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Call for Participants: Community Conditions Survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is looking for organizations to participate in the Community Conditions Survey. This survey monitors low-and-moderate (LMI) income communities in the Tenth District of the Federal Reserve System. Participants should work with LMI populations in employment and workforce development, housing, small business, financial stability and credit, health, education, or emergency assistance in one or more of the following areas: Colorado, Kansas, western Missouri, Nebraska, northern New Mexico, Oklahoma, or Wyoming. Participants will commit to 4 surveys over 2 years.Register for the survey to p...
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 24, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Training to Stay: Oklahoma's Homegrown, Educational Approach to the Rural Physician Shortage
Choctaw Nation created a family medicine residency program in rural Oklahoma in order to address the rural physician shortage. Because residencies are typically in urban areas, physicians are more likely to practice there after completing their residencies. Highlights the history of the physician shortage and efforts by the Center for Rural Health at Oklahoma State University to establish rural residency sites. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 24, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Study Finds High Rates of Sugar, Salt in Rural Children's Diets
A study of rural Pennsylvania children found that the diets of children under 2 are higher in salt and sugar than recommended by current U.S. dietary guidelines. Early food exposure establishes taste preferences and long term eating habits. Diets exceeding the recommended sugar and salt intake amounts may lead to an increase in a variety of chronic health conditions. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 23, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

OMB: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released revised delineations for Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Combined Statistical Areas, and Metropolitan Division, otherwise known collectively as Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). The revisions are based on the 2020 Standards published by OMG in July 2021 and the application of those standards to Census population and journey-to-work data. The revised delineations are effective immediately. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 21, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

HRSA'S Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team Wins 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals People's Choice Award
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team has won the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (the Sammies) People's Choice Award. The Sammies are awarded each year by the Partnership for Public Service to recognize noteworthy and inspiring accomplishments of federal employees. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 20, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

2023 People's Choice Award Winner: Megan Meacham, Allison Hutchings, Sarah O'Donnell and the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team has won the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (the Sammies) People's Choice Award. The Sammies are awarded each year by the Partnership for Public Service to recognize noteworthy and inspiring accomplishments of federal employees. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 20, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

A Quarter of Rural Water Systems Likely Contain 'Forever Chemicals'
"Forever chemicals," substances that accumulate in the body causing many negative health impacts, are found in about 25% of rural water systems. Though exposure risk is lower for rural areas than urban ones, rural areas experience rural specific exposures from agricultural fertilizer. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 19, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Congress Weighs Easing Restrictions on Transporting Donor Organs on Commercial Flights
A proposed regulation change would allow donated organs to fly on a commercial flight in the cabin rather than as cargo, a change that would expedite the transportation process and benefit rural areas. Fewer cargo flights fly into small rural airports. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Center for Rural Health Bridges Gaps Through Local News
The Targeted Rural Health Education project, a collaboration between the University of North Dakota and the North Dakota Rural Health Association, aims to increase health literacy and connect rural residents with their medical professionals. Medical students write newspaper articles on medical topics of importance to that community using plain language, giving students practice in communicating with the rural public. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Mining Towns Are Used to Booms and Busts. It's Happening to Their Health Care, Too.
Details the impact of the mining industry on healthcare in mining communities. Compares access to healthcare for miners with private insurance to those with Medicare and Medicaid or no insurance. Discusses the finances of local healthcare facilities when the mines are operational as well as when they close. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Nearly 10% of Rural Counties in the South Are Losing Hospitals
A recent study found that 10% of rural counties in the Southeastern U.S. had one or more hospital closure between 2007 and 2018. Travel time to the nearest hospital increased in counties with a hospital closure, with the greatest travel times being found in counties with higher proportions of Black and Latinx residents. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Doctors Created a Primary Care Clinic As Their Former Hospital Struggled
Healthcare providers in rural New Mexico opened a physician owned, nonprofit clinic after their hospital closed primary care and labor and delivery units. The clinic is working toward becoming a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike (FQHC). Care at the clinic includes focus on the cultural needs of the local Navajo and Zuni communities. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Medical Programs Send Budding Doctors to Rural County 'Healthcare Deserts'
82% of rural counties are medically underserved. Because residents that train in rural counties are more likely to practice in rural counties, graduate medical education programs across the country are offering more rurally located residencies. Programs are also trying to attract more rural residents to enroll. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 17, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Census: Rural Americans Have Higher Rates of Disabilities Than Urban Dwellers
15% of rural Americans have a disability compared to 12.6% of urban Americans. Potential factors contributing to this disparity include less access to healthcare leading to untreated conditions, the digital divide, and unsafe housing. Additionally, disability becomes more common with age, and rural residents tend to be older than urban residents. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 17, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Hot Enough for Who? Report Says Other States May Be More Vulnerable to Heat
Rural areas tend to be more heat-vulnerable than other areas according to the Census Bureau's Community Resilience Estimates. Socioeconomic factors and access to healthcare increase the risk. Urban areas benefit from more resources and denser spaces for their heat-relief efforts, barriers rural areas have to overcome. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 14, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news