Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of choices and making decisions toward a more balanced and fulfilling life. Healthy People 2020 is a national agenda for reducing the most significant preventable threats to health. The goals of Healthy People 2020 include:
- Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death
- Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups
- Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
- Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages
The latest rural healthy people document is the Rural Healthy People 2020 which outlines a strategic plan for completing Rural Healthy People 2020.
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Tools
Active Living by Design
Web site
Is a national program that establishes innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies. Is funding 25 community partnerships across the country to demonstrate how changing community design will impact physical activity.
CDC - INFO
Web site
Single source for accurate, timely, consistent, and science-based information on a variety of disease prevention and health promotion topics. Representatives are available to answer questions in English and Spanish.
CDC's Healthy Communities Program
Web site
An initiative that advances the HealthierUS goal of helping Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives.
Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI)
Web site
Designed to inform public health professionals and community members about state- and county-level health status indicators such as: causes of death, tobacco use, diet, physical activity, and drug and alcohol use. Available reports also include Healthy People 2010 targets, information on vulnerable populations, and access to care.
Healthfinder
Database
Links to information and web sites from over 1,600 health-related organizations. Has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
Healthy People 2020
Web site
Presents the schedule for Healthy People 2020, a 10-year national objective for promoting health and preventing disease. Works to achieve increased quality and years of healthy life and the elimination of health disparities.
MedlinePlus: Healthy Living
Web site
Contains a variety of wellness resources including latest news, overviews, screening, health check tools, nutrition, and related issues.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
Web site
Designed to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes through information, prevention campaigns and educational tools. NDEP is a federally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Physical Activity and Healthy Eating for Rural Young and Adult Women
Web site
Resources to encourage women living in rural areas to increase current levels of physical activity, healthy eating, and communication with their health care providers to set goals for behavioral changes.
Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools
Web site
Offers the ability to assess the physical environment features and amenities, town characteristics, community programs, and policies that could potentially influence levels of physical activity among residents in rural communities.
Rural Health Research: Health promotion and disease prevention
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of health promotion and disease prevention, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
Rural Healthy People 2010: Volumes 1, 2, 3
Web site
Includes links to the publication including Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Volume 1 contains brief overviews of the top rural health priority areas as well as associated Models for Practice. Volume 2 contains in-depth literature reviews for each of the top rural health priority areas. Volume 3 contains overviews, literature reviews, and accompanying models for practice for new focus areas. (Rural Healthy People 2020 is expected to be released later this year.)
Funding
Champ: A Champion Fur Kids Grants
Grants for children’s health and wellness.
CIGNA Foundation Grants
Funding for programs that enhance the health of individuals and families and the well-being of communities.
Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health Short Title: Project LAUNCH
Grants to promote the wellness of young children, birth to 8 years of age, through the implementation of a systematic community planning process.
Humana Foundation Community Grants
The Humana Foundation supports charitable activities that promote healthy lives and communities.
Ribbon of Hope Mini-Grants Program
Supports activities that establish or expand local programs in health, science, and education that serve identified needs of local communities.
Roadmaps to Health Prize
Award that seeks to recognize and honor the efforts and accomplishments of United States communities working at the forefront of population health improvement.
Wal-Mart Foundation Local Community Contribution
Grants to support the needs of local communities by funding organizations working to improve the lives of their associates, customers and neighbors.
Wal-Mart National Giving Program
The Walmart Foundation's areas of focus include Education, Health & Wellness, Environmental Sustainability and Workforce Development / Economic Opportunity.
Wal-Mart State Giving Program
Funding to local nonprofit organizations in four main areas of focus: Education, Workforce Development / Economic Opportunity, Health & Wellness and Environmental Sustainability.
William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Supports well-established nonprofit organizations that address important issues within their major areas of interests – education, health, culture, and social service – and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies.
Inactive Funding
Inactive Funding Opportunities -
Lists additional funding programs for this topic that are not currently accepting applications. Programs that are inactive may be offered again in the future.
Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Screening Program Designed to Reach Rural Residents of Maine
Author(s): David Harris, Lois Hamel, AbouEl-Markaim Aboueissa, Deborah Johnson
Reports the findings of a blood pressure (BP) and blood glucose screening program conducted from a mobile van that visited community events in order to bring screening services to rural Mainers.
Journal citation: Rural and Remote Health Volume Online Issue 11
Date: 08 / 2011
Corporate Wellness Makes a Bottom-Line Difference: The Cost Benefit of Worksite Wellness
Sponsoring organization: Wellness Councils of America
Describes specific examples of the cost benefits of corporations which have worksite wellness programs.
Crafting a Foundation for Evaluating a Worksite Wellness Program
Author(s): Teresa A. Hubley, Kay Dutram
Sponsoring organization: Muskie School of Public Service Institute for Health Policy
Describes components for evaluating a workplace wellness program and observations seen from evaluating a wellness project in Maine. Presents a design for an evaluation system that provides information about the efficacy of the wellness program and establishes a foundation for more formal wellness program evaluation.
Date: 08 / 2011
Development of the Rural Active Living Assessment Tools: Measuring Rural Environments
Author(s): Anush Yousefian, Erin Hennessy, M. Renee Umstattd
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Describes research performed that resulted in the development of Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools, which assess the ability of rural communities to be conducive to physical activity.
Date: 2010
Getting Cancer Screenings to Rural Patients
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Discusses the importance of early detection of breast and prostate cancers.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume Fall Issue 2008
Date: 11 / 2008
Health, United States, 2011: With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uses tables and narrative to present trends and information regarding the Nation's health status, demographic distribution, health insurance coverage and expenditures, health behaviors and risk factors, and the utilization and access to health care.
Date: 05 / 2012
Healthy Communities - Healthy People
Author(s): Julia Hudson
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Examines what rural communities can do to reverse trends showing rural people, on average, eat less nutritious food, get less physical activity, and are more often obese than their urban counterparts. Presents policy examples involving grocery stores, local
governments, schools, churches, and libraries that could help people lead longer, healthier lives.
Date: 09 / 2009
National Prevention Strategy: America’s Plan for Better Health and Wellness
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Discusses wellness and community prevention services. Identifies seven priorities including: tobacco free living, preventing drug abuse and excessive alcohol use, healthy eating, active living, injury and violence free living, reproductive and sexual health and mental and emotional well-being.
Date: 06 / 2011
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Rural America
Author(s): Joe Blankenau
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Reports that obesity is more prevalent for rural adults than urban adults. Provides examples that can be used to promote and enhance nutrition, health, wellness, and physical activity in rural communities. Concludes that health reform plans should address school nutrition programs.
Date: 01 / 2009
Parks, Playgrounds and Active Living
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Summarizes the growing body of evidence concerning the role of urban and rural parks in shaping active lifestyles across a variety of study populations, including children, seniors, lower-income families, specific racial and ethnic groups and other populations at high risk of being inactive.
Date: 02 / 2010
Power of Trails for Promoting Physical Activity in Communities
Author(s): Philip J. Troped, Heather A. Whitcomb
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Highlights findings about specific trail characteristics that appear to attract regular users and examines how trails influence physical activity among various populations. Includes evidence from two studies of adults living in rural Missouri.
Date: 01 / 2011
Rural Health Issues: Implication for Rural Healthy People 2020
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Outlines NRHA's main rural health concerns for the next decade as they prepare to draft the Rural Healthy People 2020 companion document to Healthy People 2020.
Rural Healthy People 2020
Author(s): Jane N. Bolin, Gail Bellamy
Sponsoring organization: Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health
Outlines the strategic plan for completing Rural Healthy People (RHP) 2020, names the top priority areas to be addressed, and describes the next steps toward its development. RHP 2020 will aim to identify rural health priorities, support rural health leaders and researchers, and promote effective rural health programs.
Rural Residents Lag in Preventive Services Use; Lag Increases with Service Complexity
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Describes the receipt of preventive services among rural adults and explores the factors that are related to disparities in utilization.
Date: 06 / 2009
Using Technology to Deliver Healthcare Education to Rural Patients
Author(s): Carol McIlhenny, Brenda Guzic, Dawna Knee, Camille Wendekier, Barbara Demuth, Jay Roberts
Describes how the Internet can help rural health facilities get access to current health education materials for their patients.
Journal citation: Rural and Remote Health Volume 11 Pages: 1798
Date: 10 / 2011
Organizations
Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Provides tools and resources to support healthy schools.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
National organization
Works to influence policies and set priorities in public health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Federal government
Lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad. Work includes disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Was founded in 1987 as a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting healthier life styles for all Americans, especially through health promotion initiatives at the worksite.
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