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Guide to Equity Terminology – Promoting Behavioral Health Equity through the Words We Use

  Guide to Equity Terminology: Promoting Behavioral Health Equity through the Words We Use by Cori Cafaro, M.Sc., M.A., Office of Behavioral Health Equity Intern In the field of behavioral health, words are often our primary tools. We don’t have hammers and saws, thermometers and stethoscopes, or brushes and palettes. Words are powerful tools and using them with intention is central to our craft. “I’ll never forget, years ago, when

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Join clinic and CAH experts in Kansas City to improve community care

Join clinic and CAH experts in Kansas City to improve community care We all know rural facilities face ever-evolving challenges and opportunities. The good news is you don’t have to go it alone. Your chance to discover RHC and CAH-specific strategies and solutions with the experts is at NRHA’s Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences Sept. 26-29 in Kansas City. NRHA’s hometown is the perfect place to rediscover the roots

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AI to predict your health later in life: Researchers develop software to analyze bone density scans

AI to predict your health later in life: Researchers develop software to analyze bone density scans Abdominal aortic calcification, or AAC, is a calcification which can build up within the walls of the abdominal aorta and predicts your risk of developing cardiovascular disease events such as heart attacks and stroke. It also predicts your risk of falls, fractures and late-life dementia. onveniently, common bone density machine scans used to detect

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New Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Family Strengthening and Parent Support Online Learning Modules

New NAS, Family Strengthening and Parent Support online learning modules Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)The Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Module will provide information about what to do before baby is born, how to care for babies at risk for NAS, provide advice on feeding, sleeping, and bonding with babies with NAS, along with ways to keep calm when taking baby home.  Family StrengtheningThis module will define protective factors, discuss ideas to

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New DEA Training Requirements In Effect for New and Renewing Prescribers

New DEA Training Requirements In Effect for New and Renewing Prescribers As of June 27, 2023, new substance use disorder (SUD) training requirements for all practitioners with prescriptive authority, except veterinarians, are in place. New and renewing Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registrants must now attest to completion of 8 hours of training in SUDs and the use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medications to treat substance use disorders. Share

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Barbour Community Health Association Names Josh Allen as New Community Engagement Specialist

Barbour Community Health Association Names Josh Allen as New Community Engagement Specialist   Barbour Community Health Association Names Josh Allen as New Community Engagement Specialist   July 16, 2023 — Barbour Community Health Association (BCHA) announces new Community Engagement Specialist, Josh Allen. This entirely new position is funded through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grant.   Allen, a resident of Barbour County for more than 20 years, is

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CDC to Launch “Bridge Access Program” in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults

CDC to Launch “Bridge Access Program” in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults To help ensure that millions of uninsured and underinsured American adults continue to have access to no-cost COVID-19 vaccinations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching the Bridge Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines this fall. There are an estimated 25-30 million adults without insurance in the U.S., and

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Human Services to Support Rural Health

Human Services to Support Rural Health   Human services play an important role in ensuring that rural residents and families have resources to maintain or improve their own health. The availability of safe and affordable housing, income supports, food assistance, job training, childcare support, and other services help low-income rural residents take care of themselves so they can stay healthy. When faced with health challenges, people whose basic needs are

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