Webinar to discuss rural experiences, innovations driven by COVID
Health and policy experts from Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and UIC School of Public Health joined Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton to discuss how the pandemic is changing health care in rural communities.
Farm health helpline & service now available statewide
Farming is a challenging and sometimes dangerous business. Weather, machinery, logistics and livestock can cause difficulties within a day’s work. Yet these can pale next to the concerns and stress
Report, Webinar Focuses on Impact of COVID-19 and Rural Children’s Development
SPRINGFIELD, IL – A new report finds that the pandemic is having an outsize impact on rural children as COVID-19 continues to complicate the systems that support rural children’s development. Children
COVID-19 and Rural Nutrition and Fitness in Illinois: Transforming Healthy Communities
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois must improve access to healthy foods and fitness opportunities in rural regions to improve health in rural communities. Living in a rural area in Illinois is associated with
2020 Vision: Rural Health in Focus in Electoral Politics
Health advocates across the country experienced an apex of information and agenda-setting on the issue of rural health in early February. When New Hampshire voters made their way to the polls, they
'Paramedicine' May Help People Avoid ER
Federal grant to fund SIU Medicine-SSM Good Samaritan partnership