Videos
- What is Pulmonary Rehabilitation? (COPD Foundation)
- Obesity and Pulmonary Function Testing (WV Project ECHO)
Rural Resources
- COPD & Rural Health: A Dialogue on the National Action Plan (NIH)
The COPD National Action Plan is the first-ever plan for a united, multi-faceted fight against COPD. This video is a record of the one-day meeting between rural health experts and COPD experts to further the conversation started by the National Action Plan. View a summary of the conversation here. - Rural COPD Toolkit (Rural Health Information Hub)
Rural Health Information Hub’s Toolkit contains 7 modules designed to help develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain rural COPD programs. - COPD Inpatient Navigator Program (Rural Health Information Hub)
First implemented in 2014, this program is proven to improve both inpatient and outpatient care for COPD patients.Selected Reading
- Addressing the Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Rural America (HRSA)
- Bringing Change for Rural COPD Patients: Possibilities with the COPD National Action Plan (The Rural Monitor)
- Pulmonary Health in Rural America: Cause and Impact of Work-Related Lung Diseases (The Rural Monitor)
- Access and Quality of Care for Rural Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Rural Health Research Gateway)
- Urban-Rural County and State Differences in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease — United States, 2015 (CDC)
