Rural VIP No. 20: Role of Rural Municipalities in Health Care
Rural VIP No. 20: Role of Rural Municipalities in Health Care With the upcoming municipal elections quickly approaching on October 18, 2021...
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Technology could help rural seniors age in place
A University of Calgary professor wants rural seniors to have an opportunity to remain at home for as long as they can. Joon Lee along...
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RhPAP U Pillar IV-Rural Health Service Delivery
Over the past decade, some innovative health services that offer better access and quality of care for rural communities have begun to...
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RhPAP U Pillar III Rural Health Research
In previous articles, we introduced the first two pillars of RhPAP U: Rural Population Health, and Rural Health Policy. Today, we introduce Pillar III – Rural Health Research. Rural Health Research...
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Rural VIP No. 19: Primary Care
Rural VIP No. 19: Primary care For May’s survey, we asked the Rural Voice Information Panel (Rural VIP) members about their experience with primary care in their...
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RhPAP U Pillar II – Rural Health Policy
RhPAP U is a new online resource for information on rural health in Alberta created by the Rural Health Professions Action Plan....
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Rural VIP No. 18: Community Health Needs and Relating to Government
For April’s survey, we asked Rural Voice Information Panel (Rural VIP) members about their experiences relating their health-care needs to government. Governments are elected by, and accountable to, their constituents. As...
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Rural Voice Information Panel No. 13: Social determinants of health in rural communities
The thirteenth Rural Voice Information Panel (Rural VIP) survey was sent out October 1, 2020 to 218 members. The purpose of the...
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Rural Voice Information Panel No. 12: Health-care Services and Organizations
In September, RhPAP asked the Rural Voice Information Panel, or Rural VIP, about a range of health services and organizations that are...
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The need to emphasize health-care assets when promoting community
Above: Red Deer College students Andrea Luca, RN (left), and Roxanne Hiebert, who works in health information management at the Red Deer...
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Pandemics present opportunities to learn from the past
COVID-19’s arrival in Alberta caught many residents by surprise. For provincial health-care officials, it wasn’t totally unexpected. “There have been multiple examples...
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Strategies to Prepare Students for Rural Life
Attracting and retaining health professionals to rural practice involves a range of personal, professional, and community factors.1 These dimensions must work together...
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