Rural Health Research Recap - Rural-Urban Differences in Housing Crowdedness, Cost Burden, Stability, and Quality
This Rural Health Research Recap examines housing as a social driver of health.

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Brad Gibbens, acting director of the Center for Rural Health (CRH), reflects on nearly 40 years of rural health in North Dakota.

Rural Health Research Recap - LGBTQ+ Health: Rural vs Urban Inequities
This Rural Health Research Recap examines how rural lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults report on their health conditions, including mental health, and how it compares to the urban population.

Rural Health Research Recap - Post-Acute Care in Rural Areas: The Role of Swing Beds and Nursing Homes
This Rural Health Research Recap examines different types of post-acute care, specifically the roles that swing beds and nursing homes can play in recovery.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Behavioral Health Workforce
As of March 31, 2023, there were 4,040 Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas in rural areas, with 2,141 practitioners needed to remove the designations. This recap examines the behavioral health workforce supply, including the distribution of counselors, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.

Rural Health Research: Gateway's Top Three Countdown, 2023
The Rural Health Research Gateway is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy with the primary purpose of sharing the work of the federally-funded Rural Health Research Centers. These annual website analytics offer a glimpse into the public's rural health research interests.

Rural Health Research Recap - Travel Burden to Receive Health Care
This recap examines research regarding travel concerns to receive healthcare, looking at the differences between rural and urban residents, and barriers they may encounter.

Rural Health Research Recap - Aging in Place
This recap looks at the percentage of older adults (65 and older) who live in rural counties compared to urban counties, and how their living situations can be impacted.

Rural Health Research Recap - Maternal Health Disparities: An Intersection of Race and Rurality
This recap examines the shortage of obstetric services and racial/ethnic disparities surrounding maternal and infant health.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Mental Health
This recap examines research regarding serious mental illness and treatment, and looks at the differences between urban and rural counties, and adults and children.

Rural Health Research: Gateway's Top Three Countdown, 2022
The Rural Health Research Gateway is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy with the primary purpose of sharing the work of the federally-funded Rural Health Research Centers. These website analytics offer a glimpse into the public's rural health research interests.

Gateway to Rural Health Research
The Rural Health Research Gateway provides timely access to research and findings of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy-funded Rural Health Research Centers along with dissemination tools to share the research with a variety of audiences.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Nursing Workforce
This recap on the rural nursing workforce explores registered nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing education programs, nurse practitioners as primary care providers, job preparedness and satisfaction, and rural challenges.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Ethnic/Racial Disparities: Adverse Health Outcomes
Rural minority group populations often experience dual disparities in health. This recap summarizes adverse health outcomes across these populations including premature death, age-adjusted mortality, disability status, and obesity rates.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Ethnic/Racial Disparities: Social and Systemic Inequities
This resource examines social and systemic inequities that influence disparities in health among minority group populations. Rural non-White populations experience both residence-based and racial/ethnicity-based health disparities.

Rural Health Research: Gateway's Top Three Countdown, 2020
The Rural Health Research Gateway is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy with the primary purpose of sharing the work of the federally-funded Rural Health Research Centers. The annual website analytics offer a glimpse into the public's rural health research interests.

CRH Continues Its Mission During COVID-19
Center for Rural Health (CRH) staff help rural communities, healthcare facilities, and others navigate through COVID-19.

Dissemination of Rural Health Research: A Toolkit
This toolkit aims to assist researchers with disseminating their work among diverse audiences, including health consumers, stakeholders, and policymakers at the local, state, and national levels. The toolkit provides descriptions for multiple modes of dissemination and includes discussion of the purpose of each product, which product is appropriate given the topic and audience, and how to develop each. Effective examples are also provided.

Rural Health Research Recap - Healthcare Access and Status Among Rural Children
More than half (56.6%) of all rural counties in the U.S. do not have a pediatrician, which can have a negative effect on the health status of rural children. This recap provides a summary of the research on pediatric health status, health outcomes, and access to care in rural areas.

Rural Health Research Recap - Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage Among Rural Children
This recap examines pediatric insurance coverage, poverty rates, and Medicaid enrollment by race/ethnicity in rural and urban communities. It also presents a summary of the research on the impact of coverage on rural access to care.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Obstetric Services: Access, Workforce, and Impact
This resource presents current hospital-based obstetric closure rates, characteristics of rural communities without and losing obstetric services, as well as the impact of limited access on maternal and child health.

Rural Health Research Recap - State of Rural Women's Healthcare Utilization and Health Indicators
Rural women face barriers to accessing preventive health screenings, mental health services, and maternal healthcare. This Recap provides a summary of the research one rural women's utilization of healthcare services, maternal substance use, and other health indicators.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Communities: Age, Income, and Health Status
While studies discuss the implications of income or age on health-seeking behavior, health status, access, or utilization of care, it is imperative to recognize what this means for older and lower-income rural communities. This recap identifies rural disparities in age, health status, and income.

Rural Health Research Recap - Effects of Rural Hospital Closures
From January 2005 to early November 2017, 124 rural hospitals in the U.S. closed. This resource provides a summary of the Rural Health Research Centers' most recent research on the effects of rural hospital closures.

Rural Health Research Recap - Rural Hospital Closures
From January 2005 to early November 2017, 124 rural hospitals in the U.S. closed. This resource provides a summary of the Rural Health Research Centers' most recent research on rural hospital closures.