Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Diabetes
Case Study: Hospital and Fitness Center Join Forces for a Healthy Community
Highlights a partnership between Columbus Community Hospital, located in Columbus, Nebraska, and the YMCA that resulted in a number of additional or improved health and wellness services in the community, including a new fitness center. Shares the key steps, project successes, lessons learned, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Bryan Health, Columbus Community Hospital, YMCA
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Highlights a partnership between Columbus Community Hospital, located in Columbus, Nebraska, and the YMCA that resulted in a number of additional or improved health and wellness services in the community, including a new fitness center. Shares the key steps, project successes, lessons learned, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Bryan Health, Columbus Community Hospital, YMCA
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CDC Rural Health
Provides an overview of rural health concerns, access to CDC-produced reports highlighting rural health issues, and examples of resources and successful approaches to improve health in rural communities. Topics addressed include a range of public health and population health concerns.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Provides an overview of rural health concerns, access to CDC-produced reports highlighting rural health issues, and examples of resources and successful approaches to improve health in rural communities. Topics addressed include a range of public health and population health concerns.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Diabetes Prevention Program Toolkit
Provides instructions for designing and implementing a diabetes prevention program in Native communities. Shares best practices and lessons learned from 38 test programs that were conducted under the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Diabetes Prevention (DP) grant program. Provides guidance in the areas of developing support, activity planning, recruiting and coaching of participants, staffing, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Provides instructions for designing and implementing a diabetes prevention program in Native communities. Shares best practices and lessons learned from 38 test programs that were conducted under the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Diabetes Prevention (DP) grant program. Provides guidance in the areas of developing support, activity planning, recruiting and coaching of participants, staffing, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Healthy Heart Toolkit
Shares a variety of resources designed to help Native communities implement a cardiovascular disease risk reduction program. Based on the strategies used by the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Healthy Heart (HH) grantees, the toolkit can be adapted to best suit community needs and provides guidance in the areas of partnership development, participant recruitment, staffing, messaging, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Shares a variety of resources designed to help Native communities implement a cardiovascular disease risk reduction program. Based on the strategies used by the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Healthy Heart (HH) grantees, the toolkit can be adapted to best suit community needs and provides guidance in the areas of partnership development, participant recruitment, staffing, messaging, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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U.S. Health Map
Interactive map that provides county-level data by sex on life expectancy, mortality rates, and risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, physical activity, cancer, alcohol use, and smoking.
Sponsoring organization: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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Interactive map that provides county-level data by sex on life expectancy, mortality rates, and risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, physical activity, cancer, alcohol use, and smoking.
Sponsoring organization: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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Food Environment Atlas
Web-based mapping tool providing access to county-level data on multiple factors affecting access to healthy, affordable food. Includes information on grocery store availability, food assistance, and food insecurity. Covers data on physical activity, diabetes, obesity, and socioeconomic characteristics.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Web-based mapping tool providing access to county-level data on multiple factors affecting access to healthy, affordable food. Includes information on grocery store availability, food assistance, and food insecurity. Covers data on physical activity, diabetes, obesity, and socioeconomic characteristics.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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