Funding Opportunities
Discover the latest funding and opportunities to support rural health. Browse all funding opportunities.
Am I Rural?
Use the Am I Rural? Tool to find out if a location is considered rural based on various definitions of rural, including definitions that are used as eligibility criteria for federal programs.
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 Rural Services Integration 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.
Ursuline Sisters HIV/AIDS Ministry
Our new video highlights a faith-based program that provides social and financial support,
including housing and a food pantry, to people with HIV/AIDS. Watch to learn how they have
increased the rate of viral load suppression among their clients to 81%.
Confronting Adverse Childhood
Experiences to Improve Rural Kids' Lifelong Health
Studies show that the more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) one has, the higher the
risk of chronic health conditions, anxiety disorders, low life potential, and even early
death. A sense of urgency for early intervention spurred one western North Carolina
school district and a Native American tribe in Wisconsin to act. Read more about how
their programs confront ACEs and build resiliency to overcome them.
News Headlines
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Rural Americans Less Likely to Wear Seat Belts, More Likely to Die in Crashes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -
Unbudgeted: How the Opioid Crisis Is Blowing a Hole in Small-town America's Finances
Reuters
New in the Online Library
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Rural-Urban Variations in Medicare Live Discharge Patterns from Hospice, 2012-2013
Source: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program -
Care Management Medicare Reimbursement Strategies for Rural Providers
Source: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Rural Health Information Hub -
Infant Mortality Rates in Rural and Urban Areas in the United States, 2014
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
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