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Rural Health
Resources by State: South Carolina

Growing Rural Podcast
Podcast series on issues of interest for rural South Carolina. Topics include telehealth, ways to improve access to quality healthcare, employment, education, and the arts, among other things.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare
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South Carolina - Project ECHO
A tele-mentoring, guided practice model that focuses on moving knowledge and not people by offering specialty expertise to primary care providers so they may effectively manage patients with complex health needs in their own clinics. Offers physicians and pharmacists professional accreditation for participation.
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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Journal of Appalachian Health
Highlights issues relating to the health and wellness of rural Appalachian communities. Features peer-reviewed, open access research on health outcomes in Appalachia.
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky College of Public Health
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Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots
An initiative focused on health outcomes in Appalachian communities. Provides access to health disparities data on health status, healthcare delivery, and social determinants of health (SDOH) indicators for counties within the rural Appalachian region. Also identifies and provides case studies of "Bright Spots", counties in the region with better-than-expected health outcomes.
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Drug Overdose Deaths in Appalachia
Interactive map highlights drug overdose deaths in Appalachia by county. Features demographic information such as race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and disability status, as well as economic factors such as poverty rate, unemployment rate, and accident-prone employment, among others. Choose the Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool button when prompted to choose a tool.
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago
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ERS State Fact Sheet: South Carolina
State-level data on population, poverty, food security, educational attainment, employment, and income. Includes data for rural areas, urban areas, and the state as a whole.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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South Carolina KIDS COUNT Data Center
Provides data on child well-being for the state. Covers demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health, and safety and risky behaviors. Some data available by county.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
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South Carolina QuickFacts
State-level data on demographics, housing, income, and other social determinants of health, with the option to add data for counties and cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Includes information from multiple U.S. Census Bureau censuses, surveys, and programs.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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South Carolina - Rural Focus
Weekly email newsletter of the South Carolina Office of Rural Health. Contains announcements, news, and events of benefit to rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Office of Rural Health
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