Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health screening
North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): Calendar Year 2022 Results
Provides survey data on health behaviors and health status in North Carolina for the year 2022. Covers access to care, wellness, nutrition, chronic conditions, tobacco use, cancer screening and survivorship, COVID-19, disability, race and ethnicity, and more. Includes breakdowns by urban/suburban/rural county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides survey data on health behaviors and health status in North Carolina for the year 2022. Covers access to care, wellness, nutrition, chronic conditions, tobacco use, cancer screening and survivorship, COVID-19, disability, race and ethnicity, and more. Includes breakdowns by urban/suburban/rural county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Idaho Chronic Disease Risk and Burden Map
Interactive map highlights the disease burden in Idaho by county. Details county rankings by risk scores for health outcomes for conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and oral health, among others.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
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Interactive map highlights the disease burden in Idaho by county. Details county rankings by risk scores for health outcomes for conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and oral health, among others.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
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Behavioral Health Care Managers: An Approach to Integrating Behavioral Health in Rural Primary Care Practices
Describes the benefits of integrating behavioral healthcare into rural primary care practice to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and improve health outcomes. Highlights the role of a behavioral health care manager (BHCM) to screen and monitor patients, coordinate care with other healthcare providers, track treatment response, and recommend patient medications. Discusses the advantage of providing behavioral healthcare via telehealth, and importance of establishing clinical support and guidance for the BHCM.
Author(s): George Nasra
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Rochester Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence
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Describes the benefits of integrating behavioral healthcare into rural primary care practice to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and improve health outcomes. Highlights the role of a behavioral health care manager (BHCM) to screen and monitor patients, coordinate care with other healthcare providers, track treatment response, and recommend patient medications. Discusses the advantage of providing behavioral healthcare via telehealth, and importance of establishing clinical support and guidance for the BHCM.
Author(s): George Nasra
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Rochester Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence
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Hunger Vital Sign Toolkit
Provides a screening tool for identifying households at risk of food insecurity and poor health outcomes linked to food insecurity. Includes detailed information on the development of this resource, with the intent that other organizations may use it to develop and implement similar social risk screening tools.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Bi-State Primary Care Association
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Provides a screening tool for identifying households at risk of food insecurity and poor health outcomes linked to food insecurity. Includes detailed information on the development of this resource, with the intent that other organizations may use it to develop and implement similar social risk screening tools.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Bi-State Primary Care Association
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Vermont Food Access in Health Care Consortium
A collection of resources that rural communities can use to develop programs addressing food access. Includes resources for delivering services, such as information on produce prescriptions and food insecurity screening, and tools for program evaluation.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Bi-State Primary Care Association
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A collection of resources that rural communities can use to develop programs addressing food access. Includes resources for delivering services, such as information on produce prescriptions and food insecurity screening, and tools for program evaluation.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Bi-State Primary Care Association
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Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Rural Areas Topic Guide
Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP)
National Institutes of Health program promoting research projects studying COVID-19 testing patterns in communities in the United States and its territories as well as tribal nations. Provides data on disparities in infection rates, disease progression, health outcomes, access to healthcare, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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National Institutes of Health program promoting research projects studying COVID-19 testing patterns in communities in the United States and its territories as well as tribal nations. Provides data on disparities in infection rates, disease progression, health outcomes, access to healthcare, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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Use of Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Remote Communities — Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, September 15, 2020-March 1, 2021
Results of an ecologic study of rapid point-of-care antigen testing for COVID-19 in remote Alaskan villages and other community settings, which allowed for same-day identification of infected persons and prompt isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine of close contacts.
Author(s): Ellen Hodges, Brian Lefferts, Elizabeth Bates, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(33), 1120-1123
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Results of an ecologic study of rapid point-of-care antigen testing for COVID-19 in remote Alaskan villages and other community settings, which allowed for same-day identification of infected persons and prompt isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine of close contacts.
Author(s): Ellen Hodges, Brian Lefferts, Elizabeth Bates, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(33), 1120-1123
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rural-Urban Disparities in Cancer
Provides data and maps reflecting cancer incidence and mortality, comparing rural, nonmetro urban, and metro counties. Explores urban and rural disparities regarding cancer type, access to healthcare for rural residents, risk factors for cancer incidence, and preventative care.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
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Provides data and maps reflecting cancer incidence and mortality, comparing rural, nonmetro urban, and metro counties. Explores urban and rural disparities regarding cancer type, access to healthcare for rural residents, risk factors for cancer incidence, and preventative care.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health
Interactive mapping system providing chronic disease related data at the county, place, census tract, and ZIP code level. Covers measures related to health status, health outcomes, prevention, health risk behaviors, and social determinants of health.
Additional links: Compare Measures, Interactive Map, PLACES Data Portal
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Interactive mapping system providing chronic disease related data at the county, place, census tract, and ZIP code level. Covers measures related to health status, health outcomes, prevention, health risk behaviors, and social determinants of health.
Additional links: Compare Measures, Interactive Map, PLACES Data Portal
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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