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How did the pandemic create behavior change and what changes are likely to persist? At the individual level, are we eating outdoors more? Shaking hands less? Shopping online more? Paying with cash less? Telecommuting more? Using mass transit less? At a systemic level, how has the pandemic created behavior change in the delivery of health… Continue reading Now That the Pandemic Is “Over”…
reposted article from VTx - Steven Mackay Graduate researchers in psychology seek to understand trauma, isolation, and resilience among Black Americans in Southwest Virginia. The grueling and combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police greatly strained Black Americans across the country in 2020, going into… Continue reading Listening to marginalized communities
In the seemingly beehive-like flow of the airport, an individual was asking an employee for words to be repeated. They seemed unfamiliar with what was routine to the employee and others in the airport. There was a line beginning to form as the situation continued. As an observer, I took stock of the situation before… Continue reading The World We Create
On the latest episode of the Rural Health Voice Podcast, Dr. Tori Makal from University of Virginia’s College at Wise and Dr. Wendy Welch from the SWVA Graduate Medical Education Consortium discuss food insecurity and the Inman Village Foodways Partnership Project - a project to improve health workers’ awareness of community nutrition and health care… Continue reading Food Insecurity – Rural Health Voice Podcast
One of the best things about working in rural central Appalachia is the cooperation. This is a place of small networks with big hearts and smart minds focusing eyes that see long-distance into the future. Yesterday GMEC board member Tori Makal and I traveled to the DeBusk College of Medicine and met with Cassi Jones,… Continue reading Networking
Stacy Weiner - Senior Staff Writer, AAMCJune 24, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court decision will make it harder for future OB-GYNs and other providers to learn to perform abortions. But it will affect other forms of medical training, too, including miscarriage management, counseling patients, and emergency care. “The widespread criminalization of an aspect of health… Continue reading How the repeal of Roe v. Wade will affect training in abortion and reproductive health
article reposted from News5 WCYB — There is a regional plan to connect some of the most beautiful places in southwest Virginia together to allow visitors the chance to visit mountains, lakes, and hiking trails a bit easier. The southwest Virginia leaders working to connect the popular tourism sites in the region are now seeing… Continue reading Recreation Spotlight: ‘Big Stone Gap obtains initial funding for campsites, development at Big Cherry reservoir’
I started my position as an Admin Assistant with the Virginia Rural Health Association only 15 months ago. Up until that point my background was mostly comprised of environmental education and nonprofit museums, so at the very least I was no stranger to social justice causes. Plus, after spending 20 out of 34 years of… Continue reading Check your Footing before you Stand for Others
Southwest Virginia GMEC Director Wendy Welch is the book editor The Knowledge Unlatched Focus Collection 2023: Global Health is a special collection containing 20 front list books from several publishers around one single topical, cutting-edge theme chosen by librarians. Knowledge Unlatched (KU) is an Open Access organization that facilitates the publishing of Open Access books and journals and makes… Continue reading ‘Masks, Misinformation, and Making Do: Appalachian Health-Care Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ book selected to be part of the KU Focus Collection 2023: Global Health
Foresight Health Services, the new health care provider that took over the property of the former Pioneer Community Hospital in Patrick County, announced Monday that the company has formally launched its website and has begun accepting applications for the new critical access facility it plans to open by the end of a year. The company said that… Continue reading New hospital in Patrick County starts hiring
Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium 