Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 6–17 Years Who Have Roads, Sidewalks, Paths, or Trails Where They Can Walk or Ride a Bicycle, by Urban-Rural Status and Family Income — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020
Bar chart showing children's access to locations where they can walk or ride a bicycle. Provides data for rural and urban neighborhoods for families with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level and for families with incomes at or above 200% of the federal poverty level.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(35), 1136
Date: 09/2022
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Bar chart showing children's access to locations where they can walk or ride a bicycle. Provides data for rural and urban neighborhoods for families with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level and for families with incomes at or above 200% of the federal poverty level.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(35), 1136
Date: 09/2022
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The Implications of Long COVID for Rural Communities
Discusses the differences in COVID-19 outcomes for rural and urban areas and assesses their relative risk for, and capacity to treat, long COVID. Explores how the usual barriers to health and wellness in rural areas could affect the diagnosis and treatment of long COVID.
Author(s): Nathan Hale, Michael Meit, Samuel Pettyjohn, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 38(4), 945-947
Date: 09/2022
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Discusses the differences in COVID-19 outcomes for rural and urban areas and assesses their relative risk for, and capacity to treat, long COVID. Explores how the usual barriers to health and wellness in rural areas could affect the diagnosis and treatment of long COVID.
Author(s): Nathan Hale, Michael Meit, Samuel Pettyjohn, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 38(4), 945-947
Date: 09/2022
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Broadband Internet Subscription Rates and Opioid Prescribing via Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Explores the effect of the DEA's temporary permission for providers to prescribe opioids via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. Discusses the effect this permission had on rural areas and in counties with low and high rates of broadband access.
Author(s): Douglas R. Oyler, Svetla Slavova, Patricia R. Freeman, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 38(4), 900-907
Date: 09/2022
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Explores the effect of the DEA's temporary permission for providers to prescribe opioids via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. Discusses the effect this permission had on rural areas and in counties with low and high rates of broadband access.
Author(s): Douglas R. Oyler, Svetla Slavova, Patricia R. Freeman, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 38(4), 900-907
Date: 09/2022
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Appalachian Regional Commission Service Area Map (37 Counties)
Georgia map showing counties included in the Appalachian Regional Commission service area.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Georgia map showing counties included in the Appalachian Regional Commission service area.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Interventions for Increasing Digital Equity and Access (IDEA) Among Rural Patients Who Smoke: Study Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Pilot Trial
Examines digital access and literacy interventions that facilitate online evidence-based smoking cessation treatment (EBCT) for rural adults. Provides methodology and components of 3 different EBCT interventions aimed at participants in a Midwestern community-based health system. Includes feedback from a rural community advisory committee (CAC) on the study protocol.
Author(s): Christi Patten, Tabetha Brockman, Sydney Kelpin, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials, 119, 106838
Date: 08/2022
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Examines digital access and literacy interventions that facilitate online evidence-based smoking cessation treatment (EBCT) for rural adults. Provides methodology and components of 3 different EBCT interventions aimed at participants in a Midwestern community-based health system. Includes feedback from a rural community advisory committee (CAC) on the study protocol.
Author(s): Christi Patten, Tabetha Brockman, Sydney Kelpin, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials, 119, 106838
Date: 08/2022
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Indiana Governor's Public Health Commission Report 2022
Provides an overview of public health in Indiana with a focus on healthy environments and health education. Examines the declining life expectancy and challenges to public health such as behavioral health issues, adult and child obesity, infectious diseases, and geographic and socio-economic health disparities. Summarizes and provides recommendations from the commission's findings related to governance and infrastructure, funding, healthcare workforce, data integration, emergency preparedness, and child/adolescent health.
Additional links: Appendices, News Brief
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Department of Health
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Provides an overview of public health in Indiana with a focus on healthy environments and health education. Examines the declining life expectancy and challenges to public health such as behavioral health issues, adult and child obesity, infectious diseases, and geographic and socio-economic health disparities. Summarizes and provides recommendations from the commission's findings related to governance and infrastructure, funding, healthcare workforce, data integration, emergency preparedness, and child/adolescent health.
Additional links: Appendices, News Brief
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Department of Health
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Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program for Diabetes Control Among Community Health Centers in Rural Idaho and Oregon
Highlights a study on the efficacy of a fruit and vegetable prescription program aimed at controlling type 2 diabetes in rural northwestern communities. Details the program's structure and implementation into rural community health centers. Presents participants' results and breaks down data by age and food security, among other measures.
Author(s): Barbara Gordon, Sarah Ridinger, Rae Krick, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 112(7), 975-979
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights a study on the efficacy of a fruit and vegetable prescription program aimed at controlling type 2 diabetes in rural northwestern communities. Details the program's structure and implementation into rural community health centers. Presents participants' results and breaks down data by age and food security, among other measures.
Author(s): Barbara Gordon, Sarah Ridinger, Rae Krick, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 112(7), 975-979
Date: 07/2022
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Cumulative Barriers to Retention in Methadone Treatment among Adults from Rural and Small Urban Communities
Highlights a study on the barriers to retention in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder in rural and small urban communities. Breaks down data by participant characteristics and treatment barriers, such as housing instability, lack of transportation, and physical and mental health needs, among others.
Author(s): Emily Pasman, Rachel Kollin, Michael Broman, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 35
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights a study on the barriers to retention in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder in rural and small urban communities. Breaks down data by participant characteristics and treatment barriers, such as housing instability, lack of transportation, and physical and mental health needs, among others.
Author(s): Emily Pasman, Rachel Kollin, Michael Broman, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 35
Date: 07/2022
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The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium Description: Providing Evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis
Highlights an initiative aimed at developing interventions to address rural opioid use. Collects data from rural areas in 10 states via surveys of people who use drugs and explores overlapping issues, such as other drug use, homelessness, and lack of access to treatment, among others.
Author(s): Richard A. Jenkins, Bridget M. Whitney, Robin M. Nance, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 38
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights an initiative aimed at developing interventions to address rural opioid use. Collects data from rural areas in 10 states via surveys of people who use drugs and explores overlapping issues, such as other drug use, homelessness, and lack of access to treatment, among others.
Author(s): Richard A. Jenkins, Bridget M. Whitney, Robin M. Nance, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 38
Date: 07/2022
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After Action Review/Improvement Plan: Strategic Planning Toolkit
Toolkit provides guidance for completing an after action review of a post-public health intervention. Toolkit is aimed at leaders, public health practitioners, and other healthcare stakeholders in tribal communities. Provides the tools for designing, planning, preparing, and conducting an after action review.
Date: 07/2022
Sponsoring organization: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, American Indian Research Center for Health
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Toolkit provides guidance for completing an after action review of a post-public health intervention. Toolkit is aimed at leaders, public health practitioners, and other healthcare stakeholders in tribal communities. Provides the tools for designing, planning, preparing, and conducting an after action review.
Date: 07/2022
Sponsoring organization: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, American Indian Research Center for Health
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