Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Behavioral health
HRSA: Opioid Crisis
Features information, resources, and opportunities related to addressing the opioid crisis. Details HRSA's efforts to help combat opioid abuse, including the sharing of best practices, increasing education and training, and expanding access through health centers and the use of telehealth, among other interventions.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Features information, resources, and opportunities related to addressing the opioid crisis. Details HRSA's efforts to help combat opioid abuse, including the sharing of best practices, increasing education and training, and expanding access through health centers and the use of telehealth, among other interventions.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care
Highlights the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resources and programs to address access to mental healthcare for children. Includes a section specific to rural areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Highlights the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resources and programs to address access to mental healthcare for children. Includes a section specific to rural areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Drug Overdose Deaths in Appalachia
Interactive map highlights drug overdose deaths in Appalachia by county. Features demographic information such as race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and disability status, as well as economic factors such as poverty rate, unemployment rate, and accident-prone employment, among others. Choose the Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool button when prompted to choose a tool.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Interactive map highlights drug overdose deaths in Appalachia by county. Features demographic information such as race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and disability status, as well as economic factors such as poverty rate, unemployment rate, and accident-prone employment, among others. Choose the Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool button when prompted to choose a tool.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Report to Congress: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Opportunities for Action
Outlines the public health burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents. Describes TBI related outcomes and care management practices for child and adolescent TBI patients. Identifies a lack of access to care in rural areas as well as solutions to address these gaps, including opportunities to improve TBI related care for children and adolescents. Offers a report, executive summary, fact sheets, a postcard, graphics, and digital ads.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Outlines the public health burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents. Describes TBI related outcomes and care management practices for child and adolescent TBI patients. Identifies a lack of access to care in rural areas as well as solutions to address these gaps, including opportunities to improve TBI related care for children and adolescents. Offers a report, executive summary, fact sheets, a postcard, graphics, and digital ads.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Opioid Misuse in Rural America
Features information and resources pertaining to opioid misuse in rural communities. Includes USDA programs and examples of best practices.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Features information and resources pertaining to opioid misuse in rural communities. Includes USDA programs and examples of best practices.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Farm Town Strong
Website detailing information and resources to support agricultural communities affected by the opioid epidemic. Presents crisis hotlines, links to treatment centers, prevention resources, and prescription drug disposal for rural agricultural communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union
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Website detailing information and resources to support agricultural communities affected by the opioid epidemic. Presents crisis hotlines, links to treatment centers, prevention resources, and prescription drug disposal for rural agricultural communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union
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Rural Health Quarterly
Quarterly publication providing updates and information on rural research, policy, education, technology, and behavioral health.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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Quarterly publication providing updates and information on rural research, policy, education, technology, and behavioral health.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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AI/AN Community Crisis Response Guidelines
Details suicide prevention guidelines for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Presents separate guidelines for the tribal-level, IHS Area-level, IHS Headquarters-level, and for a local response team, including protocols and an appendix.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Details suicide prevention guidelines for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Presents separate guidelines for the tribal-level, IHS Area-level, IHS Headquarters-level, and for a local response team, including protocols and an appendix.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Case Study: Health Coaches Partner with Community Members to Achieve Health and Wellness Goals
Details key steps and lessons learned to implementing a Health Coach program at Saunders Medical Center in Wahoo, Nebraska. Describes the program serving Wahoo and its surrounding communities. Provides education and advocacy for patients' overall health that produced positive results in 4 areas: mental health, breast health, diabetes, and obesity.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Bryan Health, Edge Wellness, Family Service Lincoln, Saunders County Prevention Coalition, Saunders Medical Center, Three Rivers Public Health Department, Wahoo Parks and Recreation
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Details key steps and lessons learned to implementing a Health Coach program at Saunders Medical Center in Wahoo, Nebraska. Describes the program serving Wahoo and its surrounding communities. Provides education and advocacy for patients' overall health that produced positive results in 4 areas: mental health, breast health, diabetes, and obesity.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Bryan Health, Edge Wellness, Family Service Lincoln, Saunders County Prevention Coalition, Saunders Medical Center, Three Rivers Public Health Department, Wahoo Parks and Recreation
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Nebraska Clinical Psychologist Map
Shows clinical psychology state and federal shortage areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Office of Rural Health
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Shows clinical psychology state and federal shortage areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Office of Rural Health
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