Rural Health Research Gateway

West Virginia Rural Health Research Center

Current Projects

Multidisciplinary Environmental Health Provider Competencies Expected Completion
This study will develop, from existing single discipline standards, a competency guide that will address competencies that are essential for providing environmentally conscious care. The study will then systematically evaluate content validity, completeness and clarity of the competencies.
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topic: Public health

Rural Environmental Hazards Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
This study will create a national inventory of potential environmental hazards for rural populations. Population health outcomes such as CDC mortality statistics will be examined to determine if poor health outcomes are related to greater exposures to potential hazards.
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Health promotion and disease prevention, Public health

Rural Socioeconomic Risk and Resiliency Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
This study will create a national inventory of social and economic risks and resiliencies for every county in the nation, and relate those risks to health outcome data. The study will test whether rural areas with fewer risks and greater resiliencies are related to better health outcomes.
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topic: Poverty

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