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Montana Rural Health Initiative Newsletter
Like us on Facebook  VOLUME XVII: September 2013
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Bozeman, MT 59717 

Phone: 406.994.5310
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New Information Coming Soon to the RHI Website!
 
The RHI website is undergoing some remodeling. In the coming months the website will house evidence-based information and best-practice strategies. This information will align with RHI's three focus areas, Healthy Eating, Active Living, and Clinical and Community Preventive Services. The information will also be linked to profiles on RHI's website that provide examples of ways to use these strategies in a community setting. 
 
The evidence-based information comes from the Community Guide to Preventive Services. The Community Guide 
systematically reviews studies to determine if there is sufficient evidence to definitively say that an intervention is effective. We wanted to share these resources on our website because they demonstrate how community health interventions are effective as well as providing more examples of simple programs that have the potential to improve health in rural communities.
 
Program Spotlight

The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality offers Resources for Patients and Care Providers to Compare Treatment Options 

 

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers a growing library of free resources, including summaries of researching findings for both healthcare providers (HCPs) and patients. The summaries address a variety of health conditions-such as diabetes, heart conditions, and mental health-and are presented in short, easy-to-read formats. These materials, developed through AHRQ's Effective Health Care (EHC) Program, can help HCPs and patients understand which treatments work best and how their risks compare, while allowing for individual choices.

 

As an advocate of informed and shared decision making, the Montana Office of Rural Health and Area Health Education Center is partnering with AHRQ's EHC Program to ensure you have access to these important resources.

 

For Patients: Know Your Treatment Options

AHRQ's new Treatment Options: Explore. Compare. Prepare. initiative encourages patients to use the resources to explore treatment options for a health condition, compare the benefits and risks of each, and prepare to discuss their options with their health care provider. Videos, treatment summaries, and other information can be found on the Treatment Options: Explore. Compare. Prepare. initiative Web site at www.ahrq.gov/treatmentoptions.

For Health Care Professionals: Get the Clinical Bottom Line

AHRQ understands that, for health care professionals (HCPs), every minute with a patient counts. The EHC Program clinician research summaries are designed to help HCPs quickly learn the "Clinical Bottom Line"-what the evidence says about treatment options benefits and risks, and the strength of evidence behind research findings. Each research summary also includes useful background on the health condition being addressed. Along with these resources AHRQ also offers free, accredited continuing medical education opportunities.

 

To access these resources and learn more, visit  www.ahrq.gov/clinicalbottomline. 
 

 

Funding Opportunities
 
Practice Change Leaders for Aging and Health Program Grant
AgencyAtlantic Philanthropies/John A. Hartford Foundation
Deadline: September 23, 2013

 

More information
 
Academy of General Dentistry Foundation Grant 
Agency: Academy of General Dentistry
Deadline: October 31, 2013


Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Grant
Agency: American College Health Foundation
Deadline: January 31, 2014

More information: 
 
Upcoming Events
September 17, Webinar
Growing Healthy Kids: Updates in Elementary Nutrition Education
Presented by Connie Evers, speaker and author of "How to Teach Nutrition to Kids", contact Katie Bark at Montana Team Nutrition for more information or register for the webinar here.

 


September 23-24, Bozeman  
Build a Stronger
Montana: End Childhood Hunger
Sponsored by the Montana Partnership to End Childhood Hunger.
https://tofu.msu.montana.edu/cs/childhunger2013/


September 25-26, Great Falls
Mobilizing Rural Communities Conference
The focus will be on developing capacity at the local community level and the efficacy of building regional partnerships for greater economic equality while collecting resources, contacts, and best practices to implement in their communities.
http://www.ruraldynamics.org/mobilizing-rural-communities-conference 


The content of this newsletter is offered only for general informational and educational purposes. Although it is our intention to keep this information current, we cannot promise or guarantee that information is correct, complete or up-to date.  Links to other sites are informational only, and we are not responsible for the information on other websites.