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Key Rural Health Issues
Learn about issues that impact rural health in RHIhub’s Topic Guides. Recently updated:
Rural teens face a higher prevalence of behavior problems, anxiety, and suicide rates
than their urban peers, but there are fewer behavioral health providers in rural areas
to help these teens. A trauma therapist in rural West Virginia and a school program in
rural Wisconsin incorporate teenagers’ strengths and interests and connect them with
trusted adults in order to improve their mental health.
Check out our latest podcast episode, Health Equity in Rural Communities. New
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News Headlines
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A Year to Prepare – Organizers Work to Ensure 988 Helps Rural Residents Too
The Daily Yonder -
Small-Town Nursing Homes Closing Amid Staffing Crunch
NBC News, Kaiser Health News
New in the Online Library
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Impacts of Critical Access Hospital Independence and System Ownership during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Source: Flex Monitoring Team -
COVID-19 Mortality Rates across Noncore, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Counties by Community Characteristics, December 2020-January 2021
Source: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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