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Added September 2, 2026
Migration and Aging Across the Rural-Urban Continuum
Examines migration and aging patterns from 1980 to 2020 across the rural-urban continuum. Covers age-specific net migration by decade, retirement-age and working adult migration, aging in place, and the relationship between housing, income, employment, and health on migration. Provides charts, graphs, and county-level U.S. maps depicting migration patterns.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Justin B. Winikoff, Richelle L. Winkler, John Cromartie, Katherine J. Curtis
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Examines migration and aging patterns from 1980 to 2020 across the rural-urban continuum. Covers age-specific net migration by decade, retirement-age and working adult migration, aging in place, and the relationship between housing, income, employment, and health on migration. Provides charts, graphs, and county-level U.S. maps depicting migration patterns.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Justin B. Winikoff, Richelle L. Winkler, John Cromartie, Katherine J. Curtis
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Non-Metropolitan vs. Metropolitan Variations in Alcohol, Illicit Drug, and Prescription Therapeutic Drug Misuse
Reports on how alcohol use, illicit drug use, and the use of opioid and non-opioid prescription drugs vary by rural or urban area using 2023-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
Author(s): Tyrone F. Borders
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
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Reports on how alcohol use, illicit drug use, and the use of opioid and non-opioid prescription drugs vary by rural or urban area using 2023-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
Author(s): Tyrone F. Borders
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
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Practical Approaches to Rural Public Health Policy
Training module that provides core knowledge about how the public health policy process functions, building support among decision-makers, and how contextual factors impact public health policy for rural public health practice. Focuses on building knowledge around a six-step policy process to identify an issue, identify options, strategize and build support, finalize and adopt the policy, implement the policy, and review and adjust the policy based on lessons learned. Includes real-world local public health policy examples. Continuing education credits for this course are available through August 28, 2029, via CDC TRAIN.
Additional links: CDC TRAIN
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Training module that provides core knowledge about how the public health policy process functions, building support among decision-makers, and how contextual factors impact public health policy for rural public health practice. Focuses on building knowledge around a six-step policy process to identify an issue, identify options, strategize and build support, finalize and adopt the policy, implement the policy, and review and adjust the policy based on lessons learned. Includes real-world local public health policy examples. Continuing education credits for this course are available through August 28, 2029, via CDC TRAIN.
Additional links: CDC TRAIN
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Practical Data Skills for Rural Public Health
Training module that provides core knowledge on data assessment for rural public health practice and decision-making. Focuses on building practical skills to collect, organize, analyze, interpret, and communicate data. Includes real-world examples and strategies to review and apply data skills to everyday rural public health work. Continuing education credits for this course are available through August 28, 2029, via CDC TRAIN.
Additional links: CDC TRAIN
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Training module that provides core knowledge on data assessment for rural public health practice and decision-making. Focuses on building practical skills to collect, organize, analyze, interpret, and communicate data. Includes real-world examples and strategies to review and apply data skills to everyday rural public health work. Continuing education credits for this course are available through August 28, 2029, via CDC TRAIN.
Additional links: CDC TRAIN
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program: Annual Data Report, 2024
Reports on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program, which focuses on increasing the size and skills of the HIV clinical workforce, improving HIV care outcomes, and decreasing HIV transmission. Provides AETC Program data for the years 2019-2024 on participants' rural/suburban/urban employment settings and training events focused on rural populations.
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
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Reports on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program, which focuses on increasing the size and skills of the HIV clinical workforce, improving HIV care outcomes, and decreasing HIV transmission. Provides AETC Program data for the years 2019-2024 on participants' rural/suburban/urban employment settings and training events focused on rural populations.
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
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Tele-Hospitalist Services to Support the Opening of a New Rural Hospital
Describes a tele-hospitalist model designed to support the Medical University of South Carolina Health System (MUSC Health) Black River, a 25-bed rural hospital in South Carolina that opened in 2023. Examines the operational and clinical performance of MUSC Health Black River during its first six quarters of operation, including patient volume, payer mix, average daily census (ADC), 30-day readmissions, and more.
Author(s): Yotam Papo, Jillian Harvey, Dunc Williams Jr., et al.
Citation: Journal of Hospital Medicine, 21(9), 1075-1080
Date: 09/2026
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Describes a tele-hospitalist model designed to support the Medical University of South Carolina Health System (MUSC Health) Black River, a 25-bed rural hospital in South Carolina that opened in 2023. Examines the operational and clinical performance of MUSC Health Black River during its first six quarters of operation, including patient volume, payer mix, average daily census (ADC), 30-day readmissions, and more.
Author(s): Yotam Papo, Jillian Harvey, Dunc Williams Jr., et al.
Citation: Journal of Hospital Medicine, 21(9), 1075-1080
Date: 09/2026
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Added September 1, 2026
Centering Innovation in Rural Communities, with Alycia Bayne
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Alycia Bayne, Associate Director for Public Health Research at the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. Focuses on rural innovation insights drawn from work on a new guide that rural communities can use to design, implement, and scale innovative approaches that build on local realities and strengths.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Alycia Bayne, Associate Director for Public Health Research at the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. Focuses on rural innovation insights drawn from work on a new guide that rural communities can use to design, implement, and scale innovative approaches that build on local realities and strengths.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Critical Access Hospital Replacement Directory
Provides directory information for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that underwent facility/building replacement. Allows user to search directory by rurality, region, state, replacement year, and hospital name.
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Capital Partners
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Provides directory information for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that underwent facility/building replacement. Allows user to search directory by rurality, region, state, replacement year, and hospital name.
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Capital Partners
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Critical Access Hospital Replacement Study Dashboard
Provides interactive data on Critical Access Hospital (CAH) financial and operational performance before and after a facility/building replacement. Allows user to filter information by key performance indicator, rurality, region, state, and average net patient revenue.
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Capital Partners
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Provides interactive data on Critical Access Hospital (CAH) financial and operational performance before and after a facility/building replacement. Allows user to filter information by key performance indicator, rurality, region, state, and average net patient revenue.
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Capital Partners
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Hawaii Rural Health Transformation Program
Provides information on Hawaii's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Presents an overview of program initiatives and state RHTP funding opportunities.
Additional links: Application
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii State Department of Health
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Provides information on Hawaii's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Presents an overview of program initiatives and state RHTP funding opportunities.
Additional links: Application
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii State Department of Health
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