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Date: Aug 2023
Identifies specific health challenges in Pennsylvania and indicates where the largest improvements can be made. Features sections on social determinants of health, access to care, substance use, chronic diseases, mental health, maternal and infant health, injury and violence prevention, infectious diseases and immunization, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and environmental health. Includes references to rural throughout.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Children and youth · Diabetes · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · HIV and AIDS...
Date: May 2016
Describes the feasibility of using a lay health advisor (LHAs) model to engage patients from a rural African American community in North Carolina about prostate health. LHAs, also called ambassadors, work to share information about prostate health and collect survey data. Includes demographic characteristics of the 15 ambassadors, such as age, gender, education, employment, and previous health education training.
...05/2016 Cancer · Community engagement and volunteerism · Men · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...
Date: Oct 20, 2021
A common health condition, epilepsy impacts rural populations in many ways, including the ability to drive. Medical and public health experts join an advocacy organization to review the condition's impact and outline rural management approaches — including seizure first aid. - The Rural Monitor
...cancers, to traumatic brain injury . Epilepsy just doesn't get the attention. It's hidden...
Date: Feb 2020
Describes health risks experienced by rural people and the problems they face in accessing healthcare in shortage areas, and offers possible solutions. Includes a map showing Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas by county, and a list of states allowing full practice authority for nurse practitioners as of 2019.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Health disparities · Health information technology · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal...
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
Funding to disseminate and communicate pertinent PCORI-funded research findings to relevant stakeholders in ways that will command their attention and interest and encourage use of information in their healthcare decision-making. PCORI funding interests include research for improved access and delivery of care for rural communities.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic disease management · Diabetes · Health conditions · Healthcare needs and services · Maternal health...
Date: Feb 2024
Discusses a study using the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model to train rural primary care clinics to deliver evidence-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine communication to rural families in Pennsylvania. Highlights initial findings related to communication strategy and effectiveness.
...Cancer · Clinics · Families · Health workforce education and training · Infectious diseases · Primary care · Sexual and reproductive...
Date: 2020
Examines 2016 and 2017 data from the National Immunization Survey - Teen (NIS-Teen) to better understand the sociodemographic factors for adolescents not initiating the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series, including by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status. Table 1 shares data on several sociodemographic and healthcare access factors by MSA for teens aged 13-17 that did not receive an HPV vaccine, including age, sex, immigration status, region of the U.S., parental information, vaccination facility type, and more.
...Immunotherapeutics, 16(3), 562-572 2020 Cancer · Children and youth · Infectious diseases · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Vaccination...
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2024
Issues to consider when designing and implementing transit programs for veterans in rural communities.
...cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to non-veterans...
Date: Sep 2025
Examines rural-urban disparities in treatment and survival for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients, utilizing 2000-2021 SEER data of 14,940 patients. Analyzes receipt of chemotherapy, surgical treatment, and 5- and 10-year disease-specific survival. Includes multivariable analysis of the association between demographic factors, including rurality, and mortality.
...Sciences, 13(3), 158 09/2025 Cancer · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: May 24, 2023
Pivoting from a universal question, "How'd you sleep?" clinical sleep experts, a federal public health agency representative, and Nebraska Extension discussed sleep's impact on rural health and public safety. - The Rural Monitor
...cancers , their incidence, treatment outcomes, and survivorship. Brull shared more about the sleep problems that...