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Resources by Topic: Health conditions

Telehealth for FQHCs/RHCs: Video Resource Library
Offers videos on topics relevant to telehealth implementation for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Topics address telehealth readiness, marketing, selecting service providers, process improvement, and documenting workflows. Also, covers telehealth in primary care and dentistry, school-based telehealth, and diabetes prevention, screening and education services. Transcripts are available in the video descriptions.
Sponsoring organization: National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers
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AgriStress Helpline: Crisis Support for Agricultural Communities
Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources in their area. Provides crisis support tailored for the agricultural community with an understanding of the values, stressors, and lived experiences of the agricultural community. Helpline is open 24/7 and is currently available in CT, MO, PA, TX, VA, and WY.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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Understanding Firearm Deaths by State—and How to Reduce Them
Provides data on firearm violence, gun polices, and firearm laws by state. Includes a map allowing users to select variables such as firearm deaths, homicides, and suicides, broken down by sex, race/ethnicity, age, and urban versus nonurban.
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Community Connector: Visualize Social Determinants of Health Scores
Open-sourced tool presents community demographics, social needs, and health outcomes by county in Colorado. Allows users to compare similar counties and select several measures of social determinants of health and health outcomes.
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica
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Missouri Hospital Association Health Equity Dashboards
A dashboard that provides county-level data on health disparities in Missouri, including social determinants of health (SDOH), maternal and child health, risk behaviors, health outcomes, physical health and disease status, behavioral health, and frailty/disabilities. User can select for race/ethnicity and one or more counties for data.
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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SparkMap's Community Assessment Tool
Allows user to select data indicators such as demographics, economics, housing, education, health behaviors and indicators, healthcare workforce, and more by state and county to create a community assessment report. Utilizes data from multiple geographical levels and housed with the US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems
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Rural Health Mapping Tool
An interactive mapping system to help inform rural communities' strategies around COVID-19. Includes county-level data on COVID-19 vaccination rates, cases, and hospitalizations, as well as healthcare access, health status, and sociodemographic information.
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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Iowa Cancer Maps
Displays ZIP code-level Iowa maps by cancer incidence, late stage cancer, and cancer mortality with 2004-2018 data. Includes information on breast, cervical, colorectal, liver, lung, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, prostate, and skin melanoma cancers.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Cancer Registry
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Wisconsin Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine Data
Provides county-level data on Wisconsin residents who have received a flu vaccine. Includes vaccine trends from past seasons as well as percentage data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline
Offers confidential and multilingual crisis counseling and support for people in emotional distress related to human-caused or natural disasters. Call or text 1-800-985-5990 to speak with a trained counselor. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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