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Date: Dec 2021
Describes a public health pilot project testing a community-based prescription drug disposal system in tribal communities to increase awareness about the dangers of prescription drug accumulation in the home resulting in misuse and use of prescription drugs, and to improve drug disposal practices. Project provided drug deactivation bags for in-home use, and medication drop boxes were available in 29 healthcare facilities in mostly rural areas of Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada and Oklahoma.
...health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: May 2018
Describes ThedaCare, a 2016 participant in the Transforming Complex Care initiative from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Center for Health Care Strategies, a community paramedic (CP) program that works to extend the reach of clinic services to medically and socially complex patients in Northeastern Wisconsin. Discusses program goals, steps to establishing the CP program, and sustainability.
...Health Care Strategies Community paramedicine · Emergency medical technicians and paramedics · Healthcare quality · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: Sep 2025
Explores the feasibility and acceptability of electronic patient-reported outcomes among metabolic and bariatric surgery patients at an academic medical center in rural West Virginia. Describes results of a patient questionnaire regarding the experience of using a tablet to complete psychosocial evaluations before seeing a behavioral health provider and their preference for using a tablet or traditional paper-and-pencil forms.
...Surgeons, 29(3), e2025.00068 09/2025 Behavioral health · Health information technology · Healthcare quality · Statistics and data · West Virginia...
Date: 2019
An assessment of the extent of rural representation in state policy efforts related to improving maternal health through the development of maternal mortality and morbidity review committees (MMRCs). Analysis included whether or not states established an MMRC, had passed legislation requiring an MMRC, identified rural populations in the legislation, and if they required rural representation within the MMRC.
...Health Issues 299(5) 357-363 2019 Access · Legislation and regulations · Maternal health and prenatal...
Date: Feb 2019
Examines trends in homelessness among rural students, which may contribute to disparities in health and academic outcomes. Explores challenges in identifying and supporting homeless families, funding in rural schools, and obstacles facing homeless rural students. Features statistics including percent change in number of homeless students from school years 2013-2014 to 2016-2017 in select states, with breakdowns by rural or nonrural locations.
...Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...
Date: Mar 2019
Features a study on common substances used by patients entering rural emergency departments (EDs) seeking mental health treatment. Focuses on a single ED in North Carolina and presents data by sex and substance used.
...Health, 20(2), 419-425 03/2019 Emergency department and urgent care services · Mental health · Statistics...
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.
...Diabetes · Health reform · Medicaid · Medicare · Service delivery models · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Feb 2019
Examines inequalities between access to Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) locations in urban areas and those in underresourced or rural areas. Includes a county-level map showing Illinois Health Care Centers and CDSMP locations with breakdowns by county diabetes prevalence.
...county data · Diabetes · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Illinois...
Date: Jun 2019
Offers Texas maps showing counties with Critical Access Hospitals, Prospective Payment System Hospitals, and Rural Health Clinics as well as which rural counties offer labor and delivery services.
...Access Hospitals · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural Health Clinics · Statistics and data · Texas...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
Resources and examples of funding to maintain a sustainable rural aging in place program.
...Health Policy Community Programs . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Distributes grants and contracts...