In this webinar, Dr. Shawna Beese will share an overview of her work using neighborhood approaches to promote health among Washington State (WA) rural residents. The disparity in rural mortality rates compared to urban mortality, known as the rural-urban mortality gap, is widening in the United States, regardless of which rurality measurement schema is used. By 2019, rural mortality was approximately 20% higher than urban mortality. Rurality is a powerful determinant of health with effects on par with those of education attainment and surpassing the impact of race.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Why Rural Neighborhood Development is critical.

• Connect the dots between Extension and campus-based work to behavioral health issues rural WA residents are facing.

• Spotlight Dr. Beese's current project developing implementation subcommittees with established county prevention coalitions.

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