Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Leadership
Facilitators of Strong Quality and Financial Outcomes in Critical Access Hospitals
Examines leadership traits, management strategies, and other governance and collaboration-based supports for positive quality and financial outcomes in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), utilizing insights from interviews of leaders at 10 CAHs which met high financial and quality benchmarks. Provides interview excerpts and identifies themes.
Author(s): Robert Barclay, Zoe Pringle, Megan Lahr, et al.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines leadership traits, management strategies, and other governance and collaboration-based supports for positive quality and financial outcomes in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), utilizing insights from interviews of leaders at 10 CAHs which met high financial and quality benchmarks. Provides interview excerpts and identifies themes.
Author(s): Robert Barclay, Zoe Pringle, Megan Lahr, et al.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Operational Challenges and Adaptive Leadership in Emergency Departments in the United States of America: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Analyzes perspectives from emergency department (ED) leadership regarding operational challenges such as overcrowding, staffing shortages, and diminishing quality of care and provider well-being. Utilizes survey and interview data from ED leaders to examine adaptive strategies, evidence-based protocols, cross-professional collaboration, and more, with a focus on rural contexts included.
Author(s): Emmanuel Animashaun, Ellen Barnie Peprah, Olaoluwa Olorunfemi, et al.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine, 25, 241
Date: 11/2025
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Analyzes perspectives from emergency department (ED) leadership regarding operational challenges such as overcrowding, staffing shortages, and diminishing quality of care and provider well-being. Utilizes survey and interview data from ED leaders to examine adaptive strategies, evidence-based protocols, cross-professional collaboration, and more, with a focus on rural contexts included.
Author(s): Emmanuel Animashaun, Ellen Barnie Peprah, Olaoluwa Olorunfemi, et al.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine, 25, 241
Date: 11/2025
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Unlocking Local Leadership: Why Rural People Step Forward to Help Their Communities
Reports on attitudes toward and experiences of community engagement and formal leadership among people in rural areas via a poll conducted in June and July of 2025. Provides data on rural quality of life, community cohesion, community involvement, and facilitators and obstacles to leadership, with urban data comparisons for select topics.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Gallup, LOR Foundation
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Reports on attitudes toward and experiences of community engagement and formal leadership among people in rural areas via a poll conducted in June and July of 2025. Provides data on rural quality of life, community cohesion, community involvement, and facilitators and obstacles to leadership, with urban data comparisons for select topics.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Gallup, LOR Foundation
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Strong Communities Start Here: Introducing Missouri's Civic Muscle Index
A recorded webinar that describes the development of the Civic Muscle Index, an interactive tool that measures healthy communities at the county level in Missouri. Focuses on domains such as belonging, social contribution, leadership, and community vitality. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slides
Author(s): Claire Wolff Rippel, Angela Johnson, Jamie Kleinsorge
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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A recorded webinar that describes the development of the Civic Muscle Index, an interactive tool that measures healthy communities at the county level in Missouri. Focuses on domains such as belonging, social contribution, leadership, and community vitality. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slides
Author(s): Claire Wolff Rippel, Angela Johnson, Jamie Kleinsorge
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Missouri's Civic Muscle Index
An interactive tool that measures healthy communities in Missouri. Includes domains such as belonging, social contribution, leadership, and community vitality. Provides county-level data as well as county-to-county comparisons.
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Missouri Extension
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An interactive tool that measures healthy communities in Missouri. Includes domains such as belonging, social contribution, leadership, and community vitality. Provides county-level data as well as county-to-county comparisons.
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Missouri Extension
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Vermont Annual Suicide Data Report: Data through 2024
Presents an overview of suicide in Vermont, exploring trends, risk factors, and the burden of suicide on healthcare systems and communities. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Presents an overview of suicide in Vermont, exploring trends, risk factors, and the burden of suicide on healthcare systems and communities. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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North Central Region Community Development Extension 2024 Impact Report
Provides an overview of the activities and impact of Extension programming in the North Central Region, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. Focuses on impacts such as resilient communities and economies, leadership and civic engagement, and community health and wellness. Includes examples in rural communities.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Provides an overview of the activities and impact of Extension programming in the North Central Region, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. Focuses on impacts such as resilient communities and economies, leadership and civic engagement, and community health and wellness. Includes examples in rural communities.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Safety Leadership Training: Implementation and Effectiveness Evaluation in the Dairy Farm Industry
Highlights a study on the efficacy of evidence-based safety leadership training for dairy farm supervisors at improving safety measures on the farm. Breaks down data by safety hazards, workplace conflicts, and training satisfaction among supervisors.
Author(s): David I. Douphrate, Anabel Rodriguez, Pete Kines, et al.
Citation: Workplace Health & Safety, 73(6), 310-319
Date: 06/2025
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Highlights a study on the efficacy of evidence-based safety leadership training for dairy farm supervisors at improving safety measures on the farm. Breaks down data by safety hazards, workplace conflicts, and training satisfaction among supervisors.
Author(s): David I. Douphrate, Anabel Rodriguez, Pete Kines, et al.
Citation: Workplace Health & Safety, 73(6), 310-319
Date: 06/2025
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Effect of Dairy Farm Supervisor Leadership Training on Workplace Safety Climate
Explores a study on the efficacy of a e-learning safety leadership training program for front-line dairy farm supervisors at improving workplace safety. Breaks down participant data by age, years of experience, and number of workers supervised, among other measures.
Author(s): David I. Douphrate, Anabel Rodriguez, Amir Hossein Javid, Pete Kines
Citation: Workplace Health & Safety, 73(5), 227-235
Date: 05/2025
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Explores a study on the efficacy of a e-learning safety leadership training program for front-line dairy farm supervisors at improving workplace safety. Breaks down participant data by age, years of experience, and number of workers supervised, among other measures.
Author(s): David I. Douphrate, Anabel Rodriguez, Amir Hossein Javid, Pete Kines
Citation: Workplace Health & Safety, 73(5), 227-235
Date: 05/2025
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National Rural Health Day 2025 Community Stars
Collection of stories about individuals and organizations across the U.S. that have made positive differences in the health of the rural communities they serve through innovation, leadership, commitment, collaboration, education, and communication.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Collection of stories about individuals and organizations across the U.S. that have made positive differences in the health of the rural communities they serve through innovation, leadership, commitment, collaboration, education, and communication.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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