Leveraging Interest to Decrease Rural Health Disparities in the United States

Leveraging Interest to Decrease Rural Health Disparities in the United States Affiliation Michael Meit MA, MPH, and Alana Knudson PhDMichael Meit and Alana Knudson are with the nonpartisan and objective research organization NORC at the University of Chicago, Public Health Research Department, Chicago, IL, and the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Bethesda, MD.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Michael Meit, Codirector, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, 4350 East West Hwy, 8th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814 (e-mail: email protectedorg). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints" link.CONTRIBUTORSBoth authors contributed equally to this editorial. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304025 Accepted: July 17, 2017 Published Online: September 13, 2017