Health

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Rural Health and Economic Prosperity: Executive Summary

Executive Summary for Unlocking Potential: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for action on equitable outdoor recreation development.

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Three Principles for Bridging Rural Health and Prosperity

Rural America’s health equity is inseparable from its economic well-being, and aligning these two crucial fields is essential for achieving true rural prosperity.

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Mental Health and New Mexico RISE

Daily Yonder

New Mexico’s RISE, or Reach Intervene Support Engage program, serves 10 rural counties across the state, allowing each of them to custom design services they provide.

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Learning What it Takes: Climate and Health

Grantmakers in Health

Building Community Power to Improve Climate Resilience and Health Equity: Learning What It Takes. Views from the Field.

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Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults

National Council on Aging (NCOA)

NCOA's guide has actionable steps for effective emergency preparedness includes considerations for people with sensory impairments, service animals, and specific chronic diseases.

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Advancing Rural Health Equity Through Partnerships, Data, And Finance

Partners for Rural Transformation

Partnerships and data-driven strategies are essential for addressing health disparities in rural America. Learn more from an event hosted by the Partners for Rural Transformation and the Urban Institute.

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Health Justice & the Drivers of Inequity

ChangeLab Solutions

The health justice framework is an approach to eliminating health disparities based on law and policy reforms that center subordination as a key driver of disparities.

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Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being

Rippel

The vital conditions are an evolution, not a replacement, of the social determinants model that has been prevalent since its emergence in the early 2000s. A framework for community health and change.

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ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY APPROACHES FROM THE RURAL HEALTH INFORMATION HUB

Rural Health Information Hub

Toolkit explores how asset-based approaches for rural communities working to build community capacity to address different social determinants of health.

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EXPLORING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND EQUITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

The Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis

The NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis conducted formative research to enhance understanding of strengths and assets in rural places, identify key partners and change agents, and identify opportunities to leverage assets to improve rural health and equity.

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Annual Disability Statistics Collection

Center for Research on Disability

The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Annual Report on People With Disabilities, the Build Your Own Statistics tool, and infographics gather disability statistics published by many federal agencies into one place. They’re helpful for lawmakers and others who are working on laws or policies about disabilities, and for those writing grants for programs for people with disabilities.

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Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing

Forum for Community Solutions

The Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing Measure Project Report provides insight and data from the youth and young adult researchers and displays each cultural design team’s research process to identify key areas of well-being within their culture and traditions. It also identifies common themes of well-being across the three cultural contexts. This report highlights the origin and milestones of the first stage of this project, and more importantly, it promotes and encourages the field of youth-centered programming to center young leaders as experts in their lived experience.