Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Website Search Results for: outdoor

84 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 21 - 30:

21. Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned in Addressing Inequities in Heat-Related Climate Change Impacts: Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief - Resources
Date: 2023

Summary of a National Academies' Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop in June 2023 discussing differences in outcomes for extreme heat. Highlights challenges with data gathering, recent policy changes, capacity building, and partnerships. Includes discussion of rural specific challenges, occupational health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access.

...outdoor workers, and healthcare access. --- Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned in Addressing...

22. A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers to the Northern Forest Region - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Discusses citizen relocation to the northern forest region, consisting of counties in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Describes motivations for relocation during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as opportunities for outdoor recreation and access to rural spaces.

...outdoor recreation and access to rural spaces. --- A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers to the Northern...

23. Lyme Disease Educational Session & Evaluation in Nelson, Albemarle, and Henrico Counties, Virginia 2025 - Resources
Date: Dec 2025

Evaluates the effectiveness of an educational session for outdoor workers in rural Virginia on Lyme disease using a train-the-trainer model. Discusses both the knowledge gained during the educational session and experience using a train-the-trainer model. Includes recommendations regarding lesson delivery and materials, as well as including information on other tick-borne illnesses.

...outdoor workers in rural Virginia on Lyme disease using a train-the-trainer model. Discusses...

24. Vector-Borne Health Education Materials Evaluation Summary Report, September 2024 - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Offers the results of focus groups and interviews with 9 community health workers evaluating health education materials for outdoor workers on Lyme disease.

...outdoor workers on Lyme disease. --- Vector-Borne Health Education Materials Evaluation Summary Report, September 2024 Offers...

25. Sun Protection Behavior Beliefs Among Adults Living in Rural United States: A Qualitative Study in Minnesota - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Presents a study on perceptions and beliefs about sun-protective behavior among rural Minnesotans. Breaks down data by demographic characteristics, such as age, education, and whether participants had an outdoor job, among other measures. Looks at time spent outside and discusses participants' perceptions about protective behaviors.

...outdoor job, among other measures. Looks at time spent outside and discusses participants' perceptions about...

26. Culture and Self-Determination Provide Strength to Heal - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Describes how the Seneca Nation of Indians has incorporated its culture into programs and community initiatives. Examples include school and adult Seneca language immersion programs, restoring indigenous plants, cultivating native animals, and the Seneca Strong program to address substance abuse by incorporating prevention and sobriety programming into traditional rites of passage, outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.

...outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert...

27. Incidental Sun Exposures as a Source of Sunburn Among Rural Compared to Urban Residents in the United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Presents a study comparing sun exposure for people living in rural versus urban areas. Looks at sun exposure from leisure time activities and outdoor work for both rural and urban people.

...outdoor work for both rural and urban people. --- Incidental Sun Exposures as a Source of Sunburn...

28. AmeriCorps State and National Grants - Funding
Deadline: Jan 13, 2027

Funding for programs that are designed to strengthen communities and solve local problems, including those found in rural and tribal areas. Funding priorities include concentrated poverty, faith-based organizations, services for veterans, access to youth mental health and substance use services, public safety, outdoor recreation, and support for families.

...outdoor recreation, and support for families. --- AmeriCorps State and National Grants Assistance Listing: 94.006 AmeriCorps...

29. Social Determinants of Health for Rural People Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Mar 6, 2026

Information, resources, and frequently asked questions regarding a variety of social and environmental factors impacting the health experiences of rural residents.

...Outdoor air quality is critical to everyone's health, and is particularly a concern for children...

30. Sources and Perceptions of Indoor and Ambient Air Pollution in Rural Alaska - Resources
Date: Aug 2013

Identifies indoor and outdoor air pollution issues and areas of concern for the Yukon-Kuskokwim and Ahtna regions of Alaska. Includes demographics and primary and secondary home heating practices for both regions.

...outdoor air pollution issues and areas of concern for the Yukon-Kuskokwim and Ahtna regions...