Allied health professionals

Current Projects

• Assessing the Clinical and Financial Impact of Community Health Workers in Rural America
  This scoping review project will assess how often the existing literature has examined community health workers (CHW) in rural America and what the literature suggests about the clinical and financial impact that CHWs have in rural communities.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Allied health professionals, Health promotion and disease prevention, Social determinants of health
  
• Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Rural Clinical Training for Health Professions Students and Residents
  Scarce rural clinical training sites are the top barrier preventing medical schools, residencies, and nurse practitioner and physician assistant education programs, among other health professional training programs, from providing rural training to their students. This study aims to describe the barriers to offering rural clinical training and the potential solutions for establishing and sustaining interdisciplinary rural clinical training.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Allied health professionals, Healthcare access, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Physicians, Workforce
  
• Community Health Worker Practice: Jurisdictional Differences and Rural Health Impact
  This project aims to estimate the relationship between state-level community health worker policy provisions and rural health outcomes.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Allied health professionals, Health promotion and disease prevention, Legislation and regulation, Public health, Workforce
  
• Evaluating the Impact and Progress of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program
  HRSA established the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program to expand health service capacity by supporting public health job development, training, and placement in rural and tribal communities. This project will examine how the program's 32 grantees implemented their activities and will assess the impact of their program activities.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Allied health professionals, Workforce
  
• State Use of Medicaid Funding Mechanisms for Community Health Workers: Implications for Rural Populations
  Community health workers (CHWs) serve on the front lines of health care, with states increasingly leveraging various funding mechanisms for their services. This project will describe and compare state use of two Medicaid mechanisms – Section 1115 demonstration waivers and state plan amendments – to support CHW services, focusing on potential implications for rural populations.
  Research center: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Allied health professionals, Health services, Healthcare financing, Medicaid and CHIP