Rural Communities

From 2011 to 2015, the cancer incidence rates and cancer mortality rates in New Hampshire and Vermont exceeded the national average. In addition, cancer death rates in rural areas are higher than in urban areas, with barriers such as a lack of broadband internet connectivity and a lower…

This toolkit from the compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing emergency planning, response, and recovery efforts in rural communities across the United States.

This interactive tool allows the CDC, other researchers, community organizations, local policymakers, and the public to create county-level maps. These maps illustrate the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination coverage rates and other health outcomes, socio-demographic, and economic variables…

This webinar addresses the 2023 Rural Population Health Chartbook includes 33 measures of population health organized into five domains: access to care, health outcomes and risks, mortality, social determinants of health, and socioeconomics.

This chartbook provides data variations in US population health in rural areas across all Census regions and states.

This article addresses the factors to consider when developing rural-relevant goals, objectives, and strategies for a comprehensive cancer control plan. 

This blog post addresses state and federal legislation that affects the ability of healthcare providers to serve patients virtually and across state lines.

During this webinar, researchers from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center described rural/urban differences in health and access to healthcare, including differences in self-rated health, chronic conditions, and mental health outcomes.

Using a survey approach, Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida’s (BTFF) tobacco and cancer programs reached out to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), free and charitable clinics, and rural health network clinics to assess their readiness to implement systems change…

The objective of this findings brief was to survey rural health clinic practitioners throughout the country to examine practitioner involvement in primary decision making regarding their patients' cancer treatment and survivorship care.