Violence and Abuse in Rural America resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Workplace Violence Prevention: Impacting Providers and Patients, with Kathy Griffis

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:17:57 -0500

An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Kathy Griffis, Chief Operating Officer of Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Focuses on her facility's recent efforts to reduce violence and ensure safe healthcare environments for their staff and patients. Part 3 in a 3-part series from the December 2025 Health Innovation Potluck held in Hutchinson, Kansas. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Event: 2026 3rd National Conference on American Indian and Alaska Native Injury & Violence Prevention

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:18:08 -0500

Green Bay WI
July 15, 2026 -- Indian Health Service, National Network of Public Health Institutes, Seven Directions - A Center for Indigenous Public Health

Resource: Rural-Urban Differences in the Prevalence and Correlates of Elder Mistreatment

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:41:22 -0600

Examines rural and urban differences among 11 indicators of mistreatment for older adults. Discusses the role of rural residency as a protective factor, underreporting elder mistreatment, and potential policy and community solutions that support prevention and response.

Resource: Criminal Victimization, 2024

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:16:04 -0600

Presents 2024 data on violent and property victimization. Highlights types of crime, trends over time, victim and offender demographics, unreported crime, and rural, urban, and suburban crimes in 2023 and 2024. -- U.S. Department of Justice

Organization: Futures Without Violence

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:22:24 -0600

Works to prevent violence within families and in the community.

Resource: MDT Guide and Toolkit: Developing an Elder Abuse Case Review Multidisciplinary Team in Your Community

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:50:08 -0600

Resource for communities developing elder abuse case review multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). Discusses community needs, developing the team, best practices, and more. Includes rural-specific concerns and resources. -- U.S. Department of Justice

Resource: Variation in Extreme Risk Protection Order Use Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural ZIP Codes in Maryland: A Descriptive Study

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:50:54 -0500

Analyzes the use of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) in rural, suburban, and urban Maryland between October 2018 and June 2020. Includes rural and urban analysis of various demographic characteristics, type of threat, target of threat, type of ERPO petitioner, and court outcomes. Discusses a variety of violence types include interpersonal violence, mass shootings, and suicide as well as ERPO uptake in rural areas.

Resource: National Elder Abuse Victim Services Needs Assessment

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:07:48 -0500

A needs assessment investigating services available to older adults who have experienced abuse, gaps in those services, barriers in offering and accessing services, and resources needed for elder justice professionals. Offers recommendations based on assessment findings. Discusses rural throughout. -- U.S. Department of Justice

Resource: The 2024 Biennial Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of the Grant Programs Under the Violence Against Women Act

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:03:10 -0600

Report to the U.S. Congress highlighting the effectiveness of grants funded by the Office of Violence Against Women between 2021 and 2022. Includes discussion of rural specific challenges, highlights rural specific programs, and offers data on programs funded through the Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Assistance Program. Includes rural data throughout. -- U.S. Department of Justice

Resource: Child Maltreatment 2023

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:38:01 -0600

Reports on rates of children receiving child protective services, children who died of abuse and neglect, and children who are victims of maltreatment, using data collected from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). Offers information on availability and access to child protective services at the state and territory level, including how some counties respond to child abuse and neglect screenings, referrals, and the provision of services. Includes data broken down by race/ethnicity as well as discussions specific to rural and tribal areas. -- Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Resource: NCHS Rapid Surveys System: Round 5 - Positive Childhood Experiences, Attitudes on Childhood Vaccines

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:54:22 -0600

Interactive data on positive childhood experiences and attitudes on childhood vaccination from July 2024. Includes tables and charts on support systems, neighborhood infrastructure, social connection, sources of information for childhood vaccines, and vaccine accessibility. Breaks down data by various demographics including urbanicity. -- National Center for Health Statistics

Resource: National Crime Victimization Survey Data Dashboard (N-DASH)

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:30:47 -0600

Data analysis tool for the National Crime Victimization Survey, a survey on criminal victimization for nonfatal crimes against people 12 or older. The Custom Graphics page allows for data analysis by crime type or by an incident characteristic which includes the victim's metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status. -- U.S. Department of Justice

Resource: National Incident-Based Reporting System

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:23 -0600

Offers estimated crime statistics based on voluntarily report data by law enforcement agencies for various crimes. Includes metropolitan and nonmetropolitan data as well as data by city population ranges at the national and regional levels. Offers data variables such as offender demographics, location of crime, clearance status, and more. -- U.S. Department of Justice

Resource: Domestic Violence in American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: A New Framework for Policy Change and Addressing the Structural Determinants of Health

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:11:29 -0600

Discusses the issue of domestic violence (DV) in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Analyzes historical structural determinants that impact DV, as well as how policy and funding can help prevent DV.

Resource: Ending Domestic Violence: How A Rural Texas Town Built a Support Net for Victims

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:45:10 -0500

Features the Kingsville End Domestic Violence Task Force, an initiative that provides hotel vouchers, court accompaniment, public awareness education, and a program to identify trusted locations for those experiencing domestic violence. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Oversight Hearing Titled, "Examining Public Safety and Justice Resources in Native Communities"

Fri, 24 May 2024 10:06:21 -0500

Recording of a hearing from U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discussing federal resources for public safety in tribal communities. Discusses drug-related crime, human trafficking, and violence and abuse. Includes testimony from Bryan Newland from the Department of the Interior, Patrice Kunesh from the Department of Health and Human Services, and Allison Randall from the Office of Violence Against Women. Captions included in the video player. -- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Resource: Health Insurance Coverage and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Postpartum Abuse Screening Among Rural US Residents Who Gave Birth 2016-2020

Mon, 13 May 2024 09:37:08 -0500

Examines the relationship among intimate partner violence (IPV), perinatal health insurance coverage, and postpartum IPV screening in rural U.S. communities. Utilizes 2016-2020 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data to analyze insurance status among rural residents, postpartum visits, and IPV screenings.

Resource: NCHS Rapid Surveys System: Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:46:30 -0500

Data tables showing adults that have experienced or been threatened with technology-facilitated sexual violence. Includes data breakdown by urbanicity and other demographic and geographic characteristics. Data gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics between October and November 2023. -- National Center for Health Statistics

Resource: Culture is Prevention: A Strength Based, Culturally Grounded Journey Toward Prevention, Intervention, and Healing

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 08:51:22 -0600

Provides an overview on the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) plan to address the crisis of missing or murdered indigenous people (MMIP). Discusses historical context and the social determinants of health (SDOH) that impact Native American/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Outlines culturally aware practices to support the public health pillars of prevention, intervention, healing, and delivery of ACF programs. -- Administration for Children and Families

Funding opportunity: Collaborating to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Areas

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:16:14 -0600

A 4-session learning collaborative for health centers, primary care associations, and other collaborating partners, focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural communities. -- Futures Without Violence, National Center for Farmworker Health

Resource: Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program: Interim Report

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:09:03 -0500

Provides an overview of Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) projects that aim to provide support to Native American people who have experienced human trafficking. Discusses the evaluation process of VHT-NC projects with a focus on understanding human trafficking within the VHT-NC communities (including rural and tribal); project design, structure, and partnerships; outreach to victims and identification approaches; case management and service delivery; and community training. -- Administration for Children and Families

Resource: Bullying and Physical Violence and Their Association with Handgun Carrying among Youth Growing up in Rural Areas

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:55:32 -0500

Evaluates 2002 students in 12 rural communities in 7 states to identify the association between handgun carrying and violence in rural youth. Discusses implications for violence prevention efforts.

Resource: Emergency Department Preparedness to Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Nationwide Study

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:36:31 -0500

Surveys 315 sexual assault (SA) advocates to determine emergency department staff preparedness and available resources for SA survivors. Discusses rural and urban access to sexual assault nurse examiners and implications for quality of care.

Funding opportunity: Indigenous Safe Housing Training and Technical Assistance

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:34:42 -0500

Training and technical assistance for organizations looking to provide safe housing for American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of domestic violence. -- STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center

Resource: Rural/Urban Differences in Rates and Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Screening among Pregnant and Postpartum United States Residents

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:43:04 -0500

Examines rates, predictors, and screening of perinatal intimate partner violence (IPV) victims after giving birth. Utilizes national data from the 2016-2020 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) to analyze rural versus urban IPV according to demographic variables, comorbidities, screening rates, and more.

Resource: Homicides Among Infants in the United States, 2017–2020

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:30:20 -0500

Report details the rate of infant homicides from 2017-2020. Highlights the factors that correlate with infant homicide such as the age of mother, access to prenatal care, level of education, and rurality, among other factors. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Resource: Effect of the Communities That Care Prevention System on Adolescent Handgun Carrying: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial

Wed, 24 May 2023 09:13:31 -0500

Analyzes the impact of Communities That Care (CTC), a community-based behavioral health intervention system, in reducing adolescent handgun carrying in rural areas. Examines survey data from 4,407 youth from 2003 to 2011 living in various rural communities and states in grades 5 through 12 and their likelihood to carry handguns.

Resource: Injury Prevention Legislation Database

Wed, 17 May 2023 08:45:32 -0500

Identifies state legislation addressing injury prevention. Topics covered include prescription drug abuse, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), child abuse and neglect, older adult falls, teen dating violence, and traumatic brain injury. Searchable by state, topic, keyword, year, status, and author. -- National Conference of State Legislatures

Resource: Rural-Urban Variation in the Association of Adolescent Violence and Handgun Carrying in the United States, 2002-2019

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:59:10 -0500

Uses the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2002 to 2019 to compare associations of interpersonal violence and handgun carrying between rural and urban 12 to 17 year olds. Sample includes nearly 25 million people each year of the study and uses the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural-Urban Continuum Codes to determine rurality. Offers suggestions for rural-specific injury prevention measures.

Resource: Americans' Experiences With Gun-Related Violence, Injuries, And Deaths

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:29:44 -0500

Surveyed 1,271 U.S. adults in March 2023 regarding experience with gun violence, injury, and death. Discusses respondent's level of concern of gun violence, precautionary measures taken, storage practices, healthcare provider practices, and general knowledge of gun violence including suicide statistics. Figures 4 and 5 compare respondents level of concern with and feeling of safety from gun violence in their community by rural, suburban, or urban community types. -- KFF