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7521. Analysis of the Financial Conditions of Health Care Institutions in the Appalachian Region and their Economic Impacts - Resources
Date: Dec 2002

Describes the availability of healthcare services in Appalachia, the financial stability of Appalachian healthcare institutions, and the effect of hospital closures on Appalachian counties.

...Health Care Institutions in the Appalachian Region and their Economic Impacts --- Describes the availability of healthcare...

7522. NRHA Rural Hospital CEO Certification Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

A rural hospital leadership and certification program for current and future rural hospital CEOs.

...health professionals · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Population health · Statistics and data · Technology for health...

7523. New Hampshire J-1 Visa Waiver Program - Funding
Deadline: Jun 30, 2026

Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an eligible area of New Hampshire, allowing them to remain in the United States.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · J-1 Visa Waiver · Maternal health and prenatal care · Physicians · Primary...

7524. Considerations for Defining Rural Places in Health Policies and Programs - Resources
Date: May 2020

Highlights key questions to be considered when evaluating a definition of rural that is most appropriate for a specific policy or program. Discusses the principles needed to drive rural definitions and the current challenges of changing rural definitions. Provides an overview of common rural definitions in use, and offers options for the development of new definitions and adjustments to current definitions.

...Health Policies and Programs --- Highlights key questions to be considered when evaluating a definition of rural...

7525. Understanding the Burden of Tuberculosis Among American Indians/Alaska Natives in the U.S.: A Validation Study - Resources
Date: Jul 2014

Evaluation of the completeness and accuracy of TB case reporting from Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities to state health departments. Provides statistical breakdowns including age group, sex, IHS region, presence of other diseases, symptoms, and types of treatments.

...Health Service (IHS) facilities to state health departments. Provides statistical breakdowns including age group, sex, IHS region...

7526. What a Pandemic Has Taught Us About the Potential for Innovation in Rural Health: Commencing an Ethnography in Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Australia - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Examines success stories of rural communities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes ethnographic research to explore healthcare response in communities with fewer than 7,000 inhabitants and not near large healthcare centers.

...Health: Commencing an Ethnography in Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Australia --- Examines success stories...

7527. Building Sovereignty: Native Leaders on Investing in Health and Self-Determination - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Highlights key topics in partnerships between healthcare organizations, Tribal governments, and other Native-led organizations. Includes discussion of Native self-determination, cultural responsiveness, and other aspects of investment and collaboration.

...Health and Self-Determination --- Highlights key topics in partnerships between healthcare organizations, Tribal governments, and other...

7528. "Gives Us Peace of Mind for Keeping Our Hands Clean": Targeted Handwashing Intervention Increases Water Use and Hand Hygiene in Rural Alaska - Resources
Date: Oct 2025

Highlights a study on the hygiene outcomes of an intervention that installed Miniature Portable Alternative Sanitation System (Mini-PASS) handwashing stations in 14 rural Alaska Native communities. Details the lack of in-home water service in rural Alaska and the related health consequences. Evaluates the Mini-PASS intervention's outcomes in terms of handwashing station utilization and household water use.

...Health, 84(1), 2569761 10/2025 Access · Environmental health · Infrastructure · Public health · Tribal communities · Wellness, health...

7529. Urban–Rural Differences in School Districts' Local Wellness Policies and Policy Implementation Environments - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Compares urban and rural local wellness policies (LWPs) and implementation environments of 117 Texas school districts. Provides data on LWP goals, including nutrition and physical activity goals, as well as availability of district wellness plans, LWP assessments, and school health advisory councils. Highlights implications for rural school policy and student health.

...health advisory councils. Highlights implications for rural school policy and student health. --- Urban–Rural Differences...

7530. Missouri Rapid Rural Population Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: May 2020

Provides overview of how University of Missouri Extension was able to respond to rural counties during COVID-19. Examines challenges for rural Missourians related to COVID-19 including limited access to rural hospitals, lack of broadband internet, and chronic diseases prevalent in rural populations. Discusses partnerships between state governments and land grant universities to address current and future pandemics and epidemics.

...Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic --- Provides overview of how University of Missouri Extension...