Rural Health
Resources by State: New Jersey
Feasting on Rural America: The Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases
Discusses the impact of Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses in rural areas. Features a Lyme disease patient, a scientist, psychiatrist, nonprofit leader, and a medical doctor describing the spread of these diseases and what's being done about it. Includes information on tick identification and tick-borne illness prevention.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses the impact of Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses in rural areas. Features a Lyme disease patient, a scientist, psychiatrist, nonprofit leader, and a medical doctor describing the spread of these diseases and what's being done about it. Includes information on tick identification and tick-borne illness prevention.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Private Well Testing in Oregon from Real Estate Transactions: An Innovative Approach Toward a State-Based Surveillance System
Examines health problems caused by well water contaminants and reports increased risks in rural areas due to agricultural fertilizer use, feedlot operations, leaking septic systems, and aboveground application of wastewater. Compares Oregon's and New Jersey's laws concerning well testing and includes Oregon maps showing locations of private wells with high and moderate nitrate levels and evidence of coliform bacteria.
Author(s): Brenda O. Hoppe, Anna K. Harding, Jennifer Staab, Marina Counter
Citation: Public Health Reports, 126(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Examines health problems caused by well water contaminants and reports increased risks in rural areas due to agricultural fertilizer use, feedlot operations, leaking septic systems, and aboveground application of wastewater. Compares Oregon's and New Jersey's laws concerning well testing and includes Oregon maps showing locations of private wells with high and moderate nitrate levels and evidence of coliform bacteria.
Author(s): Brenda O. Hoppe, Anna K. Harding, Jennifer Staab, Marina Counter
Citation: Public Health Reports, 126(1)
Date: 01/2011
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New Jersey Rural Health Transformation Program Opportunities
Lists funding opportunities available through the New Jersey Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to help implement New Jersey's approved RHTP initiatives and activities. Also includes other grant opportunities from the New Jersey Department of Health.
Sponsoring organizations: New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey Department of Human Services
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Lists funding opportunities available through the New Jersey Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to help implement New Jersey's approved RHTP initiatives and activities. Also includes other grant opportunities from the New Jersey Department of Health.
Sponsoring organizations: New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey Department of Human Services
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Making Care Primary (MCP) Model
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Making Care Primary (MCP) Model, which offers a pathway for primary care clinicians in eight states to gradually adopt prospective, population-based payments while building infrastructure to improve behavioral health and specialty care integration and enhance equitable access to care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Making Care Primary (MCP) Model, which offers a pathway for primary care clinicians in eight states to gradually adopt prospective, population-based payments while building infrastructure to improve behavioral health and specialty care integration and enhance equitable access to care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Climate and Hazard Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool
A mapping tool that shows county- and state-level changes in climate between 1981 and 2024 for 15 U.S. states. Allows user to select for climate events such as extreme heat, wildfire, severe weather, tropical storms/hurricanes, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Carolina Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), Mid-Atlantic Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)
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A mapping tool that shows county- and state-level changes in climate between 1981 and 2024 for 15 U.S. states. Allows user to select for climate events such as extreme heat, wildfire, severe weather, tropical storms/hurricanes, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Carolina Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), Mid-Atlantic Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)
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Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center - Events
Lists conferences, webinars, and other events related to telehealth and rural health sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC) and its partners.
Sponsoring organization: Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center
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Lists conferences, webinars, and other events related to telehealth and rural health sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC) and its partners.
Sponsoring organization: Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center
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New Jersey MUA/HPSA Designations By County
County-level map showing Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in New Jersey.
Sponsoring organization: New Jersey Primary Care Association
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County-level map showing Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in New Jersey.
Sponsoring organization: New Jersey Primary Care Association
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Cancer-Rates.info
Contains cancer incidence and mortality data for a number of states, with the option to view data by county, cancer type, gender, race and ethnicity, and in most cases, rural/urban geography.
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky
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Contains cancer incidence and mortality data for a number of states, with the option to view data by county, cancer type, gender, race and ethnicity, and in most cases, rural/urban geography.
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky
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ERS State Fact Sheet: New Jersey
State-level data on population, poverty, food security, educational attainment, employment, and income.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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State-level data on population, poverty, food security, educational attainment, employment, and income.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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New Jersey KIDS COUNT Data Center
Provides data on child well-being for the state. Covers demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health, and safety and risky behaviors. Some data available by county.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Provides data on child well-being for the state. Covers demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health, and safety and risky behaviors. Some data available by county.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
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