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241. Rural Health Disparities Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Nov 28, 2022

Provides information on health disparities and the causes of these disparities in rural areas. Discusses rural versus urban mortality and life expectancy, and resources and programs to address rural health disparities. Provides information on regions throughout the U.S. that experience higher level of rural health disparities.

...diabetes, cancer, lung diseases, and heart conditions, that are risk factors for severe illness due to COVID...

242. BuchananCares Program: A Team-based Care Pilot Led by a Rural Community Hospital and Local Pharmacist - Resources
Date: Jun 2022

Describes BuchananCares, a collaboration among health professionals from the Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Buchanan General Hospital in rural Virginia, and the Virginia Department of Health. Designed to reduce patient readmissions and improve medication use for patients with COPD, diabetes, heart failure, and pneumonia.

...diabetes, heart failure, and pneumonia. --- BuchananCares Program: A Team-based Care Pilot Led by a Rural...

243. Rural Health Literacy: Understanding Skills and Demands is Key to Improvement - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Apr 19, 2017

Every rural provider has a horror story attached to low health literacy. Health literacy, or getting, understanding, and using health information, involves two sides. Researchers and experts explain that by understanding both the skills and demands side of health literacy, providers and organizations can help their patients move to improved health. - The Rural Monitor

...diabetic patient who was told to decrease sugar intake by stopping their six daily sodas...

244. How USPS Network Changes Threaten Prescription Drug Access for Vulnerable Populations - Resources
Date: Dec 2025

Discusses the impact of mail processing changes on mail-order medication and asthma and diabetes management for rural communities. Highlights the "triple burden" of limited pharmacy access, high use of mail-order prescriptions, and proximity to postal service restructuring. Includes rural and urban comparisons, Medicare data, and county-level analysis.

...diabetes management for rural communities. Highlights the "triple burden" of limited pharmacy access, high use of mail...

245. The Health-able Communities Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Aug 15, 2024

Using Community Health Workers, an Idaho consortium leveraged grant-funding to bring health and wellness programs, disease screening, and health education to frontier residents.

...diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. With Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grant funding in 2015-2018 — the Rural...

246. Rural Wisconsin Chronic Disease Toolkit 2023 - Resources
Date: 2023

A toolkit that describes rural-relevant best practices that have been successful in improving chronic disease outcomes and population health. Provides resources to address communication, Body Mass Index, diabetes care, blood pressure control, chronic disease management, and more.

...diabetes care, blood pressure control, chronic disease management, and more. --- Rural Wisconsin Chronic Disease Toolkit...

247. Idaho Chronic Disease Risk and Burden Map - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2025

Interactive map highlights the disease burden in Idaho by county. Details county rankings by risk scores for health outcomes for conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and oral health, among others.

...diabetes, and oral health, among others. --- Idaho Chronic Disease Risk and Burden Map Interactive map highlights...

248. Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives - Resources
Date: Aug 2003

Thematic issue focused on American Indian/Alaska Native health disparities related to diabetes, cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates.

...diabetes, cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates. --- Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska...

249. Integrated Behavioral Health Implementation and Chronic Disease Management Inequities: An Exploratory Study of Statewide Data - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Examines associations between the use of integrated behavioral health (IBH) and quality of asthma, diabetes, and vascular disease management at 102 primary care clinics in Minnesota. Analyzes how rurality, racial profile of clinical location, and patient socioeconomic status interact with IBH adoption and quality of chronic disease management.

...diabetes, and vascular disease management at 102 primary care clinics in Minnesota. Analyzes how rurality...

250. Distance as an Obstacle to Clinical Trial Access: Who Is Affected and Why It Matters - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Evaluates factors associated with geographic remoteness of 60 miles or more from the nearest phase 2 or 3 clinical trial for a variety of health conditions. Discusses American Indian reservations and rural areas, and provides data on demographic factors associated with remoteness including race and ethnicity, educational attainment, and poverty. Includes a county-level interactive map of clinical trial remoteness for health conditions including cancers, substance use disorder, diabetes, obesity, COPD, stroke, and more. Requires the creation of a free account to view.

...diabetes, obesity, COPD, stroke, and more. Requires the creation of a free account to view...