Rural Health
Resources by State: Georgia
Opioid Overdose Surveillance Preliminary District Report: Georgia, 2023
Describes district-level fatal and nonfatal opioid-involved overdoses in Georgia from 2021-2023. Covers prescription opioids and illicit opioids, and features statistics on demographics, overdose deaths, and emergency department (ED) visits, with breakdowns by district, drug type, and year. Includes county-level maps with shadings showing ranges of opioid-involved deaths and ED visits per 100,000.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Public Health
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Describes district-level fatal and nonfatal opioid-involved overdoses in Georgia from 2021-2023. Covers prescription opioids and illicit opioids, and features statistics on demographics, overdose deaths, and emergency department (ED) visits, with breakdowns by district, drug type, and year. Includes county-level maps with shadings showing ranges of opioid-involved deaths and ED visits per 100,000.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Public Health
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Evaluating Access to Psychosocial Services for the Medicaid-Insured Children in Georgia
Assesses mental health workforce supply and demand for psychosocial services for the Medicaid-insured children in Georgia, and examines the impact of policy interventions to increase availability of services for the Medicaid-insured population. Analyzes factors associated with unmet demand, including data on rurality, travel distance, and more.
Author(s): Yujia Xie, Pravara Harati, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Nicoleta Serban
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 244
Date: 01/2025
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Assesses mental health workforce supply and demand for psychosocial services for the Medicaid-insured children in Georgia, and examines the impact of policy interventions to increase availability of services for the Medicaid-insured population. Analyzes factors associated with unmet demand, including data on rurality, travel distance, and more.
Author(s): Yujia Xie, Pravara Harati, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Nicoleta Serban
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 244
Date: 01/2025
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Sustainability Resources for Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) Program Awardees
Offers guidance to awardees of the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) on creating sustainability for funded projects. Lists resources and funding opportunities for awarded projects at the national and state levels.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Offers guidance to awardees of the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) on creating sustainability for funded projects. Lists resources and funding opportunities for awarded projects at the national and state levels.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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National Community Care Corps 2023-2025 Grantee Snapshots: Volunteer Power Supporting Health at Home
Highlights programs supporting independent living and wellness for older adults, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers funded by Community Care Corps grants between 2023 and 2025. Includes programs in and for rural communities in California, Georgia, Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Alabama offering transportation, social connection, and housework services.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Community Care Corps
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Highlights programs supporting independent living and wellness for older adults, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers funded by Community Care Corps grants between 2023 and 2025. Includes programs in and for rural communities in California, Georgia, Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Alabama offering transportation, social connection, and housework services.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Community Care Corps
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2025 Autism in Rural Georgia Conference
A playlist of recorded webinars focused on autism care in rural communities, supporting families and children with autism, feeding and nutrition, growth and development, Georgia's state autism plan, and more.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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A playlist of recorded webinars focused on autism care in rural communities, supporting families and children with autism, feeding and nutrition, growth and development, Georgia's state autism plan, and more.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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2025 Georgia Prescription for Prevention Conference
A playlist of recorded webinars focused on rural substance use issues such as the opioid crisis, addiction's impact on medicine, the fentanyl crisis in Georgia, and more.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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A playlist of recorded webinars focused on rural substance use issues such as the opioid crisis, addiction's impact on medicine, the fentanyl crisis in Georgia, and more.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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State of Georgia House of Representatives Study Committee on Cancer Care Access: Final Report
Reports on cancer care access in Georgia, providing an overview of testimony from organizations, agencies, and providers involved with cancer care and offering policy recommendations to improve access to quality cancer care and improve the supply of the oncology care workforce in the state. Discusses rural areas throughout.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organizations: Georgia House Committee on Cancer Care Access, State of Georgia House of Representatives
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Reports on cancer care access in Georgia, providing an overview of testimony from organizations, agencies, and providers involved with cancer care and offering policy recommendations to improve access to quality cancer care and improve the supply of the oncology care workforce in the state. Discusses rural areas throughout.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organizations: Georgia House Committee on Cancer Care Access, State of Georgia House of Representatives
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Georgia Pharmacy Workforce: Insights and Key Findings
Provides information on Georgia pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy interns, based on license renewal data as of February 2025. Features county-level information on numbers of registered pharmacists, technicians, and interns, and rates of licensure types per 100,000 people as of 2024.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Provides information on Georgia pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy interns, based on license renewal data as of February 2025. Features county-level information on numbers of registered pharmacists, technicians, and interns, and rates of licensure types per 100,000 people as of 2024.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Georgia Graduate Medical Education Exit Survey Report: Based on Responses to the 2025 GME Exit Survey
Results of a survey of 995 Georgia graduate medical education (GME) graduates, providing demographics and information on compensation and debt levels, retention rates, practice plans, assessments of the job market, and training experiences. Features statistics on practice location with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density, and percent planning rural practice.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Results of a survey of 995 Georgia graduate medical education (GME) graduates, providing demographics and information on compensation and debt levels, retention rates, practice plans, assessments of the job market, and training experiences. Features statistics on practice location with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density, and percent planning rural practice.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Rural Obstetrical Care Workforce: A State-Level Analysis
Provides fact sheets on the rural obstetrical care workforce for select states in 2025. Includes maps and tables providing county-level data and rural-urban comparisons of provider to population ratios for obstetricians, advanced practice midwives, and midwives.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Provides fact sheets on the rural obstetrical care workforce for select states in 2025. Includes maps and tables providing county-level data and rural-urban comparisons of provider to population ratios for obstetricians, advanced practice midwives, and midwives.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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