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Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Substance use and misuse

Native Overdose Resource Hub
Provides resources for tribal communities working to address substance use and overdose prevention. Includes information and guidance for establishing and funding substance use and overdose prevention programs in tribal communities, as well as a collection of best practices and model programs.
Sponsoring organizations: National Network of Public Health Institutes, University of Washington
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North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS): Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): 2024 Survey Results
Provides survey data on health behaviors and health status in North Carolina for 2024. Covers access to care, exercise, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, immunization, H.I.V./AIDS, long-term COVID effects, disabilities, chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis, and more. Data comparing responses from rural, suburban, and urban counties can be accessed via data tables for each question asked.
Additional links: Data Summary Table
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Nevada Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Provides results and administration information for the Nevada Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which provides self-reported data on health behaviors, substance use, exposure to violence, adverse childhood events, nutrition and other experiences of middle and high school students in Nevada. Provides regional, county, and rural-urban data breakdowns for select topics.
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health
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Training for Community Health Workers/Promotores de Salud
Offers multiple live and self-paced trainings for community health workers covering agricultural health and safety topics including naloxone use, farmer mental health and suicide prevention, and human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention. Includes continuing education opportunities.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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New Mexico Substance Use & Mental Health Epidemiology Profile Dashboard
Dashboard providing data on substance use, substance use-related mortality, and suicide-related mortality among adults and youth in New Mexico. Includes county-level data on use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, with additional information on other substance use and mental health indicators and demographics.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Arkansas Hospital Association Data Hub Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing information on the availability of hospital services in Arkansas counties by specialty, including delivery, palliative, psychiatric, swing bed, intermediate care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, home health, and hospice services. Also includes data on Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Traditional Medicare enrollment by county.
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Hospital Association
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Indiana Public Health Data Navigator Dashboards
Provides public health data dashboards for Indiana that offer county-level information on county population health, local health departments, chronic disease prevention, maternal and child health, trauma and injury prevention, infectious disease prevention and control, lead case management, tobacco prevention, immunization data, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Department of Health
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Kansas Overdose Data Dashboard
An interactive data dashboard that provides information on drug overdose rates in Kansas. Includes county-level data on overdose emergency department (ED) visits and deaths.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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SAMHSA Rural Behavioral Health
Highlights the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) grants and programs related to rural behavioral health treatment, workforce, community-based resources, prevention strategies, and program technical assistance.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Native Communities: Alcohol Intervention Review (NativeAIR)
Presents an NIH-funded initiative that reviews of evidence-based alcohol interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Features interventions in three categories: prevention of fetal alcohol disorder, alcohol misuse prevention, and treatment for alcohol used disorder.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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