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Without additional action rural Americans will be left with few options for health care, not unlike many across the rural South in the mid-late 20th century, with potentially catastrophic ...
Guest column: We need more research, to better understand all the factors influencing this dramatic downturn in rural public health Rural Ohioans are dying at alarming rates. We can and must ...
Rural areas within the U.S. have been found to have a lower life expectancy than urban areas by approximately 2.4 years. [17] Rural U.S. populations are at a greater risk of mortality due to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke, as well as unintentional injuries such as automobile accidents and opioid overdoses compared to urban ...
To address the rural health care crisis, advocates of telehealth promote the use of digital information and communication technology—cell phones and computers—that can be accessed from home or work without encumbering the patient with long travel times to hospitals at least 60 miles from their residence.
A field in rural America. From 2013 County Health Ratings data, residents who live in rural U.S. food deserts are more likely to have poorer health than those who live in urban food deserts. People who live in rural communities have significantly lower scores in the areas of health behavior, morbidity factors, clinical care, and physical ...
Opinion: Congress should reject laws that would make things harder on rural care providers in Iowa and elsewhere, writes J.D. Scholten. Rural America has a mental health crisis. Cutting ...
Activities as part of this initiative have included expanding Community Health Centers sites to additional communities (there are now 31 in the border region), funding a technical assistance website on border health issues on the Rural Assistance Center website, and providing support funding for the National Rural Health Association's Border ...
Doctor: Mothers living in rural areas of Iowa are struggling to travel long distances to receive the prenatal and postnatal care they need. Opinion: Rural America is facing a maternal health care ...