Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Culture
The Power of Familiar Voices: Building HPV Vaccine Trust in Rural Communities
Discusses the role of trust among rural community members, healthcare professionals, and other community leaders in promoting HPV vaccination. Discusses churches, other faith-based settings, and other trusted institutions as sites for collaborations to increase vaccine uptake and address rural cancer disparities.
Author(s): Gabriel Benavidez
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Discusses the role of trust among rural community members, healthcare professionals, and other community leaders in promoting HPV vaccination. Discusses churches, other faith-based settings, and other trusted institutions as sites for collaborations to increase vaccine uptake and address rural cancer disparities.
Author(s): Gabriel Benavidez
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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A Web-Based Cancer Prevention Intervention for Rural Emerging Adults: Mixed Methods Development and Pilot-Testing Study
Presents results from a pilot study of a web-based cancer prevention intervention for rural emerging adults aged 18-26 years. Utilizes engagement and survey data to demonstrate how the use of Facebook posts focused on reducing cancer risk behaviors may influence health outcomes in rural populations.
Author(s): Echo L. Warner, Alishia Kinsey, Barbara J. Walkosz, et al.
Citation: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28, e80803
Date: 01/2026
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Presents results from a pilot study of a web-based cancer prevention intervention for rural emerging adults aged 18-26 years. Utilizes engagement and survey data to demonstrate how the use of Facebook posts focused on reducing cancer risk behaviors may influence health outcomes in rural populations.
Author(s): Echo L. Warner, Alishia Kinsey, Barbara J. Walkosz, et al.
Citation: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28, e80803
Date: 01/2026
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Awakening the Seeds In Native Youth: Native Farm to School Evaluation Report
Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.
Author(s): Leah Simeon, Richard Elm-Hill, Cetan Christensen, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.
Author(s): Leah Simeon, Richard Elm-Hill, Cetan Christensen, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Community Healers: How Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority Leads in Health and Wellness
Discusses how the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) addresses the health needs of its community, by integrating Cherokee culture and Western medical care as a way to improve community health. Documents CIHA's work in promoting relationships between federal and state entities and Native Nations.
Author(s): Hailey A. Baker, Mariana Tuttle, Katy Backes Kozhimannil
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Discusses how the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) addresses the health needs of its community, by integrating Cherokee culture and Western medical care as a way to improve community health. Documents CIHA's work in promoting relationships between federal and state entities and Native Nations.
Author(s): Hailey A. Baker, Mariana Tuttle, Katy Backes Kozhimannil
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Community-Engaged Dissemination and Implementation of an Evidence-Based Health Promotion Intervention for Native American Families: "Delivery of Turtle Island Tales to Promote Family Wellness" Protocol
Study protocol for the implementation and assessment of Turtle Island Tales, a culturally-grounded obesity prevention intervention for Native American families, in rural and frontier counties in Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Emily J. Tomayko, Alexandra K. Adams, Teresa Warne, James L. Merle, Paul A. Estabrooks
Citation: Implementation Science Communications, 6, 126
Date: 11/2025
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Study protocol for the implementation and assessment of Turtle Island Tales, a culturally-grounded obesity prevention intervention for Native American families, in rural and frontier counties in Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Emily J. Tomayko, Alexandra K. Adams, Teresa Warne, James L. Merle, Paul A. Estabrooks
Citation: Implementation Science Communications, 6, 126
Date: 11/2025
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Rural Missourians' Perspectives on Pain: "I Like To Be in Control of My Life"
Explores Missourians' attitudes toward pain and pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management via interviews of 25 rural Missourians. Discusses how pain treatment is influenced by pain medication stigma, desire for self-sufficiency, and other cultural factors.
Author(s): Karla T. Washington, Klaudia Kukulka, Archana Bharadwaj, et al.
Citation: Health & Place, 96, 103561
Date: 11/2025
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Explores Missourians' attitudes toward pain and pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management via interviews of 25 rural Missourians. Discusses how pain treatment is influenced by pain medication stigma, desire for self-sufficiency, and other cultural factors.
Author(s): Karla T. Washington, Klaudia Kukulka, Archana Bharadwaj, et al.
Citation: Health & Place, 96, 103561
Date: 11/2025
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Redefining Rurality: Adopting an Identity-Based and Community-Engaged Approach to Defining Rural Cancer Disparities
Discusses how rural definitions influence cancer disparities research via an examination of perspectives originally presented at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2024 conference. Details limitations and inconsistencies in current rural definitions and highlights the value of community-based participatory research and identity-based approaches to rurality.
Author(s): Trevor Kauer, Courtny L. Franco, Dominique D. Munroe, et al.
Citation: JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Date: 11/2025
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Discusses how rural definitions influence cancer disparities research via an examination of perspectives originally presented at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2024 conference. Details limitations and inconsistencies in current rural definitions and highlights the value of community-based participatory research and identity-based approaches to rurality.
Author(s): Trevor Kauer, Courtny L. Franco, Dominique D. Munroe, et al.
Citation: JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Date: 11/2025
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Gendered Motivations for E-Cigarette Use Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youth: A Relational–Cultural Perspective
Explores differing perspectives on e-cigarette use among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander boys and girls, utilizing focus group discussion excerpts of 69 rural public school students on Hawai'i Island. Discusses personal motivations, cultural influences, and strategies for the avoidance of e-cigarette use.
Author(s): Sarah D. Song, Zarek K. Kon, Tea A. Stephens, et al.
Citation: Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 37(8), 705-711
Date: 10/2025
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Explores differing perspectives on e-cigarette use among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander boys and girls, utilizing focus group discussion excerpts of 69 rural public school students on Hawai'i Island. Discusses personal motivations, cultural influences, and strategies for the avoidance of e-cigarette use.
Author(s): Sarah D. Song, Zarek K. Kon, Tea A. Stephens, et al.
Citation: Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 37(8), 705-711
Date: 10/2025
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Assessing Family Medicine Obstetrics Training Needs to Strengthen Maternal Health in Underserved and Rural US Communities
Examines the impact of the PROMOTE OB track (PRimary care Obstetrics and Maternal Outcomes Training Enhancement) to improve maternity care access from family medicine obstetricians (FMOBs) in rural and underserved areas. Examines focus group feedback from PROMOTE OB participants regarding training gaps, collaborative care, cultural components, and patient needs.
Author(s): Matthew D Kearney, Caroline S O'Brien, Melissa L Donze, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Date: 10/2025
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Examines the impact of the PROMOTE OB track (PRimary care Obstetrics and Maternal Outcomes Training Enhancement) to improve maternity care access from family medicine obstetricians (FMOBs) in rural and underserved areas. Examines focus group feedback from PROMOTE OB participants regarding training gaps, collaborative care, cultural components, and patient needs.
Author(s): Matthew D Kearney, Caroline S O'Brien, Melissa L Donze, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Date: 10/2025
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Rural Women Choose Self-Sampling over a Pelvic Exam for Cervical Cancer Screening: A Mixed-Method Study
Examines factors related to cervical cancer screening methods in an underserved, rural population in Michigan. Utilizes mixed methods to analyze demographics, barriers, and perspectives related to self-sampling screenings.
Author(s): Timothy C Guetterman, Alexandra Vinson, Matthew Stack, et al.
Citation: Cancer Causes Control, 36(12), 2023-2037
Date: 10/2025
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Examines factors related to cervical cancer screening methods in an underserved, rural population in Michigan. Utilizes mixed methods to analyze demographics, barriers, and perspectives related to self-sampling screenings.
Author(s): Timothy C Guetterman, Alexandra Vinson, Matthew Stack, et al.
Citation: Cancer Causes Control, 36(12), 2023-2037
Date: 10/2025
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