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7th
Annual Indiana Rural Health Conference June 9 to 11 at French
Lick: Get Your Conference Reservations Made Today
Early Bird Registrations must be in by May 20 to be eligible for the
drawing for a free over-night package for you and your companion at the
French Lick Resort. Members
should have received the Conference brochure with the registration form in
the mail. If you need a brochure, call the IRHA office at 812/238-4936, or
download a registration form or register on line at
www.indianaruralhealth.org
Continue to check out the web site periodically for updates to the
Conference program and activities, sponsors, and exhibitors.
To make reservations at French Lick Springs Resort, call
1/800-457-4042, press 1, and tell the clerk you are with the IRHA
Conference.
HPSA Orientation April 12 at Rice Auditorium, ISDH
The Office of Primary Care, ISDH, has planned an orientation to the
process used to determine whether a county or part of a county is a Health
Professional Shortage Area for purposes of Federal and State programs such
Community Health Centers, State Loan Repayment, National Health Service
Corps, enhanced reimbursement for physicians under the Medicare program,
and other programs. Primary Care Shortage Designations are updated every
three years. Staff of ISDH responsible for various aspects of the program,
including Nellie Simpson (Director, Local Liaison Office), Patrick
Durkin (Manager, Office of Primary Care), Jonathon Mack (Director, Office
of Primary Care), Robert Sunman (Director, Indiana State Office of Rural
Health, Local Liaison Office), and Janet Chorpenning (Chief Nurse
Consultant, Local Liaison Office, and Project Coordinator, State Loan
Repayment Program), as well as IRHA Staff members Kathy Martin and Ray
Guest and IPHCA staff member Randall Ritter will present various
aspects of the designation process, explain many of the programs for which
a HPSA designation is a prerequisite, and answer questions about the
designation process.
The workshop begins at 9:30 a.m., Monday, April 12, at Rice Auditorium,
ISDH, 2 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. There is no fee for this
program. Seating is limited, and advance registration is requested.
A registration form is attached, and can be faxed to Paula Johnson,
Conference Registrar, IRHA, at 812/238-7460. (Feel free to share this with
others in your community who would benefit from this orientation.)
New and Expanded IRHA Web Site Coming April 5
Check out IRHA’s web site after April 5 to view the new
IRHA web site, featuring updated information about the Rural Health
Outreach Grant Project developed by a consortium of IRHA members,
including Family Health Services, Rushville (Ann Curtis Executive
Director), U. S. Health Services (David Blair), Hoosier Uplands (Shawna
Girgis and Steve Adams), IRHA, and the Indiana State Office of Rural
Health. Also new will be a special section covering Bioterrorism and
Emergency Preparedness with regular updates from ISDH, CDC, IHHA and
others of importance to rural providers and communities. Tina Elliott,
IRHA’s webmaster, has had the assistance of Hicham Rahmouni, an Indiana
State University graduate student, in this redesign of the web site. We
thank Dr. Bruce McLaren, Indiana State University, who was the faculty
advisor for this project.
MORE CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Scholarships to Annual Conference
Scholarships are available to members who reside in the following seven
counties from North Central: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain,
Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White, and the offer is open to
students who live in or go to school in those counties. Scholarships are
also available to IRHA members who live in and work in those seven
counties.
The scholarship includes registration only. Recipients are expected to
pay their $25 membership fee if their dues are due at the time of
Conference and are responsible for their own housing and transportation.
Students are expected to pay their $10 membership fee if it is due at the
time of Conference and will be responsible for their own transportation.
Please call Paula Johnson (812/238-4936) for more information.
Heartsaver AED Training Course Available at IRHA Conference
The Indiana State-Wide Rural Access to Emergency Devices (RAED) Project
is providing a Heartsaver AED class during the pre-Conference of the
Indiana Rural Health Association’s Annual Conference at the French Lick
Resort in French Lick, Indiana. The class will be held June 9 from 8:30
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Roth Room A. It is for first responders and lay
rescuers. Space is limited to 18. A boxed lunch will be served at a cost
of $15.00. The course is provided at no cost by the Indiana State-Wide
RAED grant. Registration forms are located on the IRHA web site ( www.indianaruralhealth.org).
A registration form is also included with this newsletter.
Funding for the Indiana State-Wide RAED Project is provided by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services
Administration’s Office of Rural Health Policy. Here in Indiana, AED units
will be distributed to rural counties; and training on the AED units will
be provided. The grant is a three-year project. AED units will be going
out to the Southern counties in Indiana this year, to the Central counties
in 2004-2005, and the Northern counties in 2005-2006.
We need your help to make this the best Indiana Rural
Health Conference.
Things IRHA members can help with:
Share the Conference brochure with friends and
colleagues. (We will be glad to mail you additional brochures.) The
Conference information is also available on the web site at
www.indianaruralhealth.org
Secure prizes for drawings. We would be happy to
have logo items from your organization or other suitable prizes.
Last year, members solicited local banks for savings bonds, local
inns/hotels/restaurants for donation of a night’s stay, dinner for
two, etc. Let Paula Johnson know if you secure a drawing prize at
pjohnson@uhhg.org.
Encourage health career students from your
community who have an interest in practicing in a rural setting to
attend the Conference. Request a scholarship application from
pjohnson@uhhg.org
to give them. Share information about the Poster Session with
students.
Would you consider sponsoring a health career
student to attend the Annual Conference? Any donation will be gladly
accepted. To have a Conference Scholarship named, the minimum
donation is $300.
Conference Sponsorship and/or Exhibit
If you are considering becoming a sponsor of the Conference, or if you
would like to provide an exhibit, the deadline is approaching in order to
have advertising materials printed in the Conference program book. Please
download a sponsorship or exhibit form from the IRHA web site at
www.indianaruralhealth.org
if you are interested. If you need additional information, please contact
Tina Elliott at
telliottirha@bizma.rr.com.
Feel free to check out the most up-to-date sponsor and exhibitor lists on
the web site.
Poster Session
The Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) is planning a poster
session for the IRHA 2004 Annual Conference. The poster session will
provide an opportunity for an informal exchange of information on
innovative educational curricula, health practice projects, community
outreach initiatives, research or other health related projects.
Poster presentations must be set up by 12:00 noon on June 9.
Posters will be judged on the afternoon of June 9.
Awards will be presented to students at the Conference dinner on June
10.
Student Awards: First Place - $500; Second Place - $350; Third Place
- $200;
High School - $200
Poster Awards are sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo.
If you need additional information, email
pjohnson@uhhg.org
Hat Contest at Wednesday Night Hog Roast
Wednesday evening, the annual Hog Roast will have a Country-Western
theme. Entertainment this year will be provided by Country Thunder,
a group from Clay City that includes IRHA member Doug Inman. Wear your
jeans and boots and your western hat. New this year will be a Hat
Contest, featuring prizes for The Most Authentic Western Hat, The
Fanciest Western Hat, and The Most Unusual Western Hat. You are
encouraged to take part in the contest.
IRHA Activities
“Matter in Motion”
Networking with Medical Students
Ivy Tech State College hosted the Fourth Annual Matter and Motion, a
community event that was held Saturday, March 27, 2004, at the Terre Haute
campus. It is a fun, family-oriented, educational event that encourages
lifelong learning in the areas of science, technology, health, and fitness
by providing hands-on activities and demonstrations. The event had over
1,500 participants last year, and this year the numbers increased.
This was a great opportunity for IRHA to work with medical students of
all kinds and to do some networking. IRHA had a display that targeted
healthy living. The display included the following:
1. A Nutrition display with fat and muscle replicas, sugar,
fat, and salt intake samples, the food guide pyramid, educational
handouts, and good nutrition coloring pages for the kids.
2. A Dairy Association display with the calcium an average
person has compared to the person with osteoporosis. This display also
included recipes, a risk assessment for osteoporosis, and educational
handouts and stickers for the kids.
3. An American Heart Association display with a stroke
assessment and educational handouts on many topics like stroke, heart
attack and healthy living.
4. An IRHA display with general information about IRHA,
membership registration, and the Annual Conference information.
5. A Safety display included a booster seat giveaway to
promote the new booster seat law in Indiana.
The event was a great success. The booster seat winner is Kristin
Lewis. She has a 14-month-old child who will need it soon. She was very
excited and grateful for the education she received at the IRHA display
and the much-needed booster seat.
Special thanks to the IRHA staff and to Jennifer Custer, IRHA Board
member, for coordinating and participating in this event.
Other IRHA Events Scheduled:
Ø Clay City Community Resource Fair – April 15
Ø Wabash Valley Healthcare Workforce Summit –
April 16
Ø Austin Health Fair – April 24
Ø Indiana Public Health
Association Spring Conference – May 10 to 12
News from our members
Dr. Dale Theobald, who works with Community Cancer Care, an IRHA
Organizational Member which provides oncology services to several of our
rural hospital members, received notification that CCC’s abstract "Access
to Communication Technologies in a Sample of Cancer Patients in Indiana:
An Urban and Rural Survey" has been selected for a poster presentation at
the NRHA Annual Conference in May. The poster will also be displayed at
the IRHA Annual Conference.
Lancaster Pollard, an organization new to the IRHA, recently had the
pleasure of financing these community hospitals in Indiana: Dunn Memorial
Hospital (Bedford), Morgan Hospital and Medical Center (Martinsville),
Hendricks Community Hospital (Danville), Major Hospital (Shelbyville),
Henry County Memorial Hospital (New Castle), Adams County Memorial
Hospital (Decatur), and Good Samaritan Hospital (Vincennes). For more
information about Lancaster Pollard, visit their web site at
www.lancasterpollard.com.
You can also visit their booth at
the Annual Conference.
Immunizations – Beverly Sheets from the Indiana State Department of
Health Immunization Program reminds everyone that Immunization A-Z may be
brought to your county. If you are interested in scheduling this program
for your immunization providers, please contact her at 317/501-5722 or
email her at
hepbbev@aol.com.
ISDH Announces State Loan Repayment Program - The Indiana State
Department of Health announced the commencement of the State Loan
Repayment Program, which offers health care professionals partial
reimbursement for their student loans after they have committed to work in
a health professional shortage area (HPSA) in Indiana. For further
information, please contact Janet Chorpenning, R.N., at 1-800-809-8460 or
email her at
jchorpenni@isdh.state.in.us.
Healthcare Positions Available – Check out these web sites:
·
www.practicesite.com
·
www.medzilla.com
SEICHN Provides Free Mammography to Underserved, Rural
Women
The Southeastern Indiana Cancer Health Network, Inc. (SEICHN)
in collaboration with local health departments supports a Breast Health
Program that targets underserved women in rural (non-metropolitan)
southeastern Indiana. The organization’s number one objective is to
provide mobile mammography screening and self-breast examination education
on an annual basis to underserved rural women who lack access to such
facilities as well as access for related payment.
In 2003 the SEICHN received funding from the Health
Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, the Ripley County Indiana Foundation,
and the Greater Cincinnati Komen Foundation to provide free mammography to
underserved women in Southeastern Indiana. 215 women received free
mammograms at one of six community-based sites between March and October.
In addition to receiving a free mammogram, each woman was taught how to
perform self-breast examination.
Date Community Site Town County # of Mammograms
3/20/03 United Methodist Rising Sun Ohio 41
Church
4/18/03 Carnegie Hall Moores Hill Dearborn/ 33
Historical Bldg. Ripley
5/30/03 Health Dept. Versailles Ripley 40
6/16/03 Moose Lodge Aurora Dearborn 32
8/26/03 Senior Center Brookville Franklin 40
10/02/032 Trinity Episcopal Lawrenceburg Dearborn 29
Church
Of the 215 women, 199 completed a questionnaire related
to their breast health. Only 11% reported that they had never had a
mammogram before as compared to 21% in 2002. Seventy percent of the women
served were between 40 and 61 years of age. Only 40% of the women were
employed full-time for pay. Of the group 19% had not completed high
school.
In 2003, as in 2002, over fifty-five percent of the
women reported family income as less than $25,000 per year. In 2003 60% of
the women reported that they had health care insurance as compared to
89.6% for Indiana (CDC, 2000) and 89% for American women (MEPS, 1996). Of
those indicating they were insured, 81% had private insurance, 17% had
Medicare, and less than 1% had Medicaid. Interestingly, 53% reported that
their insurance did not pay for mammography services.
Additionally, 30% of the women reported that they had
not had a mammogram within the past two years. The most common reason for
not having had a mammogram was ‘it cost a lot’, followed by ‘no
insurance’. Forty-six percent of the women lived greater than 30 minutes
from the nearest mammography facility. Only 44% lived within 15 minutes to
the nearest mammography facility. Of the 215 women who received
mammograms, 11% required follow-up examination of their breasts.
Overall, these statistics are staggering and support
the ongoing need of similar programs in rural communities. This program is
making a difference in the lives of rural women. Comparative results
demonstrate the impact of the program from 2001 to 2003 (see back).
For more information about the SEICHN, contact
Dr.
Adrianne Lane at
Adrianne.Lane@uc.edu
or
Dr. Madeleine Martin at
Madeleine.Martin@uc.edu.
Remember: Mammograms Save Lives.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Orientation to HPSA Designation
April 12, 2004
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Rice Auditorium
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
No fee to register (Lunch is on your own)
Parking available in the Circle Center Mall
REGISTRANT (please print or type)
Name: ______________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
Organization: ___________________________________
Address: _______________________________________
_______________________________________________
City, State, Zip: __________________________________
Phone: _________________________________________
Fax: ___________________________________________
Email: __________________________________________
Please return via mail to:
Indiana Rural Health Association
Orientation to HPSA Designation Workshop
P.O. Box 10366
Terre Haute, IN 47801
or fax to:
Indiana Rural Health Association
812/238-7460
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Indiana State-Wide Rural AED Project
Presents a Heart Saver AED (Automated Electrical
Defibrillator) Training Course
For First Responders and Lay Rescuers
June 9, 2004
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
French Lick Resort, French Lick, Indiana
Space is limited to 18
Boxed lunch will be served at a cost of $15.00; course
is provided at no charge by the Indiana State-Wide Rural AED Grant.
REGISTRANT (please print or type)
Name________________________________ Title
_________________________________
Credentials_________________________________________________________________
Organization/Employer________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip ________________________________________County________________
Phone: ___________________ Fax: _____________________
Email: ____________________________
Physical Accommodations and/or Special Dietary Needs:
___________________________
____________________________________________________________________
I have a current CPR card_________________If no, have you ever taken a
CPR class_________________
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO IRHA
Return to: Indiana Rural Health Association, PO Box 10366, Terre Haute,
IN 47801 or fax to 812/238-7460
Phone 812/238-4936; email
telliottirha@bizma.rr.com
or
pjohnson@uhhg.org
METHOD OF PAYMENT
___ Check enclosed OR Credit Card
(complete below) ___Visa ___MasterCard
____________________________________________
Cardholder Name: (Please Print) Card Number Expiration Date
__________________________________
_________________
Signature ________________________________________________
Total Amount Enclosed $____________________________________
Cancellations and Refunds: There will be no refunds for cancellations
received after May 15, 2004.
Frank
Shelton
Executive Director
Indiana
Rural Health Association
P.O. Box
10366
Terre Haute, IN 47801
Shelton7500@msn.com
Phone 812/238-4937 or 238-4936
Fax 812/238-7460
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