Rural Healthy People 2010:

A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010

 

 

 

 

VOLUME 3

 

 

Editors:

Larry Gamm, Ph.D.

Linnae Hutchison, MBA

 

The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

School of Rural Public Health

Southwest Rural Health Research Center

College Station, Texas

 

 

 

This publication was supported through cooperative agreement #5 U1C RH 00033 from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office of Rural Health Policy, United States Department of Health and Human Services.

 

 

PROJECT OFFICER:

Joan Van Nostrand, DPA

The Office of Rural Health Policy

Health Resources and Services Administration

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Rockville, Maryland

 

 

Text Box: The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Health Resources and Services Administration or the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

 

 

December 2004


Contents (Volume 3)

 

 

AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

 

PART A:

 

INTRODUCTION TO RURAL HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 ……………………..……………………3

 

OVERVIEWS AND MODELS FOR PRACTICE

 

    1. Access to Quality Health Services in Rural Areas- Access to Long-Term Care........forthcoming

        Linnae Hutchison, Catherine Hawes, and Lisa Williams

       

        Associated Models for Practice:  forthcoming Spring 05

1.)  Community-based Case Management, North Carolina

2.)  Cooperative Care, Wisconsin

3.)  Georgia Mobile Day Care, Georgia

4.)  River to River Residential Corporation, Illinois

 

2. Educational and Community-based Programs in Rural Areas.....................................................5

    Larry Gamm and Graciela Castillo

 

        Associated Models for Practice:

1.)  Connect for Healthy Kids, Wisconsin…………………………………………………………..15

2.)  Drug Free Communities Support Program, Michigan…………………………………………..21

3.)  Fit and Fun, New York……………………………………………………………………….....27

4.)  Healthy U of Delmarva, Maryland……………………………………………………………...31

   

    3.  Immunizations and Infectious Diseases in Rural Areas................................................................35

         Linnae Hutchison and Jennifer Peck

 

        Associated Models for Practice:

        1.) Communities Caring for Children, Minnesota…………………………………………………...43

        2.) Greater Grand Forks Immunization Coalition, North Dakota…………………………………...49

        3.) Regional Early Childhood Immunization Network, Wisconsin ………………………………...53

        4.) Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration, Massachusetts, Connecticut ....57

 

 

     4.  Injury and Violence Prevention in Rural Areas...........................................................................61

         Graciela Castillo and James Alexander

 

         Associated Models for Practice:

         1.) AgriSafe Network, Iowa………………………………………………………………………...71

         2.) Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, Iowa…………………………………………………………………..75

         3.) Kansas Rape Prevention and Education Program, Kansas……………………………………...79

         4.) Partners for Rural Traffic Safety, Michigan…………………………………………………….83

          5.) Rural Response to Intimate Partner Violence, Maine…………………………………………..87

 

5.   Rural Public Health Infrastructure................................................................................................91

    Barbara Quiram, Michael Meit, Kay Carpender, Graciela Castillo, Delia Duchicela, Cara Pennel

   

        Associated Models for Practice:

1.)  Oklahoma Certified Health Business Program, Oklahoma……………………………………..99

2.)  Western New York Public Health Alliance, New York……………………………………….103

 

 

PART B: RURAL HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 LITERATURE REVIEWS

 

    1. Access to Quality Health Services in Rural Areas- Access to Long-Term Care…….forthcoming

        Linnae Hutchison, Catherine Hawes, Lisa Williams

 

2. Educational and Community-based Programs in Rural Areas……...….……………………..113

    Larry Gamm and Graciela Castillo

 

    3.  Immunizations and Infectious Diseases in Rural Areas………………………………………..133

         Linnae Hutchison and Jennifer Peck

 

    4. Injury and Violence Prevention in Rural Areas………………………………………………...159

        Graciela Castillo and James Alexander

 

5.  Rural Public Health Infrastructure….……….………………………………………………….177

    Barbara Quiram, Michael Meit, Kay Carpender, Graciela Castillo, Delia Duchicela, Cara Pennel

 




Authors and Contributors


Larry Gamm, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Associate Director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

Linnae Hutchison, MBA, MT

Senior Research Associate, Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

Catherine Hawes, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

James Alexander, Ph.D.

     Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

Kay Carpender, BS

Manager, Preparedness Programs

Office of Special Projects, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

Michael Meit, MA, MPH

Director, University of Pittsburgh Center for Rural Health Practice

 

Jennifer Peck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

 Cara Pennel, MPH

Project Coordinator, Office of Special Programs, School of Rural Public Health,

The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

Barbara Quiram, Ph.D., MPA

  Associate Professor, Director of the Office of

  Special Programs, Department of Health

  Policy and Management, School of Rural

  Public Health, The Texas A&M University

  System Health Science Center.

 

Graduate Research Assistants-         2003-2004

 

Graciela Castillo, MPH

Graduate Research Assistant and Doctoral Student, Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

Delia Duchicela, MPH ‘05

Graduate Research Assistant, Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center.

 

Lisa Williams, MPH ‘05

Graduate Research Assistant, Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

 

 

  Editing

 

Susan Lee, BA

Technical Editor, The Texas A&M University System

 

Technical Assistance

 

Heather Mack, BA

Research Assistant, Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center.

 

 

Contributing Centers and Offices

 

Southwest Rural Health Research Center

School of Rural Public Health

The Texas A&M University Health Science Center

1266 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-1266

(979) 458-0653

www.srph.tamhsc.edu

www.srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/srhrc

www.srph.tamhsc.edu/rhp2010

 

Office of Rural Health Policy

Health Resources and Services Administration

Rockville, MD 20857