Call for Papers | Improving Rural Health: Solutions for Persistent Rural Public Health Challenges

Submission Due Date: Monday, June 15, 2026

Public health challenges have been documented in rural geographic areas and remain barriers to delivering public health, clinical, and allied health services to communities in these areas. These challenges include limited health care access, excessive tobacco use in economically poor counties, limited physical activities, and high prevalences of behavioral and mental health conditions and chronic diseases. PCD welcomes manuscripts that will help advance the discourse on public health solutions to persistent conditions that exacerbate poor health outcomes in rural settings. Example topics include

• Community–clinical linkages to improve population health in rural settings.
• Community engagement efforts to improve child and adolescent health.
• Community engagement approaches to address chronic disease prevention.
• Community health workers to address access to care in rural settings.
• Opportunities and challenges for rural local health departments to improve population health in rural settings.

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