Tennessee resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Event: 2026 East Tennessee Regional Rural Health Event

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:58:18 -0600

Sevierville TN
March 26, 2026 -- Rural Health Association of Tennessee

Funding opportunity: Tennessee Healthy Built Environment Grants

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:45:22 -0600

Grant to support built environment projects to advance health and resilience in underserved communities in Tennessee. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Event: 2026 West Tennessee Regional Rural Health Event

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:24:42 -0600

Humbolt TN
March 17, 2026 -- Rural Health Association of Tennessee

News: Meharry Medical College Brings More Care to Rural Tennessee

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:39:18 -0600

Describes a Tennessee university's mobile dental care program bringing access to oral care into rural communities. Notes the potential improvements on both health outcomes and the dental workforce in the area.

Event: 2026 Annual USET Tribal Best Practices Conference

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:07:38 -0600

Nashville TN
June 15, 2026

Resource: An Examination of Geographic Proximity to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural Versus Urban Tennessee Counties

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:15:36 -0600

Examines travel distance and time to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (OCR) facilities in Tennessee counties. Provides rural versus urban comparisons of OCR facility access as well as county-level Tennessee maps showing myocardial infarction hospitalization rate and travel burden.

Event: Tribal Electronic Health Record Clinical Applications Coordinator (CAC) Training

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:22:13 -0600

Nashville TN
May 5, 2026

Event: 2026 Annual Tennessee Rural Health Association Conference

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:52:11 -0600

Knoxville TN
November 18, 2026 -- Rural Health Association of Tennessee

Resource: Tennessee Uninsured Adult Healthcare Safety Net: 2025 Annual Report

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:56:47 -0600

Reports on Tennessee's uninsured population, state safety net funding, and services provided in 2025. Lists safety net service locations, including community and faith-based clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, dental clinics, and more. Provides county-by-county data on primary, oral, and specialty care population-to-provider ratios, and includes county-level maps of Health Resource Shortage Areas. Mentions rural throughout. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Maternal Mortality in Tennessee: Annual Report 2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:53:43 -0600

Findings from Tennessee's review of maternal deaths, focusing on pregnancy-related deaths from 2017-2023. Examines trends, leading causes, contributing factors, and disparities, and outlines recommendations to reduce pregnancy-related deaths and improve maternal health outcomes. Includes information on on pregnancy-related mortality rate by social drivers of health by rural or urban residence on PDF page 18. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Tennessee Birth Defects Data Report 2018-2022

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:24:07 -0600

Provides information on the prevalence of 47 major birth defects for children born in Tennessee in the years 2018-2022. Features a state map showing rates of birth defects in 7 rural regions. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Cancer in Tennessee: 2016-2020 Annual Report

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:45:41 -0600

Presents cancer incidence and mortality data for the state of Tennessee from 2016-2020. Includes county-by-county data on lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and childhood cancer, among others. Provides data on cancer demographics and risk factors, identifies trends, and makes comparisons with national data. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Suicide Prevention in Tennessee: 2025 Annual Report

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:18:29 -0600

Summarizes suicide surveillance and programmatic data collected by the Tennessee Department of Health. Identifies strategies and best practices for the prevention of deaths by suicide. Features statistics including rates of suicide among residents of rural and urban Tennessee counties in 2023. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Funding opportunity: Water and Wastewater Loans

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:15:40 -0600

Flexible loan products, with terms up to 15 years, for small, rural community water and wastewater projects. -- Rural Community Assistance Partnership

Resource: A Twenty-Year Review: Revisiting the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Needs and Gaps in the Appalachian Region

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:25:28 -0600

Provides county, state, and metro versus nonmetro data on water and wastewater infrastructure in the Appalachian region. Discusses funding and collaborative possibilities to improve critical infrastructure in Appalachian communities. -- Appalachian Regional Commission

Resource: Rural Health Access for Tennessee's Future

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:51:14 -0600

Provides information on Tennessee's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents an overview of proposed initiatives and includes a link to Tennessee's application. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Tennessee Rural Health Dashboard

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:02:46 -0500

Dashboard providing state- and county-level data on rural access to care and rural health policy in Tennessee. Topics covered include rural definitions, poverty, insurance coverage, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and Healthcare Provider Shortage Area (HPSA) designations. -- Rural Health Association of Tennessee

Funding opportunity: Tennessee Hospital Association Nurse Preceptor Incentive

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:49:53 -0500

Monetary incentive for qualified nurses serving as student preceptors. -- Tennessee Hospital Association

Event: 2026 NTCA Fall Conference

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:44:44 -0500

Nashville TN
September 13, 2026 -- NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association

Resource: Loneliness and Alcohol Use Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Appalachia

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:04:49 -0500

Results of a study exploring the association between loneliness and various levels of alcohol use in 2020-2021 among 310 college students ages 18-25 in a rural, underserved region of Appalachian Tennessee. Features demographics with breakdowns including rural, suburban, or urban background.

Resource: Tennessee Rural Behavioral Health Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:49:36 -0500

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

Resource: Tennessee Rural Primary Care Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:44:46 -0500

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

Resource: Tennessee Rural Obstetrical Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:32:17 -0500

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

Resource: The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2019-2023 American Community Survey Chartbook

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:13:41 -0500

State- and county-level information on population, age, household characteristics, housing occupancy, education, labor force, employment, transportation, income, health insurance coverage, disability, and veteran status, for the 13 Appalachian states. Features statistics with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density. Includes data explorer options for Appalachian categories such as population and age, education, income and poverty, computer and broadband access, rural Appalachia versus rural America, and employment and commuting. -- Appalachian Regional Commission, Population Reference Bureau

Organization: Health Quality Innovators

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:03:52 -0500

A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) that works to improve clinical quality and better outcomes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Resource: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Differences in Geographic Proximity to Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Services in Tennessee

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:40:29 -0600

Examines distance and travel time disparities for outpatient stroke rehabilitation (OSR) services in rural and urban areas of Tennessee. Analyzes 185 facilities for OSR and provides rural versus urban median travel distance and time according to OSR service type. Includes county-level maps showing mean travel distance by kilometers.

Resource: Fetal Death in Tennessee, 2017-2021: 2024 Report

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:13:16 -0600

Describes the characteristics and trends of reportable fetal deaths in Tennessee from 2017-2021. Features statistics including fetal mortality rate with breakdowns by 6 levels of population density. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Tennessee Child Fatality 2024 Annual Report

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:00:21 -0600

Detailed review of deaths of Tennessee children ages 0-17 in 2022. Includes a section on the Sources of Strength program, an initiative to promote mental health and prevent suicides in rural communities. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: A Cross-Sectional Study of Stigma Towards Opioid Users among Rural Law Enforcement and Community Members in Tennessee

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:07:16 -0600

Examines stigma toward people who use opioids among 48 law enforcement officers (LEOs) and 393 community members in rural Tennessee. Compares perceptions of opioid use and opioid user demographics among LEOs and community members, including data on attitudes related to dangerousness, blame, social distance, and fatalism. Discusses the effects of stigma on access to harm reduction and treatment for opioid use disorder.

Resource: Social Isolation and Loneliness Prevention among Rural Older Adults Aging-in-Place: A Needs Assessment

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:50:02 -0500

Surveyed 82 rural older adults aging in place in rural Appalachian Tennessee to determined local factors contributing to social isolation and loneliness. Discusses neighborhood conditions, interpersonal relationships and activities, health status, and sociodemographic characteristics. Offers rural-specific strategies for addressing social isolation and loneliness in rural communities.