By: Beth Blevins Residents in rural communities across the Hawaiian Islands have been sharing their “stories of health” in community meetings as part of an effort to build a framework of health derived from community values and practices. “A common thread in all these...
By: Beth Blevins County-level data—particularly for rural counties—wasn’t always readily available in Nevada. But the (and the associated Nevada Instant Atlas website) changed all that. Now in its eighth edition, the Data Book, complied by the Nevada State Office of...
By: Beth Blevins An advisory team run by the Washington State Office of Rural Health (WA SORH) is looking at ways to bring palliative care to rural patients through telehealth and better community engagement. Palliative care aims to relieve the suffering of patients...
By: Beth Blevins A farmers market, a community garden, chemo care kits—these projects and others were started with the help of Mini Grants from the Montana Office of Rural Health’s (RHI). The grants were awarded last fall and earlier this year to a total of seven...
by Beth Blevins Through lay rescuer training and the distribution of lifesaving kits, Virginia is taking aim at opioid overdoses in the state. Now it is increasing its outreach into rural parts of the state through the Virginia State Office of Rural Health (VA SORH)....
