Indiana resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Indiana Psychologist Workforce Data Report and Snapshot

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:55:11 -0500

Provides 2024 workforce data on psychologists in Indiana. Analyzes information on license renewals, employment status and characteristics, demographics, populations served and services provided, and geographic distribution, including total psychologists by county as well as county-level ratios of population per one psychologist. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: Rural Indiana: A Discussion Series

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:25:26 -0500

Recorded discussions focused on rural Indiana. Includes topics such as rural resilience and sustainability, rural public health, and rural agricultural issues. Transcripts available below description.

Resource: Indiana Rural Health Transformation Funding Opportunities

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:25:46 -0500

Lists funding opportunities available through the Indiana Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to help implement Indiana's approved RHTP initiatives and activities. -- Indiana Department of Health

Resource: 2024 Indiana Pharmacist Health Workforce Data Report

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:12:21 -0500

Provides an overview of the pharmacist healthcare workforce in Indiana as of 2024, with a focus on total licenses, employment status and practice location, workforce demographics, practice characteristics, and more. Includes county-level data on geographic distribution of pharmacists as well as population per pharmacist ratios. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: Indiana Rural Health Transformation

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:41:00 -0600

Provides information on Indiana's Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents an overview of program initiatives, including Growing Rural Opportunities for Well-being (GROW) regional grants, and strategic goals. Includes links to Indiana's application materials. -- Indiana Department of Health

Resource: Indiana Youth Institute 2026 County Dashboard

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:30:44 -0600

An interactive dashboard that provides county-level data on Indiana youth, with a focus on topics such as family and community, health, economic well-being, and education. Users can select for county and see data broken down by topics such as youth in foster care, access to exercise, mental health provider supply ratios, food insecurity, youth employment, graduation rates, early education, and more. -- Indiana Youth Institute

Resource: Indiana Physician Assistant Workforce: 2024 Data Report

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:34:01 -0600

Provides an overview of the physician assistant (PA) workforce in Indiana as of 2024. Focuses on total PA license renewals, demographic and employment characteristics, and county-level geographic distribution, including population to PA ratios. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: Indiana Rural Behavioral Health Workforce

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:57:22 -0600

Offers maps and tables of the supply and distribution of behavioral health clinicians in Indiana in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Resource: Indiana Rural Obstetrical Workforce

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:55:35 -0600

Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Indiana in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Resource: Indiana Rural Primary Care Workforce

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:54:02 -0600

Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Indiana in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Resource: Rural Health Everywhere

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:51:03 -0600

A podcast featuring rural health stakeholders in Indiana discussing issues such as healthcare policy, access, innovation, workforce, and more. -- Indiana Rural Health Association

Resource: Understanding Supervision in Indiana's Behavioral Health Workforce: Supply Data and Recent Policy Changes

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:46:20 -0600

Examines the availability of behavioral health and human services (BHHS) clinical supervisors for student field and clinical experiences. Provides data on BHHS supervisor supply by license type and county-level geographic distribution. Discusses supervisor shortages in rural areas and related policy considerations. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: In Rural Communities, Where Child Care Is Often Scarce, Healthcare Organizations Are Finding Creative Ways to Help

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:14:59 -0600

Features rural healthcare organizations in Indiana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin that have partnered with childcare providers, schools, and other organizations to support affordable child care in their communities. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Event: 2026 24th Annual IRHA Public Policy Forum

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600

Plainfield IN
November 19, 2026 -- Indiana Rural Health Association

Resource: Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Workforce: 2024 Data Report

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:40:39 -0600

Provides an overview of the behavioral health and human services (BHHS) workforce in Indiana, with data on license renewals, actively practicing BHHS professionals, employment characteristics and specialties, populations served, and more. Includes information on county-level geographic distribution of all BHHS professionals, addiction counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Event: 2026 28th Annual Indiana Rural Health Conference

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

French Lick IN
June 23, 2026 -- Indiana Rural Health Association

Event: 2026 Indiana University Rural Conference

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

French Lick IN
May 19, 2026 -- Indiana Center for Rural Engagement

Event: 2026 JEMS at FDIC

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Indianapolis IN
April 20, 2026

Resource: 2025 Indiana Girl Report Dashboard

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:53:00 -0500

Provides interactive regional and county-level data on girls in Indiana. Includes demographic information, population to provider ratios, health insurance data, educational attainment, reported bullying, poverty, and more. Offers interactive county-level maps as well as county-level data in the drop-down menu. -- Indiana Youth Institute

Resource: Pathways to Sustainability: A Road Map for Child Psychiatry Access Programs

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:57:47 -0500

Discusses the adolescent mental health crisis in Indiana with a focus on workforce shortages and access to mental health treatment. Provides county-level data on geographic distribution of Indiana's child psychiatry workforce as well as the Be Happy mental health program. Includes information on various workforce program models, their effectiveness and level of sustainability, and potential application in Indiana. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: Indiana Public Health Data Navigator Dashboards

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:25:23 -0500

Provides public health data dashboards for Indiana that offer county-level information on county population health, local health departments, chronic disease prevention, maternal and child health, trauma and injury prevention, infectious disease prevention and control, lead case management, tobacco prevention, immunization data, and more. -- Indiana Department of Health

Resource: Hoosier Sport Re-Social: A Protocol for Developing a Biopsychosocial Body Satisfaction Intervention in Rural Indiana

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:50:24 -0500

Provides a study protocol for an intervention aimed at improving body satisfaction, healthy social media use, and positive exercise behaviors in adolescent girls living in rural Indiana. Discusses plans to examine adolescent self-esteem and physical activity levels, create a community co-design intervention, and conduct a mixed-methods pilot study within physical and health education classes.

Resource: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Community Health Workers and Their Roles in Indiana

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:43:18 -0500

Examines the community health worker (CHW) workforce in Indiana. Utilizes self-reported survey data to provide a profile of CHWs in Indiana according to demographics, employment characteristics, roles and responsibilities, and county location.

Resource: 2025 Indiana State Rural Health Report

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:38:14 -0500

Examines the state of rural health in Indiana and provides data on the health of rural citizens. Focuses on access, healthcare workforce shortages, health insurance, healthcare facilities availability, mobile health, telehealth services, maternal and infant health, mental health, substance use, and rural health finances and funding. -- Indiana Rural Health Association

Organization: Superior Health Quality Alliance

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:44:22 -0500

A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) working with patients, providers, and community partners to improve the health of people in the Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and the Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) regions. Offers technical assistance to eligible providers, including support for chronic disease management, behavioral health integration, patient safety, care coordination and health equity.

Resource: Substance Use Prevalence Among Indiana Youth

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:54:08 -0600

Provides 2024 information on substance use among youth in Indiana, with data on 30-day use rates, highest use substances, monthly use of electronic vapor products and other substances, and prevalence rates of rural student substance use. -- Indiana Youth Institute

Resource: Strengthening Indiana's Clinical Training: Exploring Opportunities to Support Clinical Preceptors through Tax Credits

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:47:53 -0600

Provides background on healthcare workforce development in Indiana and utilizing state income tax credit programs to help recruit and retain clinical preceptors. Provides case studies on preceptor tax credit programs from Colorado and Hawai'i, with the Colorado program focusing on rural and frontier settings. Includes policy suggestions for incorporating similar funding mechanisms in Indiana to support clinical preceptors and develop the healthcare workforce. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: 2023 Indiana Physician Data Report

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:21:19 -0600

An interactive data report that provides information on physician demographics, education, and distribution in Indiana. Includes links to additional sections on licensing trends, actively practicing physicians, primary care physicians and psychiatrists, and county-level geographic distribution of physicians. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: Addressing the Physician Shortage in Rural Indiana: Challenges & Solutions

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:40:02 -0600

Examines physician shortages in rural Indiana, with data on current physician availability, projected physician shortfalls between 2021-2036, and projected supply and demand. Includes factors for shortfalls as well as potential solutions. -- Indiana Rural Health Association

Resource: Implementation and Sustainability of Systems Change for Mental Health Promotion and Substance Misuse Prevention: A Qualitative Study

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:22:06 -0600

Examines the implementation and sustainability of the Indiana Regional Prevention System (RPS), a community-focused systems change program focused on mental health promotion and substance use prevention, from interviews with 9 active regional coordinators. Discusses the impact of RPS in rural communities.