Rural health disparities have attracted increased national attention, compelling an
expanded focus on rural health research. In this article, we deconstruct the definitions and …

Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation's more than
60 million rural residents. Rural Populations and Health provides an overview of the critical …

The US public health community has demonstrated increasing awareness of rural health
disparities in the past several years. Although current interest is high, the topic is not new …

Purpose In an era of the COVID‐19 pandemic, improving health outcomes for diverse rural
communities requires collective and sustained actions across transdisciplinary researchers …

Research on rural health needs to represent the diverse demographics of these regions by
carefully considering the distinct characteristics, inequities, and stressors occurring in rural …

Public health in the rural United States is a complex and underfunded enterprise. While
urban–rural disparities have been a focus for researchers and policymakers alike for …

Understanding and addressing the unique health needs of people residing in rural America
is critical to the American Heart Association's pursuit of a world with longer, healthier lives …

In this commentary, I place the maturing field of rural health research and policy in the
context of the rural health disparities documented in Health United States, 2001, Urban and …

Abstract Rural Healthy People 2010 represented the first effort to specifically include small
and rural communities in the Healthy People movement to improve the health of Americans …

Place matters; it contextualizes health. When examining the influence of community,
neighborhood, and social space, researchers from multiple disciplines 1-10 found that …