Rural Health Information Hub

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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

Learn about issues that impact rural health in RHIhub’s Topic Guides. Recently updated:

Community Health Gateway

Find rural project examples in Rural Health Models and Innovations and proven strategies for strong rural programs with toolkits like the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse 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.

Rural Tobacco Control and Prevention Toolkit
This new toolkit provides resources and information that organizations can use to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain rural tobacco control and prevention programs. Includes evidence-based examples, promising models, and program best practices.

“Doing Something Exceptional”: Rural Communities and Colorectal Cancer Screening
The CDC’s MMWR Rural Health Series’ most recent report focuses on rural-urban cancer disparities. Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence and mortality rates in rural areas – rates that are likely influenced by lack of screening. Using different approaches, two rural healthcare organizations in Idaho and Kentucky show how they are saving lives by improving colorectal cancer screening rates in their communities.