$168 Million in Federal Dollars for Rural Health in Maryland
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This episode discusses the $168 million federal grant awarded to Maryland for advancing rural health initiatives.
About this episode: Late last year, the federal government awarded the state of Maryland $168 million for projects advancing rural health. In this episode: Elizabeth Kromm of the Maryland Department of Health explains how the state plans to use this Rural Health Transformation grant to bolster the state's health workforce, connect more people to primary care, get more locally-grown, nutritious foods on Marylander's plates—and the massive effort to turn around a grant proposal like this on a very tight timeline. Guest: Elizabeth Edsall Kromm , PhD, is assistant secretary of population health and strategic initiatives at the Maryland Department of Health and adjunct assistant professor of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Host: Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA , is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast , an editor for Expert Insights , and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Show links and related content: Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) —Maryland Department of Health What Rural America Can Learn from Global Health —Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs…
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