Calendar
Rural Health Journalism 2019: Program
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Wednesday, June 12 |
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7 a.m. |
Registration/check-in desk opens |
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7:30-8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast available |
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8:40-8:50 a.m. |
Welcome |
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8:50-9:50 a.m. |
Exploring rural health data reporters can use One good early stop for a story: data and research that can give a solid grounding, add accuracy, and guide you to the right place and right people who can give depth to your reporting. Get tips and find resources with rural health experts who can help bolster your stories with data.
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10-11 a.m. |
Rural opioid crisis: Overcoming barriers to treatment, recovery The opioid epidemic continues to spread across the United States and rural areas face their own challenges. Compared to their urban counterparts, rural communities have fewer facilities, more limited services and greater distances to care. The stigma of opioid use disorder might further keep those in need from seeking treatment. This panel will take you through the challenges, the efforts to meet them and ideas for stories in your own community.
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11:10 a.m.- |
Breathing easier: Lung health in vulnerable populations What’s a spirometer? In many rural communities, spirometry – a tool designed to assess lung function – is underused. Yet the use of this diagnostic and monitoring tool, in addition to treatment availability and provision of patient education are keys to reduce hospitalizations for lung diseases such as asthma. Hear from speakers who can outline how these tools and more could check the disease’s impact.
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12:15-1:45 p.m. |
Luncheon: Examining rural health care quality You likely know about parts of the problem: areas lacking physicians, challenges to bring health care professionals into rural facilities, hospitals that are closing or reducing services. But diving deeper, this panel will explore the bottom line of these issues: the quality of health care for rural Americans.
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2-3 p.m. |
Fires, floods and more: How disasters threaten public health Floods can cause more than property damage. Wildfires can destroy more than possessions. Disasters inevitably bring negative health effects in their wake. Disasters can mean contaminated food and water, disease outbreaks, lung damage, injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder. Find pre- and post-disaster stories and how to prepare.
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3-3:30 p.m. |
Afternoon break |
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3:30-4:30 p.m. |
Deaths of despair: Suicides on the rise in rural America Suicide is taking an increasing number of lives, especially in rural America. Indeed, the gap in suicide rates between rural and urban areas have grown steadily in the past several years. There are numerous possible reasons: distance from behavioral health care resources, a population of at-risk veterans, even more access to firearms. Explore those reasons and more with a pair of experts who are in the midst of attempts to curtail this rise.
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