AzCRH Guides & Manuals
Publication Date: June 1, 2023
Publication Authors: Koch, B., Coates, S., Drake, C. and Derksen, D.
The Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) has compiled a summary of the U.S. Census urban-rural population in Arizona based on the 2020 Decennial Census. This overview compares the state and county level urban-rural population numbers and percentages based on the 2010 and 2020 approach to urban-rural categorization.
If you have questions please contact Bryna Koch, DrPH at brynak@arizona.edu.
Publication Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Publication Authors: B Koch, A Padilla, B Brady
The Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) compiled the following list of data sources to assist agencies, non-profits, organizations, community groups, and coalitions with collecting and assessing data on opioid use. This data can be used in conjunction with Social Determinants of Health data to identify areas of need to inform grant and program development, and implementation.
This is not an exhaustive list, but it can serve as a starting point to compile and assess data on opioid use. In developing grant proposals and selecting programs or interventions to prevent or treat opioid or other substance use disorders, the AzCRH recommends the use of evidence based prevention and treatment approaches that integrate harm reduction and anti-stigma strategies.
If you have questions please contact Bryna Koch, MPH at brynak@arizona.edu.
Publication Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Publication Authors: Arizona Center for Rural Health & Sonoran Prevention Works
This guide has information about Gila County resources including treatment, recovery, and health support. There is no one-size-fits-all method of substance use treatment. We have included many options like detox, peer support, medication assisted treatment, residential, and outpatient services. We also included information about community supports such as food, housing, and health care.
This guide has information about Apache & Navajo County resources including treatment, recovery, and health support. There is no one-size-fits-all method of substance use treatment. We have included many options like detox, peer support, medication assisted treatment, residential, and outpatient services. We also included information about community supports such as food, housing, and health care.
Download printable one page Substance Use Treatment Resource guides for counties:
- Apache County
- Cochise County
- Rural Coconino County
- Gila County
- Graham County
- Greenlee County
- La Paz-Yuma Counties
- Rural Maricopa County (Buckeye, Gila Bend & Wickenburg)
- Maricopa County - Goodyear, Avondale, Litchfield Park & Buckeye
- Mohave County
- Navajo County
- Pinal County
- Rural Pima County
- Santa Cruz County
- Yavapai County
Publication Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Publication Authors: Joyce A. Hospodar, MBA, MPA
Congress established the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program in 1997. In 1999 the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) provided funds to Arizona’s Center for Rural Health (previously known as Rural Health Office) to establish the Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex). The program has become Arizona’s foremost technical assistance and information resource for the states’ Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and hospital-based rural health clinics (RHCs).
Publication Date: February 1, 2015
Publication Authors: Joyce A. Hospodar, MBA, MPA
The Rural Health Clinic Designation Instruction Manual is intended to help rural clinics in Arizona determine whether or not this designation is right for them.
It describes the fiscal benefits of rural health clinic (RHC) designation, and provides a step-by-step guide that leads you through the application process in Arizona.
- Arizona Rural Health Resource Manual (2006, Leila Barraza, MPH, Alison Hughes, MPA)