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Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how the Greenbrier County COVID-19 Task Force in West Virginia responded to the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March of 2020.
...Security and Emergency Management Agency (GCHSEMA) was another crucial leader in the COVID-19 response and vaccination effort. With GCHD spearheading public health and GCHSEMA directing disaster management, other capacities were made stronger. Other organizations...
Reviewed: Jul 16, 2024
An overview of rural health research, needs assessments, and program evaluations, with tools and resources to support these activities. Discusses the roles each of these activities play in helping rural communities and their partners understand rural health needs and identify effective interventions.
...secure permission before engaging in research, evaluation, or assessment. For more on the relationship between researchers and communities, see What is community-based participatory research (CBPR) and how can it help rural communities and researchers...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how researchers at the University of Alabama developed 3 projects to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in March of 2020.
...security created by the distance between which people live. Through tools like Map It Zap It, Dr. Feldman's team hoped to raise awareness in Alabama's rural communities of the need for social distancing...
Reviewed: Sep 26, 2025
Features information on violence, abuse, and human trafficking in rural areas. Examines barriers to addressing intimate partner violence, health outcomes related to violence and abuse, strategies for identifying and supporting victims in healthcare settings, impacts on at-risk populations, and effects of adverse childhood experiences, harassment, stalking, and bullying in rural areas.
...secure location of the survivor's choosing, known as mobile advocacy. Violence and abuse prevention and response are not the domain of one specific community group. Building partnerships between healthcare organizations and community-based services...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition (BHB HCC) coordinates emergency response training, in collaboration with other healthcare providers and partners, in 4 remote and frontier Wyoming counties.
...secure so that only necessary personnel had access to the scene. Triage, transportation, and patient transfer were the main roles of the participating healthcare facilities. After-Action First responders on-scene at the exercise transporting...
Reviewed: Jul 18, 2022
Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.
...Food topic guide. Alcohol Alcohol consumption has been shown to increase the risk for the following cancer types: Head and neck Esophageal Breast Liver Colorectal Stomach Laryngeal In 2024, lifetime alcohol use rates were higher...
Reviewed: Sep 24, 2025
Resources, information, and frequently asked questions about the grant writing process for rural health projects. Offers tips on searching for rural-specific funding, grant proposal preparation, building successful funding relationships, and planning for program sustainability.
...Securing a grant is hard work and can involve numerous, time-intensive steps. Many funders offer competitive cycles for grant programs in which rural organizations must compete alongside well-funded, well-prepared organizations with dedicated...
Date: Dec 13, 2023
As the pandemic receded, many rural healthcare providers began to feel the acute effects of another crisis impacting communities across the country: a severe local housing shortage. In response, some organizations are forming unique partnerships and implementing creative solutions. - The Rural Monitor
...secure several million dollars in state and federal grant funding. Since the deed was officially transferred in January 2023, the project has progressed rapidly: a complex of 20 two- and three-bedroom townhomes is expected...
Date: Jul 29, 2020
Referred to as a form of "modern-day slavery," human trafficking occurs in every state and is not limited by the size of a community. Health services are one of the most common points of access to a lifeline for those actively being trafficked, giving healthcare professionals an advantage to help victims escape. A rural hospital CEO, a SORH director, a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, and a Safe Harbor Regional Navigator share how they combat human trafficking through training and raising awareness. - The Rural Monitor
...Security, "involves force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act." Referred to as a form of "modern-day slavery," human trafficking occurs in every state and is not limited...
Date: Jan 7, 2025
The January 2025 episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with Carrie Henning-Smith, co-director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center. We examine the prevalence and impact of medical debt in rural communities.
...food, paying for medication, and paying for other types of healthcare. I think it's important to know the many different ways — and sometimes very opaque ways — that medical debt is impacting people's lives...