Website Search Results for: child poverty
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Reviewed: Feb 9, 2026
Information and resources focused on rural maternal health disparities, issues of access, barriers to rural maternal well-being, and workforce challenges. Highlights strategies, programs, and policies that support rural maternal health.
...poverty level; 3) travel time and distance to the nearest provider location with access to comprehensive maternity care services; 4) fertility rate; 5) the social vulnerability index; 6) a Maternal Health Index comprising prepregnancy obesity...
Updates on rural funding by topic via the Rural Health Information Hub's RSS feeds.
...Child welfare https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/funding/topics/child-welfare.xml Children and youth https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/funding/topics/children-and-youth.xml Chronic disease management https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/funding/topics/chronic-disease-management.xml Chronic respiratory conditions https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/funding/topics/chronic-respiratory-conditions.xml Clinics https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/funding/topics/clinics.xml Closures of healthcare facilities and services https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org...
Date: Jul 25, 2018
The connection between bullying and youth suicide in rural Union Parish, Louisiana, led a Critical Access Hospital to create an anti-bullying program. Together with local law enforcement, they teach students in elementary through high school the negative effects of peer victimization and how to model positive social behavior. - The Rural Monitor
...poverty is a risk factor for all sorts of health problems, including depression and teen suicide. So we have a lot of bullying going on, and most of the kids suffer in silence." Since...
Date: Dec 23, 2020
To address the issue of food insecurity in the rural Minnesota communities it serves, Lakewood Health System created Lakewood Engage, a community-based program with multiple initiatives including a "Food Farmacy," home delivery, and a farmers market. - The Rural Monitor
...poverty line. The area is classified by the USDA as a food desert , where getting access to fresh food is difficult. Depending on where a resident is located, the nearest grocery store can be over...
A list of common rural terms and the related Rural Health Information Hub topic guide.
...Child Welfare, see Human Services to Support Rural Health Children's Health Insurance Program, see Rural Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement Chronic Disease Clinics, see Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and the Health Center Program Clinics...
Reviewed: Jul 18, 2022
Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.
...poverty level, and lack access to quality healthcare which may lead to more financial challenges in seeking needed care. Identifying Cancer Patients Who Alter Care or Lifestyle Due to Treatment-Related Financial Distress...
Reviewed: Feb 20, 2026
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences created this telemedicine program to increase access to care for pregnant rural women in an effort to improve outcomes for high-risk pregnancies.
...poverty and limited access to specialized maternal-fetal medicine. This lack of access to prenatal care can result in high-risk pregnancies and low birthweight babies. To improve access to care and the health...
Date: Dec 12, 2018
For many rural Americans, distance to a specialty healthcare center hundreds of miles away makes for a long, uncomfortable, and expensive trip. In the past several decades, dozens of charitable flight services have cropped up to transport rural veterans, cancer patients, the chronically ill, and even abused children to treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...poverty level. While some rural transportation programs offer reimbursement to volunteers, many charitable flight services do not. But Young says there are other reasons why so many pilots sign up for volunteer flight services, like...
Date: Jan 9, 2019
Rural Americans of all ages often go without eye healthcare, a gap that has obvious consequences: blindness and low vision. National associations and an FQHC administrator talk about how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. - The Rural Monitor
...child's life because of her new ability to see things in the world around her, her classroom, or now to even be able to see in order to learn to read." Sara Brown, Prevent...
Reviewed: Oct 19, 2026
Provides information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to substance use in rural areas. Describes substance use and misuse and discusses what rural healthcare providers and communities can do related to prevention and treatment.
...Poverty Unemployment Lack of access to behavioral health and/or mental health services Isolation and hopelessness Stigma Transportation Rural and Urban Substance Use Rates in the Past Year, 2025 (ages 12 or older, unless noted) Substance...