California is nicknamed "The Golden State" because of its rich history of gold mining that includes the infamous California Gold Rush of 1848. Known for its beautiful landscapes California is where you will find the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lake Tahoe, and the giant Sequoia and Redwood trees. California covers 155,959 square miles, with a 2008 estimated population of 36,756,666 people – 833,123 living in rural California (USDA-ERS). Sacramento, the capital, is located in the north-central region of the state. The state’s largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 76.8% of the state’s population is white, 6.7% is African American/Black, 12.4% is Asian, 1.2% is American Indian and Alaska Native, and 36.2% is of Hispanic/Latino origin (2007).
There are 357 hospitals in California, 34 of which are located in rural areas (North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Dec. 2008). The state has 28 hospitals currently identified by the Flex Monitoring Team as Critical Access Hospitals (April, 2009). There are 263 Rural Health Clinics in California (CMS, 2009), and 110 Federally Qualified Health Centers provide services at 796 sites in the state (Kaiser, 2007). Most Californians have some form of health insurance coverage, although 18.5% of its residents lack any health insurance (Kaiser, 2006-2007).
According to the USDA Economic Research Service, the average per-capita income for all Californians in 2007 was $41,805, although rural per-capita income lagged at $31,386. 2007 estimates indicate a poverty rate of 14.6% exists in rural California, compared to a 12.4% level in urban areas of the State. 2000 data reports 17.8% of the rural population has not completed high school, while 23.3% of the urban population lacks a high school diploma. The unemployment rate in rural California is at 8.3%, while in urban California it is at 7.2% (USDA-ERS, 2008).
For a national comparison, please see an overview of the United States.
Data Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau: State & County QuickFacts
USDA Economic Research Service: State Fact Sheets
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts
Flex Monitoring Team: Critical Access Hospital List
Organizations
Border Health Education Network (BHEN)
State government
A San Diego Border Health Education Training Center with the objectives to create a cross-border affiliation of healthcare professionals. Available in Spanish.
California Department of Child Support Services
State government
Promotes the well-being of children and the self-sufficiency of families by delivering first-rate child support establishment, collection, and distribution services that help both parents meet the financial, medical, and emotional needs of their children.
California Department of Education: Special Education Division
State government
Provides information and resources to serve the unique needs of individuals with disabilities so that each person will meet or exceed high standards of achievement in academic and non-academic skills.
California Department of Health Services
State government
Mission is to protect and improve the health of all Californians.
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
State government
Provides leadership, policies and programs to expand and preserve safe and affordable housing opportunities and promote strong communities for all Californians
California Department of Mental Health
State government
Entrusted with leadership of the California mental health system, ensures through partnerships the availability and accessibility of effective, efficient, culturally competent services. This is accomplished by advocacy, education, innovation, outreach, understanding, oversight, monitoring, quality improvement, and the provision of direct services.
California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)
State government
Works in partnership with consumers and other stakeholders to provide services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living and equality for individuals with disabilities.
California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
State government
Serves, aids, and protects needy and vulnerable children and adults in ways that strengthen and preserve families, encourage personal responsibility, and foster independence.
California Department of Social Services: Adult Protective Services
State government
Provides county adult protective services telephone listings. County APS agencies investigate reports of abuse of elders and dependent adults who live in private homes and hotels or hospitals and health clinics when the abuser is not at staff member. For additional information call the California Department of Social Services Adult Programs Branch at: 916-229-4000.
California Endowment
Nonprofit/Foundation
Mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS)
State government
Administers state and federal programs for health care, social services, public assistance and rehabilitation.
California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA)
State government
CHFFA was created to be the State's vehicle for providing financial assistance to public and non-profit health care providers in California through loans funded by the issuance of tax-exempt bonds.
California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS)
State/regional organization
Works toward a rural California that is socially just, economically viable, and environmentally balanced.
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
State government
Oversees seven major departments, boards, and panels that serve California businesses and workers. The goals of the agency are to improve access to employment and training programs, and to ensure that California businesses and workers have a level playing field in which to compete and prosper.
California Office of Binational Border Health (COBBH)
State government
Mission is to protect and improve the health of California communities affected by border or binational conditions and activities through facilitating cooperation between California and Mexico health officials and health professionals.
Available in Spanish.
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
State/regional organization
Works to ensure that all Californians have access to quality health care and can live healthy lives.
California Primary Care Association (CPCA)
State/regional organization
Promotes and facilitates equal access to quality health care for individuals and families through organized primary care clinics and clinic networks that maintain cost-effective, affordable medical services, as well as meet the linguistic and cultural needs of California's diverse population.
California State Office of Rural Health (CalSORH)
State government
Collaborates with public and private entities statewide, and at the regional and national levels to increase rural access to health care and to link small rural communities with State and Federal resources.
California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA)
State/regional organization
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that works to improve the health of rural Californians and the quality and accessibility of the health care they receive.
California-Baja California Border Environmental Program
State government
A collaborative effort that includes the California Environmental Protection Agency, other California State Agencies, Baja California, and Tribal Nations located along the border region.
California/Nevada Community Action Partnership
State/regional organization
This is the organizations that provides services to members throughout California and Nevada including Head Start, senior nutrition, job training, community economic development, homeless shelters, after school and other youth programs, Food Banks, community gardens and other anti-hunger programs, energy assistance and home weatherization services.
Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC)
Academic/Research
Conducts research and provides information about Latinos/as in California. Provides technical assistance to community organizations. Reports and data can be obtained on the website.
Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies, UCSD
Academic/Research
Supports research relevant to current policy issues in Mexico and to the binational relationship in close collaboration with social scientists at Mexican institutions. In addition, most of the Center's research involves comparative studies with a substantial Mexico component.
Central Valley Health Policy Institute
Academic/Research
The mission of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute is to facilitate an interactive regional process to identify, monitor, and analyze emerging health policy issues that influence the health status of people living in Central California.
HUD Community Development Block Grants: California
Federal government
Contact information for the State CDBG program. Provides funding for community development projects.
Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias (IRSC)
Academic/Research
Provides San Diego State University with a forum for the investigation, discussion, and dissemination of information about the United States-Mexican border region. The Institute has undertaken multidisciplinary applied research projects on important regional concerns including transborder environmental issues, policy perspectives of the California-Mexico relationship, quality of life, and sustainable development.
Latino Universal Health Access Network (LUHAN)
State/regional organization
A group of leaders, organizations, and individuals throughout California advocating for universal health care for all Californians. The Network engages Latino leaders and community members in health policy solutions.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region (NN/LM-PSR)
State/regional organization
Supports collaboration among libraries and information centers that serve health information needs in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin.
Office of the California Department of Public Health: Office of Multicultural Health
State government
Works to increase the capacity of the State health agencies, health care providers, and ethnic/racial communities to eliminate health disparities among and improve the quality of life of California's diverse populations.
Oregon Hospital Association (CHA)
State/regional organization
CHA is the statewide leader representing the interests of hospitals, health systems and other health care providers in California.
Pacific Health Association (PHA)
State/regional organization
PHA is comprised of the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems and Washington State Hospital Association. Formed to provide information, support and representation to current members of the three state associations and future members. PHA provides a vehicle for the three state associations to collaborate and provide better service to their members on a multi-state basis.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
International organization
Works to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. Serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System and as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization. It is an international public health agency, and part of the United Nations.
Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Helps rural communities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming to improve community infrastructure.
San Diego Dialogue
Academic/Research
Contributes to the advancement of research, relationships and solutions to the San Diego-Baja California crossborder region's long-term challenges in innovation, economy, health and education.
San Diego-Tijuana Border Initiative
State/regional organization
A bi-national coalition whose mission is to encourage closer collaboration among social and community service providers in the region with the specific intent of promoting institution building and policy development for issues of equal importance to both sides of the border. Includes a Binational Prevention Information Clearinghouse, a database of information about alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention materials. Information is available in Spanish.
SANDAG Borders Committee
State/regional organization
An organization governed by a board of directors composed of mayors, council members, and a county supervisor from each of the California border region's 19 local governments. SANDAG builds consensus, makes strategic plans, obtains and allocates resources, plans, engineers, and builds public transportation, and provides information on a broad range of topics pertinent to the region's quality of life.
Southern California Border HIV/AIDS Project
Local organization
A collaborative initiative to improve HIV/AIDS outreach, primary care services and cross-border linkages for people who live or work in the San Diego or Imperial County U.S./Mexico border region.
State of California Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
State government
Provides services and supports to children and adults with developmental disabilities. These disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and related conditions.
Trans-Border Institute (TBI)
Academic/Research
Created in 1994 with two main objectives: 1) to promote border-related scholarship, activities and community at the University of San Diego, and 2) to promote an active role for the University in the cross-border community.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: California
Federal government
Works to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing. The HUD state office provides information about HUD housing programs and local contacts for the state.
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Academic/Research
A major policy research institute based at UCLA and is affiliated with the School of Public Health and School of Public Affairs.
USDA Rural Development California State Office
Federal government
Committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. The Rural Development State Office provides information about Rural Development programs and applications for financial assistance.
Tools
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Rural Resources
Web site
Provides a listing of opportunities available to rural California communities through the ARRA of 2009.
Border Health Information and Education Network
Web site
A health education network designed to provide health information free of charge for the people of the border region, both healthcare consumers and healthcare providers.
Cal Hospital Compare.org
Web site
A website that includes ratings for clinical care, patient safety, and patient experience for 210 hospitals in California that have chosen to participate in this voluntary project.
CalAgrAbility
Web site
The California AgrAbility Project, or CalAgrAbility, is a non-profit collaboration of the University of California at Davis Farm Safety Project and California Superior Easter Seals. Together, our mission at CalAgrAbility is to help individuals working in agriculture who have permanent conditions or injuries that hinder their efforts to continue working on farms. Some conditions are very common, such as arthritis, deteriorating vision, hearing loss (tractor ear), or mobility problems. Other folks face more serious challenges, such as amputations or spinal injuries.
CalHealthReform.org
Web site
Created to keep Californians up-to-date on the major proposals, analyses, hearings, and news related to health reform. Also provides resources to help explain the issues and a discussion forum to share ideas.
California QuickFacts
Web site
Basic demographic and economic statistics for the state, with links to county-level data.
California County Data Book 2007
Web site
Provides county-level data on children's health in California.
California Diabetes Program
Web site
A statewide public health program in the California Department of Health Services. Works with organizations in California and nationwide to monitor diabetes and implement diabetes interventions, to initiate or sustain good public health policy for diabetes, to increase access to quality diabetes care and treatment, and to raise public awareness about diabetes. Maintains the Diabetes Information Resource Center, a portal to help organizations exchange information and tools to support their work to prevent or control diabetes or other chronic diseases.
California Health Centers Data
Web site
Provides access to information on Federally Qualified Health Centers for the state. Includes a map of FQHC locations, as well as information on the populations served by health centers, services provided, staff, patient visits, costs of care, and use of electronic health information.
California Health Workforce: Highlights from the Health Workforce Profile
Web site
Highlights compile 2000 data on levels of employment, projected growth and key environmental factors that affect demand for health care. Details for medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, mental health and aides.
California KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
Web site
Provides data on child well-being for the state.
California State Health Facts
Database
The latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Individual state profiles and 50-state comparisons.
California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Web site
Provides training courses that are designed to meet the needs of medical, health, and community professionals serving persons and communities impacted by STD and HIV. Service area includes the federal Health and Human Services Region IX: California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the following Pacific Islands: American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
ERS State Fact Sheet: California
Web site
Lists statistics on population, educational attainment, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for the state.
Guide to Health Programs
Web site
A bilingual resource to help find free or low-cost health-related programs for Californians.
Health Initiative of the Americas
Web site
Coordinates and optimizes the availability of health resources for Mexican immigrants and their families through bilateral training, research, and health promotion activities. Facilitates the development of complementary and coordinated projects involving key stakeholders in Mexico and the United States. Formerly know as the California-Mexico Health Initiative.
Listing of Migrant-Serving Non-Profit Organizations in San Diego County
Web site
Provides a list of non-profit organizations serving migrants in San Diego County.
National Healthcare Quality Report State Snapshot: California
Web site
Health care quality report for the state, based on the National Healthcare Quality Report.
National Latino Research Center (NLRC)
Web site
Specializes in applied research, training, technical assistance and research-based services that contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the rapidly growing U.S. Latino population.
State Profiles- California: Health Information Technology (HIT)
Web site
Profiles the state’s health information technology (HIT) issues. Contains sections on demographics, HIT legislation, telemedicine, Health Information Exchanges (HIE) & Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), grant funded HIT projects, and HIT survey information.
Swords to Plowshares
Web site
Provides services and support for returning veterans and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Programs and services include health and social services, housing, employment and training, a veterans academy, and legal assistance, plus an Iraq Veteran Project.
See also: Resources for All States: Tools Documents, Reports and Other Publications
Adding Specialty Services to a California FQHC: Legal and Regulatory Issues
Author(s): Regina M. Boyle
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Outlines for FQHCs (and FQHC Look-Alikes) the state and federal laws and regulations that govern the provision of specialty services.
Date: 07 / 2009
Adequacy and Affordability of Healthcare Coverage in Rural California
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
Provides facts and statistics on the current characteristics of healthcare coverage in rural California
Date: 01 / 2008
Blurred Borders: Transboundary Impacts and Solutions in the San Diego-Tijuana Region
Sponsoring organization: International Community Foundation
Highlights the similarities, the inter-connections and the challenges that San Diego and Tijuana share, addressing the wide range of community based issues in the largest binational metropolitan area in North America.
Date: 03 / 2004
Border County Health Workforce Profiles: California
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Provides information on the health workforce, relevant population characteristics, and basic health indicators for the U.S.-Mexico Border region in the State of California.
Date: 05 / 2007
Border Health Status Report 2002-2003
Sponsoring organization: California Office of Binational Border Health
Examines key health status indicators to provide insight into the significant factors influencing the overall health status of the California/Mexico border region.
Border that Divides and Unites: Addressing Border Health in California
Sponsoring organization: California State University: San Marcos
Report on the organizational and system-wide needs in border health in California identified from a six month study. The study found that agencies, both public and private, advocate a particular approach to health in the border region. Due to distinctive demographic, ecological, social and cultural factors in the border region, a set of special health indicators has emerged that require a binational approach.
Date: 10 / 2004
California Can Lead the Way in Health Information Technology: Recommendations to Governor Schwarzenegger's eHealth Action Forum
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Provides 10 recommendations related to health information technology (HIT) as a means to transform health care in California.
Date: 10 / 2006
California Farm Labor Force Overview and Trends from the National Agricultural Workers Survey
Sponsoring organization: California Office of Binational Border Health
A report to help the EPA and other Federal and State agencies and nonprofit organizations in their efforts to protect the health of farmworkers.
Date: 06 / 2005
California Health Reform: What’s at Stake for Rural Communities?
Author(s): Cathy Martin, Desiree Rose, Jessica Wilson, John Capitman, Deborah Riordan
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
Provides the perspective and feedback of the 50 diverse rural stakeholders, including local health care providers, regional and state-wide coalitions, and county representatives who took part in roundtable discussions on health reform in rural California.
Date: 08 / 2007
California Health Workforce: Highlights from the Health Workforce Profile
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Highlights compile 2000 data on levels of employment, projected growth and key environmental factors that affect demand for health care. Details for medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, mental health and aides.
Date: 2003
California Nurse Education Initiative Annual Report 2008
Author(s): California Nurse Education Initiative
Illustrates that California faces a nurse shortage despite an increase in graduates and provides background information about the California Nurse Education Initiative.
Date: 03 / 2009
California's Rural Youth: A Report of the 4-H Center for Youth Development
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
Discusses unhealthy behaviors regarding the health and well-being of adolescents ages 12 to 17 in rural California
Date: 01 / 2004
California's Uninsured
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
An overview of the uninsured in California providing data on likelihood of being uninsured by employer size and type, family income, eligibility for public programs, age, ethnicity, and citizenship.
Date: 2008
Creating EHR Networks in the Safety Net
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Discusses how a network approach to implementing EHR systems can ensure clinics and health centers to remain in the forefront of delivering quality care to the safety net.
Date: 03 / 2008
Demographic and Economic Profile: California
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Discusses demographic and economic data including population, race, education, age, poverty, and more. Includes maps and graphics.
Date: 01 / 2009
Education: A Regional Overview
Author(s): By Don E. Albrecht
Sponsoring organization: Western Rural Development Center
Explores education characteristics in the western states and examines how it impacts rural development.
Date: 2008
Employment, Income and Poverty: A Regional Overview
Author(s): Don E. Albrecht
Sponsoring organization: Western Rural Development Center
Examines and compares employment and income in western states with both rural and urban data.
Date: 2008
Evaluation Findings from The California Wellness Foundation’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI)
Sponsoring organization: California Wellness Foundation
Highlights the findings from the evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI) during the period 1995 through 2006.
Date: 06 / 2007
Exploring California's Rural Health System: From the Redwood Forests to the Baja Border (March 29-31, 2005)
Author(s): Eileen Salinsky, Jessamy Taylor
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Describes a 3-day site visit to explore California's rural health system. Discusses the financial health of inpatient and outpatient providers and how that affects access to care, telemedicine as a tool for expanding access, and special needs of vulnerable populations such as farmworkers.
Date: 06 / 2005
Federally Qualified Health Centers and State Health Policy: A Primer for California
Author(s): Mary Takach, Elizabeth Osius
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Discusses how California has an opportunity to improve the performance and sustainability of federally qualified health centers by integrating technology, adapting to changes in health policy, and tapping new sources of funding.
Date: 07 / 2009
Fewer and More Specialized: A New Assessment of Physician Supply in California
Author(s): Kevin Grumbach, Arpita Chattopadhyay, Andrew B. Bindman
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Presents the findings of the first comprehensive study of the Medical Board of California survey data on practicing physicians in the state.
Date: 06 / 2009
Financial Health of California Hospitals: Snapshot
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Examines the financial health of California hospitals, including data on ownership, utilization, payer mix, and financial strength.
Date: 2007
Geography is Destiny: Differences in Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States and California
Author(s): Elliott S. Fisher, David C. Goodman, Amitabh Chandra
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Identifies the differences in the amount and quality of care patients receive in various parts of California and the rest of the nation.
Date: 11 / 2008
Getting Connected: The Outlook for Electronic Prescribing in California
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Assesses the progress of transmitting of prescriptions electronically in California and examines how greater coordination between providers, health plans, and pharmacies could help overcome persistent barriers.
Date: 11 / 2008
Health and Longevity: A Regional Overview
Author(s): Don E. Albrecht
Sponsoring organization: Western Rural Development Center
Examines health and longevity for states in the western region.
Date: 2008
Health Care Costs 101
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Provides general background on U.S. health
spending, with detail for California where available.
Date: 2008
Health Information Technology: Are Long Term Care Providers Ready?
Author(s): Sandra Hudak, Siobhan Sharkey
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Findings of a study of California nursing homes, residential care facilities and community based service providers to determine HIT readiness and stages of adoption.
Date: 04 / 2007
Health of the California Region Bordering Mexico
Author(s): Alvaro Garza, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, India J. Ornelas
Sponsoring organization: Springerlink
Discusses the indicators from the Healthy Border 2010 program along the California border region.
Journal citation: Journal of Immigrant Health Volume 15 Issue 29 Pages: 137-144
Date: 04 / 2004
Healthcare Workforce Shortages in Rural California
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
Provides facts and data on the shortage of healthcare workers in rural areas of California
Date: 01 / 2008
Increasing Access to Dental Care in Medicaid: Targeted Programs for Four Populations
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Describes strategies that several states have used to better address the oral health of young children, pregnant women, people with developmental abilities, and people living in rural areas.
Date: 03 / 2009
It's Elementary: Expanding the Use of School-Based Clinics
Author(s): Julia Graham Lear
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Explores the history of school-based clinics in urban and rural California and the plans to increase these clinics from 146 to 500.
Date: 10 / 2007
Land Use and Resources: A Regional Overview
Author(s): Don E. Albrecht
Sponsoring organization: Western Rural Development Center
Examines land use and resources in the western states.
Date: 2008
Measure for Measure: Analyzing California's Hospital Characteristics and Performance
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Examines whether California's hospital characteristics are independently associated with hospital performance.
Date: 12 / 2008
Medi-Cal Facts and Figures: 2009
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Profiles California's Medicaid program, providing the fundamentals of program eligibility, enrollment, benefits, and service delivery, as well as the Medi-Cal budget and forces affecting costs.
Date: 09 / 2009
Mexico-U.S. Migration: Health Issues
Sponsoring organization: University of California, Office of the President
Presents a general overview of the conditions faced by Mexican residents in the United States concerning their health care.
Date: 2005
New Mexico Health Workforce: Highlights from the Health Workforce Profile
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care
Highlights compile 2000 data on levels of employment, projected growth and key environmental factors that affect demand for health care. Details for medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, mental health and aides.
Date: 2003
Pay-for-Performance in the Medi-Cal Managed Care and Healthy Families Programs: Findings and Recommendations
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Examines state Medicaid and SCHIP pay-for-performance programs, assesses the feasibility of such a model in California, and explores options for applying it to Medi-Cal managed care and Healthy Families.
Date: 08 / 2009
Quality of Care Facts and Figures
Author(s): Jennifer Joynt
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
An almanac chartbook that provides facts and figures for California's performance on a wide variety of health care quality measures, from birth to end of life.
Date: 08 / 2009
Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Factors Affecting the Quality of End-of-Life Care in California
Author(s): LaVera Crawley, Marjorie Kagawa Singer
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Examines the causes and patterns of death and dying across California's populations and the impact on the delivery of health care.
Date: 03 / 2006
Reinventing Health Care Delivery: Innovation and Improvement Behind the Scenes
Author(s): Bonar Menninger
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Leaders at health care innovation organizations nationwide, including rural, share perspectives about how their centers operate, the objectives they are pursuing, and some of the challenges they face.
Date: 09 / 2009
Retail Dental Clinics: A Viable Model for the Underserved?
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
This report, based on interviews with dentists and other experts, consumer surveys, and published reports, examines factors that would support or inhibit the emergence of retail dental clinics in California and elsewhere.
Date: 11 / 2009
Rural Dental Practice: A Tale of Four States
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, L. Gary Hart
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction, in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri.
Date: 03 / 2006
Rural Health in California: A Summary of Recent Findings
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
Illustrates with statistics and facts the current state of rural health in California.
Date: 01 / 2008
Rural Kaleidoscope: A Guide on Promising Practices to Diversify California's Rural Healthcare Workforce
Author(s): Lisel Blash, Eva Schiorring
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
Focuses on helping those who recruit new health care professionals, retain existing staff, develop workforce partnerships, and work with community organizations.
Date: 12 / 2005
Rural Latino Families in California Are Missing Earned Income Tax Benefits
Author(s): K.P. Varcoe, N.B. Lees, M.L. López
Sponsoring organization: USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Discusses the findings from the 1999 National Survey of America’s Families, which identified low-income Latino families nationwide as the population group least likely to know about or to ever have received the Earned Income Tax Credit or EITC.
Date: 2004
Safety-Net Providers Bring Patients Online: Lessons from Early Adopters
Author(s): Susan Baird Kanaan
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Provides a look at the experiences of early adopters of electronic health record (EHR) portals and personal health records (PHRs), focusing on how initiatives were undertaken; services provided; benefits and challenges encountered and lessons learned.
Date: 04 / 2009
School-Based Telehealth: An Innovative Approach to Meet the Health Care Needs of California's Children
Sponsoring organization: Children's Partnership
Outlines how telehealth in schools is emerging as a valuable way to complement and expand the capacity of schools to meet the health care needs of children, particularly those who are low-income and living in medically underserved areas.
Date: 09 / 2009
Shelter in the Desert: The Center for Family Solutions
Author(s): Barbara M. Shaver
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
The Center for Family Solutions taps into local resources in California's poorest county to provide shelter and educational opportunities for homeless women and their
children.
Date: 2007
Small Business Profile: California
Sponsoring organization: Small Business Administration
Profile of the state's economy, covering the number of firms, industry composition, small business income, banking, women and minority business ownership, and employment.
Date: 2008
Snapshot of Children on the California Border
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
A fact sheet covering various issues children face on the California-Mexico border.
Date: 2005
State of California: Population Brief
Author(s): Don E. Albrecht
Sponsoring organization: Western Rural Development Center
Baseline information for the advancement of rural development that examines population changes and characteristics within California.
Date: 2008
State of Health Information Technology in California
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Reports on a survey of HIT adoption and use in California physician practices, hospitals, clinics, and long term care facilities.
Date: 01 / 2008
State of Health Information Technology in California: Use Among Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Provides an overview of the current utilization of health information technology (HIT) in hospitals and long term care facilities.
Date: 2008
State Profiles - California: Reforming the Health Care System
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Detailed profile of the state's health care system. Covers demographics, expenditures and financing, health status, utilization and quality of services, health care providers, Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance coverage, and key trends.
Date: 12 / 2005
Telemedicine in California: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Author(s): Barbara Johnston, Neil A. Solomon
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Examines the evolution of telemedicine in both rural and urban California and identifies the technological, financial, regulatory, and user-related hurdles that may be stifling further progress. Video included.
Date: 07 / 2008
The Changing West: A Regional Overview
Author(s): Don E. Albrecht
Sponsoring organization: Western Rural Development Center
Provides baseline data for identifying population changes in the western states for use in advancing rural development.
Date: 2008
The Good Practice: Treating Underserved Dental Patients While Staying Afloat
Author(s): Scott, Mary Kate
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Outlines techniques and tools related to creating a strategic plan, the reimbursement process and payer mix, achieving a smooth patient flow and staffing patterns, the importance of effective business systems, and implementing new technologies and clinical programs. Website also offers access to an audio clip in which three dentists describe their experiences with treating uninsured and Medi-Cal patients and how they were able to improve their practices.
Date: 08 / 2008
Tools for Clinics: Four Health Centers Use Chronic Disease Management Systems
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Profiles four community health centers in California using Chronic Management Disease Systems (CDMS).
Date: 12 / 2008
Working Hard, Falling Short: Investing in California's Working Families
Examines the prospects of California's low-income working families in the context of a changing economic and demographic environment.
Date: 12 / 2004
Youth VOICES in Community Design Handbook
Sponsoring organization: California Center for Civic Participation and Youth Development
Describes how communities can involve youth in local policymaking and community planning. Discusses the benefits of youth involvement, recruitment methods, and training. Includes examples of successful programs from Idaho, Virginia, Maryland and other states.
Date: 2004
See also: Resources for All States: Documents Journals
California - Rural Health Advocate
Quarterly newsletter which includes funding resources, rural research and publications important to providers and consumers of health care in rural California.
Reaching Out
A newsletter of articles focused on child welfare practice in rural communities.
Success Stories
California InfoNet Project
The InfoNet Project was formed to strengthen Tuolumne County residents access to health and social services by providing an easy-to-use website to provide information and assistance service for low-income households, the homeless, seniors, people with disabilities, Latinos and Native Americans.
Mobile Clinic/Telehealth project
This consortium was formed to address the lack of basic healthcare available in the rural, impoverished areas of the Central Valley of California. This project will focus on health promotion and health screenings to prevent cancer and other diseases.
Angel Flight West: A Higher Level of Kindness
Angel Flight West provides free, private air transportation for people with medical and other needs.
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