Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
Rural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural areas develop health promotion and disease prevention programs in community, clinic, and workplace settings. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Resources and best practices to help rural areas develop health promotion and disease prevention programs in community, clinic, and workplace settings. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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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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Veterans Health Library
A library for providers to find health information focused on veterans in the form of health sheets, videos, and guides geared toward veterans, their family members, and caregivers.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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A library for providers to find health information focused on veterans in the form of health sheets, videos, and guides geared toward veterans, their family members, and caregivers.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Intimate Partner Violence Health
Offers healthcare providers and advocates tools and resources to prepare a clinical practice to address domestic and sexual violence, including screening instruments, sample scripts for providers, and patient and provider education resources.
Sponsoring organization: Futures Without Violence
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Offers healthcare providers and advocates tools and resources to prepare a clinical practice to address domestic and sexual violence, including screening instruments, sample scripts for providers, and patient and provider education resources.
Sponsoring organization: Futures Without Violence
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Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs
A searchable database of cancer control interventions and program materials, designed to provide program planners and public health practitioners easy and immediate access to program materials. Includes programs used in rural settings.
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
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A searchable database of cancer control interventions and program materials, designed to provide program planners and public health practitioners easy and immediate access to program materials. Includes programs used in rural settings.
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
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Mental Health First Aid
Details a public education program to assist the public in identifying, understanding, and responding to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Provides a "Find a Course" link to access mental health first aid instructors who will train residents in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Council for Mental Wellbeing
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Details a public education program to assist the public in identifying, understanding, and responding to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Provides a "Find a Course" link to access mental health first aid instructors who will train residents in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Council for Mental Wellbeing
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Keep it Sacred: National Native Network
Provides a forum for tribes and tribal organizations to obtain and disseminate evidence-based and culturally appropriate information in order to identify and eliminate health disparities related to commercial tobacco abuse.
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Provides a forum for tribes and tribal organizations to obtain and disseminate evidence-based and culturally appropriate information in order to identify and eliminate health disparities related to commercial tobacco abuse.
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PEACE Project
Funded by a grant from the SAMHSA, this site offers resources to help combat alcohol, tobacco, and drug use as well as to establish and sustain effective, evidence-based substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs for Guam citizens.
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Funded by a grant from the SAMHSA, this site offers resources to help combat alcohol, tobacco, and drug use as well as to establish and sustain effective, evidence-based substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs for Guam citizens.
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The Community Guide
Shares effective methods for improving population health and addressing public health issues using an informed, evidence-based approach from the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Shares effective methods for improving population health and addressing public health issues using an informed, evidence-based approach from the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions
Provides access to evidence-based resources, tools, and support for organizations working to integrate primary and behavioral healthcare. Formerly the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Provides access to evidence-based resources, tools, and support for organizations working to integrate primary and behavioral healthcare. Formerly the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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