Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
R3 Report: National Patient Safety Goal for Suicide Prevention
Establishes safety goals and practices for suicide prevention in Joint Commission-accredited hospitals. Highlights specific requirements for accredited Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Establishes safety goals and practices for suicide prevention in Joint Commission-accredited hospitals. Highlights specific requirements for accredited Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Preferences for Clinical Trial Participation among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Oregon and Appalachian Ohio
Highlights a study exploring the barriers to accessing clinical trials for rural people who use drugs (PWUDs). Bases findings on a literature review and qualitative interviews with PWUDs in rural Oregon and Appalachian Ohio. Discusses issues such as transportation, time and duration of trials, and stigma as potential barriers for rural PWUDs.
Author(s): Kathryn E. Lancaster, Caroline W. Koudelka, Miriam R. Elman, et al.
Citation: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 276, 112894
Date: 11/2025
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Highlights a study exploring the barriers to accessing clinical trials for rural people who use drugs (PWUDs). Bases findings on a literature review and qualitative interviews with PWUDs in rural Oregon and Appalachian Ohio. Discusses issues such as transportation, time and duration of trials, and stigma as potential barriers for rural PWUDs.
Author(s): Kathryn E. Lancaster, Caroline W. Koudelka, Miriam R. Elman, et al.
Citation: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 276, 112894
Date: 11/2025
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"They Make It So Hard on You": How Rurality Shapes Veterans' Health Experiences When Managing Gulf War Illness
Presents a study exploring how barriers associated with rurality affect the ability of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) to navigate healthcare. Bases findings on GWI patients' experiences in receiving care and their perceptions of the role rurality played in shaping those experiences.
Author(s): Brooke V. Jespersen, Megan Lafferty, Kara Montague, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40, 3590-3597
Date: 11/2025
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Presents a study exploring how barriers associated with rurality affect the ability of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) to navigate healthcare. Bases findings on GWI patients' experiences in receiving care and their perceptions of the role rurality played in shaping those experiences.
Author(s): Brooke V. Jespersen, Megan Lafferty, Kara Montague, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40, 3590-3597
Date: 11/2025
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Rural Veteran Perceptions of a Virtual Health Resource Center in a Community-based Setting
Presents a study on veterans' perception of the implementation of a rural Virtual Health Resource Center (VHRC). Bases findings on interviews with veterans who have used video visits and those who have not, and explores their likelihood of pursuing services through a VHRC with a mobile medical unit.
Author(s): Leah M Marcotte, Mariah Theis, John Geyer, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 41, 3694-3705
Date: 11/2025
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Presents a study on veterans' perception of the implementation of a rural Virtual Health Resource Center (VHRC). Bases findings on interviews with veterans who have used video visits and those who have not, and explores their likelihood of pursuing services through a VHRC with a mobile medical unit.
Author(s): Leah M Marcotte, Mariah Theis, John Geyer, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 41, 3694-3705
Date: 11/2025
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2025 Indiana Family Medicine Residencies Exit Survey Report
Results of a survey of 94 final-year residents from the 14 Indiana Family Medicine residency programs, to determine what they plan to do after graduation and where they plan to practice. Includes feedback on the residents' training and their programs' curricula, as well as suggestions for improvement. Mentions rural and underserved populations throughout.
Author(s): Komal Kochhar, Monling Ho
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Indiana University School of Medicine
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Results of a survey of 94 final-year residents from the 14 Indiana Family Medicine residency programs, to determine what they plan to do after graduation and where they plan to practice. Includes feedback on the residents' training and their programs' curricula, as well as suggestions for improvement. Mentions rural and underserved populations throughout.
Author(s): Komal Kochhar, Monling Ho
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Indiana University School of Medicine
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"It's a Lifeline": Perspectives and Experiences of Health Technology Use among HIV Care Providers in Rural Florida
Explores the perspectives and experiences of 21 HIV care providers regarding the use of technology to deliver HIV care in rural Florida. Identifies themes from interviews with these providers, including current and prior health technology practices, drawbacks to health technology, benefits of health technology, and potential facilitators of health technology.
Author(s): Anne Gracy, Aislinn Woody, Karen Ingersoll, et al.
Citation: AIDS Care, 38(8), 1701-1716
Date: 11/2025
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Explores the perspectives and experiences of 21 HIV care providers regarding the use of technology to deliver HIV care in rural Florida. Identifies themes from interviews with these providers, including current and prior health technology practices, drawbacks to health technology, benefits of health technology, and potential facilitators of health technology.
Author(s): Anne Gracy, Aislinn Woody, Karen Ingersoll, et al.
Citation: AIDS Care, 38(8), 1701-1716
Date: 11/2025
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The Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE): A Cluster-Randomized Trial Testing a Multicomponent Intervention to Improve HPV Vaccination in Rural Primary Care Settings
Examines the Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE), a 5-year trial in 2018-2022 to support HPV vaccination in rural clinics. Analyzes HPV vaccination improvement activities chosen by 45 Oregon clinics and tracks the respective clinic rate of HPV vaccine initiation and completion.
Author(s): Brigit A. Hatch, Steele Valenzuela, Caitlin Dickinson, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 27, 3
Date: 11/2025
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Examines the Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE), a 5-year trial in 2018-2022 to support HPV vaccination in rural clinics. Analyzes HPV vaccination improvement activities chosen by 45 Oregon clinics and tracks the respective clinic rate of HPV vaccine initiation and completion.
Author(s): Brigit A. Hatch, Steele Valenzuela, Caitlin Dickinson, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 27, 3
Date: 11/2025
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Beyond Locks and Lectures: What Rural Parents Think Would Be Effective Firearm Safety Messaging and Programming
Examines parent perspectives on firearm safety and programming. Analyzes focus group feedback from rural parents living in Iowa regarding firearm safety programming, delivery of safety messages, and safe firearm storage in a home with children.
Author(s): Victor A. Soupene, Charles Jennissen, Nicholas Stange, et al.
Citation: Journal of Community Health, 51(2), 304-311
Date: 11/2025
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Examines parent perspectives on firearm safety and programming. Analyzes focus group feedback from rural parents living in Iowa regarding firearm safety programming, delivery of safety messages, and safe firearm storage in a home with children.
Author(s): Victor A. Soupene, Charles Jennissen, Nicholas Stange, et al.
Citation: Journal of Community Health, 51(2), 304-311
Date: 11/2025
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology on the Well-being of Residents in Rural Nursing Homes
Explores how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may promote well-being among rural long-term care residents. Presents results of a thematic analysis of interviews with 16 residents of a nursing home in rural Illinois. Identifies themes, advantages of ICT use, and barriers to effective ICT integration.
Author(s): Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw
Date: 11/2025
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Explores how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may promote well-being among rural long-term care residents. Presents results of a thematic analysis of interviews with 16 residents of a nursing home in rural Illinois. Identifies themes, advantages of ICT use, and barriers to effective ICT integration.
Author(s): Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw
Date: 11/2025
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Short Report: Disparities in Hours of Applied Behavior Analysis Services for Medicaid-Enrolled Autistic Youth
Examines how hours of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) vary among autistic youth by rurality and other demographic factors, using 2017-2018 Michigan Medicaid Autism Benefit claims data of 1,028 patients below the age of 21.
Author(s): Diondra Straiton-Webster, Brooke Ingersoll
Citation: Autism, 30(4), 1108-1114
Date: 11/2025
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Examines how hours of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) vary among autistic youth by rurality and other demographic factors, using 2017-2018 Michigan Medicaid Autism Benefit claims data of 1,028 patients below the age of 21.
Author(s): Diondra Straiton-Webster, Brooke Ingersoll
Citation: Autism, 30(4), 1108-1114
Date: 11/2025
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