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Resources by Topic: Community and economic development

Status and Future of Health Care Delivery in Rural Wyoming
Provides findings from an analysis of health care service delivery in rural Wyoming. Includes an overview of Wyoming's population and the health care service delivery system. Covers workforce recruitment and retention, the economic impact of the health care system, and other topics.
Additional links: Summary Report
Date: 06/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Economic Importance of the Health Care Sector on a Rural Economy
Presents a model that measures direct and secondary employment and income impacts of the health sector, using a rural Oklahoma community as a case study.
Author(s): Gerald A. Doeksen, Val Schott
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 3(2), 135
Date: 05/2002
Type: Document
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Checotah, Oklahoma, June 4-6, 2000
Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: a Federal Office of Rural Health Policy update, the State Planning Grant Program, Medicare reform, health disparities, and the economic impact of the healthcare system.
Date: 06/2000
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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USDA Rural Development: Rural Emergency Health Care Grants
Story map explaining the investments and reach of the USDA Rural Emergency Health Care Program, which expanded rural vaccination, healthcare services, and food assistance availability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data on overall investments and economic relief provided, and highlights healthcare facilities that benefited from USDA Rural Development grants and loans.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Funding Rural Podcast
Series of rural philanthropy-related podcasts sponsored by The Roundhouse Foundation, dedicated to supporting programs that inspire creativity, connect people with each other, and ensure sustainability for the economic success of rural Oregon communities, including tribal lands.
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: The Roundhouse Foundation
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USDA and Rural Health Care
Fact sheet on USDA Rural Development resources supporting community development and healthcare availability in rural communities. Details loan and grant programs as well as partnerships through the Rural Partners Network (RPN).
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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USDA Rural Health
Provides U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development resources supporting health and the development of healthy communities. Includes programs, funding, and tools dedicated to broadband access, infrastructure development, housing, medical facilities, mental health and substance use treatment, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Rural Active Living Measurement Tools
Provides information on and access to the Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools and the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS) which are designed to collect data on physical environment features and amenities, town characteristics, community programs, and policies that impact wellness and physical activity of rural citizens.
Type: Website
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Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers
A podcast series that focuses on rural life, community engagement, healthcare access, equity, and wellbeing in Indiana. Includes transcripts with individual episodes.
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Center for Rural Engagement
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Build Healthy Places Network: Rural Resources
Provides resources which support community health and health equity through rural community and economic development. Includes a playbook of strategies and case studies for the health partnership model of investment, a primer on rural multi-sector health partnerships, webinars, essays, organization profiles, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Build Healthy Places Network
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