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541. Health Care Access in the Heartland: How to Improve Services in Rural America - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Outlines strategies policymakers and community leaders in rural America can use to improve healthcare access and services. Combines data analysis of county demographics and health data with focus groups in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Provides expert interviews to better understand healthcare access in rural communities.

...health professionals · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Arkansas · Kansas · Kentucky · Missouri · Oklahoma...

542. Associations Between Social Vulnerability and Providing Evidence-Based Diabetes Prevention and Management Activities in South Carolina, 2019 - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines the abilities of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in South Carolina to implement evidence-based diabetes prevention and management activities in counties with high burden of heart disease, diabetes, and associated social vulnerabilities. Includes a state map showing location of RHCs and FQHCs and data on associations between social vulnerability measures and diabetes prevention and management activities.

...disease · Diabetes · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Rural Health Clinics · Social determinants of health · South Carolina...

543. Health Policy Brief: Connections Between Income and Health - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Presents a policy brief on income as a factor in health outcomes for people in Ohio. Looks at how healthcare access, health behavior, and overall health outcomes are related to individual and community income. Includes county-by-county income data.

...Ohio Access · County-by-county data · Income · Population health · Poverty · Social determinants of health · Ohio...

544. Multidimensional Index of Deep Disadvantage - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2026

Categorizes counties and cities based on an index that examines disadvantage based on health indicators, poverty, and social mobility data. Provides a profile for each county that includes its rural/urban status, population, and index-related indicators. Identifies the 100 most disadvantaged counties.

...University, University of Michigan County-by-county data · Population health · Poverty · Social determinants of health...

545. Perspectives of Community Health Center Employees on Public Bus Transportation in Rural Hawai'i County - Resources
Date: Jan 2026

Discusses perspectives on employee and patient use of public bus transportation to access a multi-location Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) within rural Hawai'i County. Identifies themes and provides interview excerpts from 10 participating employees on topics including the importance of transportation access in rural areas, barriers to bus use, and the role the community health center could play in supporting improved bus transportation.

...Health, 23(1), 78 01/2026 Access · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Social determinants of health · Transportation · Hawaii...

546. Investing in Rural Communities to Achieve Health Equity - Resources
Date: Jul 2020

Brief describing how The Two Georgias Initiative supported communities in their efforts to address the growing health and healthcare disparities occurring in rural areas of Georgia. Discusses the collective efforts of 11 organizations representing rural communities to establish a community health coalition and a community health improvement plan that includes representation of those most impacted by health inequities. Encourages grantmaking organizations to create funding opportunities that address health equity issues in rural areas.

...faith-based initiatives · Community engagement and volunteerism · Funding · Health disparities · Social determinants of health · Georgia...

547. Associations of Social Deprivation and Oncology Physician Network Vulnerability With Acute Care Utilization in the SEER-Medicare Population - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Discusses the socioeconomic factors that correlate with acute care utilization among cancer patients, as well as the effect of regional specialist scarcity. Draws from Medicare data on patients with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer who have visited emergency departments or had non-elective hospitalizations and explores correlating social and regional factors, such as sex, rurality, social deprivation index score, and proximity to an oncology physician, among others.

...care services · Population health · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Specialty care · Statistics and data...

548. Assessing Access to Digital Services in Health Care–Underserved Communities in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Grouped 3,108 counties in the contiguous U.S. based on their access to broadband, access to healthcare, and social vulnerability. Discusses trends in rural counties and regions of the country within these groups and makes recommendations to decrease the digital divide.

...Health, 1(3), 217-225 09/2023 Access · Broadband · Health disparities · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

549. Roles of Community Health Workers - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026

Information on how community health workers' roles and activities are tailored to meet the unique needs of their communities.

...health issues, addressing social determinants of health, and relaying information to others to inform programs...

550. Federal Funding for Rural Health: Supporting Planning and Development Around a Regional Transportation Need - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 9, 2020

Study after study underscores transportation as a major barrier to rural healthcare access. With the support of federal funding, a project director shares how Rides to Health and Wealth is emerging as a solution in eastern Missouri — despite COVID-19. - The Rural Monitor

...social determinants of rural health, it is also one of the most influential determinants of a rural...