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Farm Safety issues
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Men’s Health Issues, prostrate
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Availability of Rural Health Grants
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Grants for Task Force
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Financing
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Insurance access (Health Insurance)
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Unsafe transportation for children
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Motor vehicle crashes (children)
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Drug and alcohol abuse – related accidents
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Highway safety
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Need for neighborhood partners
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Improving rural economy through education
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Retention of youth
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Recreation opportunities
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Isolation issues
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Stimulate local grants to support local kids
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Educational fairs
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High rate of diabetes
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High rate of asthma
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More information health risk identification
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More community access to AED’s
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More involvement with EMS system (fire/rescue)
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Screening for lucky 40 year olds, i.e. Charles Cole Memorial
Hospital
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Mobile health unit/regional
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Using lay leaders in the community
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Neighborhood-based screenings and education
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Employer-based health education
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Sub-standard living conditions
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Lack of awareness on health issues
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Getting information on services to people who need them
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Transportation to screenings and health issues
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Obesity at CVD
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Accessibility, Availability and Acceptability
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Identify existing community systems
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Parenting resources
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Day
care education
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Education opportunities for family, friends, neighbors
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Hitting target audience in planning process
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Defuse “rural population” (farmers, low income, children)
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Unequal distribution of resources in very rural areas
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High cancer occurrence (Breast CA)
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Rural addressing – using 911
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Partnering with PCT and others to build on EMS training
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Adult day care and respite
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Access to home care
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Access real needs Vs perceived needs of experts
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Lack of licensed adult care
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Lack of knowledge of health risks
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Being aware of cultural and regional health behavior patterns in
program planning
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Amish sensitivity
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Save-a-life programming
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Partnering with FFA extension
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Gun
safety
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High death rates for children due to “accidents”
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Using established community activities, i.e. “Farm City Day”
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Increase immigrant population
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Fire safety education
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Access issues: transportation
