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Resources by Topic: Infectious diseases

Kansas Influenza Vaccination Dashboard
A dashboard that provides information about influenza vaccinations in Kansas, such as total number vaccinated each flu season, each month, and each week. Includes an interactive map that shows county-level percentages of the vaccinated population.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Engaging Stakeholders to Address Changing Service Delivery Conditions Due to COVID-19
Describes the use of participatory curriculum development for online delivery of a health promotion and skills-building program for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the effects of disruptions to service delivery experienced by Centers for Independent Living and strategies to address them, as well as stakeholder engagement strategies.
Author(s): Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC)
Sponsoring organization: Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR)
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State Public Health Legislation Database
Identifies state legislation addressing infectious disease prevention and treatment, public health information and reporting, public health workforce, and vaccines. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2021. Searchable by year, state, topic or keyword.
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Analytics: Data & Reports
Provides data and reports on a variety of population health measures in Nevada. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including behavioral health, substance use, maternal and child health, health conditions, mortality, Medicaid enrollment and services, and other topics in population health and state services. Includes the DHHS Factbook, which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Community Connector: Visualize Social Determinants of Health Scores
Open-sourced tool presents community demographics, social needs, and health outcomes by county in Colorado. Allows users to compare similar counties and select several measures of social determinants of health and health outcomes.
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica
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Rural Health Mapping Tool
An interactive mapping system to help inform rural communities' strategies around COVID-19. Includes county-level data on COVID-19 vaccination rates, cases, and hospitalizations, as well as healthcare access, health status, and sociodemographic information.
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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Wisconsin Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine Data
Provides county-level data on Wisconsin residents who have received a flu vaccine. Includes vaccine trends from past seasons as well as percentage data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Rural Health Matters
Recordings of Rural Health Matters, a weekly call-in show that features experts from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Discusses a variety of health and wellness concerns.
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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AZHEALTHTXT
Texting system that distributes verified, timely information on COVID-19 and other health challenges facing rural healthcare in Arizona. Offers various messaging modalities, including text message, web articles, social media, and infographics.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH)
Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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