Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Populations
Rural Profile of Arkansas 2025
Reports on social, demographic, and economic conditions in rural Arkansas, including data and discussion on topics including rural and urban definitions, health status and outcomes, demographics, infant mortality, education, poverty, employment, and food insecurity, among others. Provides rural-urban comparisons as well as county-level data.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Research & Extension
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Reports on social, demographic, and economic conditions in rural Arkansas, including data and discussion on topics including rural and urban definitions, health status and outcomes, demographics, infant mortality, education, poverty, employment, and food insecurity, among others. Provides rural-urban comparisons as well as county-level data.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Research & Extension
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USDA FY 2024 Annual Performance Report
Reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) performance for fiscal year (FY) 2024. Discusses USDA programs and funding for rural and tribal community development, infrastructure, housing, broadband, nutrition, and more.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) performance for fiscal year (FY) 2024. Discusses USDA programs and funding for rural and tribal community development, infrastructure, housing, broadband, nutrition, and more.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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The 2025 National Falls Prevention Action Plan
Offers 6 goals with priorities and action steps to reduce and prevent falls by older adults. Goals address public awareness, funding, evidence-based interventions, partnerships, technology, and data. Discusses rural access to fall prevention programs.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Aging
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Offers 6 goals with priorities and action steps to reduce and prevent falls by older adults. Goals address public awareness, funding, evidence-based interventions, partnerships, technology, and data. Discusses rural access to fall prevention programs.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Aging
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Total Fertility Rates by Pennsylvania County, 2019 to 2023
Map showing fertility rates by Pennsylvania county for women 15-44 years old, with shadings showing counties at or above replacement rate and those below replacement rate.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Map showing fertility rates by Pennsylvania county for women 15-44 years old, with shadings showing counties at or above replacement rate and those below replacement rate.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Supporting Physical and Mental Health in Rural Veterans Living With Heart Failure: Protocol for a Nurse-Led Telephone Intervention Study
Presents a study on supporting the physical and mental health of rural veterans with heart failure. Explores the findings of an intervention designed for rural veterans with heart failure and evaluates its efficacy.
Author(s): Lucinda J. Graven, Laurie Abbott, Josef V. Hodgkins, et al.
Citation: JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e63498
Date: 2025
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Presents a study on supporting the physical and mental health of rural veterans with heart failure. Explores the findings of an intervention designed for rural veterans with heart failure and evaluates its efficacy.
Author(s): Lucinda J. Graven, Laurie Abbott, Josef V. Hodgkins, et al.
Citation: JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e63498
Date: 2025
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Social Vulnerability, Lower Broadband Internet Access, and Rurality Associated with Lower Telemedicine Use in U.S. Counties
Examines how patient characteristics and broadband access are to telemedicine use across the United States. Analyzes data from a random sample of telemedicine sessions held on the Doxy.me platform in 2022. Compares data by patients' urban and rural status, as well as high, medium, and low broadband access at the county level.
Author(s): Mollie R. Cummins, Bob Wong, Neng Wan, et al.
Citation: JAMIA Open, 8(4), ooaf056
Date: 2025
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Examines how patient characteristics and broadband access are to telemedicine use across the United States. Analyzes data from a random sample of telemedicine sessions held on the Doxy.me platform in 2022. Compares data by patients' urban and rural status, as well as high, medium, and low broadband access at the county level.
Author(s): Mollie R. Cummins, Bob Wong, Neng Wan, et al.
Citation: JAMIA Open, 8(4), ooaf056
Date: 2025
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National Aging and Disability Transportation Center 2025 Innovations Showcase
Highlights 6 programs offering transportation services that are innovative in accessibility, coordination, cross-jurisdictional boundaries, healthcare access, and technology, particularly for older adults and people with disabilities. Includes rural-focused programs in Michigan and South Carolina, offering lessons learned and advice for replication.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Highlights 6 programs offering transportation services that are innovative in accessibility, coordination, cross-jurisdictional boundaries, healthcare access, and technology, particularly for older adults and people with disabilities. Includes rural-focused programs in Michigan and South Carolina, offering lessons learned and advice for replication.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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The Landscape of Farmer Mental Health Programs in the US Midwest
Offers the results of 2 environmental scans conducted in 2019 and 2022 in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin to highlight the state of farmer mental health programming, how it has changed over time, and progress made in barriers to care. Discusses key sectors addressing farmer mental health, information format, topics discussed, and target audiences.
Author(s): Florence Becot, Sarah Ruszkowski, Carrie Henning-Smith, Andrea Bjornestad
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 30(4), 765-778
Date: 2025
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Offers the results of 2 environmental scans conducted in 2019 and 2022 in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin to highlight the state of farmer mental health programming, how it has changed over time, and progress made in barriers to care. Discusses key sectors addressing farmer mental health, information format, topics discussed, and target audiences.
Author(s): Florence Becot, Sarah Ruszkowski, Carrie Henning-Smith, Andrea Bjornestad
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 30(4), 765-778
Date: 2025
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"Voice of Concern" for Rural Veterans With PTSD: Care Managers' Role Engaging Rural Veterans in Evidence-Based Therapies via Telemedicine
Conducted phone interviews with 43 veterans to identify satisfaction with care managers offering trauma-focused psychotherapies through telehealth. Discusses barriers to care and 3 ways CMs were most helpful to veteran patients.
Author(s): Valentina V. Petrova, Carol Simons, Suparna Rajan, et al.
Citation: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 17(8), 1771-1779
Date: 2025
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Conducted phone interviews with 43 veterans to identify satisfaction with care managers offering trauma-focused psychotherapies through telehealth. Discusses barriers to care and 3 ways CMs were most helpful to veteran patients.
Author(s): Valentina V. Petrova, Carol Simons, Suparna Rajan, et al.
Citation: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 17(8), 1771-1779
Date: 2025
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2025 Indiana Girl Report Dashboard
Provides interactive regional and county-level data on girls in Indiana. Includes demographic information, population to provider ratios, health insurance data, educational attainment, reported bullying, poverty, and more. Offers interactive county-level maps as well as county-level data in the drop-down menu.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organizations: Girl Coalition of Indiana, Girl Scouts, Indiana Youth Institute
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Provides interactive regional and county-level data on girls in Indiana. Includes demographic information, population to provider ratios, health insurance data, educational attainment, reported bullying, poverty, and more. Offers interactive county-level maps as well as county-level data in the drop-down menu.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organizations: Girl Coalition of Indiana, Girl Scouts, Indiana Youth Institute
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