Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
In Support of Caregivers: Key Accomplishments of Lifespan Respite Program Grantees
Highlights the work of state grantees in the Lifespan Respite Care Program. Discusses 8 key accomplishments related to collaboration, accessibility, affordability, using data, workforce, innovation, sustainability, and outreach. Discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Susan Janko Summers
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
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Highlights the work of state grantees in the Lifespan Respite Care Program. Discusses 8 key accomplishments related to collaboration, accessibility, affordability, using data, workforce, innovation, sustainability, and outreach. Discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Susan Janko Summers
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
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Indian Health Service Program Evaluation Services: Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Projects Aggregate Report 2021-2024
Report evaluates the Indian Health Service's Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Project aimed at addressing opioid use disorder in tribal communities. Collects and evaluates data from grantees after the program's first three years, April 1, 2021-March 31, 2024. Explores grantees' progress in building organizational capacity, community and educational events, and professional trainings, among other measures.
Additional links: Infographic
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Report evaluates the Indian Health Service's Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Project aimed at addressing opioid use disorder in tribal communities. Collects and evaluates data from grantees after the program's first three years, April 1, 2021-March 31, 2024. Explores grantees' progress in building organizational capacity, community and educational events, and professional trainings, among other measures.
Additional links: Infographic
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program in Rural Church Settings: A Qualitative Study Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Analyzes the effectiveness of implementing a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in a rural church setting in Georgia. Utilizes feedback from interviews with church leaders and lifestyle coaches to discuss facilitators, such as academic partnerships and evidence-based programming, as well as barriers, such as transportation, childcare issues, prohibitive health problems, and more.
Author(s): Smita Rawal, Caleb A. Snead, Frantz D. Soiro, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 41(2)
Date: 2025
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Analyzes the effectiveness of implementing a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in a rural church setting in Georgia. Utilizes feedback from interviews with church leaders and lifestyle coaches to discuss facilitators, such as academic partnerships and evidence-based programming, as well as barriers, such as transportation, childcare issues, prohibitive health problems, and more.
Author(s): Smita Rawal, Caleb A. Snead, Frantz D. Soiro, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 41(2)
Date: 2025
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Evaluation of a Pilot College Student-Based Physical Activity Implementation Strategy in a Rural Middle School
Evaluates a college student-led physical activity program in a rural Indiana middle school to determine feasibility related to recruitment, retention, implementation, attendance, acceptability, and cost. Discusses challenges with implementation in rural settings.
Author(s): Megan M. Kwaiser, Andrew M. Medellin, Janette M. Watkins, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(12), 1645
Date: 12/2024
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Evaluates a college student-led physical activity program in a rural Indiana middle school to determine feasibility related to recruitment, retention, implementation, attendance, acceptability, and cost. Discusses challenges with implementation in rural settings.
Author(s): Megan M. Kwaiser, Andrew M. Medellin, Janette M. Watkins, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(12), 1645
Date: 12/2024
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Bird Flu Exposure Prevention – Employer Checklist
Checklist for employers of farmworkers to decrease risk of H5N1 exposure. Covers California-specific regulations in addition to guidance on written procedures, sanitation, biosecurity, training, personal protective equipment, and medical care. Checklist available in both English and Spanish.
Author(s): Teresa Andrews, Elizabeth Georgian
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
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Checklist for employers of farmworkers to decrease risk of H5N1 exposure. Covers California-specific regulations in addition to guidance on written procedures, sanitation, biosecurity, training, personal protective equipment, and medical care. Checklist available in both English and Spanish.
Author(s): Teresa Andrews, Elizabeth Georgian
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
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The Loss of Rural Vital Places: A Case Study Using the Social Determinants of Health Framework
Interviews 26 residents of a rural Pennsylvania town to explore the impact of the loss of vital places (defined as sources of healthy food, recreational facilities, and social spaces) through a social determinants of health lens. Discusses built environments, economic stability, education, and transportation and their impacts on health and wellbeing.
Author(s): Danielle Rhubart, Jennifer Kowalkowski, Hazel Velasco Palacios, Kristina Brant
Citation: Wellbeing, Space and Society, 7
Date: 12/2024
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Interviews 26 residents of a rural Pennsylvania town to explore the impact of the loss of vital places (defined as sources of healthy food, recreational facilities, and social spaces) through a social determinants of health lens. Discusses built environments, economic stability, education, and transportation and their impacts on health and wellbeing.
Author(s): Danielle Rhubart, Jennifer Kowalkowski, Hazel Velasco Palacios, Kristina Brant
Citation: Wellbeing, Space and Society, 7
Date: 12/2024
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Tennessee Child Fatality 2024 Annual Report
Detailed review of deaths of Tennessee children ages 0-17 in 2022. Includes a section on the Sources of Strength program, an initiative to promote mental health and prevent suicides in rural communities.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Detailed review of deaths of Tennessee children ages 0-17 in 2022. Includes a section on the Sources of Strength program, an initiative to promote mental health and prevent suicides in rural communities.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Healthy Border 2030: Collaborative Action to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of the United States - Mexico Border Population
Reports on the prevailing public health issues occurring in U.S.-Mexico border populations. Assesses health data and provides strategic recommendations to promote health, prevent disease, and support population health at the binational, state, and local levels.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: United States-México Border Health Commission
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Reports on the prevailing public health issues occurring in U.S.-Mexico border populations. Assesses health data and provides strategic recommendations to promote health, prevent disease, and support population health at the binational, state, and local levels.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: United States-México Border Health Commission
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Maternal Mortality in Tennessee: Annual Report 2024
Findings from Tennessee's review of maternal deaths, focusing on pregnancy-related deaths from 2020-2022. Examines trends, leading causes, contributing factors, and disparities, and outlines recommendations to reduce pregnancy-related deaths and improve maternal health outcomes. Features statistics on pregnancy-related mortality rate by social drivers of health, with breakdowns by rural or urban residence.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Findings from Tennessee's review of maternal deaths, focusing on pregnancy-related deaths from 2020-2022. Examines trends, leading causes, contributing factors, and disparities, and outlines recommendations to reduce pregnancy-related deaths and improve maternal health outcomes. Features statistics on pregnancy-related mortality rate by social drivers of health, with breakdowns by rural or urban residence.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Lifting Kids Up with Grace: How a New Mexico Community Built a Grassroots Youth and Family Center from the Ground Up
Features the GRACE Youth and Family Center for Everyone, a New Mexico grassroots initiative that offers free programming to children, teenagers, and families in a rural county with high rates of substance use.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features the GRACE Youth and Family Center for Everyone, a New Mexico grassroots initiative that offers free programming to children, teenagers, and families in a rural county with high rates of substance use.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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