Rural Health
Resources by State: New York

Disadvantaged Groups Have Greater Spatial Access to Pharmacies in New York State
Examines spatial pharmacy access in low-income and racial minority communities across New York State. Utilizes population weighted mean shortest road network distance (PWMSD) to examine distance to closest pharmacy. Includes Census Tract-level maps showing demographics such as poverty, education level, Black, and Hispanic/Latino quartile percentages and the correlation to pharmacy access. Includes discussion about how rurality factors into pharmacy access for disadvantaged groups.
Author(s): Abhinav Suri, James Quinn, Raymond R. Balise, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 471
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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Effects of the Communities that Heal (CTH) Intervention on Perceived Opioid-Related Community Stigma in the HEALing Communities Study: Results of a Multi-Site, Community-Level, Cluster-Randomized Trial
Examines levels of community stigma toward naloxone use, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and people treated for opioid use disorder (OUD), as related to different periods during the Communities that Heal (CTH) intervention. Analyzes survey data from 66 communities across 4 states by rural-urban status regarding their perceptions of OUD. Discusses implications of the intervention for rural communities addressing OUD and stigma.
Author(s): Alissa Davis, Hannah K. Knudsen, Daniel M. Walker, et al.
Citation: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 32
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model: Evaluation Report 2
Presents findings from the first year of the implementation of the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model, which aims to improve health outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled children with complex physical and behavioral health needs. Provides an overview of the InCK Model and profiles each InCK award recipient's model, community context, approach to assessing beneficiary needs, and alternative payment model design. Identifies models serving rural areas and service gaps in these areas.
Additional links: Findings at a Glance
Date: 02/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Abt Associates, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in New York
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 01/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Northern Border Region Planning Program, 2021-2023
Provides on overview of program impact for the Rural Northern Border Region Planning Program, which supports planning activities to address rural health issues in the northern border region. Also provides contact information and a brief overview for each of the four initiatives funded under the program.
Date: 12/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Rural Health Care Coordination Program Directory, 2023-2027
Provides an overview of the 10 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Program during the 2023-2027 project period. Each profile includes information on the focus areas to be addressed, project partners, and targeted populations.
Date: 12/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Extra Episode - Women Who Impact with Karen Madden in Recognition of National Rural Health Day
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Karen Madden, Director of the Center for Health Care Policy and Resource Development and Director of the New York State Department of Health's Charles D. Cook Office of Rural Health. Covers Madden's career, the impact she sees from her work, advice for others, and current projects.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Bringing Counties Together to Create Stronger Health Departments at a Lesser Cost in Rural Western New York
Discusses how 2 rural public health departments in New York collaborated to leverage resources and utilize shared staffing. Features impacts of collaboration and provides strategies on how to make similar public health department collaborations successful.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Sharing Public Health Services
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FY 2023: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – New York Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in New York in Fiscal Year 2023. Lists grant and cooperative agreement recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Rural Health Care Coordination Sourcebook, 2020-2023
Provides an overview of the ten initiatives funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Program for the 2020-2023 period, with information on program accomplishments and reach. Detailed grantee profiles include contact information, consortium partners, population served, program outcomes and impacts, and lessons learned.
Date: 09/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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