Rural Health
Resources by State: California
California State Health Assessment Core Module 2024 Update
California's annual State Health Assessment for a variety of health conditions and demographics. Offers statewide trends for mortality, disability, social determinants of health, mental health, and rural health.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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California's annual State Health Assessment for a variety of health conditions and demographics. Offers statewide trends for mortality, disability, social determinants of health, mental health, and rural health.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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California Critical Access Hospitals Map
County-level map of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in California.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Critical Access Hospital Network
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County-level map of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in California.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Critical Access Hospital Network
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The People's Agenda: Planting the Seeds for a Healthy Tomorrow: CHW/P/R Policy Agenda
Describes policy approaches for growth, equity, and sustainability of California's community health worker, promotora, and community health representative (CHW/P/R) workforce. See pages 11-12 for discussion of increasing recruitment and support for underrepresented health workers, including rural and Native CHW/P/Rs.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Community Health Workers, Promotoras, and Representatives Policy Coalition (CHW/P/R Coalition)
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Describes policy approaches for growth, equity, and sustainability of California's community health worker, promotora, and community health representative (CHW/P/R) workforce. See pages 11-12 for discussion of increasing recruitment and support for underrepresented health workers, including rural and Native CHW/P/Rs.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Community Health Workers, Promotoras, and Representatives Policy Coalition (CHW/P/R Coalition)
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California State of Public Health Report, 2024
Reports on various measures of health across the lifespan for California residents in addition to behavioral health and climate change health impacts. Includes data for rural and urban California suicide rate disparities.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Reports on various measures of health across the lifespan for California residents in addition to behavioral health and climate change health impacts. Includes data for rural and urban California suicide rate disparities.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Addressing the Needs of Older & Disabled Adults in Rural Communities: Findings From the California Rural Master Plan for Aging Initiative
Webinar recording discussing the development of rural-specific master plans for aging in rural California. Offers an overview of the process, summary of findings, recommendations, and next steps. Transcript available in the description.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: California Collaborative for Long-Term Services and Supports
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Webinar recording discussing the development of rural-specific master plans for aging in rural California. Offers an overview of the process, summary of findings, recommendations, and next steps. Transcript available in the description.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: California Collaborative for Long-Term Services and Supports
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The Influence of Organizational Aspects of the U.S. Agricultural Industry and Socioeconomic and Political Conditions on Farmworkers' COVID-19 Workplace Safety
Interviewed 14 rural Latinx California farmworkers between July 2020 and April 2021 on the impacts of regulatory oversight and workplace safety measures on COVID-19 risks in the workplace. Discusses legal status for farmworkers and offers policy recommendations for occupational health and safety measures.
Author(s): Fabiola M. Perez-Lua, Alec M. Chan-Golston, Nancy J. Burke, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
Citation: International Journal of Research and Public Health, 20(23), 7138
Date: 12/2023
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Interviewed 14 rural Latinx California farmworkers between July 2020 and April 2021 on the impacts of regulatory oversight and workplace safety measures on COVID-19 risks in the workplace. Discusses legal status for farmworkers and offers policy recommendations for occupational health and safety measures.
Author(s): Fabiola M. Perez-Lua, Alec M. Chan-Golston, Nancy J. Burke, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
Citation: International Journal of Research and Public Health, 20(23), 7138
Date: 12/2023
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Water and Wastewater in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: Twentieth Report of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board to the President and Congress of the United States
Report discussing drinking water and wastewater needs along the U.S.-Mexico border. Offers recommendations regarding coordination of services for underserved and tribal communities, infrastructure funding, and long-term planning. Discusses issues specific to rural areas, colonias, and tribal communities such as environmental risks, health disparities, and more. Lists federal funding sources.
Author(s): P. Ganster, I. Coronado, J. McNeece, et al.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Good Neighbor Environmental Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Report discussing drinking water and wastewater needs along the U.S.-Mexico border. Offers recommendations regarding coordination of services for underserved and tribal communities, infrastructure funding, and long-term planning. Discusses issues specific to rural areas, colonias, and tribal communities such as environmental risks, health disparities, and more. Lists federal funding sources.
Author(s): P. Ganster, I. Coronado, J. McNeece, et al.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Good Neighbor Environmental Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Feeding Burke County: A Behind the Scenes Look At Burke County School District's Non-Congregate Summer Food Service Program
Describes how the rural Burke County School District in California provided non-congregate meals across the county in the summer of 2023. Provides details on set-up, staffing, meal storage, meal delivery, planning, and more.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Describes how the rural Burke County School District in California provided non-congregate meals across the county in the summer of 2023. Provides details on set-up, staffing, meal storage, meal delivery, planning, and more.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Definitions of Successful Aging among Middle-Aged Latinas Residing in a Rural Agricultural Community
Identifies themes from focus group discussions on successful aging. Participants were 40 Latina women between the ages of 40-64 from a rural farmworker community in California. Covers health, active lifestyles, personal and family well-being, self-sufficiency, and more. Discusses factors affecting Latino people living in rural, agricultural areas.
Author(s): Elizabeth Ambriz, Camila De Pierola, Norma M. Calderon, et al.
Citation: PLoS One, 18(11), e0294887
Date: 11/2023
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Identifies themes from focus group discussions on successful aging. Participants were 40 Latina women between the ages of 40-64 from a rural farmworker community in California. Covers health, active lifestyles, personal and family well-being, self-sufficiency, and more. Discusses factors affecting Latino people living in rural, agricultural areas.
Author(s): Elizabeth Ambriz, Camila De Pierola, Norma M. Calderon, et al.
Citation: PLoS One, 18(11), e0294887
Date: 11/2023
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Engaging Students in Advancing Campus Tobacco-Free Policies: A Qualitative Study of California Community Colleges' Efforts
Examines student engagement with tobacco-free campus policies in California community colleges. Analyzes 33 semi-structured interviews from stakeholders across 12 community colleges with a focus on themes such as engaging students, ways students are involved in tobacco-free policies, and the benefits of student engagement, according to rural versus urban campus location.
Author(s): Setareh Harsamizadeh Tehrani, Sang Leng Trieu, Lien Dao, Carissa Samuel, Camillia K. Lui
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 11/2023
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Examines student engagement with tobacco-free campus policies in California community colleges. Analyzes 33 semi-structured interviews from stakeholders across 12 community colleges with a focus on themes such as engaging students, ways students are involved in tobacco-free policies, and the benefits of student engagement, according to rural versus urban campus location.
Author(s): Setareh Harsamizadeh Tehrani, Sang Leng Trieu, Lien Dao, Carissa Samuel, Camillia K. Lui
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 11/2023
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