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Date: Nov 2014
Evaluations of 18 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects targeting patient populations with specific diseases. Includes projects that serve a variety of rural areas and address conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth.
...cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth. --- Annual Report 1: HCIA...
Date: Feb 2024
Congressional hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee discussing pharmaceutical drug shortages. Discusses cancer care, healthcare quality, the 340B program, supply and demand, reimbursement, and other policy measures. Witnesses include Dr. Stephen Schleicher discussing rural concerns. Captions available in video player.
...cancer care, healthcare quality, the 340B program, supply and demand, reimbursement, and other policy measures...
Reviewed: Sep 2025
Case study describing a mobile breast cancer screening partnership implemented by the Fond du Lac Reservation's Human Services Division and Park Nicollet healthcare system. Discusses outreach practices and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on service availability.
...cancer screening partnership implemented by the Fond du Lac Reservation's Human Services Division and Park...
Date: 2015
Provides a rural focus for the Healthy People 2020 priorities with an overview for each of the top health priorities ranked 11 through 20 identified by rural stakeholders. (Volume 1 discussed the top 10 priorities.) Topics include: cancer, health education, oral health, immunizations and infectious disease, public health, sexual health and family planning, injury and violence prevention, and social determinants of health. Includes reviews of the relevant literature and model programs appropriate for rural communities. Document is available for free download, after providing brief information about intended use.
...cancer, health education, oral health, immunizations and infectious disease, public health, sexual health and family...
Date: Aug 9, 2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is number 3 on the cause of death list. In rural America, it's the sole major chronic disease with increasing death rates. In May 2017, the COPD National Action Plan, a "blueprint for a multi-faceted, unified fight against the disease" was released. Rural stakeholders share perspectives of just how rural Americans with COPD might benefit from the plan's rural touchpoints. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer, heart disease, diabetes, all are going in the right direction. Except for one chronic...
Date: Dec 2016
Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.
...cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking...
Date: Jun 2024
Analyzes the persistence of the rural mortality penalty (RMP) related to melanoma cancer. Utilizes 2000-2019 SEER Research-Plus-17-Registry data to examine disease characteristics, incidence, and mortality rates, with breakdowns by demographics, income, and rural versus urban location.
...cancer. Utilizes 2000-2019 SEER Research-Plus-17-Registry data to examine disease characteristics, incidence...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Provides access to national, state, and county-level data on environmental health topics, including air quality, heat stress, exposure to pesticides, and other factors. Also includes data on health concerns impacted by the environment, including asthma, COPD, cancer, and heart disease.
...cancer, and heart disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic respiratory...
Date: Nov 2023
Presents a qualitative study protocol that examines screening rates at VA medical centers during COVID-19 to determine strategies that provide continued care during public health emergencies. Discusses selection of sites, which will be based on rurality, COVID-19 patient caseload, and performance related to cancer and mental health screenings. Highlights the importance of care coordination teams in regard to specialty care.
...cancer and mental health screenings. Highlights the importance of care coordination teams in regard to specialty...
Date: Mar 2017
Reports on health conditions among the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population, compared to the Asian population with which this group has historically been associated. Includes data on cancer, heart disease, diabetes, lower back pain, arthritis, severe headaches, and asthma. Based on data from the 2014 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey and the 2014 National Health Interview Survey.
...cancer, heart disease, diabetes, lower back pain, arthritis, severe headaches, and asthma. Based on data...