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791. National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Provides access to national, state, and county-level data on environmental health topics, including air quality, heat stress, exposure to pesticides, and other factors. Also includes data on health concerns impacted by the environment, including asthma, COPD, cancer, and heart disease.

...cancer, and heart disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic respiratory...

792. Preventable Early Deaths in the United States, 2010-2022 - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System data, offers state level rural and urban data for preventable deaths in people younger than 80. Death causes include unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

...cancer. Macarena C. García 04/2024 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic...

793. Montana Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Bureau: June 2018-July 2020 Progress Report - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Report highlights the public health efforts in the areas of tobacco cessation, diabetes and cancer reduction, and promoting physical activity, among other issues in Montana. Compares rates over a two year span and details the programs designed to address them.

...cancer reduction, and promoting physical activity, among other issues in Montana. Compares rates over a two year...

794. Reaching the Unheard: Overcoming Challenges in Health Research with Hard-to-Reach Populations - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Analyzes strategies to engage hard-to-reach populations in health research. Discusses two case studies focused on specific issues in health research: breast cancer screening among rural and urban Mexican women in Illinois and mental health needs of Afghan refugees in Oklahoma. Provides reflection on issues such as cultural competency, language used in research, cultural identity and representation of research staff, choosing appropriate research sites, and more.

...cancer screening among rural and urban Mexican women in Illinois and mental health needs of Afghan...

795. Rural-Urban Differences in Barriers to Care and Utilization of Preventive Care Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Discusses the differences in barriers to care and preventive care utilization for older adults enrolled in traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage and makes a rural-urban comparison. Explores barriers to care, such as quality of care and out-of-pocket costs, as well as care utilization, such as regular vaccinations, cancer screenings, and cholesterol tests, among others.

...cancer screenings, and cholesterol tests, among others. --- Rural-Urban Differences in Barriers to Care and Utilization...

796. April 2025 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2025 meeting. Covers physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates; structural differences between the stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) and Medicare Advantage–Prescription Drug plan (MA–PD) markets; the utilization and delivery of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits; the effect of Medicare Advantage on rural hospitals; paying for software technologies in Medicare; access to hospice and certain services under the hospice benefit for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and beneficiaries with cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing home quality.

...cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing...

797. Angel Flight West - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 15, 2025

Provides free non-emergency air travel for people of all ages with serious medical issues or other compelling needs.

...Cancer Initiative for the help they provide to cancer patients. One of the biggest challenges...

798. American Indian Health Data Book Full Report Selected Health Concerns in South Dakota - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Report details health and wellness data for American Indian communities in the South Dakota. Presents rates of infectious disease, cancer, and chronic disease, among other measures.

...cancer, and chronic disease, among other measures. --- American Indian Health Data Book Full Report Selected...

799. Oregon Washington Health Network and Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center "Tackle Everything" to Improve the Health of Local Community Members - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jun 13, 2018

The Oregon Washington Health Network and the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center are addressing behavioral health challenges through peer counselors and heart disease/cancer prevention through community education. In addition, they're collaborating with local healthcare facilities and medical schools to improve recruitment and retention. - The Rural Monitor

...cancer prevention OWhN began to provide classes about heart-healthy living and hands-only CPR training...

800. Quality of Care in the SoonerCare Program, 2024 - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Reports on access, use, and effectiveness of care for Oklahoma's Medicaid program enrollees. Appendix A provides detailed rural/urban breakdowns on compliance with immunizations, cancer screenings, medication management, and more.

...cancer screenings, medication management, and more. --- Quality of Care in the SoonerCare Program, 2024 Reports...