Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Access
Potential Barriers to Participating in Cancer Moonshot Biobank for Low-Income Patients with Cancer of Rural Maine
Assesses factors influencing enrollment in the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Moonshot Biobank program among low-income, rural people with cancer, via interviews with 25 MaineHealth Cancer Care Network clinical research coordinators, oncologists, and patients. Discusses patient recruitment and enrollment, awareness, attitudes toward biobanking, and more.
Author(s): Mike Kohut, Jamie Saunders, Neil Korsen, et al.
Citation: Biopreservation and Biobanking, 24(6), 526-537
Date: 11/2025
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Assesses factors influencing enrollment in the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Moonshot Biobank program among low-income, rural people with cancer, via interviews with 25 MaineHealth Cancer Care Network clinical research coordinators, oncologists, and patients. Discusses patient recruitment and enrollment, awareness, attitudes toward biobanking, and more.
Author(s): Mike Kohut, Jamie Saunders, Neil Korsen, et al.
Citation: Biopreservation and Biobanking, 24(6), 526-537
Date: 11/2025
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"They Make It So Hard on You": How Rurality Shapes Veterans' Health Experiences When Managing Gulf War Illness
Presents a study exploring how barriers associated with rurality affect the ability of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) to navigate healthcare. Bases findings on GWI patients' experiences in receiving care and their perceptions of the role rurality played in shaping those experiences.
Author(s): Brooke V. Jespersen, Megan Lafferty, Kara Montague, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40, 3590-3597
Date: 11/2025
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Presents a study exploring how barriers associated with rurality affect the ability of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) to navigate healthcare. Bases findings on GWI patients' experiences in receiving care and their perceptions of the role rurality played in shaping those experiences.
Author(s): Brooke V. Jespersen, Megan Lafferty, Kara Montague, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40, 3590-3597
Date: 11/2025
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Rural Veteran Perceptions of a Virtual Health Resource Center in a Community-based Setting
Presents a study on veterans' perception of the implementation of a rural Virtual Health Resource Center (VHRC). Bases findings on interviews with veterans who have used video visits and those who have not, and explores their likelihood of pursuing services through a VHRC with a mobile medical unit.
Author(s): Leah M Marcotte, Mariah Theis, John Geyer, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 41, 3694-3705
Date: 11/2025
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Presents a study on veterans' perception of the implementation of a rural Virtual Health Resource Center (VHRC). Bases findings on interviews with veterans who have used video visits and those who have not, and explores their likelihood of pursuing services through a VHRC with a mobile medical unit.
Author(s): Leah M Marcotte, Mariah Theis, John Geyer, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 41, 3694-3705
Date: 11/2025
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"It's a Lifeline": Perspectives and Experiences of Health Technology Use among HIV Care Providers in Rural Florida
Explores the perspectives and experiences of 21 HIV care providers regarding the use of technology to deliver HIV care in rural Florida. Identifies themes from interviews with these providers, including current and prior health technology practices, drawbacks to health technology, benefits of health technology, and potential facilitators of health technology.
Author(s): Anne Gracy, Aislinn Woody, Karen Ingersoll, et al.
Citation: AIDS Care, 38(8), 1701-1716
Date: 11/2025
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Explores the perspectives and experiences of 21 HIV care providers regarding the use of technology to deliver HIV care in rural Florida. Identifies themes from interviews with these providers, including current and prior health technology practices, drawbacks to health technology, benefits of health technology, and potential facilitators of health technology.
Author(s): Anne Gracy, Aislinn Woody, Karen Ingersoll, et al.
Citation: AIDS Care, 38(8), 1701-1716
Date: 11/2025
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology on the Well-being of Residents in Rural Nursing Homes
Explores how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may promote well-being among rural long-term care residents. Presents results of a thematic analysis of interviews with 16 residents of a nursing home in rural Illinois. Identifies themes, advantages of ICT use, and barriers to effective ICT integration.
Author(s): Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw
Date: 11/2025
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Explores how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may promote well-being among rural long-term care residents. Presents results of a thematic analysis of interviews with 16 residents of a nursing home in rural Illinois. Identifies themes, advantages of ICT use, and barriers to effective ICT integration.
Author(s): Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw
Date: 11/2025
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Reimbursement and Policy Considerations of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Rural Family Medicine
Examines the current Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) reimbursement landscape, challenges, and opportunities for improvement in rural primary care and emergency departments. Includes a section on financial differences between providing POCUS in Critical Access Hospitals and in Rural Health Clinics.
Author(s): Kylie Long, Geoffrey Bocobo, Andrew Goldsmith
Citation: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 38(6), 967-973
Date: 11/2025
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Examines the current Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) reimbursement landscape, challenges, and opportunities for improvement in rural primary care and emergency departments. Includes a section on financial differences between providing POCUS in Critical Access Hospitals and in Rural Health Clinics.
Author(s): Kylie Long, Geoffrey Bocobo, Andrew Goldsmith
Citation: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 38(6), 967-973
Date: 11/2025
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Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant - Hawaii: FY 2026 Application/FY 2024 Annual Report
Describes Hawaii's maternal and child health programs, which include initiatives related to access to care, family violence and neglect, sleep environment, developmental screening, preventive care, mental health supports, and more. Includes discussion of rural topics including healthcare access, activities of the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, and more.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii State Department of Health
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Describes Hawaii's maternal and child health programs, which include initiatives related to access to care, family violence and neglect, sleep environment, developmental screening, preventive care, mental health supports, and more. Includes discussion of rural topics including healthcare access, activities of the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, and more.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii State Department of Health
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Reshaping Access: Community-Led Action for Contraceptive Access in Rural Appalachian Kentucky
Examines the All Access Eastern Kentucky (AAEKY) program that provides contraception to patients via the mailing system. Discusses contraception access issues due to geographic isolation, transportation issues, and stigma. Provides clinic and participation feedback on the AAEKY program.
Author(s): Alecia Fields, Kelsie Williams, Dustin Miracle, Joanne Brown, Kyla Preece
Citation: Contraception, 155, 111278
Date: 11/2025
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Examines the All Access Eastern Kentucky (AAEKY) program that provides contraception to patients via the mailing system. Discusses contraception access issues due to geographic isolation, transportation issues, and stigma. Provides clinic and participation feedback on the AAEKY program.
Author(s): Alecia Fields, Kelsie Williams, Dustin Miracle, Joanne Brown, Kyla Preece
Citation: Contraception, 155, 111278
Date: 11/2025
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Development of a Cocurricular Program to Prepare New Graduate Midwives for Rural Practice
Examines the Colorado Rural Midwifery Workforce Expansion Program which provides cocurricular programming for midwife trainees wishing to practice in rural areas. Discusses the impact of rural-focused maternal healthcare programs on the rural maternal health workforce supply and patient healthcare access.
Author(s): Shannon Pirrie, E. Brie Thumm, Katherine J. Kissler, et al.
Citation: Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 70(6), 897-903
Date: 11/2025
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Examines the Colorado Rural Midwifery Workforce Expansion Program which provides cocurricular programming for midwife trainees wishing to practice in rural areas. Discusses the impact of rural-focused maternal healthcare programs on the rural maternal health workforce supply and patient healthcare access.
Author(s): Shannon Pirrie, E. Brie Thumm, Katherine J. Kissler, et al.
Citation: Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 70(6), 897-903
Date: 11/2025
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A Mixed Methods Study of Perceptions of a Rideshare Intervention to Address Transportation Vulnerability among People Living with HIV in South Carolina
Examines perceptions of using rideshare services to access HIV care among 160 people living with HIV in South Carolina, which . Provides discussion and interview excerpts on topics including safety, privacy, convenience, cost, rurality, and more.
Author(s): Diamonde C. McCollum, Sarah J. Miller, Cheuk Chi Tam, et al.
Citation: Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 24
Date: 11/2025
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Examines perceptions of using rideshare services to access HIV care among 160 people living with HIV in South Carolina, which . Provides discussion and interview excerpts on topics including safety, privacy, convenience, cost, rurality, and more.
Author(s): Diamonde C. McCollum, Sarah J. Miller, Cheuk Chi Tam, et al.
Citation: Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 24
Date: 11/2025
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