Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Population health
Wildfire Risk to Communities
Offers interactive maps, charts, and resources showing risk of wildfire at the city, county, or state level. Includes impact to vulnerable populations such as those in poverty, with limited transportation, by age, with a disability, and more. Includes recommended actions for reducing risk for community members, elected officials, healthcare services, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Headwaters Economics, Pyrologix LLC, Rocky Mountain Research Station's Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service
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Offers interactive maps, charts, and resources showing risk of wildfire at the city, county, or state level. Includes impact to vulnerable populations such as those in poverty, with limited transportation, by age, with a disability, and more. Includes recommended actions for reducing risk for community members, elected officials, healthcare services, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Headwaters Economics, Pyrologix LLC, Rocky Mountain Research Station's Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service
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South Carolina County Health Profiles
Dashboard providing interactive county health data. Covers births, prenatal care, infant mortality, chronic disease, health behaviors, demographics, healthcare access, and more. Allows county-by-county comparisons.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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Dashboard providing interactive county health data. Covers births, prenatal care, infant mortality, chronic disease, health behaviors, demographics, healthcare access, and more. Allows county-by-county comparisons.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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SC Rural Healthcare Resource Dashboard
Dashboard providing a summary table and interactive maps of public health data for South Carolina by county and zip code. Covers topics including provider distribution, health facilities, demographics, diseases and chronic conditions, health behaviors, healthcare utilization patterns, rural definitions, primary care provider need, obstetric service need, and more.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare
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Dashboard providing a summary table and interactive maps of public health data for South Carolina by county and zip code. Covers topics including provider distribution, health facilities, demographics, diseases and chronic conditions, health behaviors, healthcare utilization patterns, rural definitions, primary care provider need, obstetric service need, and more.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare
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Pathways to Equity Rural Health Roadmap
Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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Mississippi Statistically Automated Health Resource System (MSTAHRS)
Database providing vital records data for the state of Mississippi. Covers births, pregnancy, deaths, early elective delivery, infant deaths, population, marriage, and divorce. Data can be queried by year, age group, race, ethnicity, place of residence, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Database providing vital records data for the state of Mississippi. Covers births, pregnancy, deaths, early elective delivery, infant deaths, population, marriage, and divorce. Data can be queried by year, age group, race, ethnicity, place of residence, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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North Carolina Community Health Assessment, CHIP, and SOTCH
Provides access to North Carolina's community health assessments (CHAs), community health improvement plans (CHIPs), and state of the county health reports (SOTCHs). CHAs identify concerns, set priorities, and include community profiles, demographics, and more. CHIPs and SOTCHs provide interactive scorecards for CHA-identified priorities. Also provides resources for the creation of CHAs, CHIPs, and SOTCHs in North Carolina, including checklists and submission process overviews.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides access to North Carolina's community health assessments (CHAs), community health improvement plans (CHIPs), and state of the county health reports (SOTCHs). CHAs identify concerns, set priorities, and include community profiles, demographics, and more. CHIPs and SOTCHs provide interactive scorecards for CHA-identified priorities. Also provides resources for the creation of CHAs, CHIPs, and SOTCHs in North Carolina, including checklists and submission process overviews.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Cultivate Safety
Website offering resources on health and safety for youth in agricultural settings, including consideration of both working and non-working youth. Offers guidelines for supervisors of working youth under 18, video demonstrations, hazard mapping tools, agritourism safety information, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center
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Website offering resources on health and safety for youth in agricultural settings, including consideration of both working and non-working youth. Offers guidelines for supervisors of working youth under 18, video demonstrations, hazard mapping tools, agritourism safety information, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center
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Kentucky County Data Profiles
Dashboard providing interactive charts and graphs on a variety of topics by county for Kentucky. Covers healthcare, housing, broadband access, economics, workforce, agriculture, and more. Healthcare-specific topics include employment, providers, obesity, smoking, uninsured population, and physical activity.
Sponsoring organization: Blueprint Kentucky
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Dashboard providing interactive charts and graphs on a variety of topics by county for Kentucky. Covers healthcare, housing, broadband access, economics, workforce, agriculture, and more. Healthcare-specific topics include employment, providers, obesity, smoking, uninsured population, and physical activity.
Sponsoring organization: Blueprint Kentucky
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So ILL Podcast
A Southern Illinois University School of Medicine podcast that discusses the intersection of environment and health, with a focus on the the social determinants of health (SDOH), particularly in rural areas.
Sponsoring organizations: SIU School of Medicine, WSIU Public Broadcasting
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A Southern Illinois University School of Medicine podcast that discusses the intersection of environment and health, with a focus on the the social determinants of health (SDOH), particularly in rural areas.
Sponsoring organizations: SIU School of Medicine, WSIU Public Broadcasting
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New Mexico Home Visiting Surveillance Report 2018-2020
Surveyed people that gave birth between 2018 and 2020 in New Mexico about their experiences with home visiting services. Includes rural and urban comparisons.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Surveyed people that gave birth between 2018 and 2020 in New Mexico about their experiences with home visiting services. Includes rural and urban comparisons.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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