Give a Child a Smile Day

VCU Pediatric Dental Clinic will see any child (0 - 15 years) that needs dental services - Free of Charge! Dental care at this event will include cleaning, extractions and minor restorative work (as much work as possible will be done on this day for your child starting with the most urgent dental needs)

One day only: February 5, 2010 from 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Location: VCU/MCV at 521 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor; Suite 315, Richmond, VA

Appointments are strongly urged as the number who will participate is expected to b e high. Please call 804-828-9095 to secure your child's appointment.

Since this event is part of the national "Give a Child a Smile Day" initiative, other events may be occurring at other sites in Virginia as well.

"Health Disparities in Rural Settings" Graduate Level Course Via Podcast with 1.8 CE credits

Shenandoah University Division of Nursing’s Graduate Program is offering a course titled “Health Disparities in Rural Settings.” It is available for 1.8 CE credits from the Virginia Nurse’s Association and the American College of Nurse-Midwives and is offered through podcasts that can be downloaded onto ipods through iTunes U.

This course analyzes the complex health disparities that occur in rural settings and that are rooted in historic and contemporary inequities. Topics include discussions of health care systems, health policies, distributions of resources, community needs assessment strategies, access to health care professionals and ethical considerations. Existing multi-level intervention strategies aimed at eliminating health disparities will be assessed, including those specific to rural settings as well as community-academic partnerships that translate research into action.

The podcasts are lectures and interviews with experts in the field. They can be downloaded from www.shenandoahgraduatenursing.com Go to “Electives and CEUs.”
Click on “Health Disparities in Rural Settings”
On ITunes U, get all lectures and subscribe to the course. By subscribing, you will be able to get new interviews as they occur.

When you are finished with the course, fill out the “Health Disparity CE Evaluation Form”. Email jfehr@su.edu notifying us that the Evaluation form has been filled out. Give us your address so that we can mail you your certificate.

Rural Healthcare Workforce Recognition Awards

Just a reminder to submit your nominations. For more information, visit Virginia's State Rural Health Plan Rural Healthcare Workforce Recognition Awards web page!

Let us know about your rural community success stories!

The National Rural Health Association in partnership with the National Offices of State Offices of Rural Health will be sponsoring the Rural Health Policy Institute at the end of this month. They are collecting success stories of rural communities at work to improve rural health.

If you have something to share, please share it as a comment on this blog! Please include information on the name of community – and a little narrative about the project or the success of the community. They are interested in hearing about workforce initiatives, initiatives to increase access to health services or promote health – or any other success story you can share!

We would love to pass along several Virginia success stories to be featured at the Rural Health Policy Institute!