Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Populations

Opioid Stewardship in the Indian Health Service
Discusses the use of prescription opioids and outlines proper pain management for Indian Health Services (IHS) patients and providers. Features resources and videos for providers and tribal communities in the areas of IHS opioid data, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), pain management, prevention, maternal and child health and wellness, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Cancer-Rates.info
Contains cancer incidence and mortality data for a number of states, with the option to view data by county, cancer type, gender, race and ethnicity, and in most cases, rural/urban geography.
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky
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Nourishing Native Foods & Health
Features several guides, assessments, and other resources on tribal food sovereignty. Explores the planning, development, and assessment of local food sources in tribal communities. Requires creation of a free login to download reports.
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Strengthening Tribal & Community Institutions
Highlights several reports on grant seeking and philanthropy for tribal organizations. Features funding guidance and resources to support tribal institutions. Requires creation of a free login to download reports.
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Pain Management
Details the Indian Health Service guidelines on pain management. Features information on chronic pain, patient assessment, opioids, and other factors pertaining to the treatment of pain.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Long-Term Services and Supports Technical Assistance Center
Presents information, resources, and guidance for American Indian and Alaska Native communities to plan, develop, and implement programs to care for their elderly and disabled members. Provides webinars, program examples, and planning guides for tribal leaders and community members.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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National Agricultural Workers Survey: Agricultural Worker Tables
Presents data on agricultural workers from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS). Presents data by demographic characteristics, health insurance coverage, and agricultural occupational injury, among others.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Labor
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Catalogue of Surveillance Systems
Listing of over 100 publicly available datasets relating to childhood obesity and research. Catalogue is searchable by key words and can be filtered by scope, variables, demographics, design, and cost. Includes datasets with rural specific information.
Sponsoring organization: National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research
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Native Agriculture Research and Reports
Presents several reports on tribal food sovereignty. Discusses the development of local food sources to support the health, nutrition, and economy of tribal communities. Features national assessments and case studies of individual tribes. Requires creation of a free login to download reports.
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Office of Minority Health Resource Center and Knowledge Center
Features resources pertaining to the health and wellness from the HHS Office of Minority Health Resource Center. Contains books, documents, journal articles, and media, as well as consumer health material in over 40 languages. Provides customized responses to research inquiries and other support services.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
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