Specific to rural health care, there is a growing body of knowledge generated by researchers that explicitly focuses on better understanding challenges facing rural health care delivery. To maximize the contribution of this body of knowledge, a toolkit of useful approaches is needed that can be used to inform a range of important audiences, from local rural hospital administrators to federal policy makers. This project focuses on the development of such a toolkit that may be used by rural health researchers to extend the reach and impact of important findings. This includes examining innovative strategies and tools for designing interventions to reach different target audiences and to promote knowledge driven rural health policies and programs.
