Rural Health
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Maternal Chronic Disease Prevention in Rural America: A Life Course Perspective
Examines maternal chronic disease management in rural areas of the United States. Discusses social determinants of health and maternal health disparities specific to rural areas. Provides policy, public health surveillance, and community engagement approaches to address the rural maternal health crisis.
Author(s): Kobi V Ajayi, Emesomhi Eboreime, Alva Ferdinand, Ninfa Purcell, Robin Page
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Date: 12/2025
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Examines maternal chronic disease management in rural areas of the United States. Discusses social determinants of health and maternal health disparities specific to rural areas. Provides policy, public health surveillance, and community engagement approaches to address the rural maternal health crisis.
Author(s): Kobi V Ajayi, Emesomhi Eboreime, Alva Ferdinand, Ninfa Purcell, Robin Page
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Date: 12/2025
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Awakening the Seeds In Native Youth: Native Farm to School Evaluation Report
Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.
Author(s): Leah Simeon, Richard Elm-Hill, Cetan Christensen, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.
Author(s): Leah Simeon, Richard Elm-Hill, Cetan Christensen, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Temporal Trends and Regional Disparities in Prostate Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1999–2023: An Analysis of the CDC WONDER Database
Examines prostate cancer mortality trends among men in the United States. Utilizes 1999-2023 CDC WONDER data to examine prostate deaths according to demographics, census region, and metro versus nonmetro location.
Author(s): Zixiong Chai, Sixiang Yan, Haolin Li, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 4263
Date: 12/2025
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Examines prostate cancer mortality trends among men in the United States. Utilizes 1999-2023 CDC WONDER data to examine prostate deaths according to demographics, census region, and metro versus nonmetro location.
Author(s): Zixiong Chai, Sixiang Yan, Haolin Li, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 4263
Date: 12/2025
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Connecting the Dots: An Environmental Scan of Rural Health Associations in the United States
Provides an environmental scan of state rural health associations in the U.S. and their main points of focus. Discusses issues such as education, advocacy, policy, and partnerships and their relationship to public health. Includes discussion of how to develop priority areas for Ohio's rural health association.
Author(s): Caleb Freyhof, Rosanna Scott, Natalie DiPietro Mager, Karen Kier
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Public Health Association
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Provides an environmental scan of state rural health associations in the U.S. and their main points of focus. Discusses issues such as education, advocacy, policy, and partnerships and their relationship to public health. Includes discussion of how to develop priority areas for Ohio's rural health association.
Author(s): Caleb Freyhof, Rosanna Scott, Natalie DiPietro Mager, Karen Kier
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Public Health Association
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Geographic and Demographic Differences in Studies of the Five Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.: Evidence from Peer-Reviewed Literature
Literature review examining the extent to which studies on mortality related to heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke included individual measures of rurality, race, and ethnicity, and analyzes the findings of these studies. Discusses differences in research on a condition-by-condition basis and suggests directions for future health disparities research.
Author(s): Alva O. Ferdinand, Timothy Callaghan, Gogoal Falia, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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Literature review examining the extent to which studies on mortality related to heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke included individual measures of rurality, race, and ethnicity, and analyzes the findings of these studies. Discusses differences in research on a condition-by-condition basis and suggests directions for future health disparities research.
Author(s): Alva O. Ferdinand, Timothy Callaghan, Gogoal Falia, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis–Associated Deaths — United States, 2020–2023
Reports on deaths associated with coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), an occupational lung disease caused by inhaling coal mine dust. Includes data by industry and occupation, with most deaths occurring among those employed in the mining industry, a largely rural industry. Discusses the need for comprehensive prevention and screening.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(41), 627-633
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on deaths associated with coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), an occupational lung disease caused by inhaling coal mine dust. Includes data by industry and occupation, with most deaths occurring among those employed in the mining industry, a largely rural industry. Discusses the need for comprehensive prevention and screening.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(41), 627-633
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Use of Return on Investment Analysis on Community Health Worker Programs
Describes ways in which a return on investment analysis helps evaluate the economic impact of community health worker programs. Includes brief descriptions of notable examples.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: MHP Salud
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Describes ways in which a return on investment analysis helps evaluate the economic impact of community health worker programs. Includes brief descriptions of notable examples.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: MHP Salud
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American Cancer Society's Report on the Status of Cancer Disparities in the United States, 2025
Reports on cancer disparities by various demographic factors, socioeconomic status, geography, and other factors, utilizing 2018-2022 North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) data. Contains metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan data comparisons throughout, and discusses factors influencing access to cancer screening and treatment, including rurality.
Author(s): Farhad Islami, Gladys Arias, Dongjun Lee, et al.
Citation: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 76(1), e70045
Date: 12/2025
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Reports on cancer disparities by various demographic factors, socioeconomic status, geography, and other factors, utilizing 2018-2022 North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) data. Contains metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan data comparisons throughout, and discusses factors influencing access to cancer screening and treatment, including rurality.
Author(s): Farhad Islami, Gladys Arias, Dongjun Lee, et al.
Citation: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 76(1), e70045
Date: 12/2025
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Rural-Urban Differences in the Prevalence of Chronic Pain Among Adult Cancer Survivors
Examines chronic pain differences among rural and urban cancer survivors, using data from the 2019-2021 and 2023 National Health Interview Survey. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Hyojin Choi, Emily Hallgren, Maija Reblin, J. Kathleen Tracy, Erika Ziller
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(12), e2549972
Date: 12/2025
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Examines chronic pain differences among rural and urban cancer survivors, using data from the 2019-2021 and 2023 National Health Interview Survey. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Hyojin Choi, Emily Hallgren, Maija Reblin, J. Kathleen Tracy, Erika Ziller
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(12), e2549972
Date: 12/2025
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Rural Health Transformation Program State Application Summary: State-level Initiatives & Proposed Activities
Summarizes focus areas for each state in the applications for the Rural Health Transformation Program and highlights common themes across all applications.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Summarizes focus areas for each state in the applications for the Rural Health Transformation Program and highlights common themes across all applications.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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