Rural Health
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"It's a Lifeline": Perspectives and Experiences of Health Technology Use among HIV Care Providers in Rural Florida
Explores the perspectives and experiences of 21 HIV care providers regarding the use of technology to deliver HIV care in rural Florida. Identifies themes from interviews with these providers, including current and prior health technology practices, drawbacks to health technology, benefits of health technology, and potential facilitators of health technology.
Author(s): Anne Gracy, Aislinn Woody, Karen Ingersoll, et al.
Citation: AIDS Care, 38(8), 1701-1716
Date: 11/2025
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Explores the perspectives and experiences of 21 HIV care providers regarding the use of technology to deliver HIV care in rural Florida. Identifies themes from interviews with these providers, including current and prior health technology practices, drawbacks to health technology, benefits of health technology, and potential facilitators of health technology.
Author(s): Anne Gracy, Aislinn Woody, Karen Ingersoll, et al.
Citation: AIDS Care, 38(8), 1701-1716
Date: 11/2025
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The Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE): A Cluster-Randomized Trial Testing a Multicomponent Intervention to Improve HPV Vaccination in Rural Primary Care Settings
Examines the Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE), a 5-year trial in 2018-2022 to support HPV vaccination in rural clinics. Analyzes HPV vaccination improvement activities chosen by 45 Oregon clinics and tracks the respective clinic rate of HPV vaccine initiation and completion.
Author(s): Brigit A. Hatch, Steele Valenzuela, Caitlin Dickinson, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 27, 3
Date: 11/2025
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Examines the Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE), a 5-year trial in 2018-2022 to support HPV vaccination in rural clinics. Analyzes HPV vaccination improvement activities chosen by 45 Oregon clinics and tracks the respective clinic rate of HPV vaccine initiation and completion.
Author(s): Brigit A. Hatch, Steele Valenzuela, Caitlin Dickinson, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 27, 3
Date: 11/2025
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Beyond Locks and Lectures: What Rural Parents Think Would Be Effective Firearm Safety Messaging and Programming
Examines parent perspectives on firearm safety and programming. Analyzes focus group feedback from rural parents living in Iowa regarding firearm safety programming, delivery of safety messages, and safe firearm storage in a home with children.
Author(s): Victor A. Soupene, Charles Jennissen, Nicholas Stange, et al.
Citation: Journal of Community Health, 51(2), 304-311
Date: 11/2025
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Examines parent perspectives on firearm safety and programming. Analyzes focus group feedback from rural parents living in Iowa regarding firearm safety programming, delivery of safety messages, and safe firearm storage in a home with children.
Author(s): Victor A. Soupene, Charles Jennissen, Nicholas Stange, et al.
Citation: Journal of Community Health, 51(2), 304-311
Date: 11/2025
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Tennessee's Physician Workforce Landscape: Supply, Demand, and Education Capacity
Assesses the current and future supply of physicians in Tennessee, by offering information on the physician workforce pathway-to-practice, practice trends, and projected needs through 2035 across the state. Features statistics in various categories with breakdowns by Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Virginia, and the United States as a whole. Mentions rural throughout.
Additional links: Workforce Snapshot
Author(s): Hannah Maxay, Courtney Medlock
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Veritas Health Solutions
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Assesses the current and future supply of physicians in Tennessee, by offering information on the physician workforce pathway-to-practice, practice trends, and projected needs through 2035 across the state. Features statistics in various categories with breakdowns by Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Virginia, and the United States as a whole. Mentions rural throughout.
Additional links: Workforce Snapshot
Author(s): Hannah Maxay, Courtney Medlock
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Veritas Health Solutions
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MBQIP Fundamentals Guide for State Flex Programs: A Guide for Flex Coordinators on the Current Status of the MBQIP
Provides an overview of the history and current status of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP). Offers links to resources to support Flex program personnel and relevant subcontractors understand the basics of MBQIP.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Resource Center
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Provides an overview of the history and current status of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP). Offers links to resources to support Flex program personnel and relevant subcontractors understand the basics of MBQIP.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Resource Center
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology on the Well-being of Residents in Rural Nursing Homes
Explores how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may promote well-being among rural long-term care residents. Presents results of a thematic analysis of interviews with 16 residents of a nursing home in rural Illinois. Identifies themes, advantages of ICT use, and barriers to effective ICT integration.
Author(s): Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw
Date: 11/2025
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Explores how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may promote well-being among rural long-term care residents. Presents results of a thematic analysis of interviews with 16 residents of a nursing home in rural Illinois. Identifies themes, advantages of ICT use, and barriers to effective ICT integration.
Author(s): Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw
Date: 11/2025
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Vermont Physician Assistants 2024 Census Statistical Report
Presents detailed profiles of physician assistants who renewed their licenses as of the end of January 2024 and were providing patient care in Vermont. Features demographics and county-level statistics including primary care provider to population ratios.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Presents detailed profiles of physician assistants who renewed their licenses as of the end of January 2024 and were providing patient care in Vermont. Features demographics and county-level statistics including primary care provider to population ratios.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Virginia's Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Workforce: 2025
An overview of the Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2025 Licensed Nurse Practitioner Workforce Survey. Features statistics including the number of APRNs in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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An overview of the Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2025 Licensed Nurse Practitioner Workforce Survey. Features statistics including the number of APRNs in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Virginia's Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Workforce: Comparison by Specialty, 2025
Results of the 2024 and 2025 surveys of over 16,500 Virginia Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). Features statistics including percentages of Virginia APRNs who grew up in rural areas and who are currently practicing in a nonmetro location.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Results of the 2024 and 2025 surveys of over 16,500 Virginia Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). Features statistics including percentages of Virginia APRNs who grew up in rural areas and who are currently practicing in a nonmetro location.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Virginia's Certified Nurse Aide Workforce: 2025
An overview of the certified nurse aide (CNA) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2025 Certified Nurse Aide Workforce Survey. Features statistics including the number of CNAs in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas of Virginia.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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An overview of the certified nurse aide (CNA) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2025 Certified Nurse Aide Workforce Survey. Features statistics including the number of CNAs in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas of Virginia.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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