Funding Opportunities
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Am I Rural?
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Key Rural Health Issues
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Community Health Gateway
Find rural project examples in Rural Health Models and Innovations and proven strategies for strong rural programs with toolkits like the Tobacco Control and Prevention Toolkit in the Rural Community Health Gateway.
Finding Statistics & Data
Learn how to locate and use data in the Finding Statistics and Data Related to Rural Health topic guide and this chart of Data Sources & Tools Relevant to Rural Health.
Williamson Health & Wellness Center
Our new video highlights a program that uses Community Health Workers to work with rural
patients in West Virginia to manage chronic illnesses, connect to community resources, and
provide health education.
Bringing Change for Rural COPD Patients: Possibilities
with the COPD National Action Plan
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is number 3 on the cause of death list. In
rural America, it’s the sole major chronic disease with increasing death rates. In May,
the COPD National Action Plan, a “blueprint for a multi-faceted, unified fight against
the disease” was released. Rural stakeholders share perspectives of just how rural
Americans with COPD might benefit from the plan’s rural touchpoints.
News Headlines
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New Numbers Reveal Huge Disparities in Opioid Prescribing
Stateline, Pew Charitable Trusts -
ERs Can Improve Population Health in Rural Areas
American College of Emergency Physicians
New in the Online Library
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Telehealth: Delivering the Right Care, at the Right
Place, at the Right Time
Source: American Hospital Association -
The
Financial Importance of Medicare Post-Acute and Hospice
Care to Rural Hospitals
Source: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program - Funding Opportunity: Substance
Abuse Treatment Telehealth Network Grant Program
Sponsor: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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