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7371. I-REACH (Improving Rural Enrollment, Access, and Healthcare in Rural Veterans) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Nov 14, 2025

I-REACH connects veterans in rural Michigan to healthcare services and other programs and helps healthcare facilities and providers become more veteran-friendly.

...Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Veterans Health Access Program grant and received renewed 2025 funding . For healthcare...

7372. Case Study: Community Fitness Initiative Helps Lower Childhood Obesity Rates - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Details key steps and lessons learned of community stakeholders in Lexington, Nebraska, regarding an initiative aimed at reducing local childhood obesity rates. Using a partnership approach, leaders at Lexington Regional Health Center successfully implemented a community-wide program, the Community Fitness Initiative (CFI), to reduce obesity rates in area schools.

...Health, City of Lexington Nebraska, Lexington Community Foundation, Lexington Public Schools, Lexington Regional Health Center...

7373. Does ACA Insurance Coverage Expansion Improve the Financial Performance of Rural Hospitals? - Resources
Date: Jun 2016

Findings brief discussing perceptions of rural hospital administrators, state hospital associations, and State Offices of Rural Health, concerning changes in payer mix, changes in uncompensated care and unreimbursed cost, and financial performance in their respective hospitals or states.

...Whitaker, Sharita Thomas 06/2016 North Carolina Rural Health Research Program Health insurance · Health reform · Hospitals...

7374. Effectiveness of Trained Community Lay Workers on Glycemic Control, Knowledge, and Self-Efficacy Among Agricultural Workers with Diabetes in the Texas Panhandle - Resources
Date: May 2024

Describes a 2 phase study that created a diabetes coaching program and evaluated implementation among agricultural workers with diabetes in the Texas panhandle. Evaluated patient A1C levels and diabetes knowledge to determine the effectiveness of using community health workers to improve diabetes outcomes. Discusses the importance of culturally relevant content and addressing barriers to healthcare access.

...Health, 26, 841-849 05/2024 Access · Community health workers · Culture · Diabetes · Farmers and farmworkers · Statistics...

7375. Disparities in Allergy and Asthma Prevalence among Schoolteachers - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Examines prevalence of allergic and respiratory symptoms among 398 schoolteachers in Massachusetts. Includes comparisons between teachers in rural, suburban, and urban schools for health behaviors and factors associated with adverse breathing symptoms, including headache, sleep apnea, food allergy, nighttime awakening, sore throat, and more.

...health · Chronic respiratory conditions · Environmental health · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...

7376. MoCAP Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Technical assistance and consulting services for organizations pursuing federal or national funding for health and/or prevention focused programs.

...health and/or prevention focused programs. --- MoCAP Program Missouri Foundation for Health mocap@mffh.org The Missouri Foundation...

7377. Extreme Weather Events - Perspectives & Safety Impacts in Agriculture - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Highlights the experiences of agricultural workers and employers on the effect of extreme weather on the health and wellness of agricultural workers. Discusses the challenges and precautions of working in extreme heat, dust, and wildfires, among other elements.

...Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Agricultural health and safety · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Migrants...

7378. Migrant Farmworkers' Perceptions of Pesticide Risk Exposure in Adams County, Pennsylvania: A Cultural Risk Assessment - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Presents a study on the perceived environmental health risk of migrant farmworkers in rural Pennsylvania. Discusses the ways different cultures perceive risk and the socioeconomic status of the participants as factors in the study's conclusions.

...03/2018 Agricultural health and safety · Culture · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Migrants · Public health · Pennsylvania...

7379. Consensus-Based Entity 2024 Annual Report to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services - Resources
Date: Feb 2025

Summarizes the work of Battelle's Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) to measure healthcare quality in 2024. Includes discussions on exploring the unique challenges experienced in rural and low-volume settings and prioritizing effective measures for rural communities.

...Health and Human Services --- Summarizes the work of Battelle's Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) to measure...

7380. Life Course Patterns of Concurrent Trajectories of BMI and Affective Symptoms of Rural Mothers: Socioeconomic Antecedents and Disease Outcomes in Later Life - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Study examining patterns of body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic background, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in rural Midwestern mothers over a 25-year period from 1991-2015. Participants in the study were 552 White families in rural Iowa who were parents of early adolescents in 1991. Discusses health risks, comorbidity, and socioeconomic stresses over time, noting that the rural women in the study experienced the rural farm crisis of the late 1980s.

...Health conditions · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Women...