Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Community and economic development
Stratis Health Rural Palliative Care Impact Report
Report examines palliative care models that have proven to be effective in rural areas of Minnesota and establishes measures to understand ways in which palliative care offers value to patients and promotes community development.
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Report examines palliative care models that have proven to be effective in rural areas of Minnesota and establishes measures to understand ways in which palliative care offers value to patients and promotes community development.
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Honoring Unsung Heroes in Communities Across America: Building Connections to Forge Solutions
Details the history of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders program, which ran from 1992 until 2015, and recognized grassroots leaders who advanced health in underserved communities.
Author(s): Kelsey Menehan, Mary Nakashian
Date: 04/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Details the history of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders program, which ran from 1992 until 2015, and recognized grassroots leaders who advanced health in underserved communities.
Author(s): Kelsey Menehan, Mary Nakashian
Date: 04/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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The Economic Impact of Rural Broadband
Provides an estimate of the direct and indirect economic activities of the rural broadband industry on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and their effect on other rural industries, including healthcare.
Date: 04/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hudson Institute
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Provides an estimate of the direct and indirect economic activities of the rural broadband industry on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and their effect on other rural industries, including healthcare.
Date: 04/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hudson Institute
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A Special Governors' Roundtable: State and County Collaboration to Tackle Chronic Rural Poverty
Video recording of a bi-partisan panel of governors at the National Association of Counties' Annual Meeting discussing issues surrounding childhood poverty in rural America. Focuses on the Rural Impact Challenge, a collaborative effort between county, state, and national leaders to fight rural poverty. Includes discussion of substance abuse prevention and treatment, job creation, economic development, situational and inter-generational poverty, and food insecurity. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack moderated the panel, which included governors from Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Utah and took place February 22, 2016.
Date: 02/2016
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Counties
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Video recording of a bi-partisan panel of governors at the National Association of Counties' Annual Meeting discussing issues surrounding childhood poverty in rural America. Focuses on the Rural Impact Challenge, a collaborative effort between county, state, and national leaders to fight rural poverty. Includes discussion of substance abuse prevention and treatment, job creation, economic development, situational and inter-generational poverty, and food insecurity. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack moderated the panel, which included governors from Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Utah and took place February 22, 2016.
Date: 02/2016
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Counties
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Community Facilities Infrastructure Toolkit
Presents a guide for rural communities interested in constructing a new community facility project. Toolkit corresponds with the USDA Rural Development's Community Facilities programs.
Date: 01/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
Presents a guide for rural communities interested in constructing a new community facility project. Toolkit corresponds with the USDA Rural Development's Community Facilities programs.
Date: 01/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program
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The 2016 Colorado Health Report Card: Celebrating a Decade of Data
Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
Date: 01/2016
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
Date: 01/2016
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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The Feasibility of a Regional Food Hub for Southwest New Mexico: Ideas for Rural and Frontier Communities
Determines the viability of developing a food hub for rural and frontier regions. Highlights interviews conducted with farmers to gauge their interest and capacity to support a food hub, and with food service directors to review the requirements of food vendors, and their participation and interest in purchasing local foods from a regional food hub.
Author(s): Benjamin Rasmussen, Susan Wilger
Date: 01/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
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Determines the viability of developing a food hub for rural and frontier regions. Highlights interviews conducted with farmers to gauge their interest and capacity to support a food hub, and with food service directors to review the requirements of food vendors, and their participation and interest in purchasing local foods from a regional food hub.
Author(s): Benjamin Rasmussen, Susan Wilger
Date: 01/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
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Access to Capital and Credit in Native Communities
Includes ideas to help federal and tribal policymakers improve capital and credit access in Native Communities and provides an informational baseline for stakeholders, to help provide a means to finance public sector projects such as healthcare facilities. Features statistics on topics including socioeconomic standing, housing, credit scores, and mortgage lending.
Author(s): Miriam Jorgensen
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Native Nations Institute
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Includes ideas to help federal and tribal policymakers improve capital and credit access in Native Communities and provides an informational baseline for stakeholders, to help provide a means to finance public sector projects such as healthcare facilities. Features statistics on topics including socioeconomic standing, housing, credit scores, and mortgage lending.
Author(s): Miriam Jorgensen
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Native Nations Institute
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Beyond Rural Walls: Identifying Impacts and Interdependencies Among Rural and Urban Spaces - A Survey of Literature
Discusses the economic benefits of broadband distribution and usage in business, education, healthcare, and public safety in rural and urban areas. Describes the interdependencies between rural and urban broadband, and the impact of rural broadband utilization on urban areas.
Author(s): Joshua Seidemann
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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Discusses the economic benefits of broadband distribution and usage in business, education, healthcare, and public safety in rural and urban areas. Describes the interdependencies between rural and urban broadband, and the impact of rural broadband utilization on urban areas.
Author(s): Joshua Seidemann
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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Community Capitals Framework as a Measure of Community Development
Discusses the Community Capitals Framework as a strategic planning and measurement approach to evaluate community development efforts. Focuses on how to consider the 7 types of capital--natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial, and built--when investing in rural communities.
Author(s): Daniela Mattos
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Discusses the Community Capitals Framework as a strategic planning and measurement approach to evaluate community development efforts. Focuses on how to consider the 7 types of capital--natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial, and built--when investing in rural communities.
Author(s): Daniela Mattos
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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