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Date: Jul 1, 2020
Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania received a HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant to develop a program for chronic disease patients. Partway through the grant cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The hospital shares how it was able to transition its program services to an online format and develop new initiatives to address stress in the healthcare workforce and the larger community. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and hypertension. Program enrollees receive a wide...
Date: Jan 9, 2019
Rural Americans of all ages often go without eye healthcare, a gap that has obvious consequences: blindness and low vision. National associations and an FQHC administrator talk about how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic retinopathy . Above that age range, another eye disease commonly causes vision loss: age-related...
Reviewed: Jan 17, 2024
Examples of 330A Outreach Authority grantees who developed rural health promotion and disease prevention.
...Diabetes Master Clinician Program Synopsis: Empowers and supports low-income, uninsured, underinsured, and clinically ill individuals...
Date: Mar 15, 2017
Oral health training programs are equipping Community Health Workers on Navajo Nation, Texas colonias, and Maryland's Appalachian communities to improve access to dental care and teach people how to take care of their teeth. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, chronic disease, and smoking cessation. The recent spotlight on gaps in rural dental access...
Reviewed: Apr 22, 2025
Resources, information, and frequently asked questions examining the role that rural schools play in the health of students and the community. Discusses school-based healthcare services, nutrition, physical activity, mental health, health education, and more.
...diabetes, and other chronic diseases can have an impact on the whole community's health...
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026
Learn how, by collaborating with medical professionals, community health workers render direct health services in this model.
...diabetes. CHWs may work in a variety of practice settings, such as Federally Qualified Health...
Reviewed: Jan 17, 2024
District Health Department #10's Dental Partnering for Heart Health program aimed to reduce risk of heart disease through partnerships with dental clinics and health clinics.
...diabetes case management, weight management, tobacco cessation, and diabetes prevention programs. In addition, District Health...
Date: Aug 9, 2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is number 3 on the cause of death list. In rural America, it's the sole major chronic disease with increasing death rates. In May 2017, the COPD National Action Plan, a "blueprint for a multi-faceted, unified fight against the disease" was released. Rural stakeholders share perspectives of just how rural Americans with COPD might benefit from the plan's rural touchpoints. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, all are going in the right direction. Except for one chronic disease. That exception...
Date: Oct 2019
Compares rates of potentially avoidable deaths in rural and urban communities and shows how these deaths vary by census region. Features statistics on modifiable risk factors, such as smoking, excessive alcohol use, and obesity, and percent of potentially preventable deaths attributable to specific health conditions, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
...Diabetes · Injuries · Mortality · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tobacco use...
Reviewed: May 11, 2026
Network of cross-sector partners in rural Mingo County, West Virginia and Pike County, Kentucky mobilizing to improve physical environments and increase access to opportunities and accessible support for community members.
...diabetes prevention coalition in 2012. At the end of the grant period, the coalition changed...