Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Access
Events Across the Life Course Contribute to Higher Mobility Impairment Rates in Rural U.S.
Examines factors associated with increased risk of mobility impairment at age 40 and 50 using 1979-2016 data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Provides statistics for rural and urban populations, including rates of illness, injury, occupation, and health insurance coverage. Discusses the impact of disability on individuals and the importance of workplace safety and healthcare access to long-term health.
Author(s): Catherine Ipsen, Bryce Ward, Andrew Myers
Citation: Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3, 863716
Date: 05/2022
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Examines factors associated with increased risk of mobility impairment at age 40 and 50 using 1979-2016 data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Provides statistics for rural and urban populations, including rates of illness, injury, occupation, and health insurance coverage. Discusses the impact of disability on individuals and the importance of workplace safety and healthcare access to long-term health.
Author(s): Catherine Ipsen, Bryce Ward, Andrew Myers
Citation: Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3, 863716
Date: 05/2022
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Raising Rural Voices: Discovering Permanent Solutions to Improve Access
A recorded webinar that discusses the solutions to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic related to providing children with meals when schools were closed. Suggests strategies to create permanent infrastructure that supports food security for children in rural areas. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Stacy Dean, Janet Barth, Tina Byrd, Anna Lusk
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses the solutions to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic related to providing children with meals when schools were closed. Suggests strategies to create permanent infrastructure that supports food security for children in rural areas. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Stacy Dean, Janet Barth, Tina Byrd, Anna Lusk
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Going the Extra Mile: Overcoming Transportation Challenges and Other Barriers to Nourishing Food in Rural Communities
A recorded webinar that discusses food access issues in rural communities and solutions to overcome barriers. Focuses on challenges of transportation, limited income, and staffing, while also providing success stories that describe food banks, mobile feeding buses, farmers markets, and more. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Peggy Hamby, Alicia Linares, Yolanda Minor
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses food access issues in rural communities and solutions to overcome barriers. Focuses on challenges of transportation, limited income, and staffing, while also providing success stories that describe food banks, mobile feeding buses, farmers markets, and more. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Peggy Hamby, Alicia Linares, Yolanda Minor
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Evaluation of a Family Connects Dissemination to Four High-Poverty Rural Counties
Results from the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program, conducted in 4 high-poverty rural eastern North Carolina counties from September 2014 through December 2015. Features statistics on Family Connects' impact on infant and parental health and well-being, with breakdowns by intervention group and comparison group.
Author(s): W. Benjamin Goodman, Kenneth A, Dodge, Yu Bai, Robert A. Murphy, Karen O'Donnell
Citation: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(5), 1067-1076
Date: 05/2022
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Results from the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program, conducted in 4 high-poverty rural eastern North Carolina counties from September 2014 through December 2015. Features statistics on Family Connects' impact on infant and parental health and well-being, with breakdowns by intervention group and comparison group.
Author(s): W. Benjamin Goodman, Kenneth A, Dodge, Yu Bai, Robert A. Murphy, Karen O'Donnell
Citation: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(5), 1067-1076
Date: 05/2022
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Youth Outcomes in Nevada
Examines economic and health statistics for youth in Nevada, comparing nationwide and Nevada data from the American Community Survey, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, state employment data, and other sources. Focuses on healthcare access, mental health, poverty, and risk behaviors, and offers rural-urban comparisons of youth poverty and health insurance coverage.
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Guinn Center
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Examines economic and health statistics for youth in Nevada, comparing nationwide and Nevada data from the American Community Survey, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, state employment data, and other sources. Focuses on healthcare access, mental health, poverty, and risk behaviors, and offers rural-urban comparisons of youth poverty and health insurance coverage.
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Guinn Center
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Veteran Mobility and COVID-19
Examines veterans living in rural areas and how their mobility options, cost of transportation, use of telehealth, access to healthy food, and social isolation have been impacted by COVID-19. Discusses issues and policies related to improving healthcare transportation and access to Veterans Administration (VA) services for rural veterans. Includes data on veteran demographics and survey responses to health- and transportation-related questions.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Video Summary
Author(s): Del Peterson, Jill Hough, Antonio Molina
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organizations: North Dakota State University, Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Examines veterans living in rural areas and how their mobility options, cost of transportation, use of telehealth, access to healthy food, and social isolation have been impacted by COVID-19. Discusses issues and policies related to improving healthcare transportation and access to Veterans Administration (VA) services for rural veterans. Includes data on veteran demographics and survey responses to health- and transportation-related questions.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Video Summary
Author(s): Del Peterson, Jill Hough, Antonio Molina
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organizations: North Dakota State University, Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Rx for the Rural Healthcare Workforce and Access to Care
Podcast with Tom Morris of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy about trends related to the rural healthcare workforce and efforts to overcome challenges. Discusses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, rural hospital closures, telehealth, graduate medical education in rural areas, community health workers and community paramedics, funding opportunities to promote healthcare access in rural areas, the opioid crisis, and more.
Author(s): Jessica Nicholson
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: The Conference Board
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Podcast with Tom Morris of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy about trends related to the rural healthcare workforce and efforts to overcome challenges. Discusses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, rural hospital closures, telehealth, graduate medical education in rural areas, community health workers and community paramedics, funding opportunities to promote healthcare access in rural areas, the opioid crisis, and more.
Author(s): Jessica Nicholson
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: The Conference Board
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Provider and Patient Satisfaction With the Dental Therapy Workforce at Apple Tree Dental
Describes satisfaction of clinical providers, organizational administrators, and patients with the dental therapy workforce at Apple Tree Dental Centers, a not-for-profit community dental organization with locations in urban and rural Minnesota. Features demographics with breakdowns by urban or rural location of clinic and residence of patients.
Author(s): Margaret Langelier, Simona Surdu, Ellen O'Malley
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Describes satisfaction of clinical providers, organizational administrators, and patients with the dental therapy workforce at Apple Tree Dental Centers, a not-for-profit community dental organization with locations in urban and rural Minnesota. Features demographics with breakdowns by urban or rural location of clinic and residence of patients.
Author(s): Margaret Langelier, Simona Surdu, Ellen O'Malley
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Community Clergy Training to Support Rural Veterans' Mental Health
Report discusses a mental health training program for clergy to support the mental health of rural veterans. Discusses the focuses of the training program and highlights outcomes from the increase of access to mental health support for rural veterans.
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Report discusses a mental health training program for clergy to support the mental health of rural veterans. Discusses the focuses of the training program and highlights outcomes from the increase of access to mental health support for rural veterans.
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Rural–Urban Disparities in Health Access Factors Over Time: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Health Equity in the Midwest
Examines environmental and socioeconomic factors in rural and urban counties to understand differences in cancer burden and healthcare access. Analyzes 123 counties in Kansas and Missouri from 2009 to 2017 for health equity factors such as primary care provider availability, lack of insurance, unemployment, and childhood poverty. Includes rural versus urban cancer mortality rates in Kansas from 2008-2017.
Author(s): Jordan Baker, Hope Krebill, Hanluen Kuo, et al.
Citation: Health Equity, 6(1), 382-389.
Date: 05/2022
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Examines environmental and socioeconomic factors in rural and urban counties to understand differences in cancer burden and healthcare access. Analyzes 123 counties in Kansas and Missouri from 2009 to 2017 for health equity factors such as primary care provider availability, lack of insurance, unemployment, and childhood poverty. Includes rural versus urban cancer mortality rates in Kansas from 2008-2017.
Author(s): Jordan Baker, Hope Krebill, Hanluen Kuo, et al.
Citation: Health Equity, 6(1), 382-389.
Date: 05/2022
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