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Adolescents in rural communities have less access to healthcare and experience more adverse health outcomes compared to their peers in urban centers. Remote location, frequency of overcrowding in households, limited availability of medical resources, and paucity of medical providers in rural areas contribute to these disparities. Telehealth is an important tool in addressing many of these barriers and broadening access to healthcare. Telehealth is used to provide direct patient care but can also help general providers and community health workers obtain additional specialty support in caring for complex patients in rural locations.

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  1. Seattle Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Julia Hadley & Sarah McHugh

  2. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Telehealth Department, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Giselle Lambert & Cynthia Roleff

  3. Alaska Native Medical Center Pediatric Endocrinology, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Rachel Lescher

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Hadley, J., McHugh, S., Lambert, G., Roleff, C., Lescher, R. (2024). Rural Populations. In: Evans, Y.N., Golub, S.A., Sequeira, G.M. (eds) Telemedicine for Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55760-6_4

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