North Dakota is named after the Dakota Indian Tribes who were the early inhabitants of the region. Dakota is most often referred to mean “friends” or “allies.” It is home to the International Peace Garden that straddles the border between the United States and Manitoba, Canada. North Dakota covers 68,976 square miles, with a 2010 estimated population of 672,591 people - 347,173 living in rural North Dakota (USDA-ERS). Bismarck, the capital, is located in the south-central region of the state. The state’s largest cities are Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 90.0% of the state’s population is white, 5.4% is American Indian & Alaska Native, and 2.0% is of Hispanic/Latino origin (2010).
There are 47 certified general acute care hospitals in North Dakota and 38 of which are located in rural areas (UND Center for Rural Health, 2010). The state has 36 hospitals identified as Critical Access Hospitals (UND Center for Rural Health, 2010). There are 58 Rural Health Clinics in North Dakota (Kaiser, 2011) and 4 Federally Qualified Health Centers provide services at 23 sites in the state (Kaiser, 2010). Most North Dakotans have some form of health insurance coverage, although 8.2% of its residents lack health insurance (UND Center for Rural Health, 2008).
According to the USDA Economic Research Service, the average per-capita income for North Dakotans in 2009 was $40,802, and rural per-capita income at $41,649. 2010 estimates indicate a poverty rate of 12.9% exists in rural North Dakota, compared to a 12.0% level in urban areas of the state. 2010 ACS data reports that 13.3% of the rural population has not completed high school, compared to 7.4% of urban populations. The unemployment rate in rural North Dakota is at 4.0%, while in urban North Dakota it is at 3.9% (USDA-ERS, 2010).
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 Dakota Department of Health; Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts; Flex Monitoring Team: Critical Access Hospital List
Organizations
American Lung Association of North Dakota
State/regional organization
Offers a variety of lung health services to the people of North Dakota including programs such as Freedom from Smoking, Not On Tobacco, and Teens Against Tobacco Use.
Bush Foundation
Nonprofit/Foundation
An independent grantmaker focused on small communities, leadership, and diversity. Focused on the needs of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the 23 Native nations in those states.
Center for Technology & Business (CTB)
State government
Provides technology assistance in North Dakota through classes, curriculum development, and hands-on assistance.
Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Works to provide leadership on primary health care issues in the areas of community development, health career resources, and health policy in North Dakota and South Dakota.
Community of Care
Local organization
Ensures that older persons and others in need in rural Cass County, North Dakota, have access to health, human and spiritual services that are essential to the maintenance of their well-beings and are offered within a community of faith.
Dakota Certified Development Corporation (DCDC)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Provides low-interest loans to North Dakota businesses, agencies, and community organizations with their IRP Loan and SBA Microloan programs. Much of their focus is within rural areas.
Dakota Diabetes Coalition (DDC)
State/regional organization
Consists of individuals and agencies dedicated to the recognition and reduction of diabetes in North Dakota. Offers resources, networking, continuing education, mini grants, and annual conference.
Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF)
State/regional organization
Dedicated to improving health and access to health care services in the Fargo-Moorhead area, with a special emphasis on children. Offers numerous initiatives including children's mental health, worksite wellness, healthcare workforce, prescription assistance, AED, healthy people, and children's health coverage.
Farm Rescue
Nonprofit/Foundation
Provides planting and harvesting assistance to farm families in that have experienced a major illness, injury or natural disaster. Qualifying farmers may be eligible to have their agricultural land planted or harvested free of charge. Areas served are North Dakota, South Dakota, western Minnesota, and eastern Montana.
Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center (GPTRAC)
State/regional organization
One of five telehealth resource centers. Assists
health care organizations, health care networks, and health care providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations. Includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization (HERO)
Local organization
Serves as a clearinghouse for unused healthcare supplies and durable medical equipment (DME) by providing access to healthcare materials to low-income or uninsured individuals and qualifying human & social services agencies in North Dakota and Minnesota.
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS)
Academic/Research
Works to improve the occupational health, safety, and well-being of the residents of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
HUD Community Development Block Grants: North Dakota (CDBG)
Federal government
Provides contact information for the State CDBG program, which provides funding for community development projects.
Mental Health Association in North Dakota (MHAND)
State/regional organization
Offers access to education programs, support groups, informational resources, online depression screening tools, and outreach services for mental health consumers and families of North Dakota.
Midwest Assistance Program (MAP)
State/regional organization
Helps communities and tribal nations find solutions to their infrastructure and development needs through information, resource management, expertise, and technical assistance. Helps rural communities in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region (NN/LM-GMR)
State/regional organization
Works to improve access to health information for health professionals, librarians and members of the public in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
State/regional organization
One of four regional rural development centers in the nation. Works with extension professionals, researchers, and partners to enhance rural development outcomes. Serves a 12 state area in the North Central region which includes ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, IN, MI, and OH.
North Dakota Area Health Education Center Program (NDAHEC)
State/regional organization
Includes three AHECs: Eastern, Northwest, and Southwest. Works to improve the distribution, diversity, supply and quality of health care personnel in the health care services delivery system. Strives to increase access to health care services in medically underserved areas.
North Dakota Center for Nursing
State/regional organization
Serves as a centralized organization for North Dakota's nursing community. Includes news, events, resources, and projects.
North Dakota Child Support Enforcement (CSE)
State government
Serves as a joint effort of federal, state, and county governments to secure support payments for children whose parents are not both in the home.
North Dakota Community Action Partnership (NDCAP)
State/regional organization
Consists of seven Community Action Agencies in North Dakota who provide programs and services that empower low-income individuals and families to become self sufficient.
North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Services (NDCAWS)
State/regional organization
Provides leadership and support in the prevention and intervention of domestic and sexual violence. Provides scholarship funding for low-income women who wish to attend a North Dakota college, university, or trade school.
North Dakota Critical Access Hospital Quality Network
State/regional organization
Serves as a common place for North Dakota’s critical access hospitals (CAHs) to share best practices, tools, and resources related to providing quality of care. Supports improvement activities of CAH Network members and assists them with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. Strives to improve information sharing and networking at the regional and state level among tertiary facilities and stakeholders to help prevent duplication of efforts.
North Dakota Dental Association (NDDA)
State/regional organization
Functions as a constituent organization chartered by the American Dental Association representing 335 dentists that are organized into five component districts.
North Dakota Department of Commerce
State government
Provides information about federal and state programs for community development, energy efficiency, housing and self sufficiency.
North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH)
State government
Promotes healthy lifestyles, safety, education, and healthcare standards and regulations throughout North Dakota.
North Dakota Department of Health: Children's Special Health Services (CSHS)
State government
Provides services for children with special health care needs and their families. Promotes family-centered, community-based, and coordinated systems of health care.
North Dakota Department of Human Services: Adults and Aging Services
State government
Offers programs to help older adults and people with physical disabilities to live safely and productively in the least restrictive, appropriate setting. Services include Assisted Living, Family Caregiver Support, Home and Community-Based Care, Long Term Care, Information Assistance, Vulnerable Adult Protective Services, and information about and for Qualified Service Providers.
North Dakota Department of Human Services: Disability Services Division
State government
Provides support and training to individuals and families in order to maximize community and family inclusion, independence, and self-sufficiency; to prevent institutionalization; and to enable institutionalized individuals to return to the community.
North Dakota Department of Human Services: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
State government
Provides leadership for the planning, development, and oversight of a system of care for children, adults, and families with severe emotional disorders, mental illness, and/or substance abuse issues.
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction: Special Education
State government
Provides information covering teachers, state guidelines, fiscal, data, activities for parental involvement, and early childhood education.
North Dakota Department of Services to Individuals with Disabilities
State government
Assists individuals with disabilities in achieving competitive employment and increased independence through rehabilitation services.
North Dakota Disability Health Project (NDDHP)
State/regional organization
Promotes the health and wellness of ND citizens with disabilities. Develops health promotion strategies and technical assistance to promote awareness of disability and health related issues.
North Dakota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (NDDVR)
State government
Assists individuals with disabilities to achieve competitive employment and increased independence through rehabilitation services. Provides training and employment services to eligible individuals with physical or mental impairments so they can become and remain employed.
North Dakota EMS Association (NDEMSA)
State/regional organization
Works to sustain and strengthen emergency medical services in North Dakota. Supports EMS legislation. Funds training, equipment, and staffing for ND ambulance services.
North Dakota Health Care Review, Inc. (NDHCRI)
State/regional organization
Serves as North Dakota's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO). Provides quality improvement expertise and services through contracts with federal and state governments, research and granting entities, foundation and corporate grants, and other payors.
North Dakota Health Information Technology Steering Committee
State/regional organization
Works to facilitate the adoption and use of health information technology and exchange to improve healthcare quality, patient safety and overall efficiency of healthcare and public health services in North Dakota.
North Dakota Hospital Association (NDHA)
State/regional organization
Works to advance public policy and foster excellence in medical and health services. NDHA is a voluntary trade organization of North Dakota's licensed hospitals.
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA)
State/regional organization
Works as a public financial institution dedicated to making housing affordable for all North Dakotans. Facilitates affordable mortgage financing, assures the continued availability of low-income rental housing, and seeks to provide for the state's changing housing needs.
North Dakota Long Term Care Association (NDLTCA)
State/regional organization
Represents assisted living, basic care, and nursing facilities throughout North Dakota.
North Dakota Medical Association (NDMA)
State/regional organization
Promotes physician leadership in ethics and advocacy, helping North Dakota physicians provide high quality and safe medical care for their patients, and ensuring that physicians have a strong, independent voice on issues that impact them and their patients.
North Dakota Rural Development Council (NDRDC)
State/regional organization
Provides support to state, federal and local agencies, reaching out to rural communities to bring them the same programs and services that are readily available to larger communities.
North Dakota Rural Health Association (NDRHA)
State/regional organization
Brings together diverse interests and provides a unified voice to promote and enhance the quality of rural health through leadership, advocacy, coalition building, education and communication.
North Dakota State Data Center (NDSDC)
State/regional organization
Provides demographic and economic statistics for the state of North Dakota.
North Dakota State Office of Rural Health
State/regional organization
Helps North Dakota's rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development. A division within the University of North Dakota's Center for Rural Health.
North Dakota State University Extension Service
Academic/Research
Creates learning partnerships and educational programs for adults and youth. Has a special emphasis on strengthening agriculture and developing the potential of youth, adults, and communities.
North Dakota Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
State/regional organization
Provides resources in support of suicide prevention projects in North Dakota.
North Dakota Telepharmacy Project
State/regional organization
Provides telepharmacy services to remote locations in North Dakota. A collaboration of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) College of Pharmacy, the North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, and the North Dakota Pharmacists Association.
North Dakota Vulnerable Adult Protective Services
State government
Works to protect persons older than age 18, or emancipated by marriage that have a substantial mental or functional impairment.
Northern Great Plains Inc. (NGP)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Identifies and promotes policies and practices that support an integrated approach to economic opportunities in rural communities. Identifies trends, needs, and research.
Northland Healthcare Alliance (NHA)
State/regional organization
Works as an integrated health care delivery network whose members include both Catholic and other partners that provide a vehicle to ensure the continuation of value-based healthcare in the Dakotas.
Proyecto/Project IDEAS
State/regional organization
Strives to improve HIV prevention services for Latino/Hispanic populations living in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming. Focuses on adapting and tailoring CDC-approved interventions that are culturally, linguistically and educationally appropriate. This is a capacity building assistance program for community-based organizations and state and local health departments.
Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT: Minnesota and North Dakota (REACH)
State/regional organization
Minnesota and North Dakota 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.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: North Dakota (HUD)
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.
University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health (CRH)
Academic/Research
Identifies and researches rural health issues, analyzes health policy, works to strengthen local capabilities, develops community-based alternatives, and advocates for rural concerns.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (UNDSMHS)
Academic/Research
Educates and prepares North Dakota residents as physicians, medical scientists and other health professionals for service to the people of North Dakota and the nation, and advances medical and biomedical knowledge through research.
USDA Rural Development North Dakota 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
2-1-1 North Dakota
Web site
Also called FirstLink. Connects people with important community services in North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota. This information, referral and crisis intervention service is free and operator-serviced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Aging and Disability Resource-LINK
Database
Provides access to current aging and disability information regarding services available in your area. Includes organizations and services in all U.S. counties, states, and territories. This is a free and confidential service.
Children's Special Health Services Information Resource Center
Web site
Provides resources on children's special health services such as referrals, outreach, books, CDs, videos and pamphlets. A toll-free telephone number, 800-755-2714, is also available to help parents obtain health and related service information.
ERS State Fact Sheet: North Dakota
Web site
Lists statistics on population, educational attainment, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for the state.
Head Start State Collaboration Project
Web site
Provides information, reports and other resources about Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Meadowlark Project
Web site
Describes a process aimed at systemic change by bringing a diverse sample of the Northern Great Plains region's population to the table to discuss the region's future. Engages in conversations among rural communities and organizations.
National Healthcare Quality Report State Snapshot: North Dakota
Web site
Health care quality report for the state, based on the National Healthcare Quality Report.
NDSDC - Rural/Urban/Metro/Nonmetro and Frontier Discussion: Definitions and North Dakota Maps
Web site
Identifies, describes, and depicts through maps the various definitions of rural, urban, metro, nonmetro and frontier regions in North Dakota.
NN/LM Greater Midwest Region: North Dakota Resources
Web site
Provides an overview of the state with links to agencies, health associations, and other resources for North Dakota.
North Dakota Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R)
Database
Helps families, child care providers and others find information on using child care, assistance with providing child care, and finding child care data.
North Dakota FamNet
Web site
Lists family support organizations that work to improve health outcomes for families of children, youth, and adults with special health care needs and/or disabilities in North Dakota.
North Dakota Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Web site
Serves as a portal to North Dakota geospatial data and information. Data, interactive maps, and other information is available through the results of a collaborative effort by North Dakota state agencies, local government, and private enterprise.
North Dakota 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.
North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology (IPAT)
Web site
IPAT is North Dakota's Statewide Assistive Technology (AT) program that delivers services so people with disabilities can get the AT they need for work, school, and home. Website offers access to equipment loan and swap programs, plus news, events, and publications.
North Dakota KIDS COUNT Data Center
Web site
Provides data on child well-being for the state. Information available on a state-wide basis and by county.
North Dakota QuickFacts
Web site
Basic demographic and economic statistics for the state, with links to county-level data.
North Dakota State Health Facts
Database
Reports on the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Includes individual state profiles and 50-state comparisons.
North Dakota Statewide Housing Assessment Resource Project (SHARP)
Web site
Facilitates the dissemination of the North Dakota housing assessment information. Designed to allow the user to browse themes related to housing; including population, housing supply, housing demand, substandard housing, special populations, and land use. Includes a glossary, tables and maps.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center: North Dakota Information
Web site
Presents suicide prevention efforts and resources in North Dakota.
Sunshine on Schools
Web site
Presents an interactive clearinghouse containing budget data for North Dakota's K-12 schools. This website is directed at policymakers, school administrators, teachers, school board members, and taxpayers.
See also: Resources for All States: Tools Maps & Map Collections
Electronic Medical Record Adoption (EMR) in North Dakota
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows the EMR status of North Dakota rural and urban hospitals.
Date: 2008
North Dakota Area Health Education Centers
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Marks the proposed locations of the North Dakota Area Health Education Centers.
Date: 2011
North Dakota County Classification
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Displays North Dakota's counties by frontier, rural, and urban classification.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals & Referral Centers
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Displays a map of critical access hospitals (CAHs) and referral centers by North Dakota county.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
North Dakota county map displaying designated, low-income, and designated facility dental health professional shortage areas.
Date: 2010
North Dakota EMS Response Coverage
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Identifies North Dakota EMS response coverage.
Date: 2008
North Dakota Frontier Counties
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows ND counties designated as frontier based on 2000 U.S. Census data.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Health Professional Shortage Areas
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows North Dakota primary care health professional shortage areas by county.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Health Professional Shortage Areas, Rural Hospitals, Clinics, CHCs and RHCs
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows North Dakota's health professional shortage areas, rural hospitals, clinics, community health clinics, and rural health clinics.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, tertiary hospitals (CAH network), and Indian Health Service hospitals labeled by county and city.
Date: 2009
North Dakota Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUAs/MUPs)
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows North Dakota's medically underserved areas (MUAs) and underserved population.
Date: 2010
North Dakota Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Shows North Dakota mental health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) and mental health HPSA facilities by county.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Rural Definition Maps
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Set of maps showing the geographic coverage provided by 9 different rural definitions for the state, labels county.
North Dakota Small Hospital Improvement Program Participants
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Map of North Dakota showing Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) participants and network affiliates.
Date: 2011
See also: Resources for All States: Maps Funding
2012 Midwest Garden Grant
Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs.
Agricultural Medicine: Occupational and Environmental Health for Rural Health Professionals
Provides basic information and skills to enable the health care professional to function in the anticipation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational illnesses and injuries in the farm community.
Alex Stern Family Foundation
The foundation supports the arts, social welfare/human services, education, youth recreation, civic projects and health issues for the benefit of the greater Fargo-Moorhead area.
Bush Leadership Fellows Program
Provides fellowships for building leadership capacity.
Cargill Community Scholarship Program
Scholarship to high-school seniors living in communities near Cargill operations in the U.S.
Dakota Medical Foundation
The majority of the Foundation's resources are in health areas, with a special emphasis on children.
First Children's Finance Loan Fund
Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities.
IRP Loan Program
Loans to provide financing for community development projects, establishment of new businesses, expansion of existing businesses, and creation of new jobs or retention of existing jobs.
Main Street Loan Program
Direct loan to businesses to be used for working capital, inventory, and small equipment.
Midwest Assistance Program Revolving Loan Fund
Helps small communities and tribal nations jumpstart infrastructure, housing, technology, aging and economic development projects through low-cost, short-term loans.
North Dakota Community Foundation
Funding for educational, charitable, arts, scientific and health areas.
North Dakota Development Fund
The fund provides gap financing through loans and equity investments not available from most conventional lenders and is available to any primary-sector business with the exception of production agriculture.
North Dakota Health IT Planning Loan Program
Low-interest loans to health care entities to build their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure.
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency Loans and Programs
Loans to help North Dakotans achieve successful homeownership through homebuyer education, downpayment and closing cost assistance, and home mortgage loans
North Dakota Revolving Rural Loan Fund
A loan fund for businesses located in cities with a population of less than 8,000 or more than 5 miles outside city limits.
North Dakota SBA 504 Loan Program
Affordable financing to help healthy, expanding small-and medium-sized businesses grow.
Otto Bremer Foundation Grants
Funding to help build healthy, vibrant communities.
Rural Healthcare Exchange Program for CAHs
Provides travel support for individuals or small groups to meet with similar entities from other areas of the state and share information, ideas, and successful approaches to improving quality and access to healthcare services.
State Historical Society of North Dakota Heritage Training Scholarships 2011-2013
Scholarships for local and county historical society staff members to participate in training opportunities.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Intended to help low-income Americans meet their nutritional needs.
Tom and Frances Leach Foundation, Inc.
Supports endeavors to include the arts and humanities, education, human services, medical sciences and health, and the social sciences.
Inactive Funding
Inactive Funding Opportunities -
Lists additional funding programs for this state that are not currently accepting applications. Programs that are inactive may be offered again in the future.
Documents, Reports and Other Publications
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators, Issue Brief #1: Overview of Findings
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Describes health insurance coverage among farmers and ranchers. Based on a survey of non-corporate farm and ranch operators in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 09 / 2007
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators, Issue Brief #2: How Farmers and Ranchers Get Health Insurance and What They Spend for Health Care
Author(s): Carol Pryor, Jeffrey Prottas, Bill Lottero, Mark Rukavina, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Examines health insurance costs and health care spending of farmers and ranchers. Based on a 2007 survey of farm and ranch operators in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 12 / 2007
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators, Issue Brief #3: Who Experiences Financial Hardship Because of Health Care Costs?
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Examines which farmers and ranchers are at greatest risk of experiencing financial hardship due to health care costs. Based on a survey of non-corporate farm and ranch operators in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 08 / 2008
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators, Issue Brief #4: The Costs of Dental Care and the Impact of Dental Insurance Coverage
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Presents data on the costs of dental care, the prevalence of dental debt, and the impact of having dental insurance on the costs of dental care, access to care, and the likelihood that
people will experience financial hardship because of health care costs. Based on a survey of non-corporate farm and ranch operators in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 04 / 2009
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators, Issue Brief #5: Who is Uninsured?
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Examines the characteristics of uninsured family farmers and ranchers and the impact of lack of insurance on their financial situation and ability to access care. Based on a survey of non-corporate farm and ranch operators in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 06 / 2009
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators, Issue Brief #6: Who Has Medical Debt and What Are the Consequences?
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Examines the characteristics of farmers and ranchers who had medical debt and the impact of the debt on their financial situation and ability to access care. Based on a survey of non-corporate farm and ranch operators in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 10 / 2009
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Missouri Farm and Ranch Operators, Executive Summary: Health Care in the Heartland
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Sidney Watson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Presents the results of a survey involving 257
Missouri farmers and ranchers to gather data about their health insurance and the burden that health care expenses are placing on farm and ranch families.
Date: 2008
2008 AARP North Dakota Member Survey
Sponsoring organization: AARP
Results of an AARP survey to identify North Dakota's member views on long-term and in-home care, opinions about transportation, and concerns regarding taxes.
Date: 2008
2008 North Dakota Flex Program and Critical Access Hospital State Rural Health Plan
Author(s): Marlene Miller, Brad Gibbens, Christine Lennon, Mary Wakefield
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Assesses and identifies pressing current
conditions of rural health services and systems, focusing on critical access hospitals (CAHs). These conditions are workforce, access, finance, health information technology, community and economic development, quality, emergency medical and trauma services, networking, and system reform. Report also recommends strategic approaches to address these topics of concern.
Date: 12 / 2008
2010 Annual Healthcare Indicators Report
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Hospital Association
Discusses North Dakota hospital regulations, personnel, finances, payments, economic trends, population, demographics, and elderly services.
Date: 2010
2010 Snapshot of North Dakota's Health Care Workforce
Author(s): Patricia Moulton, Sheila Johnson, Terri Lang
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Provides a snapshot of North Dakota's current health care workforce; information about future health care providers that are in high school and current health profession students; and information about the supply and demand of providers throughout the state.
Date: 10 / 2010
2011 North Dakota Medical Services Directory
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Medical Association
Available for purchase, this publication provides data on physicians and healthcare facilities in North Dakota. Includes data on a number of issues such as the number of licensed physicians, information on ND health agencies, ambulance services in ND, hospice facilities, pharmacies, and more.
Date: 08 / 2011
2011 Statewide Profile of Child Well-Being: North Dakota Kids Count
Author(s): Karen Olson, Ramona Danielson
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota KIDS COUNT
Provides a comprehensive review of child well-being in North Dakota. Divided into seven sections including Demographics, Family and Community, Economic Well-Being, Early Care, Education, Health, and Safety and Risky Behaviors.
Date: 09 / 2011
2012 WICHE Workplan: It's All About Outcomes
Sponsoring organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Discusses WICHE's focus in 2012 which includes finance, access and success, workforce and society, technology and innovation, and accountability. Highlights students exchange programs in rural and underserved areas, rural healthcare initiatives, and rural primary care clinics.
Date: 09 / 2011
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota: The North Dakota Epidemiological Profile
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Human Services
Reports on the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use on the lives and families of North Dakotans and the economy of the state.
Date: 04 / 2010
Around the Country: Dakota Network Enhances Access
Author(s): Hope Hanson
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Highlights the Dakota Network of Community Health Centers, a collaboration of nine health care organizations operating 31 of the region's Community Health Centers (CHCs). Describes how the network is helping to expand health information technology and bring improved and more efficient health care to the rural Dakotas.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Issue Summer
Date: 08 / 2006
Binary Care: Ensuring a Health-e North Dakota
Author(s): Denis MacLeod
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Describes the path of the Health Information Technology (HIT) initiative in North Dakota.
Date: 09 / 2009
Burden of Breast Cancer in North Dakota
Author(s): Kyle Muus
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents an overview of breast cancer incidence and mortality in North Dakota. Includes information on risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Date: 2006
Burden of Cancer in North Dakota
Author(s): Kyle Muus
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents an overview of cancer incidence and mortality in North Dakota. Includes tips on prevention and screening.
Date: 2006
Burden of Colorectal Cancer in North Dakota
Author(s): Kyle Muus
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents an overview of colorectal cancer mortality in North Dakota. Includes information on risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Date: 2006
Burden of Lung Cancer in North Dakota
Author(s): Kyle Muus
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents an overview of lung cancer incidence and mortality in North Dakota, and describes how it compares to that of the U.S. Includes information on risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Date: 2006
Burden of Prostate Cancer in North Dakota
Author(s): Kyle Muus
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents an overview of prostate cancer incidence and mortality in North Dakota, and describes how data compares to those in the U.S. Includes information on risk factors, signs and symptoms.
Date: 2006
Case Studies on Transit and Livable Communities in Rural and Small Town America
Author(s): Sean Barry
Sponsoring organization: Transportation for America
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.
Date: 09 / 2010
Chronic Disease in North Dakota: A Status Report for 2010
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Health
Presents data on indicators that provide information about how well people in North
Dakota are doing regarding heart disease and stroke prevention, diabetes prevention and control, and tobacco prevention and control.
Date: 2010
College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Program, 2011
Sponsoring organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Describes practices and lessons learned in Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota, and Washington during the second year of the federal College Access Challenge Grant program. Includes rural locations.
Date: 02 / 2011
Connecting North Dakota for a Healthier Future
Author(s): Lynette Dickson, Kylie Nissen, Michael Rodriguez,
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Health Information Technology Steering Committee
Discusses North Dakota's progress in converting to electronic health records. Addresses barriers for completion and offers resolutions.
Date: 12 / 2008
Connection for Families and Agencies: Resources for North Dakota Families with Young Children Ages Birth - 8
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Head Start State Collaboration Office
Lists agencies, telephone, fax, toll free numbers and web sites for quick reference for services offered to children, women and families in North Dakota.
Date: 01 / 2008
Demographic and Economic Profile: North Dakota
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Discusses economic data for the state of North Dakota, including population, race, education, age, poverty, income, and more.
Date: 12 / 2008
e-Emergency Services Bring Specialists to Rural Patients with the Push of a Button
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
More and more specialists are available to small hospitals via telemedicine, benefiting patients—and doctors. Highlights Avera eEmergency Services, a hospital-based telemedicine emergency support service available in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08 / 2011
Economic Pulse of North Dakota: A Health Care Impact Report
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Hospital Association
Discusses a research study which was conducted to determine the contribution of hospitals and health systems to North Dakota’s economy.
Date: 2010
Educational Well-Being: Children in North Dakota
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota KIDS COUNT
Explains trends involving elementary school enrollments, the number of students in special education programs, high school drop-out instances, the number of home-schooled children, and higher education enrollments in North Dakota. Presents solutions for securing the future of the state and its children including solutions that specifically apply to rural areas.
Date: 06 / 2009
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in North Dakota
Author(s): Kyle Muus
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Provides facts and statistics on health insurance provided by employers in North Dakota. Covers health insurance by firm size, health insurance sources, cost of health insurance, and reasons for not providing health insurance.
Date: 2006
Environmental Scan of Health and Health Care in North Dakota: Establishing the Baselines for Positive Health Transformation
Author(s): Boris Volkov, Brad Gibbens, Mary Wakefield
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Overviews health and health care issues in North Dakota. Includes data and information on population characteristics and demographics, economic and social characteristics, health-related behaviors, leading causes of death, common health problems, health care organizations and infrastructure, quality of and access to health care, and financing health services, plus perspectives on these issues.
Date: 03 / 2009
First Biennial Report on Health Issues for the State of North Dakota
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Describes the advisory council's recommendations regarding the strategic plan, programs, and facilities of the school of medicine and health sciences. Proposes a four‐pronged approach to ensure effective, efficient, timely, and affordable healthcare for all North Dakotans.
Date: 2011
Guest Commentaries Weigh in on Health Care Reform
Author(s): Byron Dorgan, Brad Gibbens,
Authors commentate on the implications of health reform on rural North Dakota including: critical rural health issues such as health workforce, rural facility survivability, and the need for flexibility and innovation in rural health.
Date: 08 / 2009
Health Insurance, Health Care Costs, and Access to Care: How Are North Dakota Farmers and Ranchers Faring Compared to Farmers and Ranchers in Other Great Plains States?
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Discusses how health care costs effects farmers and ranchers in North Dakota, including the effects on their families, businesses, and surrounding rural economies.
Date: 07 / 2009
Healthcare Needs of North Dakota American Indian Veterans
Author(s): Twyla Baker-Demaray, Leander McDonald, Richard Ludtke
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Offers highlights from a survey of three tribes in North Dakota regarding healthcare needs of North Dakota American Indian Veterans. Data includes demographics, health status, behavioral risk factors, preventative care, access and use of services, Veterans Administration (VA) care, and Indian health service care.
Date: 03 / 2008
Healthy Kids and Strong Working Families: Improving Economic Security for North Dakota Families with Children
Author(s): Jennifer Shaffer
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Children in Poverty
Uses the Family Resource Simulator and Basic
Needs Budget Calculator to demonstrate the basic costs associated with living and working in North Dakota and illustrate the important role of work supports in helping low income
families make ends meet.
Date: 04 / 2011
Healthy People 2010: North Dakota Final Report
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Health
Summarizes 137 Healthy People 2010 objectives in
17 focus areas for the state of North Dakota.
Date: 02 / 2011
Is Child Well-Being Improving in North Dakota?: A 2009 Analysis
Compares child well-being ranking factors of North Dakota to those of the entire United States. Shows graphs and data on children's overall well-being, child death rates, teen death rates, percent of children in single-parent families, and teen birth rates.
Date: 07 / 2009
Lessons Learned from Electronic Health Record Implementation at Three North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals
Sponsoring organization: JSI Research and Training Institute
Highlights common successes and challenges experienced during an electronic health
record (EHR) implementation project involving three Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in North Dakota. Offers recommendations for future Health Information Technology implementation processes.
Date: 03 / 2009
Long Term Care in North Dakota
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Long Term Care Association
Provides information about the long term care workforce and addresses demographic changes and the challenges of caring for aging North Dakotans. Includes statistics and data specific to rural North Dakota.
Date: 01 / 2009
Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in North Dakota: 2006
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota State Data Center
Provides an overview of the number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in North Dakota for 2006 and includes national data by state from 1985 to 2006.
Date: 10 / 2008
North Dakota Critical Access Hospital and Flex Program: 2008 Survey Results
Author(s): Marlene Miller
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Reports findings of a survey administered in February 2008 and compares data to that of 2005. Includes information on current operating status and network activity, anticipated changes over the next two years, and the prioritization of issues.
Date: 07 / 2008
North Dakota Critical Access Hospital Quality Network Evaluation Executive Summary
Author(s): Brad Gibbens
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents a summary of the North Dakota CAH Quality Network's evaluation, activities, and accomplishments from 2008-2010.
Date: 12 / 2010
North Dakota Department of Health Biennial Report: 2009 to 2011
Author(s): Terry Dwelle, Stacy Eberl
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Health
Highlights the goals and accomplishments of the ND DoH during the 2009-2011 biennium. Discusses the challenge of health care to rural residents, bringing mobile mammography units to rural areas, rural suicide prevention programs, rural EMS and ambulance services, and rural health clinics.
Date: 12 / 2011
North Dakota Emergency Medical Services: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Site Visit April 7 – 10, 2008
Author(s): John Hoeven, Terry Dwelle, Darleen Bartz, Tim Meyer
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Health
Summarizes a reassessment of North Dakota's Emergency Medical Services System. Includes the North Dakota EMS Plan 1997-2001.
Date: 04 / 2008
North Dakota Experience: Achieving High-Performance Health Care Through Rural Innovation and Cooperation.
Author(s): Douglas McCarthy, Rachel Nuzum, Stephanie Mika, Jennifer Wrenn, Mary Wakefield
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Describes how North Dakota provides its citizens with accessible, quality, and efficient health care despite the challenges of a rural setting.
Date: 05 / 2008
North Dakota Five-Year Needs Assessment (2011-2015) for the Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant Program
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Health: Children's Special Health Services
This needs assessment is divided into sections which include: a summary of the process used to complete the assessment; an overview of the state’s geography and population base; detailed findings and graphs revealing the needs of each of the population groups; an overview of the state’s challenges; and a description of the state’s selected priority needs, along with the process used to define those needs.
Date: 06 / 2011
North Dakota Head Start State Collaboration Office Needs Assessment 2009-2010 Survey Results
Author(s): Ramona Danielson, Richard Rathge
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Human Services
Describes North Dakota's Head Start programs and their assessment results based on these activity areas: health care, children experiencing
homelessness, family/child assistance, child care, family literacy services, children with disabilities and their families, community services, education, and professional development. Addresses issues associated with children and families living in rural areas.
Date: 04 / 2010
North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs
Author(s): Mary Wakefield, Mary Amundson, Patricia Moulton, Brad Gibbens
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Policy brief which details strategies from the Health Care Workforce Summit held in December 2006 in Bismarck, ND.
Date: 01 / 2007
North Dakota Health Center Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Provides a description of what health centers are, and the most recent state-level data available for health center patients, services provided, staff, patient visits, and costs of care.
Date: 12 / 2010
North Dakota Health Information Technology Fact Sheet
Author(s): Lynette Dickson
Defines Health Information Technology (HIT), how it is used throughout North Dakota, makes recommendations for improving HIT in the state, and describes the state's HIT Steering Committee.
Date: 12 / 2008
North Dakota Kids Count 2011 Fact Book: State, Regional, and County Profiles of Child Well-Being in North Dakota
Author(s): Karen Olson
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota State Data Center
Provides a profile of critical issues for North Dakota children and families at the state, regional, and county level. Provides multiple well-being indicators categorized by demographics, family & community, economic well-being, education & early care, health, and safety & risky behaviors.
Date: 2011
North Dakota Kids: A National Comparison
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Uses the ten indicators from the annual Kids Count Data Book to summarize how children’s well-being in North Dakota compares with other states in the nation.
Date: 2010
North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program Annual Report: Year 10: September 2008 - August 2009
Author(s): Marlene Miller, Elizabeth Huso
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Outlines the North Dakota Flex Program's 2007-2008 objectives and their impact on the Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Describes the grants awarded to the state's CAHs and how the funds helped these facilities.
Date: 01 / 2010
North Dakota Nursing Needs Study: Year Nine Facility Survey Results
Author(s): Sheila Johnson, Patricia Moulton
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Includes the results from the facility survey, currently in its ninth year, which was sent to all hospitals, long-term care facilities, regional public health facilities, clinics and home health facilities in North Dakota.
Date: 09 / 2010
North Dakota Nursing Supply and Demand Projections
Author(s): Patricia Moulton, Terri Lang
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents characteristics of current and forecasted nurse supply and demand for the state of North Dakota. Includes RN & LPN numbers, graduation rates, retirement plans, vacancy rates, and more.
Date: 07 / 2008
North Dakota Participants in the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Formerly the Federal Food Stamp Program): Fiscal Year 2010
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota State Data Center
Offers data, maps, and graphs on the average monthly participation in the federal Food Stamp Program along with the average monthly benefit per participant. Also compares North Dakota statistics to those of the United States.
Date: 01 / 2011
North Dakota Quick Health Facts 2010
Author(s): Leigh Purvis
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Presents data on North Dakota including demographics, health expenditures and financing, health status, utilization and quality of services, Medicare and Medicaid, and access to care.
Date: 07 / 2010
North Dakota Rural Health Impact Statement for 2011
Author(s): Brad Gibbens
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Presents a financial impact summary that addresses various rural health programs in North Dakota, including budgetary impacts, purpose, focus, and outcomes achieved.
Date: 02 / 2011
Oral Health in North Dakota: Burden of Disease and Plan for the Future
Author(s): Terry Dwelle, Kim Senn, Kimberlie Yineman
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Department of Health
Provides an overview of diseases related to oral health in North Dakota and a summary of the plan developed to enhance and improve the oral health of North Dakotans.
Date: 09 / 2006
Oral Health: Preventing Cavities, Gum Disease, and Tooth Loss Success Stories, 2011
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Describes successful oral health programs in Maine, New York, and North Dakota involving dental sealants, water fluoridation, and state policies respectively.
Date: 2011
Our Future, Our State: Foundations for Successful Development of Children Ages 0-5: 2008 Overview of Children’s Well-Being in North Dakota
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota KIDS COUNT
Presents issues regarding children's educational experiences, and offers strategies for future improvements in areas of brain development, physical development, and environmental supports.
Date: 12 / 2008
Past Silos and Smokestacks: Transforming the Rural Economy in the Midwest
Author(s): Mark Drabenstott
Sponsoring organization: Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Discusses a development strategy that includes regional cooperation, innovation, and a leveraging of all strengths for the rural Midwest to transform its economy.
Date: 2010
Potential Impact of Health Reform on Rural North Dakota Health Workforce
Author(s): Brad Gibbens
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Discusses factors influencing North Dakota's rural health workforce. Highlights research efforts conducted by the Center for Rural Health on rural health workforce.
Date: 01 / 2011
Poverty Estimates for Persons in North Dakota: 2009
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota State Data Center
Provides 2009 estimates of the number and percentage of total persons and children living in poverty in North Dakota.
Date: 02 / 2011
Primary Issues Impacting Rural Health in North Dakota and Contributing Factors
Author(s): Brad Gibbens
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Lists issues that impact rural health in North Dakota, including health care access, quality of care, HIT, health insurance, and workforce.
Date: 02 / 2011
Prospects & Possibilities for North Dakota
Sponsoring organization: Bush Foundation
Presents the results of surveys conducted in 36 community conversations in 28 communities across North Dakota. Discusses many rural issues including demographics, education, health care access and costs, oil boom, flooding, and population.
Date: 03 / 2011
Retaining Rural Nurses: Midwestern Summit on Retaining and Making Best use of the Older More Experienced Rural Registered Nurse
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Highlights of a one-day session, consisting of 25 nurse-leaders from Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota who engaged in a series of roundtable discussions on the future of older
nurses in rural communities.
Date: 08 / 2007
School Readiness: Preparing North Dakota's Children to Succeed
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota KIDS COUNT
Discusses school readiness as related to how families, schools, and communities provide the environments and experiences that support the physical, social, emotional, language, literacy, and cognitive development of infants, toddlers and preschool children.
Date: 05 / 2007
Small Business Profile: North Dakota
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: 02 / 2011
Student Exchange Programs: Statistical Report, Academic Year 2011-12
Sponsoring organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Discusses WICHE's three student exchange programs: Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP), and Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP). Covers Fall 2011 enrollment, discusses health workforce shortages, and the funds that flow between students' home states and the enrolling institutions in these programs.
Date: 01 / 2012
Utilization of Technology by Nursing Programs in North Dakota
Author(s): Terri Lang, Patricia Moulton
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Presents a picture of the use of technology in nursing education in North Dakota, including student and faculty readiness, clinical training technologies, and distance learning.
Date: 09 / 2010
War Has Big Impact in Rural Areas
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Describes the challenges rural health care facilities experience when their health care providers are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 2007
When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Doctor
Author(s): Wendy Opsahl
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Highlights efforts of the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program in North Dakota that work to encourage youth to consider entering health care fields, which may ultimately increase access to health care in underserved areas of North Dakota. This article describes program models for elementary students, such as Dickinson’s "Medical Explorers" and Park River’s "Inspector Wellness Program".
Date: 2009
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North Dakota - Rural Health Updates
Monthly e-newsletter from the Center for Rural Health (CRH) featuring rural health news, funding opportunities, publications, resources, events, and staff news.
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Published three times a year. Provides news on infrastructure and development needs for rural communities in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
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