Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Public health
Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Data Portal
Portal displays data on substance use and mental health services, outcomes, and the population served in Utah. Includes a rural and urban breakdown on the number of individuals and total percent population served through substance use disorder services and mental health services. Covers mental health client data for the 13 local authorities, rural versus urban, and state totals for service utilization and median length of services for multiple types of healthcare services, including outpatient, inpatient, residential, medication management, case management, therapy, emergency, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Utah Department of Health and Human Services
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Portal displays data on substance use and mental health services, outcomes, and the population served in Utah. Includes a rural and urban breakdown on the number of individuals and total percent population served through substance use disorder services and mental health services. Covers mental health client data for the 13 local authorities, rural versus urban, and state totals for service utilization and median length of services for multiple types of healthcare services, including outpatient, inpatient, residential, medication management, case management, therapy, emergency, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Utah Department of Health and Human Services
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Tap Talk: The Drinking Water in Rural America Podcast
A podcast that discusses issues related to maintaining healthy drinking water supply and connecting professionals interested in public health infrastructure. Episodes focus on topics such as public health tracking, well water safety, healthy water initiatives in communities, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Community Assistance Partnership, University of Illinois
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A podcast that discusses issues related to maintaining healthy drinking water supply and connecting professionals interested in public health infrastructure. Episodes focus on topics such as public health tracking, well water safety, healthy water initiatives in communities, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Community Assistance Partnership, University of Illinois
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Data Portal
Dashboard provides data on a variety of population health measures. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including substance use and misuse; maternal and child health; elderly health; Medicaid enrollment; infectious diseases, cancer, and other health conditions; vaccinations; mortality including suicide; telehealth; and other general population and community health statistics. Includes the DHHS Factbook which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Dashboard provides data on a variety of population health measures. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including substance use and misuse; maternal and child health; elderly health; Medicaid enrollment; infectious diseases, cancer, and other health conditions; vaccinations; mortality including suicide; telehealth; and other general population and community health statistics. Includes the DHHS Factbook which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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State Firearm Mortality Explorer
Provides data on firearm mortality by state. Includes a map allowing users to select variables such as firearm deaths, homicides, and suicides along with state-level population characteristics compared to national, including urban and nonurban location.
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Provides data on firearm mortality by state. Includes a map allowing users to select variables such as firearm deaths, homicides, and suicides along with state-level population characteristics compared to national, including urban and nonurban location.
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Community Connector: Visualize Social Determinants of Health Scores
Open-sourced tool presents community demographics, social needs, and health outcomes by county in Colorado. Allows users to compare similar counties and select several measures of social determinants of health and health outcomes.
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica
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Open-sourced tool presents community demographics, social needs, and health outcomes by county in Colorado. Allows users to compare similar counties and select several measures of social determinants of health and health outcomes.
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica
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Roadmap to Strong Rural Health Care
Provides information on sustaining rural hospitals and clinics, growing the rural healthcare workforce in Nebraska, improving access to post-acute hospital care, improving rural well-being, and preserving emergency medical services, among other topics related to rural healthcare in Nebraska.
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Rural Health Association
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Provides information on sustaining rural hospitals and clinics, growing the rural healthcare workforce in Nebraska, improving access to post-acute hospital care, improving rural well-being, and preserving emergency medical services, among other topics related to rural healthcare in Nebraska.
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Rural Health Association
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Rural and Frontier Health
Focuses on supporting local health departments (LHDs) in rural and frontier areas by building capacity and capability to serve their communities. Includes initiatives, resources, collaborations, news, and spotlights related to rural and frontier LHDs.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Focuses on supporting local health departments (LHDs) in rural and frontier areas by building capacity and capability to serve their communities. Includes initiatives, resources, collaborations, news, and spotlights related to rural and frontier LHDs.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Ohio: Find My Local Health Department
A directory that allows user to input address in Ohio to find their associated local health department (LHD).
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Department of Health
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A directory that allows user to input address in Ohio to find their associated local health department (LHD).
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Department of Health
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Rural Health Mapping Tool
An interactive mapping system to help inform rural communities' strategies around COVID-19. Includes county-level data on COVID-19 vaccination rates, cases, and hospitalizations, as well as healthcare access, health status, and sociodemographic information.
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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An interactive mapping system to help inform rural communities' strategies around COVID-19. Includes county-level data on COVID-19 vaccination rates, cases, and hospitalizations, as well as healthcare access, health status, and sociodemographic information.
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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Wisconsin Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine Data
Provides county-level data on Wisconsin residents who have received a flu vaccine. Includes vaccine trends from past seasons as well as percentage data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Provides county-level data on Wisconsin residents who have received a flu vaccine. Includes vaccine trends from past seasons as well as percentage data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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