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11. Cold Water Safety Children and Youth Educator Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 9, 2026

Cold Water Safety and Survival for Educators workshops were developed to train educators to teach cold water safety and survival skills in the classroom.

...Outdoor Adventures, Volumes 1-4 Outdoor Survival Training Manual for grades 5-7 Boating Safety...

12. Healthy Monadnock Alliance - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Nov 17, 2025

Healthy Monadnock is a community-wide initiative that aspires to provide "better health and wellness for all" residents of the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire.

...Outdoor Recreation Resource Maps: In partnership with the Keene Public Library, the Monadnock Outdoors workgroup...

13. Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Rural Areas Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Jul 18, 2022

Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.

...outdoor air quality, can cause an increased risk for cancer. A 2017 Morbidity and Mortality...

14. Facing Unique Challenges, Rural Communities Find Unique Solutions to Protect Against Wildfire Smoke Exposure - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 8, 2023

Across the rural West, an awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality – and how to minimize those impacts – is growing. - The Rural Monitor

...outdoor recreation often revolve around outdoor work, exposing employees to unhealthy air throughout the workday...

15. Sun Protection Behavior Beliefs Among Adults Living in Rural United States: A Qualitative Study in Minnesota - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Presents a study on perceptions and beliefs about sun-protective behavior among rural Minnesotans. Breaks down data by demographic characteristics, such as age, education, and whether participants had an outdoor job, among other measures. Looks at time spent outside and discusses participants' perceptions about protective behaviors.

...outdoor job, among other measures. Looks at time spent outside and discusses participants' perceptions about...

16. A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers to the Northern Forest Region - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Discusses citizen relocation to the northern forest region, consisting of counties in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Describes motivations for relocation during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as opportunities for outdoor recreation and access to rural spaces.

...outdoor recreation and access to rural spaces. --- A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers to the Northern...

17. Trail Conditions and Community Use: Utilizing Geospatial Video to Guide the Adoption of a Spatial-Temporal Trail Audit Tool (STAT) - Resources
Date: Aug 2021

Study examining trail audit methods and the potential benefits of the Spatial-temporal Trail Audit Tool (STAT) for rural communities looking to assess and improve trail systems to motivate outdoor physical activity. Describes the process of creating geospatial videos of 2 trails in Ohio by attaching a camera to a bicycle. Discusses the importance of physical activity and trails to rural population health.

...outdoor physical activity. Describes the process of creating geospatial videos of 2 trails in Ohio...

18. 'Spreading like Wildfire': How One KY County Is Grappling with a National Tick-Borne Scourge - News
Date: Sep 29, 2026

Discusses the rise of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne disease, in a rural Kentucky region. Describes the higher risks of contracting the disease for farmworkers and others who work outdoors, symptoms, and managing the disease. Source: Kentucky Lantern.

...outdoors, symptoms, and managing the disease. Source: Kentucky Lantern. --- 'Spreading like Wildfire': How One KY County...

19. Incidental Sun Exposures as a Source of Sunburn Among Rural Compared to Urban Residents in the United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Presents a study comparing sun exposure for people living in rural versus urban areas. Looks at sun exposure from leisure time activities and outdoor work for both rural and urban people.

...outdoor work for both rural and urban people. --- Incidental Sun Exposures as a Source of Sunburn...

20. Culture and Self-Determination Provide Strength to Heal - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Describes how the Seneca Nation of Indians has incorporated its culture into programs and community initiatives. Examples include school and adult Seneca language immersion programs, restoring indigenous plants, cultivating native animals, and the Seneca Strong program to address substance abuse by incorporating prevention and sobriety programming into traditional rites of passage, outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.

...outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert...