Wyoming Resources

FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Wyoming Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Wyoming in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Wyoming
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Facing Disproportionate Danger, Rural Communities Take a Grassroots Approach to Road Safety
Discusses rural traffic risks. Features programs in rural communities focused on seat belt use, car seat safety, and addressing impaired and distracted driving.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Wyoming Medicaid SFY 2022 Annual Report
Comprehensive report of Wyoming's Medicaid program, including information and data for the types of services provided, enrollment, cost of services, and service utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Date: 04/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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2023 Wyoming Healthy Aging Data Report
A report covering the aging population in Wyoming using the American Community Survey. Includes information on the distribution of the 65 and older population, elderly in frontier areas, chronic diseases, social determinants of health, race, income, broadband, and more. Includes county profiles and maps on healthy aging indicators.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Point32Health Foundation
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Wyoming's Physician Workforce in 2021
Findings brief describing size, distribution, and education history of the physician workforce in Wyoming. Features statistics on various specialties with breakdowns by urban, overall rural, large rural, small rural, and isolated small rural areas.
Author(s): Arati Dahal, Susan M. Skillman
Date: 07/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies, WWAMI Area Health Education Center Program
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Wyoming Vital Statistics Services - 2018 Annual Report
Provides vital statistics for the state of Wyoming, including data on birth rate, teen births, death rate, cause of death, and more. Tables include county-level data and show change over time.
Author(s): Guy Beaudoin, Mariah Storey
Date: 09/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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Adult Health Status among Native American Families Participating in the Growing Resilience Home Garden Study
Reports the results of a randomized controlled trial examining the impacts of home food gardens on the health status of 176 adults from 96 families of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes living on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Compares the rates of obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes among study participants with the state and national disease rates in 2017, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) national disease rates in 2015.
Author(s): Christine M. Porter, Alyssa M. Wechsler, Shawn J. Hime, Felix Naschold
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 08/2019
Type: Document
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Research Pays Off - Wyoming Intercity Bus Service Study: Finding and Filling the Gaps in Rural Areas
Report details the connectivity of the intercity bus (ICB) service in Wyoming. Discusses the ICB's ability to reach rural areas and the proposed changes to improve connectivity across the state.
Author(s): David Kack
Date: 04/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Montana State University Western Transportation Institute
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Impact of a Mobile Health Application on User Engagement and Pregnancy Outcomes among Wyoming Medicaid Members
Examines the effects of a mobile health application, Due Date Plus, on user engagement and birth outcomes among pregnant Medicaid members compared to pregnant Medicaid members not using the application in Wyoming. Compares data on four outcomes: 6-month or more prenatal visit, C-section, low birth weight, and neonatal intensive care unity (NICU) admission to evaluate the association between Due Date Plus with pregnancy and birth outcomes.
Author(s): James Bush, Dilek E. Barlow, Jennie Echols, Jasmine Wilkerson, Katherine Bellevin
Citation: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 23(11), 891-898
Date: 11/2017
Type: Document
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