Julia Rollison, Zara Fatima Abdurahaman, Lisa H Jaycox, Viviana Mercado
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This study presents West Virginia's rural health challenges-workforce shortages, chronic disease, infrastructure gaps, and access barriers-and describes a preliminary research agenda to guide improvements. The authors identify practical research priorities, highlight promising programs, and emphasize culturally responsive, community-engaged approaches to improve health outcomes in rural health services throughout the state.