daily lives. This is a great addition to any nutrition education program.
Music & Movement: Nutrition in Action is designed for Pre-K–2nd-grade students and meets Department of Public Instruction and CDC Content and Achievement Standards. All eight interactive lessons have been peer reviewed and pilot tested and include family newsletters with recipes and evaluations for students and teachers. | | | Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
The Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center (UMRHRC) is a partnership that brings together two centers with extensive experience in rural health research and dissemination: the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center and the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health.
| | | VA Midwest Health Care Network Home
United States Department of Veterans Affairs web site has news and information for veterans living in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, western Wisconsin, and northwestern Illinois. | | | VA Central Region Rural Health Resource Center
The VA Central Region Rural Health Resource Center supports a number of new initiatives to enhance health care delivery to rural veterans and close gaps in quality and access to care that may result from the geographic isolation faced by rural veterans. | | |
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