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Jan Probst
~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues
Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe.
Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
Sam the rural health advoCATe loves veterans and loves analyses that include rurality. However, the definitions documented in this study appear incorrect (screenshot). RUCAs 1.0 - 3.0 are urban, per ERS/USDA.

#PowerOfRuralCats

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Yep,
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is cheering these new Rural Health Fellows!

Remember to offer a toast to each of them on National Rural Health Day, this Thursday, November 20.

@ruralhealth.bsky.social

#PowerOfRuralCats

www.ruralhealth.us/blogs/2025/1...
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed. We cannot expect rural kittens to enter health professions, or others, with inadequate access to the classes they need. Education is a key determinant of health.

#PowerOfRuralCats

www.nwea.org/research/pub...
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hmmmm.

But Sam the rural health advoCATe is never Reviewer 2 on promoting rural health (IYKYK).

This Thursday, Nov. 20, is National Rural Health Day. Visit nosorh.org to find ways in which you can participate in rural health education and advocacy in your state.

#PowerOfRuralCats
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Interesting, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe. There is not a perfect match between current legislation and 2019-2023 data, but still a complement to this new research.

#PowerOfRuralCats

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe appreciates recognition that rural populations are both diverse and under-resourced.

Food insecurity is higher in rural.

Remember this on National Rural Health Day, Nov 20!

#PowerOfRuralCats
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lizards molt! They are getting ready.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Norman the dog reminds everyone that National Rural Health Day is not celebrated soley by rural cats. Rural is for everyone.

Plan now for Nov 20! @ruralhealth.bsky.social @nosorh.bsky.social

#PowerOfRural

#PowerOfRuralCats
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I love this! There are so many bad rural takes, they are hard to keep up with! Sam is purring!
October 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
No matter how bad things get, we still have kids and cats.
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sam's guardian just attempted to check some info on CDC WONDER while writing a peer review (yes, SG is *that* reviewer). Got the message below. Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed.
#PowerOfRuralCats
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
September 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is already worried, and he has only viewed the synopsis. The emphasis on "efficiency" and "systems" provides an avenue to bypass rural providers. In a prior MACPAC report, all rural home health agencies were "inefficient" -- b/c of drive time.
#PowerOfRuralCats
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In other news: Sam's guardian is doing last minute checks for a presentation to be given tomorrow. When the materials were prepared a month ago, CDC WONDER age-adjusted death data did not extend past 2020. As of today, it's not there at all. Guardian is NOT happy.
#PowerOfRuralCats
September 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Endorsed by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Rural America is many places and many kinds of people. The @brookings.edu report linked below contains a good review of the racial/ethnic makeup of rural.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.brookings.edu/articles/map...
September 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
August 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Because someone needs this: rural America.
August 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you need a break:
Cat art for a Caturday.
July 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe, sharing a new pub. The principal product of this scoping review: a way of framing rural hospital merger/closure effects.

#PowerOfRuralCats

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe as captured by a young admirer.
July 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Whiskers Wednesday.
July 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM