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Am I Rural?
Use the Am I Rural? Tool to find out if a location is considered rural based on various definitions of rural, including definitions that are used as eligibility criteria for federal programs.
Key Rural Health Issues
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Community Health Gateway
Find rural project examples in Rural Health Models and Innovations and proven strategies for strong rural programs with toolkits like the Services Integration Toolkit in the Rural Community Health Gateway.
Finding Statistics & Data
Learn how to locate and use data in the Finding Statistics and Data Related to Rural Health topic guide and this chart of Data Sources & Tools Relevant to Rural Health.
Bringing Law and Medicine Together to Help
Rural Patients
Much of a person’s health is determined by social and environmental factors such as housing or
access to healthcare. When these factors negatively affect a person’s health, legal intervention
combined with medical care may be the best treatment.
Exploring High Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates in the
Rural U.S. with Dr. Ali Mokdad
Dr. Ali Mokdad uncovers reasons behind the United States’ high infant and maternal mortality
rates. A Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
and Head Faculty Member on U.S. Studies at the University of Washington, Dr. Mokdad shares his
perspective on this issue through a rural lens.
News Headlines
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The Impact of Obamacare, in Four Maps
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Our Report to the President on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
New in the Online Library
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The
Impact of the Low Volume Hospital (LVH) Program on the
Viability of Small, Rural Hospitals
Source: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program -
HRSA Shortage Designation Project November
Update
Source: HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce -
Opioid
Addiction: Laws, Regulations, and Other Factors Can
Affect Medication-Assisted Treatment Accessp
Source: Government Accountability Office
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