SAFE-T Center expands efforts to support sexual assault nurse examiners
Oct 30, 2019
Sexual assault rates are higher in rural areas of Pennsylvania than in urban areas, yet many rural hospitals don’t have the resources to provide high-quality sexual assault care. A $2.4 million grant from the Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency will expand the efforts of Penn State’s…
Nursing researchers to enhance age-friendly care for older adults in rural PA
Jun 20, 2019
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded Penn State's College of Nursing and its collaborators $3,750,000 to support medically underserved regions throughout rural Pennsylvania. This funding will support the…
Penn State researchers to study need for hospice care in rural Pennsylvania
May 2, 2019
A new grant from the Center for Rural Pennsylvaniawill enable researchers in the College of Nursing and the Department of Health Policy and Administration in the College of Health and Human Development to assess the need for hospice and palliative care in rural Pennsylvania. Co-investigators Lisa…