Rural Health
Resources by State: California
Health Workforce Research Data Center: Annual Report to the Legislature, April 2025
Provides an overview of California's health workforce data, projections, demographics, education and employment trends, and more. Provides county-level data on healthcare occupations including behavioral health providers, nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, allied health professionals, and other clinicians.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Provides an overview of California's health workforce data, projections, demographics, education and employment trends, and more. Provides county-level data on healthcare occupations including behavioral health providers, nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, allied health professionals, and other clinicians.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Human Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) — California, September–December 2024
Reports on increased risk for infection from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) among people who work closely with dairy cows, poultry, or other animals with suspected or confirmed infection. Includes data on investigations that led to identification of 38 people who tested positive for HPAI A(H5N1) viruses in California, including 37 dairy farm workers with exposure to sick cows, and one child with an undetermined exposure.
Author(s): Sophie Zhu, Kathleen Harriman, Caterina Liu, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(8), 127–133
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on increased risk for infection from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) among people who work closely with dairy cows, poultry, or other animals with suspected or confirmed infection. Includes data on investigations that led to identification of 38 people who tested positive for HPAI A(H5N1) viruses in California, including 37 dairy farm workers with exposure to sick cows, and one child with an undetermined exposure.
Author(s): Sophie Zhu, Kathleen Harriman, Caterina Liu, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(8), 127–133
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Partnering to Improve Care for People Experiencing Homelessness Profile Series - Engaging the Community to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons from California's Tuolumne County
Discusses strategies to address homelessness and healthcare access in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Utilizes community needs assessment surveys to examine how to better meet healthcare and housing needs of residents through collaboration.
Author(s): Zackiya Grant-Knight, Jahira Sterling
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses strategies to address homelessness and healthcare access in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Utilizes community needs assessment surveys to examine how to better meet healthcare and housing needs of residents through collaboration.
Author(s): Zackiya Grant-Knight, Jahira Sterling
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Building Trust Through Integrated Outreach and Mobile Clinics for People Experiencing Homelessness: Tips for Providers
Discusses the process of utilizing a mobile health clinic approach to provide services to people experiencing homelessness in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Discusses issues related to mobile clinics, such as understanding client, staff, and care team benefits of a mobile health model as well as strategies for outreach.
Author(s): Katie League
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses the process of utilizing a mobile health clinic approach to provide services to people experiencing homelessness in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Discusses issues related to mobile clinics, such as understanding client, staff, and care team benefits of a mobile health model as well as strategies for outreach.
Author(s): Katie League
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Maternity Care in California: An Environmental Scan
Examines factors affecting declining hospital-based maternity care services in California and identifies approaches to increase access and quality of care. Includes discussion of rural hospital closures and rural quality of care challenges, and highlights rural program models in California and Alaska.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Hospital Association
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Examines factors affecting declining hospital-based maternity care services in California and identifies approaches to increase access and quality of care. Includes discussion of rural hospital closures and rural quality of care challenges, and highlights rural program models in California and Alaska.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Hospital Association
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State of California 2025-2029 Federal Consolidated Plan: Public Comment Draft
Draft report assessing needs and conditions and identifying priorities related to the implementation of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding programs administered by the California Department of Public Health, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and more. Discusses health, housing, homelessness, infrastructure, and economic development in Colonias and rural and tribal communities throughout.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: California Department of Housing and Community Development, California Department of Public Health
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Draft report assessing needs and conditions and identifying priorities related to the implementation of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding programs administered by the California Department of Public Health, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and more. Discusses health, housing, homelessness, infrastructure, and economic development in Colonias and rural and tribal communities throughout.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: California Department of Housing and Community Development, California Department of Public Health
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Wildfire Smoke as an Occupational Risk Factor: Clinician's Guide
Report discusses the health concerns associated with wildfire smoke exposure for farmworkers, and other outdoor workers. Highlights state-level air quality policies for workers in several western states and outlines best practices for clinicians.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Migrant Clinicians Network
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Report discusses the health concerns associated with wildfire smoke exposure for farmworkers, and other outdoor workers. Highlights state-level air quality policies for workers in several western states and outlines best practices for clinicians.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Migrant Clinicians Network
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Lessons from the Pandemic: Relationship Between Patient Visits and Patient Length of Stay in California's Health System
Examines impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient utilization of California hospitals. Analyzes 2019-2021 COVID-19 cases, mortality, patient length of stay (LOS), and more in 56 California counties, with rural versus urban comparisons.
Author(s): David D. Cho, Yu Wang
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems, 23, 11
Date: 01/2025
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Examines impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient utilization of California hospitals. Analyzes 2019-2021 COVID-19 cases, mortality, patient length of stay (LOS), and more in 56 California counties, with rural versus urban comparisons.
Author(s): David D. Cho, Yu Wang
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems, 23, 11
Date: 01/2025
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Variables Influencing Telemedicine Utilization via Telephone Appointments among Rural Patients
Examines patient telemedicine preferences at a rural outpatient clinic in California. Examines 2021 survey feedback from 153 patients related to themes such as patient-physician rapport, quality, accessibility, availability, cost, and more.
Author(s): Eliseo García, Benjamin C. Vincent, Shivani Thakur, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1
Date: 01/2025
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Examines patient telemedicine preferences at a rural outpatient clinic in California. Examines 2021 survey feedback from 153 patients related to themes such as patient-physician rapport, quality, accessibility, availability, cost, and more.
Author(s): Eliseo García, Benjamin C. Vincent, Shivani Thakur, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1
Date: 01/2025
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Telehealth Evolution in California: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Reports on trends in telehealth policy, financing, implementation, and use in California, and provides recommendations to increase telehealth access. Discusses rural barriers to telehealth access.
Author(s): Natasha Arora, Maggie Jones
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Reports on trends in telehealth policy, financing, implementation, and use in California, and provides recommendations to increase telehealth access. Discusses rural barriers to telehealth access.
Author(s): Natasha Arora, Maggie Jones
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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