Rural health and human services resources for Pennsylvania, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/states/ Philadelphia PA February 27, 2012 -- Jefferson School of Population Health http://www.medicalhomesummit.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:53:56 CST http://www.medicalhomesummit.com Reports on the services available to veterans in Pennsylvania and found that rural veterans have ongoing needs for healthcare and sometimes face significant challenges in accessing care. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/transportation_services_for_veterans_2011.pdf Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:31:45 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/transportation_services_for_veterans_2011.pdf AHA News Now article reports that Staci Covey, president of Guthries Troy Community Hospital in Troy, Pa., will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2012, a 22-person governing council that represents small or rural hospitals in the AHAs policy process and member services initiatives. http://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120113-pr-smallruralchair.pdf Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:44:04 CST http://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120113-pr-smallruralchair.pdf Health insurance premium increases in five states have been deemed unreasonable by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday. http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17167 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:34:43 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17167 York PA March 13, 2012 -- Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health http://www.porh.psu.edu/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:22:27 CST http://www.porh.psu.edu/ Collection of 12 case studies providing examples of how small cities, towns and rural regions across the country are transforming themselves into more livable communities. -- Transportation for America http://t4america.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Livability-Transit-Rural-Case-Studies-WEB.pdf Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:31:16 CST http://t4america.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Livability-Transit-Rural-Case-Studies-WEB.pdf Scholarships to prepare registered nurses for the nurse educator role by achieving their degrees. -- Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1717 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:59:29 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1717 Includes a client profile of Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). Includes demographic variables such as gender, race, ethnicity, veteran status, and handicapped status. Also profiles rural and urban clients and compares their use of SBDC services. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/SBDC_2011.pdf Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:46:12 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/SBDC_2011.pdf Reports that Pennsylvanias rural population grew during the last decade, and that its population is now older and more diverse than it was in 2000. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/factsheets/Rural_PA_and_2010_Census.pdf Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:28:22 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/factsheets/Rural_PA_and_2010_Census.pdf Provides a study of water quality in private water wells in rural Pennsylvania before and after the drilling of nearby Marcellus Shale gas wells. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/Marcellus_and_drinking_water_2011_rev.pdf Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:25:51 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/Marcellus_and_drinking_water_2011_rev.pdf A guide for use in searching for ways to enforce underage drinking laws in rural communities. Describes the experiences of two pilot sites that used Rural Communities Initiative (RCI) grants to develop a prevention program. -- Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board http://www.udetc.org/documents/stateresources/RCIGuide.pdf#xml=http://search.preventionresearch.info/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=rural&pr=UDETC&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&id=4bd3da6712 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:54:33 CST http://www.udetc.org/documents/stateresources/RCIGuide.pdf#xml=http://search.preventionresearch.info/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=rural&pr=UDETC&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&id=4bd3da6712 Explores specialty courts, including adult drug courts, juvenile drug courts, family drug courts, mental health courts, and driving under the influence courts, in rural Pennsylvania counties. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/specialty_courts_2011.pdf Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:17:57 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/specialty_courts_2011.pdf The Humana Foundation supports charitable activities that promote healthy lives and communities. -- Humana Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2632 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:39:22 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2632 Identifies the types and use of GED distance education in rural Pennsylvania; describes the demographic characteristics and participation patterns of rural GED students in distance learning and face-to-face classes; determines the effectiveness of distance learning in preparing rural students to pass the GED tests; assesses the cost of distance learning provision; and examines the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning for GED study. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/GED_DL_2011.pdf Thu, 26 May 2011 14:43:48 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/GED_DL_2011.pdf Provides a comparison of regulated child care in rural and urban counties in Pennsylvania. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/regulated_child_care_2011.pdf Thu, 26 May 2011 14:33:22 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/regulated_child_care_2011.pdf Supports economic and social development in all of West Virginia and parts of twelve other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. http://www.arc.gov/index.asp Tue, 10 May 2011 13:18:00 CST http://www.arc.gov/index.asp Pennsylvania State Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (REC) that helps health care providers become meaningful users of electronic health records by providing information and technical assistance. http://www.qipa.org/pa/ Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:00:02 CST http://www.qipa.org/pa/ One of four regional rural development centers in the nation. Focuses on rural issues including community and economic development, food systems, natural resources, and entrepreneurship. Serves a 12 state area in the Northeast region which includes CT, DE, MA, NJ, NY, RI, PA, WV, NH, ME, MD, VT. http://nercrd.psu.edu/ Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:58:33 CST http://nercrd.psu.edu/ Overview of the state and provides links to state agencies, health associations, and other resources for residents of Pennsylvania. -- National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region http://nnlm.gov/mar/pennsylvania.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:33:53 CST http://nnlm.gov/mar/pennsylvania.html Investigates the association between rurality and receiving preventive counseling among women in Central Pennsylvania. http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/printviewnew.asp?ArticleID=1617 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:53:18 CST http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/printviewnew.asp?ArticleID=1617 Discusses rural leaders in Pennsylvania and how they developed their skills to address the challenges that impact their communities. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/leaders_leadership_2011.pdf Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:03:33 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/leaders_leadership_2011.pdf Addresses the success of rural and urban Pennsylvania residents in obtaining a General Educational Development (GED) credential and identifies programs to serve the educational needs of these students. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/GED-van-horn-2011.pdf Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:56:45 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/GED-van-horn-2011.pdf Reports that in 2008, rural Pennsylvania respondents were more likely than urban respondents to be dissatisfied with their current situation and more pessimistic about improvements in the states economy. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/attitudinal_survey_2008.pdf Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:06:07 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/attitudinal_survey_2008.pdf Examines the relationships between the frequency of countywide reassessments and local tax revenues, tax equity, personal income, unemployment rates, and median home values in Pennsylvania. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/county_reassessment_2010.pdf Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:54:01 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/county_reassessment_2010.pdf Contains the third wave of a longitudinal study that is examining the educational and career aspirations and future residential plans of rural Pennsylvania school students. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/ed_attainment_wave3.pdf Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:55:18 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/ed_attainment_wave3.pdf Includes an analysis of Pennsylvania emergency preparedness policies and budgets, an online survey of county and regional emergency preparedness practitioners, and interviews with state emergency preparedness officials. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/emergency_management_2010.pdf Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:25:19 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/emergency_management_2010.pdf Reports that Pennsylvania policies governing direct care workers' training for aging and mental retardation/developmental disabilities services are inconsistent across provider facility types, even though the populations and their needs are often similar. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/Training_on_Aging_with_DD.pdf Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:21:47 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/Training_on_Aging_with_DD.pdf Provides a profile of rural Pennsylvania small businesses, including a profile of the typical rural small business owner, their use of publicly available service providers and their satisfaction with these service providers. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/small_business_owners_2010.pdf Tue, 11 May 2010 09:03:20 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/small_business_owners_2010.pdf Addresses the health conditions and risk factors of and the use of preventive services by Pennsylvanias rural population. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/BRFSS_2010.pdf Tue, 11 May 2010 08:59:28 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/BRFSS_2010.pdf Over the study period of 1997 to 2006, the financial health of Pennsylvania rural hospitals was tenuous; and critical access hospitals were among the worst performing. Trends also indicated that increased competition, physician recruitment and retention, and providing care for patients who are elderly, underinsured or uninsured are negatively impacting rural hospital finances. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania http://www.rural.palegislature.us/Rural_Hospital_Financial_2010.pdf Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:40:07 CST http://www.rural.palegislature.us/Rural_Hospital_Financial_2010.pdf