Rural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help you identify and implement a health promotion program in your community. -- Rural Assistance Center (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - May 13, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Child Health USA 2014
A collection of data on the physical, mental, and emotional health of the Nations children. Addresses poverty, education, child care, and health service utilization and financing. Includes selected data by rural and urban residence. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - May 8, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Native Americans, Native Alaskans, & Hawaiian Natives Program
Lists the resources available under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Aging (AoA) for Native Americans including services for nutrition, caregivers, elders, as well as grant opportunities. -- Administration on Aging (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - May 1, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative
A tool that facilitates the use of data to develop and improve prevention efforts, and encourage the use of effective prevention strategies by the private and public sectors to raise awareness and concern about childhood agricultural injury issues. -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - May 1, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

NIOSH Agricultural Safety and Health Centers
The Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention conduct research, education, and prevention projects to address agricultural health and safety problems, and are distributed throughout the nation to be responsive to the agricultural health and safety issues unique to the different regions. -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - May 1, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Road to 10
Online resource for providers from small practices to prepare for the transition to ICD-10. Includes specialty references and offers tools for providers to build ICD-10 action plans. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - May 1, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Rural Healthy People 2020
Outlines the strategic plan for completing Rural Healthy People (RHP) 2020, names the top priority areas to be addressed, and describes the next steps toward its development. RHP 2020 will aim to identify rural health priorities, support rural health leaders and researchers, and promote effective rural health programs. -- Southwest Rural Health Research Center (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 27, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Today's Caregiver: Rural Caregiver
Articles from the Today's Caregiver publication focused on rural caregiving. -- Caregiver.com Inc. (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 24, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Rural Taxonomy of Population and Health-Resource Characteristics
Identifies and classifies comparable rural communities and places based on features associated with population and health resources. Contains documentation on the development and the methodology of the taxonomy, and a U.S. map, state maps, and tables of rural Primary Care Service Areas (PCSA) classified by their taxonomy. -- Rural Policy Research Institute (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online
Access to community-level information on facilities and their compliance with environmental regulations. Includes information on air emissions, surface water discharges, hazardous waste, and drinking water systems. -- Environmental Protection Agency (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 16, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Drinking Water Dashboard
Access to data on public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act program. Includes information on which public water systems are regulated, inspections, violations, and enforcement actions. To access information on specific water systems, select a state and then click on the bars in the charts to see which systems have been inspected, have violations, and so on. -- Environmental Protection Agency (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 16, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

The Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center (HWTAC)
Provides technical assistance to organizations and states who are working on health workforce planning. -- Center for Health Workforce Studies (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 15, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Medicaid Benefits: Hospice Care
Presents state-by-state information on Medicaid hospice reimbursements. -- Kaiser Family Foundation (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - April 13, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news