Rural Health Information Hub

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RHIHub

The Frontier of Harm Reduction: Expanding Services for Rural People Who Use Drugs

The Rural Health Information Hub's (RHIhub) article covers best practices and emerging models for rural harm reduction programs. Among those featured in the article is the RCORP-TA grantee, the South Dakota State University's program Stigma, Treatment, Avoidance and Recovery in Time - South Dakota (START-SD).
Posted Date
07/28/23

How to Plan for Sustainability

Learn about sustainability in the grant cycle to maintain successful programs to improve the health of rural Americans. Each community will have different needs to be successful. The RHIhub and Georgia Health Policy Center has framework, strategies, and toolkits for varying programs.
Posted Date
04/21/23

How One New Mexico County is Taking a Community-Wide Approach to Treating Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

A new article in RHIhub's The Rural Monitor describes the community's understanding of Native culture in Gallup, New Mexico to take an effective, holistic community-wide approach to recovery of SUD. The article highlights a community-wide consortium that works hard to tackle the issue of alcohol and substance use disorders through withdrawal management, peer counseling, assisting with housing, and other services.
Posted Date
03/07/23

Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Opioid Program, 2018-2021

Describes the work of 26 2018-2021 Rural Health Opioid Program (RHOP) grantees in addressing the opioid epidemic through community-based consortiums. Highlights each project's achievements and identifies common themes of program impact.
Posted Date
04/12/22

Rural Community Health Toolkit

This toolkit provides rural communities with the information, resources, and materials they need to develop a community health program in a rural community. Each of the toolkit's six modules contains information that communities can apply to develop a rural health program, regardless of the specific health topic the program addresses. The toolkit also links to issue-specific toolkits for more in-depth information.
Posted Date
08/14/20