The Center for Rural Health Webinar Series

A webinar series focused on providing technical assistance to rural stakeholders to disseminate research findings, policy updates, best-practices and other rural health issues to statewide rural partners and stakeholders throughout the state.

  • October 17, 2024: Far Out: Cannabis in Rural Healthcare - Sean P. Cronin
  • September 19, 2024: Connecting Communities: Telehealth as a Tool for Equity - Dr. Lois Ritter
  • August 15, 2024: Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment, and Substance Use Disorders - Mark A. Grant
  • July 18,, 2024: Webinar: Personalizing Recovery: Individualized Approaches in Treating Substance/Opioid Use Disorder - Dr. Natasha Mendoza Slides
  • June 20, 2024: Integrating the 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids in Rural Healthcare Settings - Mark P. Martz and Jason Gillette Slides
  • April 18, 2024: AZPHA 2024 Legislative Session Update - Will Humble Slides
  • August 18, 2022: Identifying and Addressing Health Misinformation - Loren Halili, MPH
  • April 21, 2022: Opioid Stewardship Assessment Program for Arizona Critical Access Hospitals – Ben Brady & Bianca SantaMaria
  • February 17, 2022: Overdose Recognition & Naloxone Administration – Elena “Lena” Cameron, Aimee Gutierrez, and Bianca SantaMaria
  • January 20, 2022: Mobilizing Partners: Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Disparities (AHEAD) in Arizona – Dr. Mona Arora
  • November 18, 2021, National Rural Health Day: Arizona Primary Care Office: HPSAs & Loan Repayment Programs - Tracy Lenartz & Edith di Santo
  • October 21, 2021: Overdose Recognition & Naloxone Administration - Elena Cameron, Aimee Gutierrez & Bianca SantaMaria
  • September 16, 2021: The Behavioral Healthcare Workforce and Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Rural Arizona - Bryna Koch and Benjamin Brady
  • August 19, 2021: recording - COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates: Legal and Ethical Issues | PDF of slides - Jennifer Piatt, JD
  • July 23, 2021: Seminario Web para promotores acerca de la seguridad de la vacuna COVID 19 y el Mercado de Seguros Médicos
  • May 20, 2021: Introduction to Stimulants: Meth, Coke, and Pills - Haley Coles
  • April 15, 2021: Preventing Evictions in Rural Arizona - Joanna Carr & Hillary Evans
  • April 21, 2021: Evaluation of the Nurtured Heart Approach To Parenting to Improve Attention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity in Children
  • February 18, 2021: Overdose Recognition & Naloxone Training for Community Health Workers and Representatives - Alyssa Padilla and Elena Cameron
  • November 20, 2020: Preparing for the “Twindemic” in Rural AZ - Luke Smith DNP, RN, Director Arizona Surge Line, ADHS
  • November 10, 2020: Best Practices in Clinical Skills Assessment - Colette Scott, M.Ed.
  • November 19, 2020: 2020 Mid-Year Rural Health Policy Roundup - Alan Morgan, Chief Executive Officer for the National Rural Health Association
  • September 24, 2020: Back to School in the COVID Bubble: Best Practices from Rural Schools and Communities Panel and Discussion
  • September 17, 2020: Be Connected – The Upstream Approach - Courtney Smythe, Ariel Tarango & Maria Losoya
  • August 20, 2020: 211 - What is it and how can it be useful to you? - TJ Reed
  • August, 27, 2020: Overdose Recognition & Naloxone Training for Community Health Workers and Representatives - Alyssa Padilla, Ariel Tarango & Elena Cameron
  • May 21, 2020: SUD/OUD Treatment in Primary Care: The Rural Health Center Experience- Andrew Lewandowski, Da-Nell Pedersen, and J. Jonathan Benitez
  • April 16, 2020: AzCRH Webinar: CSPMP, Statutes, EPCS, and Resources for You - Lynn Curtis
  • Feb. 20, 2020: Congratulations! You’ve met the 2020 EPCS Deadline – NOW, Understand the Regulations and Mandates! - Connie Ihde
  • January 16, 2020: The 2020 Census and Rural Communities: What Healthcare Providers Should KnowHavala Schumacher
  • December 19, 2019: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in Rural Arizona With AmeriCorps - Andrew Facemire
  • November 21, 2019: Partnerships: The Power of Rural in Arizona - a special National Rural Health Daywebinar with panelists from around the state
  • October 17, 2019: Bridging Academia, Advocacy and Policy with Telemedicine: Case Study S.B. 1089 - Krista R. Cardenas, MPH
  • September 19, 2019: Superbugs are Taking Over… Here’s How Telehealth Can Stop Them - Kevin T. Stephan, MD, FACP
  • September 5, 2019: 2019 AZ Legislative Wrap-up - Will Humble & Heather Carter
  • August 15, 2019: Learn how you can build a campaign to advance behavior change for social good - Kelley Dennings & Dr. Anthony Panzera
  • May 16, 2019: Syphilis 2019: Return of the Great Masquerader - Sharon Adler, MD, MPH
  • April 18, 2019: Poison Centers and Their Services to Arizona  - Farshad “Mazda” Shirazi
  • February 21, 2019: 2019 AZ Legislative Update - Will Humble, Heather Carter & Leila Barraza
  • December 3, 2018: Oregon’s 100% FMAP Savings and Reinvestment Program - Julie Johnson and Sandra Sampson
  • November 15, 2018 (a special National Rural Health Day webinar!): Growing the Power of Rural: The Rural Health Workforce in Arizona
  • October 18, 2018: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Parents and Families - Aleksandra Obradov, MD and Dr. Albert D. Jacobson
  • May 17, 2018: 2018 AZ Legislative Wrap-up - Will Humble 
  • March 15, 2018: Rural Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA): Best Practices, Tips for Future Success, & Next Steps - Bryna Koch and Jennifer Peters » Download CHNA Checklist 
  • February 20, 2018: Action. Awareness. Outcome! Arizona’s Rx Drug Misuse and Abuse Initiative Community Toolkit - Lacie Ampadu
  • December 19, 2017: HIV Testing and Prevention: How Arizona Health Workers Can Help End the Epidemic
  • November 21, 2017: Jessica Nicely - What I Knew: A Survivor Story - Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • November 16, 2017: A National Rural Health Day Webinar: The Power of Rural Communities in Action: Responses to the Opioid Crisis in Rural Arizona
  • October 17, 2017: AzCRH Webinar: The Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Coverage in Arizona: Current Status, Impact, Next Steps - Alyssa Padilla & Bryna Koch
  • September 19, 2017:  Implementing Harm Reduction to Combat the Opioid Epidemic in Rural Arizona - Haley Coles
  • June 20, 2017: Caregiving Violence: Who are the victims and who are the perpetrators? - Dr. Linda Phillips
  • May 16, 2017: Arizona’s 2017 Legislative Session: The Good the Bad and the Ugly for Public Health - Will Humble, MPH
  • April 18, 2017: Arizona’s Opioid Epidemic: Understanding the Problem and Finding Solutions - Shana Malone
  • March 21, 2017: Support Your Recruitment Needs: Utilize the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet) Program - Joyce A. Hospodar and Lourdes Paez
  • February 21, 2017: The Vivir Mejor! (Live Better!) Consortium: Preventing and Treating Diabetes in Rural Santa Cruz County - Rosie Piper and Alicia Sander
  • December 20, 2016: Present and Future Direction of Lung Cancer Treatment - Mark M. Courtney RRT, NPS, AE-C, CTTS
  • October 25, 2016: Webinar: Get Covered AZ! Updates on the ACA and Preparing for Open Enrollment - Alyssa Padilla & Bryna Koch
  • August 15, 2016: KidsCare: Arizona's State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) - Dan Derksen & Allen Gjersvig (Additional Resources: Coveraz.org; AACHC-Facebook; #getcoveredaz; #getcovered; Marketplace.cms.gov)
  • May 12, 2016: The ABCDs of Medicare - David Parra
  • May 5, 2016: The Prescription Drug Epidemic: Using the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program (CSPMP) to Reduce Morbidity, Mortality, Misuse and Abuse - Daniel Derksen, M.D. and Dean Wright
  • April 26, 2016: Human Trafficking in Arizona - Lynnette Grey Bull
  • March 31, 2016: American Indian Access to Healthcare Benefits - Kimberly Yellow Robe, Anthonie Hansen, Jalen S. Redhair
  • February 23, 2016: Heart Health and Multicultural Communities - Vanessa Amaya Contreras
  • November 24, 2015: 16 Trauma-Informed, Evidence-Based Recommendations for Advocates Working with Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence - Alejandro Palacios
  • October 27, 2015:  ACA Update: An Introduction to the AzCRH Navigator Consortium - Dan Derksen, MD
  • September 29, 2015:  How to build, maintain and sustain community coalitions focused on population Health - Martha Moore-Monroy and Agnes Attakai