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401. Impact of Improving Home Environments on Energy Intake and Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Resources
Date: Jan 2016

Reports on the effectiveness of a weight control intervention using health coaches to target home environments using the Healthy Homes/Healthy Families model. Examines changes in the patients' physical activity, calorie intake, and weight. The intervention focused on overweight and obese women in rural Georgia who were patients of community health centers.

...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness...

402. Mortality and Life Expectancy in Rural America: Connecting the Health and Human Service Safety Nets to Improve Health Outcomes over the Life Course - Resources
Date: Oct 2015

Policy brief describing the driving forces behind rural health disparities in Appalachian Kentucky. Offers nationally relevant recommendations for addressing these challenges. Discusses rural and urban differences in life expectancy and mortality rates, and other significant factors including behavioral health, substance abuse, population health, trauma care, and transportation.

...Community health workers · Emergency department and urgent care services · Mortality · Population health · Rural-urban differences...

403. Implementation Considerations for Tribal Telehealth Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve tribes.

...community health workers to help patients address other needs outside of the healthcare setting. The Indian...

404. Coast to Forest: Mental Health Promotion in Rural Oregon and Beyond - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 16, 2026

Coast to Forest provides training and community education to improve mental health and prevent substance use disorders in rural Oregon and beyond.

...Community health workers · Health literacy · Networking and collaboration · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention Oregon...

405. Bi-State Primary Care Association - RHIhub Services Integration Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Apr 13, 2026

Bi-State Primary Care Association, a program increasing access to care for migrant farmworkers in six rural counties in Vermont.

...community health workers (CHWs) to provide the following services to migrant farmworkers: transportation, translation services...

406. Salud es Vida: A Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for Rural Latina Immigrant Women - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of Salud Es Vida, an educational group session led by promotoras focused on cervical cancer screening and increased cervical cancer knowledge among immigrant Hispanic/Latina women from farmworker environments. The intervention was conducted in four rural counties of Southeast Georgia and included the development of a toolkit offering a curriculum guide and class activities created in partnership with promotoras.

...Community health workers · Health screening · Migrants · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

407. Depression in a Depressed Area: Deservingness, Mental Illness, and Treatment in the Contemporary Rural U.S. - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Examines the concepts of health-related deservingness and local moral economics to understand the diversity of moral responses to depression for rural women living in Appalachian Kentucky, where economic distress has contributed to poor mental health. Women from a variety of ages, treatment encounters, work experiences, and family sizes, along with healthcare professionals from a variety of backgrounds and settings, participated in semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

...Community health workers · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Poverty · Primary care · Statistics and data · Stigma...

408. Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Reports on a pilot study of utilizing bilingual promotoras as patient navigators to help cancer patients and their families in 3 rural counties of southwest New Mexico navigate the healthcare system from cancer diagnosis to treatment.

...Education, 34(1), 173-179 02/2019 Access · Cancer · Community health workers · Statistics and data · New Mexico...

409. Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.

...Community health workers · Graduate medical education · Health career pathways · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse...

410. Rural Health Networks and Care Coordination: Health Care Innovation in Frontier Communities to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Health Care Costs - Resources
Date: Nov 2016

Discusses the findings of a single-case, community-based participatory design study in a frontier community in northern Minnesota to determine the effectiveness of developing a community care team focused on collaboration and care coordination to improve patient outcomes and reduce emergency room use.

...Community health workers · Frontier and remote areas · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Primary...