Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Public health
Census Island Area Profiles: Puerto Rico Profile
Profile details data sets and visualizations, news, and guides for using Census data for Puerto Rico. Highlights data sets on population, housing, economy, and workforce, among others.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Profile details data sets and visualizations, news, and guides for using Census data for Puerto Rico. Highlights data sets on population, housing, economy, and workforce, among others.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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State Public Health Legislation Database
Identifies state legislation addressing infectious disease prevention and treatment, public health information and reporting, public health workforce, and vaccines. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2021. Searchable by year, state, topic or keyword.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Identifies state legislation addressing infectious disease prevention and treatment, public health information and reporting, public health workforce, and vaccines. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2021. Searchable by year, state, topic or keyword.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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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.
Type: Database
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.
Type: Database
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.
Type: Audio
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.
Type: Audio
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.
Type: Website
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.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Understanding Firearm Deaths by State—and How to Reduce Them
Provides data on firearm violence, gun polices, and firearm laws by state. Includes a map allowing users to select variables such as firearm deaths, homicides, and suicides, broken down by sex, race/ethnicity, age, and urban versus nonurban.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Provides data on firearm violence, gun polices, and firearm laws by state. Includes a map allowing users to select variables such as firearm deaths, homicides, and suicides, broken down by sex, race/ethnicity, age, and urban versus nonurban.
Type: Website
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.
Type: Website
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.
Type: Website
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.
Type: Document
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.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Rural Health Association
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Behavioral Health Care Managers: An Approach to Integrating Behavioral Health in Rural Primary Care Practices
Describes the benefits of integrating behavioral healthcare into rural primary care practice to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and improve health outcomes. Highlights the role of a behavioral health care manager (BHCM) to screen and monitor patients, coordinate care with other healthcare providers, track treatment response, and recommend patient medications. Discusses the advantage of providing behavioral healthcare via telehealth, and importance of establishing clinical support and guidance for the BHCM.
Author(s): George Nasra
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Rochester Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence
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Describes the benefits of integrating behavioral healthcare into rural primary care practice to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and improve health outcomes. Highlights the role of a behavioral health care manager (BHCM) to screen and monitor patients, coordinate care with other healthcare providers, track treatment response, and recommend patient medications. Discusses the advantage of providing behavioral healthcare via telehealth, and importance of establishing clinical support and guidance for the BHCM.
Author(s): George Nasra
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Rochester Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence
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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.
Type: Website
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.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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