Internet searches and consultations with experts in the area of “Health and Learning of Adults within Regions and Communities that Fall Well Below National or Regional Health Norms” uncovered few references at all that relate to this AWG priority. The results of the scan indicate that although this priority crosses over into the other priorities of the AWG, there is little on this priority that is stand alone.

Harvard School of Public Health has a public health geocoding project.
See http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/thegeocodingproject (United States)

Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR) “is an academic research centre with sites at Lakehead University and Laurentian University in Northern Ontario, Canada. With operational support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and additional funding from peer-reviewed grants and contracts, the Centre has a mandate to study issues affecting health care in rural and northern communities.
See http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~cranhr/home.html and http://cranhr.laurentian.ca/ (Canada)

Rural Communities and Rural Communities Impacting Policy (RCIP) has the mission to increase the ability of rural communities and organizations in Nova Scotia to access and use social science research in order to influence and develop policy that contributes to the health and sustainability of communities.
Seehttp://www.ruralnovascotia.ca/default.asp (Canada)

Rural Information Center (RIC) “of the National Agricultural Library provides information and referral services to local, tribal, state, and federal government officials; community organizations; rural electric and telephone cooperatives; libraries; businesses; and, citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas. The RIC Website contains over 3,000 links to current and reliable information on a wide variety of rural resources and funding sources, including RIC's Database, Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas Database
See http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric (United States)