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.

Upcoming Webinars

May
15
AzCRH Webinar Series: Arizona Primary Care Office: Improving Access to Care through Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) & Workforce Programs
Noon – 1 p.m., May 15, 2025

After participating in the webinar, participants will better understand:

How the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation process operates through local, state and federal partnership.

The plan for upcoming designation updates and ways to stay informed on the outcomes of those Arizona's HPSA updates.

How health workforce programs increase access to care in Arizona's HPSAs.
Jul
10
AzCRH Webinar Series: Overdose Prevention and Other State-Wide Resources: Arizona's Collaborative Response
Noon – 1 p.m., July 10, 2025

Identify key non-Medicaid resources for Substance Use Disorder (SUD)/Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Arizona, including statewide, hotlines, and county-specific options.

Highlight the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center’s opioid-related resources and discuss their role in overdose response and support services for individuals with SUD/OUD.

Discuss best practices for disseminating resources and increasing public awareness of available services.

  • April 10, 2025: Overdose Recognition, Naloxone Administration, and Us: Empowering Action fro Safety and Overdose Prevention with Bianca SantaMaria, MPH and Elena Cameron, MPH Slides
  • March 20, 2025: Engaging Families and Young Adults Program (EFYAP) - with Kelly Randall and Reggie Mitzel
  • March 13, 2025: Substance use in Pregnancy: Treatment approaches during pregnancy and coordination of care - With Saira Kalia, MD, MBBS
  • February 20, 2025: Closing the gap in pediatric eye care: A network adequacy study - Dr. Rizwana Biviji
  • 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 Know- Havala 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