Rural Health Concerns

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Rural Mental Health Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health)

• Overviews
• What Is Rural? (Rural Information Center)
• What's Different about Rural Health Care? (National Rural Health Association)

• Prevention/Screening
• Rural Suicide Prevention (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety) - Links to PDF File

• Related Issues
• Adult Social Services in Rural Areas (Rural Assistance Center)
• Dental Health in Rural Areas (Rural Assistance Center)
• Plain Facts...About Farmer Health (National Safety Council)
• Rural Domestic Violence (Rural Assistance Center)
• Uninsured in Rural America (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - Links to PDF File

• Research
• New Program Treats Rural Youth and Targets Barriers to Care (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Personal Computers Bring High-Tech Stroke Evaluation to Rural Areas (American Heart Association)
• Rural Uninsured: Highlights from Recent Research (Health Resources and Services Administration)

• Organizations
• National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
• National Rural Health Association
• Office of Rural Health Policy
• Rural Assistance Center

• Statistics
• Health Disparities in Rural Areas (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File
• Rural Injury (National Safe Kids Campaign)
• Rural Youth Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Traffic (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)

• Women
• Women's Health in Rural Areas (Rural Assistance Center)

• Children
• Children at Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs: Helping Meth's Youngest Victims (Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime) - Links to PDF File

• Seniors
• Rural Aging (Administration on Aging)