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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...
Date: Sep 2020
Investigates the relationship between place effects, or food environment, and prevalence of chronic diseases in West Virginia. Features data and statistics on how areas with access to different food vendors (hot spots) and those that lack food providers (cold spots) impact diabetes and obesity rates, with information broken down by rural or urban setting.
...diabetes and obesity rates, with information broken down by rural or urban setting. --- Place Effects...
Date: Mar 2000
Investigates urban-rural disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in six health areas: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations. Provides data for the years 1991-1995.
...diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations. Provides data for the years 1991-1995. --- Race...
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: 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: 2017
Identifies counties with a critical need related to both broadband access and health, based on data related to broadband access, internet adoption, diabetes, and obesity. Only counties with a majority of the population living in rural areas and a total population equal to or exceeding 15,000, the median population for rural counties were considered for inclusion.
...diabetes, and obesity. Only counties with a majority of the population living in rural areas...
Reviewed: May 8, 2025
To reduce emergency services, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions, the Queen Anne's County MICH Program connects patients to a paramedic, community health nurse, peer recovery specialist, and pharmacist.
...diabetes education. Another CareFirst grant helps MICH connect patients with fresh produce. The MICH program...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about the need for addressing chronic diseases in rural areas of the U.S., including prevalence and risk factors.
...diabetes-related deaths and only 62% of rural communities have access to diabetes self-management...
Date: Jun 2025
Special issue of Preventing Chronic Disease featuring articles that examine rural health disparities and discuss rural public health strategies to address cancer, diabetes, and other chronic conditions, and to promote physical activity.
...diabetes, and other chronic conditions, and to promote physical activity. --- Rural Health Disparities: Contemporary Solutions...
Date: Mar 2019
Analyzes geographic and social factors related to Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) and Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) participants in rural and urban areas of Illinois. Compares rural and urban statistics describing CDSMP and DSMP participants by race, education, weekly physical activity, program enrollment, sessions attended, and more.
...Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) participants in rural and urban areas of Illinois. Compares rural...