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Date: Dec 2020
Describes the implementation and effectiveness of Step It Up! Survivors (SIUS), an evidence-based program designed to help promote social connections and increase physical activity among cancer survivors and their family and friends. Discusses the acceptability, feasibility, cost, sustainability, and other factors associated with implementing SIUS in Oregon, including responses from 6 rural organizations.
...cancer survivors and their family and friends. Discusses the acceptability, feasibility, cost, sustainability, and other...
Date: Apr 2026
Provides data on the prevalence of heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke among adults age 45 and older by level of rurality, using data from the 2024 National Health Interview Survey.
...cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke among adults age 45 and older by level...
Date: Apr 28, 2021
Fast, reliable broadband is essential for people to access telehealth and patient portals as well as work and study from home, but rural and tribal areas fall behind urban and suburban areas in terms of broadband deployment and speed. Organizations in Alabama, Colorado, and Kentucky share how broadband affects their work and their patients' care. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer survivors stay physically active, Hirko learned that many cancer survivors didn't live close...
Reviewed: Sep 2025
Case study describing a mobile breast cancer screening partnership implemented by the Fond du Lac Reservation's Human Services Division and Park Nicollet healthcare system. Discusses outreach practices and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on service availability.
...cancer screening partnership implemented by the Fond du Lac Reservation's Human Services Division and Park...
Date: Aug 9, 2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is number 3 on the cause of death list. In rural America, it's the sole major chronic disease with increasing death rates. In May 2017, the COPD National Action Plan, a "blueprint for a multi-faceted, unified fight against the disease" was released. Rural stakeholders share perspectives of just how rural Americans with COPD might benefit from the plan's rural touchpoints. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer, heart disease, diabetes, all are going in the right direction. Except for one chronic...
Date: Feb 2022
Webinar offering an overview of informal caregiving for rural residents. Describes the tasks associated with caregiving, rural caregiving data and available research, mental health, cancer related caregiving, and rural and urban comparisons. Includes North Carolina-based caregiving projects. Transcript available in the video description.
...cancer related caregiving, and rural and urban comparisons. Includes North Carolina-based caregiving projects. Transcript...
Date: Feb 2022
Examines contextual factors associated with selection and cost of fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for colorectal cancer screening, using data from surveys of primary care practices involved with the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network. Features statistics including type of FIT and cost, and characteristics of participating practices, with breakdowns by urban, rural, or frontier location.
...cancer screening, using data from surveys of primary care practices involved with the Oregon Rural...
Date: Jun 2018
Results of a colorectal cancer screening study using data from two health networks comprising 11 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in metropolitan St. Louis and rural Missouri. Examines characteristics of the 483 participants and differences between the rural and urban health centers where the screenings took place. Features demographic statistics.
...cancer screening study using data from two health networks comprising 11 Federally Qualified Health Centers...
Date: 2022
Report presents an update from the Agricultural Health Study, a long-term study from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Discusses the health risk from pesticide exposure, including cancer and immune function.
...cancer and immune function. 2022 National Institutes of Health Agricultural health and safety · Cancer · Environmental...
Date: Feb 2018
Statement given at the February 2018 National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Policy Institute. Discusses the goals of the Connect2Health Task Force: to understand the future interplay of broadband, technology, and health policy and to ensure the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stays ahead of the innovation curve. Highlights the FCC's focus of broadband deployment to provide a foundation for health and describes a broadband-enabled project in Appalachian Kentucky created to provide healthcare services to cancer patients.
...cancer patients. --- Remarks of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (as prepared): National Rural Health Association Statement given...