Rural Health
Resources by Type: Website
Opioid Use Disorder: Rural Policy Brief
Policy brief focused on preventing rural opioid overdoses and reducing overdose deaths in rural areas. Identifies policy options and strategies including evidence-based prescribing methods, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and overdose reversing medication. Includes three brief case studies.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Policy brief focused on preventing rural opioid overdoses and reducing overdose deaths in rural areas. Identifies policy options and strategies including evidence-based prescribing methods, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and overdose reversing medication. Includes three brief case studies.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Diabetes Self-Management: Rural Policy Brief
Policy brief focused on Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) in rural areas. Provides an overview of factors that impact rural access to and use of DSMES. Identifies policy options to improve rural access to DSMES and provides two brief case studies.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Policy brief focused on Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) in rural areas. Provides an overview of factors that impact rural access to and use of DSMES. Identifies policy options to improve rural access to DSMES and provides two brief case studies.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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State Community Health Worker Policies
Offers information on how states are defining, training, certifying, and paying for the community health worker (CHW) workforce. Also describes how states are developing cross-agency and state-to-local strategies to improve community health in partnership with CHWs. Features interactive national map with state-level information.
Sponsoring organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
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Offers information on how states are defining, training, certifying, and paying for the community health worker (CHW) workforce. Also describes how states are developing cross-agency and state-to-local strategies to improve community health in partnership with CHWs. Features interactive national map with state-level information.
Sponsoring organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
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VHA-ORH Rural Mentored Implementations
A compendium describing proven models of care currently implemented to improve access to care and specialty care for rural veterans and their families within their own communities. Provides clinical and operational information about these models for healthcare professionals serving rural veterans.
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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A compendium describing proven models of care currently implemented to improve access to care and specialty care for rural veterans and their families within their own communities. Provides clinical and operational information about these models for healthcare professionals serving rural veterans.
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Impact Case Studies
Provides a list of successful, rural-specific case studies describing how tools and resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are being used and their impacts at the local and national policy level, in healthcare systems, and for other professional healthcare services and providers. Case study examples are searchable by state/territory or at the national level, date, and topic.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides a list of successful, rural-specific case studies describing how tools and resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are being used and their impacts at the local and national policy level, in healthcare systems, and for other professional healthcare services and providers. Case study examples are searchable by state/territory or at the national level, date, and topic.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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IHS Dental Portal
Presents essential resources and data pertaining to oral health in the Indian Health Service.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Presents essential resources and data pertaining to oral health in the Indian Health Service.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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ANA Success Stories
Presents success stories of American Indian community programs that have received funding from the Administration for Native Americans. Details the tribe or community, type of program, and the needs met by the program.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Native Americans
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Presents success stories of American Indian community programs that have received funding from the Administration for Native Americans. Details the tribe or community, type of program, and the needs met by the program.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Native Americans
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Rural Aging in Place Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural communities support aging in place. 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 communities support aging in place. 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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Chronic Disease in Rural America Topic Guide
Provides resources and information on the impact of chronic disease in rural areas, as well as prevention and treatment strategies. Highlights specific chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, arthritis, and HIV/AIDS.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides resources and information on the impact of chronic disease in rural areas, as well as prevention and treatment strategies. Highlights specific chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, arthritis, and HIV/AIDS.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Oklahoma State Department of Health: Data and Reports
Lists several documents and maps that provide an overview of Oklahoma's healthcare landscape. Includes healthcare information, community and family health data, disease and prevention publications, and protective health reports.
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State Department of Health
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Lists several documents and maps that provide an overview of Oklahoma's healthcare landscape. Includes healthcare information, community and family health data, disease and prevention publications, and protective health reports.
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State Department of Health
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