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Date: Sep 5, 2023
The September 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast provides a discussion about recovery housing in rural communities and the different levels of support it can provide to clients. Features Governor Ernie Fletcher, Ernie Fletcher, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Fletcher Group, and Erica Walker, Outreach and Engagement Specialist for the Fletcher Group.
...cancer, diabetes — having peers really share their experiences makes a tremendous impact on recovery for individuals...
Date: 2013
Describes a community-based participatory research approach integrating primary care, public health, and community-based organizations to process and translate biomedical research and evidence into accessible messages and dissemination methods to improve health in rural Colorado.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic respiratory conditions · Community engagement and volunteerism · Research methods and resources · Wellness...
Date: May 2016
Describes the feasibility of using a lay health advisor (LHAs) model to engage patients from a rural African American community in North Carolina about prostate health. LHAs, also called ambassadors, work to share information about prostate health and collect survey data. Includes demographic characteristics of the 15 ambassadors, such as age, gender, education, employment, and previous health education training.
...05/2016 Cancer · Community engagement and volunteerism · Men · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026
Information on how community health workers' roles and activities are tailored to meet the unique needs of their communities.
...cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious disease, injury prevention, obesity, and physical activity. Organization(s): Centers...
Date: Jun 27, 2018
Moving the conversation away from finances, advocates share why general surgery plays an important role in a comprehensive rural population health strategy by delivering the right care in the right place at the right time. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer screening, or urgent if food gets stuck in the esophagus. The rural surgeon is also...
Date: Oct 2019
Compares rates of potentially avoidable deaths in rural and urban communities and shows how these deaths vary by census region. Features statistics on modifiable risk factors, such as smoking, excessive alcohol use, and obesity, and percent of potentially preventable deaths attributable to specific health conditions, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Injuries · Mortality · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban...
Date: Mar 2024
Compares overall survival of 1176 rural and urban patients who underwent pancreatic neoendocrine tumor (PNET) resection between 2000 and 2016, utilizing U.S. Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group data. Includes data on tumor pathology and patient management factors. Discusses barriers to care after PNET diagnosis for rural populations.
...Surgery, 233, 125-131 03/2024 Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Surgery...
Date: Sep 2019
Highlights a study examining the overall mortality rates of farmers and their families that participated in the Agricultural Health Survey in Iowa and North Carolina. Details participants by age, sex, education and smoking status, among other factors. Compares mortality rates to the general population.
...Cancer · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Families · Farmers and farmworkers · Injuries · Mortality · Public health · Statistics and data...
Reviewed: Mar 10, 2026
The web-based contingency management smoking cessation program in Appalachian regions of Kentucky and Ohio offers monetary incentives to reducing smoking rates in pregnant women and adolescents.
...Cancer Institute. The CM program lasted 6 weeks and consisted of five phases. Each phase...
Date: Aug 2026
Analyzes whether the characteristics, treatment, and survival of Medicare patients ages 66-85 with colorectal liver metastases vary by rural or urban dwelling, using 2000-2020 SEER-Medicare data.
...Oncology, 33, 10029-10037 08/2026 Cancer · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data...