Rural Project Examples: Vaccination

Evidence-Based Examples

Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration (SPARC, Inc.®)

Updated/reviewed July 2023

• Need: Population-based rates of adult vaccinations and cancer screenings are low. Delivery rates are lower still in low-income and minority communities.
• Intervention: SPARC was established to develop and test new community-wide strategies to increase the delivery of clinical preventive services.
• Results: Across the United States in both rural and urban communities, SPARC programs, which broaden the delivery of potentially life-saving preventive services, have been successfully launched, improving residents' health.

Promising Examples

Health without Borders

Updated/reviewed January 2025

• Need: To improve the health of communities in the south central region of New Mexico.
• Intervention: A program was developed to address diabetes prevention and control, behavioral healthcare, and immunization in Luna County.
• Results: During the program, 1,500 immunizations were distributed, baseline measurements of participants improved, and 935 new patients were seen for behavioral health issues.