A project funded by State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) to inform federal and state implementation of the Medicaid expansions under the ACA by estimating the size and characteristics of rural residents likely to be newly eligible. The study will provide nationally representative information that identifies the extent to which rural residents live in states that have already expanded coverage to low-income adults; how many eligible individuals have participated; the characteristics of the remaining pool of the rural uninsured; and the potential impact of Medicaid expansions on rural primary care and delivery system capacity.
Established in 1992, the mission of the Maine Rural Health Research Center is to inform health care policy making and the delivery of rural health services through high quality, policy-relevant research, policy analysis and technical assistance on rural health issues of regional and national significance. The Center's core funding is provided by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Citation: Lambert, D., & Gale, J.A. (2012). Integrating care in rural areas. In Smalley, K.B., Warren, J.C., & Rainer, J.P. (Eds.), Rural Mental Health. (pp. 131-148). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
The Maine Nutrition Network (MNN) Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE)Plan FY 08 consists of multiple projects that impact three main goals. These goals include sustaining a collaborative of state and local partners to accomplish innovative nutrition education program; support environments in which Maine children choose active lifestyles and make informed food choices that support optimal health; and provide opportunities for Maine adults to make appropriate food choices and have increased accessibility to food and physical activity choices that support optimal health. The Office of Integrated Access and Support and the Maine DCD collaborate with Muskie to effectively reach these goals through training and technical assistance to schools and communities that reach Maine people who are eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program.
Maine DOE as applicant is partnering with Muskie to perform activities in three focus areas: 1)Provide training for Child Nutrition (CN)food service professionals and Childcare Providers to enable them to prepare and serve nutritious and appealing meals based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans with a focus on increased fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products. 2)Provice multi-faceted, integrated nutrition education for children by offering training, technical assistance, curriculum materials, and resources to support classroom nutrition education and increased opportunites for physical activity be enrolling up to 120 elementary and middle school teachers in MNN's Maine-ly Nutrition Project. 3)Provide youth leaders with multi-faceted, nutrition education activities to effect positive changes in food consumption patterns and physical activity behaviors eith their peers.
This Cooperative Agreement covers a set of activities that are designed to enhance the Department?s use of performance data for management and quality improvement, including (a) conducting performance measurement, surveys and other evaluative activities at the Department level; (b) building management capacity for using and reporting existing data in at least two DHHS Offices; (c) facilitating processes for collecting and reporting stakeholder input into Department decisions.
USM, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Portland, ME
Maine Medical Center, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Portland, ME
MaineHealth, Portland, ME
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The goal of this project is to expand Maine's capacity to conduct research that contributes to improvements in the quality of chronic illness care. The project combines the resources and expertise of two nationally recognized research institutions, USM's Institute for Health Policy, and Maine Medical Center (MMC)'s Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, and two provider-practitioner organizations, MaineHealth/MMC and USM's College of Nursing and Health Professions. The project aims are to create a Practice Improvement Research Center to develop and support collaboration among researchers from the participating institutions; develop tools and procedures to conduct practice-based health services research on quality improvement (QI); develop the investigators' research skills to study practice-based QI; and conduct a study of the characteristics of primary care practices that have successfully engaged in quality improvement activities for individuals with chronic illness.
IPSI staff will assist the management of Catholic Charities Maine in conducting a comprehensive, system-wide needs assessment/analysis and develop a written report of the findings. The assessment process will utilize written surveys, individual interviews, on-site observations, and a review of existing training curricula, licensing standards, and policy requirements. IPSI staff will assist with the facilitation of work sessions with designated employees of Catholic Charities. In addition, IPSI staff will assist the Catholic Charities Maine with the development of a comprehensive staff training development model that addresses the agency?s needs for licensing, accreditation, employee development, and HR legislative/policy requirements. This model will include a training plan for a competency-based series of training sessions for agency managers and supervisors. The training model will be based on the findings of the needs assessment, and will be designed for delivery through a variety of modalities.
Strategic Prevention Framework, State Incentive Grant
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Muskie/IPSI will partner with Maine DHHS Office of Substance Abuse to provide epidemiological services for Maine?s Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant. Activities include providing staff support to a statewide epidemiological workgroup, conducting a state-level needs and resources assessment, and initiating GIS (Geographical Information System) mapping to identify existing data sources and their appropriate use. This will bring systematic, analytical thinking to the causes and consequences of substance abuse in order to effectively and efficiently utilize substance abuse prevention resources
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