Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Behavioral health
State Telehealth Policy: Summary and Findings from the Summer 2022 Webinar Series
Offers a summary of presentations included in the Center for Connected Health Policy's (CCHP) Summer 2022 webinar series. Covered topics include telehealth in school-based programs, licensure, private payer telehealth laws, and telehealth policies for substance use disorder treatment.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Offers a summary of presentations included in the Center for Connected Health Policy's (CCHP) Summer 2022 webinar series. Covered topics include telehealth in school-based programs, licensure, private payer telehealth laws, and telehealth policies for substance use disorder treatment.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Variations in Tobacco Retailer Type Across Community Characteristics: Place Matters
Examines prevalence of tobacco retailers in Ohio according to community characteristics such as levels of poverty, minority status, and rural, suburban, or urban status. Analyzes 11,392 tobacco retailers for retailer type and community characteristics.
Author(s): Claire Jenkins, Elli Schwartz, Nathaniel Onnen, Peter F. Craigmile, Megan E. Roberts
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 19
Date: 08/2022
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Examines prevalence of tobacco retailers in Ohio according to community characteristics such as levels of poverty, minority status, and rural, suburban, or urban status. Analyzes 11,392 tobacco retailers for retailer type and community characteristics.
Author(s): Claire Jenkins, Elli Schwartz, Nathaniel Onnen, Peter F. Craigmile, Megan E. Roberts
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 19
Date: 08/2022
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Indiana Governor's Public Health Commission Report 2022
Provides an overview of public health in Indiana with a focus on healthy environments and health education. Examines the declining life expectancy and challenges to public health such as behavioral health issues, adult and child obesity, infectious diseases, and geographic and socio-economic health disparities. Summarizes and provides recommendations from the commission's findings related to governance and infrastructure, funding, healthcare workforce, data integration, emergency preparedness, and child/adolescent health.
Additional links: Appendices, News Brief
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Department of Health
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Provides an overview of public health in Indiana with a focus on healthy environments and health education. Examines the declining life expectancy and challenges to public health such as behavioral health issues, adult and child obesity, infectious diseases, and geographic and socio-economic health disparities. Summarizes and provides recommendations from the commission's findings related to governance and infrastructure, funding, healthcare workforce, data integration, emergency preparedness, and child/adolescent health.
Additional links: Appendices, News Brief
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Department of Health
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Rural-Urban Disparities in Diagnosis of Early-Onset Dementia
Results of a study conducted from February 2021 to March 2022 of 71,799 patients with early-onset Alzheimer disease and related dementias. Features demographics and statistics on differences in service use and clinician visits around diagnosis, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Wendy Y. Xu, Jeah Jung, Sheldon M. Retchin, Yiting Li, Soumyadipta Roy
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 5(8)
Date: 08/2022
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Results of a study conducted from February 2021 to March 2022 of 71,799 patients with early-onset Alzheimer disease and related dementias. Features demographics and statistics on differences in service use and clinician visits around diagnosis, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Wendy Y. Xu, Jeah Jung, Sheldon M. Retchin, Yiting Li, Soumyadipta Roy
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 5(8)
Date: 08/2022
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Trends in Rural and Urban Cigarette Smoking Quit Ratios in the US From 2010 to 2020
Results of a study estimating trends in smoking quit ratios for adults in rural and urban areas from 2010-2020, using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Features statistics with breakdowns by rural and urban areas, including quit ratios by age category.
Author(s): Maria A. Parker, Andrea H. Weinberger, Emma M. Eggers, Erik S. Parker, Andrea C. Villanti
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 5(8)
Date: 08/2022
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Results of a study estimating trends in smoking quit ratios for adults in rural and urban areas from 2010-2020, using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Features statistics with breakdowns by rural and urban areas, including quit ratios by age category.
Author(s): Maria A. Parker, Andrea H. Weinberger, Emma M. Eggers, Erik S. Parker, Andrea C. Villanti
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 5(8)
Date: 08/2022
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Arkansas Community Mental Health Center Directory
Provides a county map and contact information for community mental health centers serving 12 areas of Arkansas.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Arkansas Department of Human Services, Rural Health Association of Arkansas
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Provides a county map and contact information for community mental health centers serving 12 areas of Arkansas.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Arkansas Department of Human Services, Rural Health Association of Arkansas
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Advancing Primary Care Innovation in Medicaid Managed Care: A Toolkit for States
Designed to help states leverage their Medicaid managed care contracts and request for proposals (RFPs) to advance primary care innovation (PCI). Outlines strategies for states to conceptualize and design advanced primary care core functions and use managed care contract levers to drive uptake and spread. Provides examples of state approaches, with rural considerations, for identifying and addressing social determinants of health, integrating behavioral healthcare, developing team-based care, implementing technology to improve access, and more.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Designed to help states leverage their Medicaid managed care contracts and request for proposals (RFPs) to advance primary care innovation (PCI). Outlines strategies for states to conceptualize and design advanced primary care core functions and use managed care contract levers to drive uptake and spread. Provides examples of state approaches, with rural considerations, for identifying and addressing social determinants of health, integrating behavioral healthcare, developing team-based care, implementing technology to improve access, and more.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Cumulative Barriers to Retention in Methadone Treatment Among Adults From Rural and Small Urban Communities
Highlights a study on the barriers to retention in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder in rural and small urban communities. Breaks down data by participant characteristics and treatment barriers, such as housing instability, lack of transportation, and physical and mental health needs, among others.
Author(s): Emily Pasman, Rachel Kollin, Michael Broman, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 35
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights a study on the barriers to retention in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder in rural and small urban communities. Breaks down data by participant characteristics and treatment barriers, such as housing instability, lack of transportation, and physical and mental health needs, among others.
Author(s): Emily Pasman, Rachel Kollin, Michael Broman, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 35
Date: 07/2022
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The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium Description: Providing Evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis
Highlights an initiative aimed at developing interventions to address rural opioid use. Collects data from rural areas in 10 states via surveys of people who use drugs and explores overlapping issues, such as other drug use, homelessness, and lack of access to treatment, among others.
Author(s): Richard A. Jenkins, Bridget M. Whitney, Robin M. Nance, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 38
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights an initiative aimed at developing interventions to address rural opioid use. Collects data from rural areas in 10 states via surveys of people who use drugs and explores overlapping issues, such as other drug use, homelessness, and lack of access to treatment, among others.
Author(s): Richard A. Jenkins, Bridget M. Whitney, Robin M. Nance, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, 38
Date: 07/2022
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Firearm Safety in Rural America
Policy brief describing the prevalence of firearm-related injuries and death in rural areas. Offers policy recommendations to mitigate the risk of rural firearm injury and death.
Author(s): Eneka Lamb, Ada Pariser, Andy Fosmire
Date: 07/2022
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief describing the prevalence of firearm-related injuries and death in rural areas. Offers policy recommendations to mitigate the risk of rural firearm injury and death.
Author(s): Eneka Lamb, Ada Pariser, Andy Fosmire
Date: 07/2022
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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