Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Emergency preparedness and response
Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide
Addresses challenges facing migrant and seasonal workers in the event of an emergency, stressing all-hazard preparedness. Provides actionable steps that can be taken by public health professionals pre-event, during the event, and post-event. Serves as a foundation for planning on the farm, family, or individual level for emergency preparedness.
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Association, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Western New York Public Health Alliance
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Addresses challenges facing migrant and seasonal workers in the event of an emergency, stressing all-hazard preparedness. Provides actionable steps that can be taken by public health professionals pre-event, during the event, and post-event. Serves as a foundation for planning on the farm, family, or individual level for emergency preparedness.
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Association, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Western New York Public Health Alliance
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Risk Communicating Resources for Rural Areas: A Toolkit to Help Rural Public Health Clinics Communicate Their Message to the Community During an Emergency or Disaster.
Toolkit offering links to comprehensive, accessible, and ready-to-use materials to provide local health department staff with information to improve communication efforts. Places emphasis on challenges encountered in rural settings and targeted for use among county health department nurse managers, supervisors, and other public health staff.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Community Health
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Toolkit offering links to comprehensive, accessible, and ready-to-use materials to provide local health department staff with information to improve communication efforts. Places emphasis on challenges encountered in rural settings and targeted for use among county health department nurse managers, supervisors, and other public health staff.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Community Health
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Growing and Sustaining Community Partnerships: A Use Case
Offers 2 case studies from West Virginia on community partnerships to support community-engaged research. Case studies discuss emergency response efforts and a community ambassador program. Includes 2 toolkits on working with the community and partner compensation for successful community-based participatory research projects.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance
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Offers 2 case studies from West Virginia on community partnerships to support community-engaged research. Case studies discuss emergency response efforts and a community ambassador program. Includes 2 toolkits on working with the community and partner compensation for successful community-based participatory research projects.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance
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New Mexico Federal Funding Dashboard
Dashboard of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded projects in New Mexico. Categories of funding include broadband, health and human services, housing, emergency response, and more. Includes state agency profiles and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: The State of New Mexico
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Dashboard of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded projects in New Mexico. Categories of funding include broadband, health and human services, housing, emergency response, and more. Includes state agency profiles and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: The State of New Mexico
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Neighborhoods at Risk
Tool offering maps and reports of neighborhoods by environmental risks and disparities in impact. Data available at the census tract, city, county, or state level.
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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Tool offering maps and reports of neighborhoods by environmental risks and disparities in impact. Data available at the census tract, city, county, or state level.
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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Wildfire Risk to Communities
Offers interactive maps, charts, and resources showing risk of wildfire at the city, county, or state level. Includes impact to vulnerable populations such as those in poverty, with limited transportation, by age, with a disability, and more. Includes recommended actions for reducing risk for community members, elected officials, healthcare services, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Headwaters Economics, Pyrologix LLC, Rocky Mountain Research Station's Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service
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Offers interactive maps, charts, and resources showing risk of wildfire at the city, county, or state level. Includes impact to vulnerable populations such as those in poverty, with limited transportation, by age, with a disability, and more. Includes recommended actions for reducing risk for community members, elected officials, healthcare services, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Headwaters Economics, Pyrologix LLC, Rocky Mountain Research Station's Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service
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Economic Profile System
Tool providing downloadable socioeconomic reports for communities, counties, or states using publicly available data. Reports cover various demographics such as poverty, race and ethnicity, employment, and more in addition to environmental risks, land management, and trends in industry.
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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Tool providing downloadable socioeconomic reports for communities, counties, or states using publicly available data. Reports cover various demographics such as poverty, race and ethnicity, employment, and more in addition to environmental risks, land management, and trends in industry.
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index
Interactive map of 184 indicators identifying climate vulnerability in health, social determinants of health, environment, and infrastructure at the state, county, and census tract levels.
Sponsoring organizations: Darkhorse Analytics, Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
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Interactive map of 184 indicators identifying climate vulnerability in health, social determinants of health, environment, and infrastructure at the state, county, and census tract levels.
Sponsoring organizations: Darkhorse Analytics, Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
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Broadband Climate Risk Mitigation Tool
Tool that provides hazard risk data alongside broadband access data for the purpose of infrastructure decision-making while considering natural hazards. Provides information at the county, address, or census tract level.
Sponsoring organization: Center on Rural Innovation
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Tool that provides hazard risk data alongside broadband access data for the purpose of infrastructure decision-making while considering natural hazards. Provides information at the county, address, or census tract level.
Sponsoring organization: Center on Rural Innovation
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Kansas Palliative Care 5-Year State Plan: 2022-2027
Provides an overview of the 2022-2027 Kansas palliative care plan, with a focus on access, education and healthcare workforce training, public and community awareness, and emergency preparedness and disaster planning. Includes palliative care access strategies that are specific to rural and frontier areas, as well as a county-level map that shows data on palliative care needs according to mortality rates.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Provides an overview of the 2022-2027 Kansas palliative care plan, with a focus on access, education and healthcare workforce training, public and community awareness, and emergency preparedness and disaster planning. Includes palliative care access strategies that are specific to rural and frontier areas, as well as a county-level map that shows data on palliative care needs according to mortality rates.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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