Topics: Rural Health

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‘Partnership-based center’ to reduce health disparities launches in Hershey

Oct 31, 2024

With a mission to bridge the gap in health equity in rural communities, Penn State College of Medicine has launched the Center for Advancing Health Equity in Rural and Underserved Communities.

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Bringing health care back to a rural Pennsylvania community

Aug 7, 2024

Without the ability to access basic health care services, clinicians from the College of Medicine collaborated to support the health and wellness of the residents in a rural Pennsylvania community.

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‘Health To Go’ vending machine brings free health resources to citizens of Harrisburg

Jul 25, 2024

Penn State College of Medicine and partners launched a new smart vending machine that can provide free health, wellness and personal care items and connect users to community services.

A person’s hand is surrounded by three types of healthy food, kale to the left, tomatoes above and broccoli to the right. Also shown are diabetes-testing strips, a container of strips and a glucose-testing device and electronic monitor, which displays a blood-sugar level of 93.

Diabetes disparities: Penn State Health diabetes specialist works to improve health equity

Mar 20, 2024

No one wants to hear the “Big D” diagnosis—diabetes. If you’re a person of color, diabetes management may be affected by limited access to technology, increasing risk of complications.

A doctor explains a colonoscopy result to a patient.

The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas

Mar 14, 2024

Technology to stop or prevent colon cancer keeps improving. Still, incident rates remain more stubborn in rural areas than urban centers. The dean of Penn State College of Medicine talks about the barriers.

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College of Medicine receives grant to improve health, environment in disadvantaged communities

Dec 20, 2023

Penn State College of Medicine has been selected to receive a $1.19 million pollution-prevention grant to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities.

Penn State College of Medicine crescent building shown from above in an image taken by drone

College of Medicine receives funding to improve health and prevent chronic disease in central Pennsylvania

Oct 26, 2023

Penn State College of Medicine received $1 million from the CDC for the first year in the five-year Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program.

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Penn State addresses rural health through community informed research, outreach

Oct 11, 2023

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Penn State College of Medicine are leading the way in improving health for rural Pennsylvanians through research, education and community outreach.

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Black bisexual women in rural areas are at highest risk for suicidal behaviors

Sep 26, 2023

Penn State College of Medicine researchers said they conducted a “first-of-its-kind study,” revealing how various demographic factors intersect to affect a person’s risk of having suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Sol Rodríguez-Colón, center, seen here with women from the Latino Hispanic American Community Center in Harrisburg, helps communities of central Pennsylvania in the fight against cancer by arming them with education and resources to prevent and seek screening or treatment for the disease.

Alumna, Cancer Institute staff member advances health equity in central PA

Sep 13, 2023

Sol Rodríguez-Colón, a 2008 graduate of Penn State College of Medicine and project manager at Penn State Cancer Institute, helps Hispanic/Latino communities in the fight against cancer.