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Date: May 3, 2017
From over-the-counter medication use, to decisions about personal or family disease treatments, health literacy impacts the most everyday of health decisions. But, distance and Internet connectivity challenges make it difficult for rural residents to get health information. To navigate health information gaps, school nurses, newspapers, public libraries, churches, public health departments, and hub-and-spoke academic institutions are working in creative ways. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol, disparities that can be modified by behaviors, the program is based...
Reviewed: May 21, 2024
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center created Health Extension Regional Offices (HEROs) whose agents link people in rural communities to local health and social services.
...diabetes rates were high, after HERO agents identified the need for them. Funding for HEROs...
Date: Jul 25, 2018
The connection between bullying and youth suicide in rural Union Parish, Louisiana, led a Critical Access Hospital to create an anti-bullying program. Together with local law enforcement, they teach students in elementary through high school the negative effects of peer victimization and how to model positive social behavior. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, long-term heart disease, and other physical and mental debilitations. The frequent release of the stress...
Date: Jun 29, 2016
By teaching youth how to better their health and economic situation, Reverend Richard Joyner has inspired the Conetoe community to make lasting changes. Read more about how the Conetoe Family Life Center's garden camp and partnerships with local hospitals have revolutionized the health of northeast North Carolina. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, and dialysis complications several years ago. As a result, Hymana and her siblings joined...
Date: Jun 13, 2016
The initial shock of the opioid epidemic is settling, and rural communities have identified several avenues to combat opioid addiction. Rural organizations are implementing innovative solutions to shrink the number of opioid overdoses, and many are finding that great success requires teamwork. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes or heart disease?" asked Campanello. "I think when scientifically and medically proven to be a disease...
Date: Jul 12, 2017
Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence and mortality rates in rural areas – rates that are likely influenced by lack of screening. Using different approaches, two rural healthcare organizations in Idaho and Kentucky show how they are saving lives by improving colorectal cancer screening rates in their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes control. We learned, while working to make colon cancer a core topic, that we were...
Rural health resources for the U.S. Territories, Commonwealths, and Freely Associated States.
...diabetes and cancer. Five of these jurisdictions, consisting of two commonwealths and three territories, are part...
Date: Jul 7, 2026
This episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with Amanda Kennedy, manager of the Mercy Virtual Substance Use Recovery Program. She tells us about an award-winning RCORP-funded initiative where physicians and social workers team up to ensure continuity of care for rural patients.
...diabetes versus substance use. Where other places, when you're walking into those recovery centers...
Date: Sep 2019
Highlights a study examining the overall mortality rates of farmers and their families that participated in the Agricultural Health Survey in Iowa and North Carolina. Details participants by age, sex, education and smoking status, among other factors. Compares mortality rates to the general population.
...Diabetes · Families · Farmers and farmworkers · Injuries · Mortality · Public health · Statistics and data · Tobacco use · Iowa...
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026
Provides information on foundations and organizations that have funded community health worker programs and research.
...diabetes patients in rural Appalachia to Federally Qualified Health Centers and rural hospitals in southern...