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11. Cold Water Safety Children and Youth Educator Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 2, 2025

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. 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...

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. 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. --- View more Incidental Sun Exposures as a Source...

15. Development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS) - Resources
Date: 2012

Describes the development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS) survey instrument to measure perceptions of rural environments for physical activity. Includes definitions, characteristics, and items on each of the seven RALPESS factors: church facilities, town center connectivity, indoor areas, around your home/neighborhood, town center physical activity resources, school grounds, and outdoor areas.

...outdoor areas. --- View more Development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS...

16. 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...

17. 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. --- View more A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers...

18. 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...

19. Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development 2024 Annual Report - Resources
Date: Mar 2025

Provides an overview of the activities of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, with a focus on tourism, outdoor recreation, food systems, economic development, capacity building, and more.

...outdoor recreation, food systems, economic development, capacity building, and more. --- View more Northeast Regional Center...

20. Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned in Addressing Inequities in Heat-Related Climate Change Impacts: Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief - Resources
Date: 2023

Summary of a National Academies' Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop in June 2023 discussing differences in outcomes for extreme heat. Highlights challenges with data gathering, recent policy changes, capacity building, and partnerships. Includes discussion of rural specific challenges, occupational health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access.

...outdoor workers, and healthcare access. --- View more Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned...