Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
Food Insecurity Among Seniors and Older Adults in 2022
Provides data on food insecurity in seniors (adults aged 60 and older) and older adults (adults aged 50-59). Includes demographic and socioeconomic data breakdowns related to food insecurity as well as metro versus nonmetro location.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Feeding America
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Provides data on food insecurity in seniors (adults aged 60 and older) and older adults (adults aged 50-59). Includes demographic and socioeconomic data breakdowns related to food insecurity as well as metro versus nonmetro location.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Feeding America
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Virginia's Rural Response and Relief Program
Provides an overview of Virginia's mini grant program that addresses social determinants of health. Includes information on local health initiatives and lessons learned during the mini grant process.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Provides an overview of Virginia's mini grant program that addresses social determinants of health. Includes information on local health initiatives and lessons learned during the mini grant process.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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American Samoa: Statistical Abstract, 2023
Presents statistics on health, education, land use, and other measures in American Samoa. Features district- and census region-level data.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organizations: American Samoa Government, Samoa Bureau of Statistics
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Presents statistics on health, education, land use, and other measures in American Samoa. Features district- and census region-level data.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organizations: American Samoa Government, Samoa Bureau of Statistics
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Border 2025: United States-Mexico Environmental Program Highlights Report, Summer 2024
Reports on the accomplishments of the Border 2025 program, which focuses on environmental and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region, for the years 2021 to 2023. Highlights projects to address challenges related to air pollution, water quality, emergency preparedness and response related to hazardous chemicals, sustainable materials management, waste management, and clean sites.
Additional links: En Español
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Reports on the accomplishments of the Border 2025 program, which focuses on environmental and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region, for the years 2021 to 2023. Highlights projects to address challenges related to air pollution, water quality, emergency preparedness and response related to hazardous chemicals, sustainable materials management, waste management, and clean sites.
Additional links: En Español
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Palliative Care in Rural Communities
Presents the CARE (Complex, Access, Resourceful, Extraordinary) Framework to highlight the challenges and benefits of healthcare delivery in rural communities. Highlights multiple models for palliative care outside acute care settings with consideration for the CARE Framework.
Author(s): Tracy Fasolino, Kathleen Valentine, Megan E. Mayfield, William E. Rosa, Anne Koci
Citation: American Journal of Nursing, 128(4), 50-55
Date: 07/2024
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Presents the CARE (Complex, Access, Resourceful, Extraordinary) Framework to highlight the challenges and benefits of healthcare delivery in rural communities. Highlights multiple models for palliative care outside acute care settings with consideration for the CARE Framework.
Author(s): Tracy Fasolino, Kathleen Valentine, Megan E. Mayfield, William E. Rosa, Anne Koci
Citation: American Journal of Nursing, 128(4), 50-55
Date: 07/2024
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Resilience Planning: What Communities Can Do to Keep Hazards from Turning into Disasters
Provides guidance for communities of all sizes to integrate resilience objectives in their long-term planning. Discusses how to work through resilience planning and includes examples from a rural Southampton Township in New Jersey.
Author(s): David R. Mizzen
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Provides guidance for communities of all sizes to integrate resilience objectives in their long-term planning. Discusses how to work through resilience planning and includes examples from a rural Southampton Township in New Jersey.
Author(s): David R. Mizzen
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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The 2021–2022 Study of Family and Staff Experiences in American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start FACES Programs: Fall 2021 Data Tables and Study Design
Analyzes 18 Region XI programs and reported data from American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Head Start children, parents, and teachers. Provides information on issues such as children's home environments, social-emotional learning skills, disabilities and physical health, and teacher and child characteristics.
Author(s): Myley Laurent, Tatiana Santiago, Katie Gonzalez, et al.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Analyzes 18 Region XI programs and reported data from American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Head Start children, parents, and teachers. Provides information on issues such as children's home environments, social-emotional learning skills, disabilities and physical health, and teacher and child characteristics.
Author(s): Myley Laurent, Tatiana Santiago, Katie Gonzalez, et al.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services in Indian County
Fact sheet on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) cooperative agreement to strengthen tribal public health system infrastructure. Discusses program goals, funding, community benefits, and more.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Fact sheet on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) cooperative agreement to strengthen tribal public health system infrastructure. Discusses program goals, funding, community benefits, and more.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Structural Determinants of Health: Hospitals' Unequal Capital Investments Drive Health Inequities
Examines hospitals' capital investments as a structural factor influencing disparities in patient safety and quality of care at hospitals in the United States. Analyzes topics including hospital economics, federal policy, funding, hospital infrastructure, and more. See Section 5 in particular for discussion of rural hospitals.
Author(s): Eileen Appelbaum, Emma Curchin, Rosemary Batt
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
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Examines hospitals' capital investments as a structural factor influencing disparities in patient safety and quality of care at hospitals in the United States. Analyzes topics including hospital economics, federal policy, funding, hospital infrastructure, and more. See Section 5 in particular for discussion of rural hospitals.
Author(s): Eileen Appelbaum, Emma Curchin, Rosemary Batt
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
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2022-24 Florida Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Report
Results of a survey of 14,427 physician assistants (PAs) who renewed their Florida licenses in 2022 and 2024. Features statistics including number of Florida PAs whose primary practice locations were rural clinics or rural hospitals.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Results of a survey of 14,427 physician assistants (PAs) who renewed their Florida licenses in 2022 and 2024. Features statistics including number of Florida PAs whose primary practice locations were rural clinics or rural hospitals.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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