Rural Health
Resources by State: Nevada
Health Workforce in Nevada - 2025
Reports on the supply and geographic distribution of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers providing direct patient care services, and administrative and non-clinical healthcare workers in Nevada. Utilizes federal and state demographic, licensure, and health shortage data.
Author(s): John Packham, Angel Barboza, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Reports on the supply and geographic distribution of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers providing direct patient care services, and administrative and non-clinical healthcare workers in Nevada. Utilizes federal and state demographic, licensure, and health shortage data.
Author(s): John Packham, Angel Barboza, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Nevada
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Nevada Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Nevada in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Nevada in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Disparities in Structural Brain Imaging in Older Adults from Rural Communities in Southern Nevada
Analyzes the association of brain cortical thickness (CT) with rurality and neighborhood disadvantage among older adults with and without clinical impairment related to dementia. Utilizes demographic and MRI scan data of 71 rural and 87 urban Nevadans.
Author(s): Xiaowei Zhuang, Dietmar Cordes, Jessica Z. K. Caldwell, Andrew R. Bender, Justin B. Miller
Citation: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16
Date: 10/2024
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Analyzes the association of brain cortical thickness (CT) with rurality and neighborhood disadvantage among older adults with and without clinical impairment related to dementia. Utilizes demographic and MRI scan data of 71 rural and 87 urban Nevadans.
Author(s): Xiaowei Zhuang, Dietmar Cordes, Jessica Z. K. Caldwell, Andrew R. Bender, Justin B. Miller
Citation: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16
Date: 10/2024
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Equitable COVID-19 Testing Access for Underserved Communities: The Success of Vending Machines
Examines the public health strategy of the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) to use vending machines for free distribution of COVID-19 tests. Focuses on placement of vending machines to improve access in rural and underserved areas, mitigating the spread of disease.
Author(s): Danielle Jamerson, Kimberly Franich, Cassius Lockett
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S7), S558-S561
Date: 10/2024
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Examines the public health strategy of the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) to use vending machines for free distribution of COVID-19 tests. Focuses on placement of vending machines to improve access in rural and underserved areas, mitigating the spread of disease.
Author(s): Danielle Jamerson, Kimberly Franich, Cassius Lockett
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S7), S558-S561
Date: 10/2024
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Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) Meeting Minutes, September 6, 2024
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) meeting held on September 6, 2024. Includes updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce and anticipated notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs). Features a presentation on Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERENV), a workforce development initiative to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in Nevada.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) meeting held on September 6, 2024. Includes updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce and anticipated notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs). Features a presentation on Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERENV), a workforce development initiative to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in Nevada.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Mountain West HPV Vaccination Project Helps Shape American Cancer Society National HPV Vaccination Program
Provides an overview of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Mountain West HPV vaccination project, which focused on increasing HPV vaccination among adolescents in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Details ACS partnerships with health systems and other groups to implement interventions and provide professional education.
Author(s): Ashley Lach, Hannah Nein
Date: 06/2024
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Provides an overview of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Mountain West HPV vaccination project, which focused on increasing HPV vaccination among adolescents in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Details ACS partnerships with health systems and other groups to implement interventions and provide professional education.
Author(s): Ashley Lach, Hannah Nein
Date: 06/2024
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Director's Office, Grants Management Unit: SFY23 Annual Report
Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada in State Fiscal Year 2023. Provides information on grantees, award amounts, activities, and achievements. Includes data on rural programs, partnerships, and coalitions.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada in State Fiscal Year 2023. Provides information on grantees, award amounts, activities, and achievements. Includes data on rural programs, partnerships, and coalitions.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Physician Workforce in Nevada: A Chartbook - 2023 Edition
Provides data on the supply and geographic distribution by county, including rural and frontier, of physicians in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Tabor Griswold, Nicole Mwalili, Amanda Brown, Laima Etchegoyhen
Date: 10/2023
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Provides data on the supply and geographic distribution by county, including rural and frontier, of physicians in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Tabor Griswold, Nicole Mwalili, Amanda Brown, Laima Etchegoyhen
Date: 10/2023
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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State of Nevada Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Prevention Plan
Plan outlining both current and proposed services and interventions offered for child welfare in Nevada, discussing prevention, evaluation, child monitoring, and workforce support. Discusses rural throughout.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Division of Children & Family Services, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Plan outlining both current and proposed services and interventions offered for child welfare in Nevada, discussing prevention, evaluation, child monitoring, and workforce support. Discusses rural throughout.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Division of Children & Family Services, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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