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Exploring Targeted Interventions to Establish and Maintain Dual Breast and Lung Cancer Screening Programs in Eligible Rural Female Populationss<\/h2>\n

March \u2013 November 2026<\/h3>\n
\"SupportivePrincipal Investigator: Dana Ferrari-Light, DO, MPH<\/strong>
\nCPDE is providing support to a Dartmouth Cancer Center Prouty funded project led by Dr. Dana Ferrari-Light, Thoracic Surgeon, at Dartmouth Health. The study aims to identify factors that contribute to low rates of lung cancer screening in eligible women, especially those who have completed breast cancer screening, to inform targeted interventions to improve lung cancer survival. Using a mix of surveys and interviews, CPDE will explore the barriers to lung cancer screening and the acceptance of dual breast and lung cancer screening with a population of women who live in rural NH and VT.<\/div>\n
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COPD and Rural Health: Identifying\u00a0Environmental Exposures Associated with Adverse Outcomes<\/h2>\n

April 2026<\/h3>\n
\"PhotoCPDE is supporting an NIH funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) project led by Dr. Laura Paulin with the Center for Rural Healthcare Delivery Science at Dartmouth Health. Dr. Paulin's work aims to explore risk perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding environmental risk factors and potential strategies to mitigate such exposures among individuals with COPD living in northern New England. To date, CPDE has conducted patient interviews and qualitative analysis to understand the patient perspective and experience with environmental exposures. In this study's next phase, we will support interviews and analysis with community and municipal leaders who are actively involved in housing, heating assistance, and public health messaging to understand resources for tenants and\/or homeowners regarding fuel and energy assistance\/use, weatherization programs, and other areas.\u200b<\/div>\n
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Evaluating the NH Area Health Education Center<\/h2>\n

April 2026<\/h3>\n
\"PhotoCPDE is working with the New Hampshire Area Health Education Center to provide multi-year evaluation support for their four domains of work: AHEC Scholars, health career pathway programs for youth, workforce development for professionals and community health workers, and building strategic partnerships. Our support includes constructing a logic model, database management, surveys, and focus groups to inform program improvement, better understand outcomes, enhance coordination between the three program centers across the state, and support complex annual grant reporting.<\/div>\n

 
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Evaluating rural healthcare workforce programs<\/h2>\n

April 2026<\/h3>\n
\n\"PhotoPublished in January 2026 in the Journal of Rural Health. Healthcare workforce shortages are acute in rural areas. This study uses a holistic workforce retention framework to examine evidence and identified gaps in recruitment and retention programs, using the Veterans Health Administration as a case study. Of the 31 initiatives evaluated, one third (32%) focused on recruitment only, 48% focused on recruitment and retention, and 19% focused on retention only. Nearly three-quarters (71%) lacked sufficient evidence or were too early in implementation to assess effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the initiative. The strongest evidence existed for education loan repayment and nursing residency programs.\n<\/div>\n
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Dartmouth Health Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project (GWEP)
\nEllen Flaherty, PHD, MSN, APRN, General Internal Medicine, Geriatric Center of Excellence, Dartmouth Health<\/h2>\n

Spring 2026<\/h3>\n
\"PhotoCPDE is evaluating the Dartmouth Health GWEP, a rural workforce enhancement project, led by Ellen Flaherty at the Geriatric Center of Excellence at DH. The 5-year project funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provides education and training in geriatric and dementia care to nursing students (LNAs, LPNs, and RNs) medical residents, fellows, and faculty preceptors, and a monthly learning collaborative made up of interprofessional practice staff from FQHCs who are being trained in core components of high-quality geriatric care. CPDE is assessing program delivery, effectiveness, and outcomes through a mix of surveys and interviews with learners and quarterly monitoring of quality measures. Data is being used to improve program delivery, reach, and outcomes of participating learners.<\/div>\n
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CPDE Leaders at 2025 Biomedical Research Day<\/h2>\n

October 2025<\/h3>\n
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\"RebeccaRebecca Butcher and Kathy Carluzzo joined the Dartmouth biomedical research community to participate in the 2nd annual event in Oct. 2025. CPDE provides evaluation and mixed methods services for over 45 clinical and research faculty and programs across the Dartmouth enterprise. The research event provides CPDE leaders with an opportunity to network with partners, meet with others doing research in the community and share information about CPDE services and examples of our research outputs and dissemination. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stronger by Design: An ECHO for Practical Strategies to Evaluate and Amplify Impact<\/h2>\n

October 2025<\/h3>\n
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