Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Maternal health workforce
Wyoming Rural Obstetrical Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Wyoming in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Wyoming in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Montana Rural Obstetrical Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Montana in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Montana in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Alaska Rural Obstetrical Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Alaska in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Alaska in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Idaho Rural Obstetrical Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Idaho in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Idaho in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Boosting Maternity Care in Rural America
Provides a brief overview of the state of maternal healthcare in rural areas. Highlights state and federal actions taken to improve access to quality maternal care and improve birth outcomes.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Provides a brief overview of the state of maternal healthcare in rural areas. Highlights state and federal actions taken to improve access to quality maternal care and improve birth outcomes.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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The Doctor is … Out: Shortages of Health Professionals in Rural Areas
Reports on healthcare professional shortages in 16 rural New York counties, including rural and county-level data on primary care, dental health, mental health, and maternity care providers. Discusses rural barriers to healthcare access and highlights approaches to strengthen the rural health workforce in New York.
Author(s): Andrea Miller, Maria Doulis, Matthew Golden, Joshua Simons
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: Office of the New York State Comptroller
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Reports on healthcare professional shortages in 16 rural New York counties, including rural and county-level data on primary care, dental health, mental health, and maternity care providers. Discusses rural barriers to healthcare access and highlights approaches to strengthen the rural health workforce in New York.
Author(s): Andrea Miller, Maria Doulis, Matthew Golden, Joshua Simons
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: Office of the New York State Comptroller
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Washington Rural Obstetrical Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Washington in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Washington in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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New Mexico State-Tribal Collaboration Act July 31, 2025 Agency Report
Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including primary care, data sharing, policy collaboration, and measles response. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2025, including topics such as community health workers, cancer, diabetes, COVID-19, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and more.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including primary care, data sharing, policy collaboration, and measles response. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2025, including topics such as community health workers, cancer, diabetes, COVID-19, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and more.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Illinois Rural Obstetrical Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Illinois in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Illinois in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): SC Woolcock, CHA Andrilla, LA Garberson, JM Graves
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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The Geographic Distribution of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care and Opportunities for Expanding Access to Care in Rural Areas
Examines family physicians (FPs) who provide maternity care and their geographic distribution in the United States. Analyzes maternity care across 325 counties, observing counties where FPs are the only maternity care providers, counties where there are no maternity care providers, and counties with or without hospital obstetric services. Includes discussion on maternity healthcare access disparities in rural areas.
Author(s): Michael Topmiller, Grace Walter, Anuradha Jetty, et al.
Citation: The Annals of Family Medicine, 23(4), 302-307
Date: 07/2025
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Examines family physicians (FPs) who provide maternity care and their geographic distribution in the United States. Analyzes maternity care across 325 counties, observing counties where FPs are the only maternity care providers, counties where there are no maternity care providers, and counties with or without hospital obstetric services. Includes discussion on maternity healthcare access disparities in rural areas.
Author(s): Michael Topmiller, Grace Walter, Anuradha Jetty, et al.
Citation: The Annals of Family Medicine, 23(4), 302-307
Date: 07/2025
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