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Kansas Prenatal Care Report, 2024
Examines the adequacy of prenatal care for women in Kansas in 2024. Utilizes the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization (APNCU) index to provide county-level and peer group statistics on prenatal care, with further data breakdowns by age, insurance type, and frontier, rural, semi-urban, or urban location. Includes a map showing county rate of receiving inadequate prenatal care.
Author(s): Cathryn Savage
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Examines the adequacy of prenatal care for women in Kansas in 2024. Utilizes the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization (APNCU) index to provide county-level and peer group statistics on prenatal care, with further data breakdowns by age, insurance type, and frontier, rural, semi-urban, or urban location. Includes a map showing county rate of receiving inadequate prenatal care.
Author(s): Cathryn Savage
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Adult Tobacco Use in Vermont: 2024 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Data brief summarizing tobacco measures from the 2024 Vermont Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey of adult Vermonters. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas and a county-level map showing smoking rates.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Data brief summarizing tobacco measures from the 2024 Vermont Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey of adult Vermonters. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas and a county-level map showing smoking rates.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Application of Spatial Methods in Rural Cancer Control Research in the United States
Discusses the application of spatial research methods to study rural cancer disparities. Considers rural cancer control research methods such as identification of disease clusters and patterns, spatial accessibility measures, small area estimation techniques, spatial regression, multilevel modeling, and more.
Author(s): Whitney E. Zahnd, Jan M. Eberth, Sarah H. Nash, et al.
Citation: Current Epidemiology Reports, 13, 4
Date: 02/2026
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Discusses the application of spatial research methods to study rural cancer disparities. Considers rural cancer control research methods such as identification of disease clusters and patterns, spatial accessibility measures, small area estimation techniques, spatial regression, multilevel modeling, and more.
Author(s): Whitney E. Zahnd, Jan M. Eberth, Sarah H. Nash, et al.
Citation: Current Epidemiology Reports, 13, 4
Date: 02/2026
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Wyoming Medicaid Annual Report SFY 2025
Comprehensive report of Wyoming's Medicaid program, including information and data for the types of services provided, enrollment, cost of services, and service utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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Comprehensive report of Wyoming's Medicaid program, including information and data for the types of services provided, enrollment, cost of services, and service utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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Association of DNA Methyltransferase Polymorphisms with Breast Cancer: A Nested Case‒Control Study of the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study
Examines how DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B polymorphisms influence breast cancer risk using data of 2,407 participants in the Arkansas Rural Community Health cohort study.
Author(s): Sarah A. Mayberry, Ping-Ching Hsu, Hui-Yi Lin, et al.
Citation: BMC Cancer, 26, 357
Date: 02/2026
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Examines how DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B polymorphisms influence breast cancer risk using data of 2,407 participants in the Arkansas Rural Community Health cohort study.
Author(s): Sarah A. Mayberry, Ping-Ching Hsu, Hui-Yi Lin, et al.
Citation: BMC Cancer, 26, 357
Date: 02/2026
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Optimizing Obstetric Life Support Training in Rural Healthcare Settings in New England: Protocol for a Multisite Prospective Study
Examines the simulation curriculum Obstetric Life Support (OBLS) that focuses on recognition, prevention, and management of maternal medical emergencies. Analyzes implementation of an adapted OBLS curriculum made for rural communities in New England. Discusses barriers and facilitators of adapting the program for rural prehospital and hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs).
Author(s): Shayna D Cunningham, Rogie Royce Carandang, W. Andy Lowe, et al.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 26, 219
Date: 02/2026
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Examines the simulation curriculum Obstetric Life Support (OBLS) that focuses on recognition, prevention, and management of maternal medical emergencies. Analyzes implementation of an adapted OBLS curriculum made for rural communities in New England. Discusses barriers and facilitators of adapting the program for rural prehospital and hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs).
Author(s): Shayna D Cunningham, Rogie Royce Carandang, W. Andy Lowe, et al.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 26, 219
Date: 02/2026
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Community Health Services Development: An Aggregate Report of the Community Health Needs Assessments and Implementation Plans of Montana's Critical Access Hospitals, 2021-2024
Report presents the aggregate data from community health needs assessments and community health implementation plans from Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) throughout Montana. Breaks down data on health concerns, desired healthcare services, and healthcare utilization, among other community-level health measurements.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Montana Office of Rural Health
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Report presents the aggregate data from community health needs assessments and community health implementation plans from Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) throughout Montana. Breaks down data on health concerns, desired healthcare services, and healthcare utilization, among other community-level health measurements.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Montana Office of Rural Health
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Designing Communication Strategies to Increase Rural Participation in Clinical Trials using the Health Belief Model and Strategic Communication
Evaluates communication strategies for increasing participation in clinical trials among people in rural areas using health beliefs survey data drawn from 402 West Virginians. Discusses how rural and Appalachian culture, access to care, personal beliefs, and more influence clinical trial utilization.
Author(s): Dannell Boatman, Stephenie Kennedy-Rea, Jay Mason, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 50, 101610
Date: 02/2026
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Evaluates communication strategies for increasing participation in clinical trials among people in rural areas using health beliefs survey data drawn from 402 West Virginians. Discusses how rural and Appalachian culture, access to care, personal beliefs, and more influence clinical trial utilization.
Author(s): Dannell Boatman, Stephenie Kennedy-Rea, Jay Mason, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 50, 101610
Date: 02/2026
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Virginia's Dental Hygienist Workforce: 2025
An overview of the Virginia dental hygienist workforce based on data from the 2025 Dental Hygienist Workforce Survey. Features statistics on the number of dental hygienists working in rural Virginia as well as how many grew up in rural areas of Virginia.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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An overview of the Virginia dental hygienist workforce based on data from the 2025 Dental Hygienist Workforce Survey. Features statistics on the number of dental hygienists working in rural Virginia as well as how many grew up in rural areas of Virginia.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Virginia's Dentistry Workforce: 2025
An overview of the dentistry workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2025 Dentistry Survey. Features statistics including the number of dentists in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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An overview of the dentistry workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2025 Dentistry Survey. Features statistics including the number of dentists in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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