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Map of Study Sites
The setting for the study is shown above. The project will be directed from the MSU College of Nursing main campus in Bozeman. MSU serves as a statewide nursing program, with a multi-campus system (with campuses in Missoula, Great Falls, and Billings) that has been in place for 55 years. Under the direction of the Montana State Board of Regents, a Division of Health Sciences (DHS) has recently been established at the main Bozeman campus. The mission of the multi-disciplinary DHS is to provide an administrative mechanism for institutional coordination among academic, research, and services programs in the health sciences. In addition to nursing education and multi-disciplinary research, MSU Bozeman is designated as the primary medical education site in the state through its role in the WWAMI Medical Program at the University of Washington. The RTW intervention will be delivered in two rural settings; Missoula County, Montana, and Union and Baker County, Oregon. Within the context of this proposal, "rural" is operationally defined as residency and employment in a non-metropolitan county or a rural place (<2500 residents). The MSU College of Nursing, Missoula campus will serve as the home base for Missoula County interventions (1990 county population = 78,687). Eighteen faculty are based in this branch of the College of Nursing. As coordinator of this site, Ms. Henry will capitalize on her well-established contacts in the Missoula community. The Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing at Eastern Oregon State College will serve as the second home base for delivery of RTW interventions. The catchment area for this site includes both Union (1990 population = 24,120) and Baker counties (1990 population = 15,697). Dr. Bowden, who provides clinical coordination for this site, serves as Associate Dean of Nursing and as well as providing direction for the rural nurse clinics in this area. Through the clinical and research resources at both MSU and OHSU, the proposed project benefits from established nursing contacts in rural communities as well as having access to exceptional research resources at both Universities. |
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