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Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Poverty

Social Determinants of Health for Rural People Topic Guide
Information, resources, and frequently asked questions regarding a variety of social and environmental factors impacting the health experiences of rural residents.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Mapping the Measure of America
State and county-level maps showing key health indicators related to access, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Also covers various social determinant of health indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Measure of America
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American Community Survey Narrative Profiles
Produces brief narrative reports for selected regions based on the most recent ACS 5-year estimates. Addresses education, disability status, age, poverty, and other topics. Reports can be generated for counties, towns, zip codes, census tracts, and more.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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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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Oregon Office of Rural Health Maps
Offers a compilation of maps of Oregon on topics including urban and rural designations, healthcare providers and facilities, population demographics, and more. Several maps include county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) AtlasPlus
Provides access to state and county-level data on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Also includes data on the social determinants of health and state-level data on the rural population.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Food Access Research Atlas
Provides access to county-level data and an interactive map presenting information on food access indicators for low-income and other subpopulations.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Atlas of Minnesota Online
Collection of digital maps providing data for social and economic characteristics of Minnesota, such as housing, health, education, infrastructure, and more. Frequently updated.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Profiles of Hunger, Poverty, and Federal Nutrition Programs
State profiles that report on how well states are doing at meeting the food needs of low-income residents. Includes data on poverty, food insecurity, funding of and participation in federal nutrition programs, and state economic security policies.
Sponsoring organization: Food Research & Action Center
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Louisiana 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 parish.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
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