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1031. COVID-19 Community Task Force Utilizes Cross-Sector Response in Rural Greenbrier County, West Virginia – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Describes how the Greenbrier County COVID-19 Task Force in West Virginia responded to the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March of 2020.

...Security and Emergency Management Agency (GCHSEMA) was another crucial leader in the COVID-19 response and vaccination effort. With GCHD spearheading public health and GCHSEMA directing disaster management, other capacities were made stronger. Other organizations...

1032. Conducting Rural Health Research, Needs Assessments, and Program Evaluations Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Mar 9, 2026

An overview of rural health research, needs assessments, and program evaluations, with tools and resources to support these activities. Discusses the roles each of these activities play in helping rural communities and their partners understand rural health needs and identify effective interventions.

...secure permission before engaging in research, evaluation, or assessment. For more on the relationship between researchers and communities, see the FAQs What is community-based participatory research (CBPR) and how can it help rural communities...

1033. Implementation Challenges for Services Integration Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Apr 13, 2026

Learn about the major challenges to services integration implementation including space, differences in priorities, legal issues, reimbursement, confidentiality, and liability.

...security rules . Program leaders may need to establish business associate agreements with partnering organizations and develop confidentiality policies for program staff. Licensing Another potential challenge, especially for models integrating the services of clinical providers...

1034. COVID-19 Symptom Tracking and Exposure Notification Tools Developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Extend Awareness and Access to Rural Communities in Alabama – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Shares how researchers at the University of Alabama developed 3 projects to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in March of 2020.

...security created by the distance between which people live. Through tools like Map It Zap It, Dr. Feldman's team hoped to raise awareness in Alabama's rural communities of the need for social distancing...

1035. Violence and Abuse in Rural America Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Sep 26, 2025

Features information on violence, abuse, and human trafficking in rural areas. Examines barriers to addressing intimate partner violence, health outcomes related to violence and abuse, strategies for identifying and supporting victims in healthcare settings, impacts on at-risk populations, and effects of adverse childhood experiences, harassment, stalking, and bullying in rural areas.

...secure location of the survivor's choosing, known as mobile advocacy. Violence and abuse prevention and response are not the domain of one specific community group. Building partnerships between healthcare organizations and community-based services...

1036. Economic Development - RHIhub SDOH Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: May 11, 2026

Information on rural economic development strategies used to address social determinants of health.

...food systems, support the development of transportation systems, and offer loans to strengthen local businesses, enabling communities to implement various economic development strategies. Place-Based Economic Development to Improve Economic Stability Place-based economic development...

1037. Patient Navigation and Service Delivery Strategies to Improve Healthcare Access – RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: May 11, 2026

Provides information on patient navigation and service delivery strategies to improve healthcare access to address social determinants of health in rural communities.

...Food and nutrition services Housing Care management Social services Additional information about patient navigation, care coordination, and community care team approaches to improve health and well-being to address SDOH can be found...

1038. The Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition Coordinates Emergency Response Training in Frontier and Remote Areas of Wyoming – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Shares how the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition (BHB HCC) coordinates emergency response training, in collaboration with other healthcare providers and partners, in 4 remote and frontier Wyoming counties.

...secure so that only necessary personnel had access to the scene. Triage, transportation, and patient transfer were the main roles of the participating healthcare facilities. After-Action First responders on-scene at the exercise transporting...

1039. Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Rural Areas Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Jul 18, 2022

Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.

...Food topic guide. Alcohol Alcohol consumption has been shown to increase the risk for the following cancer types: Head and neck Esophageal Breast Liver Colorectal Stomach Laryngeal In 2024, lifetime alcohol use rates were higher...

1040. Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 13, 2023

As the pandemic receded, many rural healthcare providers began to feel the acute effects of another crisis impacting communities across the country: a severe local housing shortage. In response, some organizations are forming unique partnerships and implementing creative solutions. - The Rural Monitor

...secure several million dollars in state and federal grant funding. Since the deed was officially transferred in January 2023, the project has progressed rapidly: a complex of 20 two- and three-bedroom townhomes is expected...