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The Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) core mission is to improve the health and wellness of Arizona’s rural and underserved populations. AzCRH houses programs including:

State Office of Rural Health (AzSORH)
Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex)
ADHS-CDC COVID Disparities Initiative (CDC-ADHS-AzCRH ISA)
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (AzSHIP)
Arizona First Responders Initiative (FR-CARA)
Workforce Data & Analysis (CRHWorks)
MEZCOPH Rural Health Professions Program (RHPP)
Students Helping Arizona Register Everyone (SHARE) and Health Insurance Help
Arizona Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (Az3RNet)
Arizona Department of Health Services ADHS-AzCRH Interagency Service Agreements:

AzCRH serves rural Arizona by:

Providing education, technical assistance, data and analysis to rural hospitals and providers to help them adapt to a rapidly changing rural health environment and address rural health needs;
Training, recruiting and retaining health professionals for rural practice;
Collecting, synthesizing and disseminating data to inform providers, policymakers and consumers about legislation, regulation, and grant opportunities to improve rural health.

Feature of the Week:

Addressing Vaccines and other COVID Issues in Rural Arizona
Host: Ted Simons | https://azpbs.org/news/horizon/ from 11min to 17min | July 22, 2021
“In counties with lower vaccination rates we’re seeing an increase in infections and an uptick in hospitalizations,” Dr. Derksen said in an interview with Ted Simons on Thursday. “We need to redouble our efforts in some of those smaller communities, we could do better than we’re doing right now in these pockets.” Dr. Derksen said, “The good news is the vaccination is very effective in preventing even this more highly transmissible Delta variant.”

More News & Updates from AzCRH:

► AzCRH has developed downloadable Substance Use Treatment Resource cards for 12 counties in Arizona. They include outpatient services, opioid treatment, residential treatment, prevention and assistance programs and more.
» Find them at https://crh.arizona.edu/roadmap-training.

► Howard Eng, DrPH shares a brief summary of COVID-19 in Arizona. It has been more than 4 months since Arizona Reopening Phase 3 that began on March 6, 2021. As more people are vaccinated and those infected recovered and have immunity against the virus, the numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths will be low, and we will be able to return to normal. » Read more

Thanks to all who attended The 47th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference (in-person and virtually)!
» Conference presentations and videos are now available.

► Center for Rural Health Receives $4.4M Federal Grant to Continue Health Services to Rural Arizona
» Read more

► View upcoming and past AzCRH Webinars

► Check out our latest newsletter!
June/July 2021 » AzCRH Newsletters archive

► AzCRH statement on health equity and racism

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