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461. Tanner Health System: Promoting Healthy Behaviors - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Describes "Get Healthy, Eat Well," an initiative by Tanner Health System to promote healthy behaviors in its rural Georgia and Alabama communities. Provides an overview of the framework that guided the network of community partners, school and community interventions, and results of the program. Includes lessons learned and next steps.

...Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Social determinants...

462. Rural Chronic Disease Management Toolkit - RHIhub - Toolkits
Added: Jun 14, 2024

A step-by-step guide for improving chronic disease management in rural communities. Includes evidence-based examples and methods you can adapt to fit your program's needs.

...diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, arthritis, chronic kidney disease, cancer, obesity, and chronic...

463. South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare - RHIhub Chronic Disease Management Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jun 14, 2024

Describes the Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare, a partnership between the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the state's Department of Health and Human Services. The center funds programs to expand access to healthcare services for rural communities.

...Diabetes Prevention Program Expansion Program. Mobile Health Unit Enhancement Program – The Mobile Health Unit Enhancement...

464. Loneliness and Social Isolation Are Common in Rural America. Is "Social Infrastructure" the Solution? - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jun 12, 2024

While loneliness and social isolation are often viewed as individual problems or even personal failings, there is growing awareness of the structural factors contributing to widespread disconnection. Amid a national "loneliness epidemic," some rural leaders are finding ways to help their neighbors connect. - The Rural Monitor

...diabetes (14.7%), and obesity (41.9%), and with comparable levels of risk to health and premature...

465. Culture and Self-Determination Provide Strength to Heal - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Describes how the Seneca Nation of Indians has incorporated its culture into programs and community initiatives. Examples include school and adult Seneca language immersion programs, restoring indigenous plants, cultivating native animals, and the Seneca Strong program to address substance abuse by incorporating prevention and sobriety programming into traditional rites of passage, outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.

...Diabetes · Environmental health · Population health · Schools · Substance use and misuse · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion...

466. Are HHC Scores a Reliable Health Status Indicator Across Rural and Urban Areas? - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Examines differences in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk scores between rural and urban Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries and analyzes which factors drive observed differences. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated rural areas for 4 chronic conditions in 2019-2020.

...disease · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Medicare · Mental health conditions · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

467. Community Paramedics Team Up with Hospitals to Reduce Readmissions - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Describes community paramedicine pilot projects in California, one of which is rural, that are providing follow-up calls and visits to patients between 24-72 hours after hospital discharge. Features statistics including number of patients and number of readmissions within 30 days, with breakdowns by 6 diagnoses and site.

...Diabetes · Emergency medical technicians and paramedics · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

468. Prescription Drug Affordability among Medicare Beneficiaries - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Examines the affordability of prescription drugs among Medicare beneficiaries. Explores whether Medicare beneficiaries skipped doses, took less medication, delayed filling a prescription, or did not fill needed prescriptions due to cost concerns. Explores affordability concerns by race and ethnicity, sex, family income, urban versus rural counties, and presence of select chronic conditions.

...Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

469. Considerations for Veterans – RHIhub Transportation Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2024

Issues to consider when designing and implementing transit programs for veterans in rural communities.

...diabetes, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to non-veterans...

470. Rural Health Clinic Program at 45 Years: Created for Access and Still Delivering Care - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 26, 2022

After a 1965 public law created the Medicare and Medicaid programs, many rural residents insured by these government health programs were unable to access care. This challenge was remedied by another public law: the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977. Using a historical framework, rural health policy experts, researchers, and clinicians reviewed the Act's impact on outpatient healthcare delivery in rural America. - The Rural Monitor

...diabetic foot infection and the education to help the patient avoid the worst complication: an amputation...