Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. The objectives of the Rural Healthy People project are to employ a survey of state and local rural health leaders to identify rural health priorities, to synthesize available research and other publications on these priorities, to identify and describe models for practice employed by rural communities to address these priorities, and to disseminate this information to rural communities. We describe these priorities; the content of Rural Healthy People products, methods, and target audiences; and the continuing evolution of the program.
Rural Healthy People encourages rural support of Healthy People goals and invites state and local rural health leaders to share their successful models with others. Rural Healthy People A Companion Document to Healthy People 1 is a continually evolving resource for understanding rural dimensions of the topics addressed in Healthy People Understanding and Improving Health.
The 2-volume document addresses 10 of the 14 highest-ranking rural health priorities from the 28 focus areas targeted by Healthy People Volume 1 contains a brief overview of each of the selected rural priority areas, rural disparities, barriers to addressing disparities, and possible solutions. Volume 2 provides a more lengthy literature review for each rural priority area included in the first volume.
State and local rural health leaders from across the nation were asked to complete a brief survey to produce a ranking of rural health priorities from the 28 Healthy People focus areas. Each respondent was asked to select his or her top 5 choices from the 28 focus areas as rural health priorities.
Of surveys, were completed. Variations in the priorities given by the state rural health leaders and the 3 types of local rural health leaders, as well as differences across 4 regions of the nation, have been discussed elsewhere.
