Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
Resilient, Engaged and Connected (REC) Study: Protocol for a Type 2 Cluster-Randomised Trial of the Chicago Parent Program in Prekindergarten in Low-Income Urban and Rural Communities
Provides an overview of a intervention that aims to improve social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) readiness in pre-kindergarten (PreK) children by supporting and engaging low-income parents. Utilizes a mixed methods study design to examine PreK readiness in rural and urban children in Maryland when implementing an evidence-based SEB parenting program.
Author(s): Deborah Gross, Susan M. Breitenstein, Lieny Jeon, et al.
Citation: BMJ Open, 15(4)
Date: 04/2025
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Provides an overview of a intervention that aims to improve social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) readiness in pre-kindergarten (PreK) children by supporting and engaging low-income parents. Utilizes a mixed methods study design to examine PreK readiness in rural and urban children in Maryland when implementing an evidence-based SEB parenting program.
Author(s): Deborah Gross, Susan M. Breitenstein, Lieny Jeon, et al.
Citation: BMJ Open, 15(4)
Date: 04/2025
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Delivering Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Environmental Scan
Report provides a literature review and interviews with key informants to outline the opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment environment and make policy recommendations. Discusses how changes to regulations have affected access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), how the opioid use environment has changed, and what models and evidence-based tools exist to facilitate OUD treatment, among other issues.
Author(s): Collette Sosnowy, Danielle Durant, Garrett Moran, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Report provides a literature review and interviews with key informants to outline the opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment environment and make policy recommendations. Discusses how changes to regulations have affected access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), how the opioid use environment has changed, and what models and evidence-based tools exist to facilitate OUD treatment, among other issues.
Author(s): Collette Sosnowy, Danielle Durant, Garrett Moran, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Epidemiology of 911 Calls for Opioid Overdose in Nogales, Arizona
Presents a study reviewing the 911 calls pertaining to opioid overdose in the Nogales, AZ area. Details the prehospital care received in the rural, borderland community and evaluates EMS's adherence to naloxone distribution protocol.
Author(s): Melody Glenn, Darien Stratton, Keith Primeau, Amber Rice
Citation: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 26(3)
Date: 03/2025
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Presents a study reviewing the 911 calls pertaining to opioid overdose in the Nogales, AZ area. Details the prehospital care received in the rural, borderland community and evaluates EMS's adherence to naloxone distribution protocol.
Author(s): Melody Glenn, Darien Stratton, Keith Primeau, Amber Rice
Citation: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 26(3)
Date: 03/2025
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Media Advocacy for Farm Safety and Health: Current Landscape and Future Directions
Evaluates 89 news articles to examine how media depicts agricultural health and safety. Identifies strategies for improving the use of media in agricultural safety advocacy for public health practitioners.
Author(s): Pamela J. Milkovich, Sarah Perez-Sanz, Kim Garcia, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 970
Date: 03/2025
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Evaluates 89 news articles to examine how media depicts agricultural health and safety. Identifies strategies for improving the use of media in agricultural safety advocacy for public health practitioners.
Author(s): Pamela J. Milkovich, Sarah Perez-Sanz, Kim Garcia, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 970
Date: 03/2025
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Mailed Outreach and Patient Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Rural Medicaid Enrollees: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
Evaluates the effectiveness of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach and patient navigation program among 5,614 rural Medicaid enrollees in 28 Oregon primary care clinics. Discusses the impact of the program on follow-up care.
Author(s): Gloria D. Coronado, Amanda F. Petrik, Michael C. Leo, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250928
Date: 03/2025
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Evaluates the effectiveness of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach and patient navigation program among 5,614 rural Medicaid enrollees in 28 Oregon primary care clinics. Discusses the impact of the program on follow-up care.
Author(s): Gloria D. Coronado, Amanda F. Petrik, Michael C. Leo, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250928
Date: 03/2025
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Pilot Implementation of a Telehealth Safety Planning Group Intervention for Suicidal Rural Veterans Enhanced by Lived Experience Veteran Peer Participation
Describes a pilot virtual suicide intervention program utilizing lived-experience rural peers offered to rural Arkansas veterans. Discusses successful implementation of peer recovery leaders and program impacts on firearm storage practices. Offers lessons learned and recommendations to those considering a similar program.
Author(s): Marianne Goodman, Madison Strouse, Caroline Boucher, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16
Date: 03/2025
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Describes a pilot virtual suicide intervention program utilizing lived-experience rural peers offered to rural Arkansas veterans. Discusses successful implementation of peer recovery leaders and program impacts on firearm storage practices. Offers lessons learned and recommendations to those considering a similar program.
Author(s): Marianne Goodman, Madison Strouse, Caroline Boucher, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16
Date: 03/2025
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The Importance of Contextually Specific Support Relationships in Implementing Programs to Link People to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment During Reentry from County Jails
A case study that examines an intervention that links people in county jails to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs. Analyzes 3 rural and 2 urban county jails in Kentucky and the related program implementation, reach, and sustainability.
Author(s): Margaret McGladrey, Marisa Booty, Susannah Stitzer, et al.
Citation: Health & Justice volume 13, 20
Date: 03/2025
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A case study that examines an intervention that links people in county jails to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs. Analyzes 3 rural and 2 urban county jails in Kentucky and the related program implementation, reach, and sustainability.
Author(s): Margaret McGladrey, Marisa Booty, Susannah Stitzer, et al.
Citation: Health & Justice volume 13, 20
Date: 03/2025
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Modular Decentralized Water System Associated With Improved Child Health and Increased In-Home Water Use in Remote Alaska Native Communities
Explores the health effects of using Miniature Portable Alternative Sanitation Systems (Mini-PASS) on children 12 years old and younger in tribal communities in Alaska. Discusses Mini-PASS as an affordable option for communities that require a decentralized water system that doesn't require piping or sewer. Highlights the health and sanitation benefits such a system can bring to these communities.
Author(s): Amanda Hansen, Gretchen Day, Marla Wehrli, Laura Eichelberger
Citation: Journal of Water and Health, 23(3), 364–372.
Date: 03/2025
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Explores the health effects of using Miniature Portable Alternative Sanitation Systems (Mini-PASS) on children 12 years old and younger in tribal communities in Alaska. Discusses Mini-PASS as an affordable option for communities that require a decentralized water system that doesn't require piping or sewer. Highlights the health and sanitation benefits such a system can bring to these communities.
Author(s): Amanda Hansen, Gretchen Day, Marla Wehrli, Laura Eichelberger
Citation: Journal of Water and Health, 23(3), 364–372.
Date: 03/2025
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O the Places Rural Children Will Go…to Get Physical Activity: A Cross Sectional Analysis
Examines locations in which children engage in either moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) or sedentary time in the rural Midwest. Utilizes data from 44 participants who wore an activity tracker over a 7-day period and discusses activity in locations labeled as home, home neighborhood, school, school neighborhood, or 'other'. Discusses health issues and access barriers for rural children related to overweight/obesity.
Author(s): Bethany Forseth, Jordan A. Carlson, Adrian Ortega, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 1188
Date: 03/2025
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Examines locations in which children engage in either moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) or sedentary time in the rural Midwest. Utilizes data from 44 participants who wore an activity tracker over a 7-day period and discusses activity in locations labeled as home, home neighborhood, school, school neighborhood, or 'other'. Discusses health issues and access barriers for rural children related to overweight/obesity.
Author(s): Bethany Forseth, Jordan A. Carlson, Adrian Ortega, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 1188
Date: 03/2025
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Supporting Fathers and Families in Rural Communities Recording
A recorded webinar that discusses the experiences of fathers in rural areas. Discusses issues of paternal engagement and well-being and how fathers and families in rural areas can be better supported. Transcript available below description.
Author(s): Tova Walsh, Kenneth Braswell, Geoffrey Brown, Maretta Darnell McDonald, Marcus Williams
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
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A recorded webinar that discusses the experiences of fathers in rural areas. Discusses issues of paternal engagement and well-being and how fathers and families in rural areas can be better supported. Transcript available below description.
Author(s): Tova Walsh, Kenneth Braswell, Geoffrey Brown, Maretta Darnell McDonald, Marcus Williams
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
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