Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Population health
California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Addresses how climate change may impact public and environmental health in California to guide decision-making. Discusses the implications for tribal and rural communities throughout. Includes statewide and regional reports, as well as technical reports and tools.
Sponsoring organizations: California Natural Resources Agency, State of California Energy Commission, State of California Governor's Office of Planning and Research
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Addresses how climate change may impact public and environmental health in California to guide decision-making. Discusses the implications for tribal and rural communities throughout. Includes statewide and regional reports, as well as technical reports and tools.
Sponsoring organizations: California Natural Resources Agency, State of California Energy Commission, State of California Governor's Office of Planning and Research
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Texas Health Data
Provides public health datasets for Texas addressing healthcare use and quality, mortality, opioids, infectious disease, lifestyle risk factors, the health workforce, maternal and child health, and more. Filtering options vary by data source and may include data by county, Metropolitan Service Area, and border counties.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Provides public health datasets for Texas addressing healthcare use and quality, mortality, opioids, infectious disease, lifestyle risk factors, the health workforce, maternal and child health, and more. Filtering options vary by data source and may include data by county, Metropolitan Service Area, and border counties.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care
Offers a structured approach primary care providers can follow to improve management of patients on chronic opioid therapy. Includes a self-assessment, implementation guide, and links to additional resources.
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Offers a structured approach primary care providers can follow to improve management of patients on chronic opioid therapy. Includes a self-assessment, implementation guide, and links to additional resources.
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New Mexico's Indicator-Based Information System (NM-IBIS)
Provides data on health status, lifestyle and risk factors, healthcare services, and social determinants of health (SDOH) for New Mexico. Some data sets offer rural/urban, county-level, and small area data comparisons.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Provides data on health status, lifestyle and risk factors, healthcare services, and social determinants of health (SDOH) for New Mexico. Some data sets offer rural/urban, county-level, and small area data comparisons.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Gallery for New Mexico Community Data Collaborative
Provides interactive maps with county-level health data for New Mexico. Covers a wide range of topics including child abuse and neglect, the food environment, drug overdoses, chronic disease, Medicaid enrollment, healthcare facilities, and more.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Community Data Collaborative
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Provides interactive maps with county-level health data for New Mexico. Covers a wide range of topics including child abuse and neglect, the food environment, drug overdoses, chronic disease, Medicaid enrollment, healthcare facilities, and more.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Community Data Collaborative
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Gold King Mine Spill
Reports on the Gold King Mine Spill and its impact on waterways and people in the Four Corners region. Includes a quarterly newsletter focusing on the effects for the Navajo Nation and the Diné people.
Sponsoring organization: University of Arizona Superfund Research Program
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Reports on the Gold King Mine Spill and its impact on waterways and people in the Four Corners region. Includes a quarterly newsletter focusing on the effects for the Navajo Nation and the Diné people.
Sponsoring organization: University of Arizona Superfund Research Program
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New Mexico Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT)
Provides interactive maps and datasets focused on environmental health issues for New Mexico, including water and air quality, the climate, and health outcomes. Includes county-level data for most indicators.
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Provides interactive maps and datasets focused on environmental health issues for New Mexico, including water and air quality, the climate, and health outcomes. Includes county-level data for most indicators.
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Hotspotting Preventable Cancers: Done Right
Identifies high-risk counties in Arkansas for colorectal, cervical, and female breast cancer using 2009-2013 data to help target areas for cancer screening in order to improve early cancer detection and reduce deaths. Estimates expected cases using state demographics, rather than an age-specific nationwide standard.
Author(s): Appathurai Balamurugan, Abby Holt, Michelle Astor, Ron Brown, Robert Delongchamp
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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Identifies high-risk counties in Arkansas for colorectal, cervical, and female breast cancer using 2009-2013 data to help target areas for cancer screening in order to improve early cancer detection and reduce deaths. Estimates expected cases using state demographics, rather than an age-specific nationwide standard.
Author(s): Appathurai Balamurugan, Abby Holt, Michelle Astor, Ron Brown, Robert Delongchamp
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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Opioid Epidemic Practical Toolkit: Helping Faith and Community Leaders Bring Hope and Healing to Our Communities
Provides practical steps that community and faith-based organizations can take to help address the opioid crisis. Includes information on awareness, prevention, and recovery support. Also covers community capacity building, collaboration, and federal resources.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Center for Faith (Faith Center)
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Provides practical steps that community and faith-based organizations can take to help address the opioid crisis. Includes information on awareness, prevention, and recovery support. Also covers community capacity building, collaboration, and federal resources.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Center for Faith (Faith Center)
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The EveryONE Project: Neighborhood Navigator
Allows users to search by ZIP code for resources and programs in their neighborhood to address their patients' social determinants of health. Provides information on food, housing, goods, transportation, health, care, education, employment, and more.
Additional links: Neighborhood Navigator Training Video
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
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Allows users to search by ZIP code for resources and programs in their neighborhood to address their patients' social determinants of health. Provides information on food, housing, goods, transportation, health, care, education, employment, and more.
Additional links: Neighborhood Navigator Training Video
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
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