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Date: Mar 4, 2026
A new wound care clinic has opened in rural West Virginia. Notes that rural residents are more likely to experience diabetes and vascular conditions, diseases associated with slow to heal wounds and increased risk of infection. Source: WTOV 9.
...diabetes and vascular conditions, diseases associated with slow to heal wounds and increased risk of infection...
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...
Date: 2023
Provides statistics for Pennsylvania hospitalization discharges for heart disease, heart attack, diabetes, falling, pneumonia, chronic respiratory disease, and anemia, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
...diabetes, falling, pneumonia, chronic respiratory disease, and anemia, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas...
Date: Mar 2017
Provides an update to the story of the Zuni people of western New Mexico and the health conditions they commonly face: chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Describes the Home-Based Kidney Care model to train tribal members fluent in Zuni to become community health workers. The community health workers visit patients weekly, providing them with education on healthy lifestyles, medication support, and data collection. The original story, published in July 2014, is included at the end of the update.
...diabetes. Describes the Home-Based Kidney Care model to train tribal members fluent in Zuni...
Date: 2023
Compares the efficacy of usual care versus usual care plus chronic kidney disease (CKD) education at home among American Indian people at risk for CKD caused by type 2 diabetes. Discusses the impact of home-based kidney care models and details chronic disease challenges and public health approaches in tribal areas.
...diabetes. Discusses the impact of home-based kidney care models and details chronic disease challenges...
Date: Mar 2016
Second annual evaluations of 18 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects targeting patient populations with specific diseases. Discusses experiences common across grantees and profiles each project. Includes projects that serve a variety of rural areas and address conditions such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pain. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth.
...diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pain. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth...
Date: May 2019
Highlights promising programs for tribal communities in Montana. Features programs to support mental health and suicide prevention, substance abuse, social determinants of health, and diabetes prevention, among other issues.
...diabetes prevention, among other issues. 05/2019 Montana Healthcare Foundation Diabetes · Environmental health · Families · Health disparities...
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...
Date: 2015
Provides contact information and brief overviews of the 8 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program in the 2015-2018 funding cycle. The initiatives focus on care coordination activities for diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
...diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). --- Grantee Directory: Rural Health...
Reviewed: Aug 2025
Interactive map that provides county-level data by sex on life expectancy, mortality rates, and risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, physical activity, cancer, alcohol use, and smoking.
...diabetes, hypertension, obesity, physical activity, cancer, alcohol use, and smoking. --- U.S. Health Map Interactive map that...