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7601. Addressing the Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A Bipartisan Call to Action - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Report discusses direct care worker shortages throughout the country. Details shortages of home health aids, certified nursing assistants, and residential care aids, among other direct care workers, and makes recommendations for decreasing shortages. Highlights some of the added barriers faced by rural communities.

...Health aides and assistants · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Home and community-based...

7602. Bridging Rural Communities: Telehealth Innovations for Appalachia and Beyond - Resources
Date: Aug 2025

Video series on innovative approaches to telehealth in rural Appalachia, hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Center (MATRC) on August 1, 2025. Features speakers on telehealth use in veterans' healthcare, substance use recovery, palliative care, mental health, healthy aging, emergency preparedness and response, cancer screening, and other topics related to healthcare access, quality of care, and healthcare economics. Transcripts are available via video descriptions.

...Health screening · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare quality · Hospice and palliative care · Mental health · Substance...

7603. Implementing Individual Placement and Support in Rural Communities: Barriers and Strategies - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

An issue brief focused on individual placement and support (IPS) programs for people with mental health conditions to help sustain their employment. Utilizes interview data with 27 IPS specialists to discuss barriers and strategies to implementing IPS in rural areas, focused on issues such as mental healthcare workforce availability, funding, transportation, internet access, job opportunity, and local cultural perceptions.

...Employment Behavioral health workforce · Culture · Employment and unemployment · Human services · Mental health · Mental health conditions...

7604. Pregnancy-Related Death Rates by County, Race, and Ethnicity in the US, 2000-2019 - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Examines maternal mortality disparities across geography and demographic characteristics. Utilizes 2000-2019 U.S. National Vital Statistics System and U.S. National Center for Health Statistics data to analyze mortality among pregnant women aged 15 to 44. Includes county-level U.S. maps showing mortality rates and discussion of mortality burden in rural areas.

...Archives of Public Health, 83, 274 11/2025 Health disparities · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mortality...

7605. Association of Long-term PM2.5 Exposure with Mortality Using Different Air Pollution Exposure Models: Impacts in Rural and Urban California - Resources
Date: Mar 2016

Examines rural versus urban comparison of long-term particulate matter exposure and resulting health effects among elderly populations in California. Includes demographic, mortality, and particulate matter concentration data for rural and urban California, as well as the state as a whole.

...Health Research, 26(2), 145-157 03/2016 Cardiovascular disease · Elderly population · Environmental health · Health conditions...

7606. Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician Burnout in Rural and Urban Settings - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Describes burnout and contributing work conditions among physicians and advanced practice clinicians, using data from an anonymous electronic survey conducted in March 2022. Explores the effect of COVID-19 on health workforce burnout, and features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.

...health · Mental health conditions · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Physicians...

7607. National Opioids Crisis: Help and Resources - Resources
Reviewed: Nov 2025

Highlights the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services strategy to combat the opioid crisis. Shares resources and information for prevention, treatment, and recovery.

...Health and Human Services Illicit drug use · Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Wellness, health...

7608. Aroostook Agency on Aging's Specialized Support for Dementia Caregivers and Care Recipients via Health Care Partnership - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Case study highlighting a partnership between an Area Agency on Aging in Maine and a local hospital to provide dementia assessments and support services for local residents with dementia and their caregivers.

...Health Care Partnership --- Case study highlighting a partnership between an Area Agency on Aging in Maine...

7609. Washington Rural Health Collaborative - 2023 Annual Report - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Includes 2023 strategic goals and accomplishments for the 26 member hospitals, and features statistics including number of emergency room visits, clinic visits, net patient services revenue, and total patients served per day.

...Health Collaborative - 2023 Annual Report --- Includes 2023 strategic goals and accomplishments for the 26 member...

7610. Best Practice Guide: Telehealth for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities - Resources
Reviewed: Jul 2025

Offers resources on telehealth programs for American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including telebehavioral health and telehealth to treat chronic conditions.

...conditions. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral health · Health conditions · Telehealth · Tribal communities...