Category Archives: Statewide
Profile of the Week: Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) Program
Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) Program The Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) program is designed to train and prepare University of Washington medical students for future careers working in rural, underserved communities throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI). Selected students are placed in a rural medical setting before beginning medical school and allows […]
Continue readingMontana Health Justice Partnership
Montana Health Justice Partnership The Montana Health Justice Partnership (MHJP) improves patient health by addressing health-harming legal needs of patients whose health solutions lay outside the boundaries of medicine. The Partnership integrates legal staff into health teams for matters such as moldy housing, family violence, and medical debt, which all negatively impact patient health. This […]
Continue readingSealants for Smiles
Sealants for Smiles! Sealants for Smiles (SFS) is helping children maintain good oral health while in school. Cavities and pain from poor oral health can be detrimental to learning, so SFS works to improve the quality of life for school children. Cavity prevention services are targeted to children in Montana, primarily ages 6 to 9. […]
Continue readingMontana Healthy Food and Communities Initiative
Montana Healthy Food and Communities Initiative (MHFCI) Montana Healthy Food and Communities Initiative (MHFCI) encompasses three projects that work together to bring healthy, local foods to people across the state: the FoodCorps program, the Farm to Cafeteria Network, and the Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition. Together, these projects work to combat childhood obesity, reduce childhood […]
Continue readingImproving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM)
RHI Profile of the Week Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM) Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM) is a project that focuses on increasing access to preventative health care services for rural and frontier Montanans. This project provides these health care services in many ways, such as providing health screening services, serving as rural ambulatory care […]
Continue readingMontana Tobacco Use and Prevention Program
On July 1, 2019, the Montana Tobacco Quit Line launched My Life, My Quit, a new free program specifically for youth under 18 who need help quitting tobacco (cigarettes, smokeless, cigars/cigarillos and e-cigarettes). Tobacco use among Montana youth remains high; one third of high school students currently use at least one form of tobacco product. E-cigarettes are […]
Continue readingMan Therapy
Profile of the Week: Man Therapy Man Therapy is a new program based in Helena, MT that launched in September of 2018. Men represent 78% of all U.S. suicides, and Man Therapy aims to combat that statistic by fostering social bonds in men as they get older. Man Therapy hosts social events, raises awareness, and […]
Continue readingSuffer Out Loud
RHI Profile of the Week: Suffer Out Loud A nonprofit organization leading an effort to reduce suicide rates in Montana by changing the stigma associated with mental illness. Suffer Out Loud is a nonprofit with the mission of reducing the suicide rate in Montana by lowering the stigma associated with mental illness. It is run […]
Continue readingMontana Harvest of the Month
The Montana Harvest of the Month (HOM) program showcases Montana grown foods in Montana schools, institutions, and communities. Each month, participating programs focus on promoting one locally grown item (e.g., winter squash) by serving it in at least one meal while displaying promotional and educational HOM materials. HOM is a perfect way to launch or grow […]
Continue readingBest Practice Medicine
Best Practice Medicine is a Montana clinician founded, owned and operated education team specializing in bringing emergency and critical care education to rural Montana and beyond. It is their purpose and passion to be the leading change maker in the emergency medical education industry—to support and prepare you and your teams with the highest level […]
Continue readingMontana BACI: Building Active Communities Initiative
Obesity and sedentary lifestyles are major contributors to chronic disease for both adults and children. In 2011, nearly two-thirds (60%) of Montana adults were overweight or obese and nearly half (45%) did not meet recommendations for aerobic activity. In that same year, over 40 percent of Montana 7th and 8th grade students and 70 percent […]
Continue readingJourneys from Home Montana – “Better Health through Walking and Bicycling”
“Better Health Through Walking and Bicycling” is organized by Journeys from Home Montana. This particular collection of in-school and out-of-school programs conducts workshops for community members, teachers and bicycle advocates directed at making the community more friendly to walking and bicycling. Journeys From Home Montana (JFHM) promotes living an active healthy lifestyle. We encourage communities to become […]
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