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Resources by Topic: Children and youth

Vaccine Hesitancy and the Willingness to Recommend the COVID-19 Vaccine to Children in a Rural County on the United States-Mexico Border
Presents the results of a 2022 survey in Cochise County, Arizona evaluating the readiness of Latinx adults to recommend vaccinating children under 5 years and children 5 to 12 years of age. Discusses characteristics linked to support for COVID-19 vaccination of these two groups and other issues regarding the vaccination of children from these groups.
Author(s): Raghu D. Darisi, Audrey J. Buckland, Mario Morales, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 11
Date: 05/2023
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Making the Most of a Moment: Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas
A recorded webinar that provides information on non-congregate meal service options in rural areas. Includes strategies from 3 food access stakeholders who discuss how to operate and sustain non-congregate meal programs.
Additional links: Program Overview
Author(s): Donna Martin, Kara Moore, Jamie Breidenbach
Date: 05/2023
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Oregon's Child Care Deserts 2022: Mapping Supply by Age Group and Percentage of Publicly Funded Slots
Report explores child care access in Oregon. Highlights counties classified as "child care deserts" across the state. Details the different availability of child care for different age groups and depicts that data on county-level maps.
Additional links: Infographic
Date: 05/2023
Sponsoring organization: Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences
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Map the Meal Gap 2023: A Report on County and Congressional District Food Insecurity and County Food Cost in the United States in 2021
Provides information on food insecurity in the United States, focusing on how race and ethnicity impact access to food. Includes county-level U.S. maps that show food insecurity by race and ethnicity as well as impacts for children and the overall U.S. population. Includes discussions about food insecurity in rural counties.
Additional links: Technical Appendix
Author(s): Monica Hake, Emily Engelhard, Adam Dewey
Date: 05/2023
Sponsoring organization: Feeding America
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The State of the World's Children 2023 - For Every Child, Vaccination: Regional Brief: East Asia and the Pacific
Explores reasons behind a sharp drop worldwide in routine vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Offers suggestions for steps to be taken for the protection of children's health. Features statistics on zero-dose and under-vaccinated children in East Asian and Pacific countries including Palau, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
Date: 04/2023
Sponsoring organization: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Bridging The Gap CoC: Homeless Point-in-Time Count January 22, 2023
Report offering point-in-time data on the homeless population in rural Hawaii counties. Discusses trends over time for various populations including veterans, children, families, people with substance use disorder, and more. Dashboard allows for manipulating data between 2015 and 2023. 2021 data was not gathered due to COVID-19.
Additional links: Dashboards
Date: 04/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Bridging the Gap, Ka Mana O Na Helu
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2022 Alaska Community Needs Assessment
Results of a February 2023 survey to gather household-level data on individualized, local needs in the areas of education, employment, workforce development, food security, and access to healthcare resources. Features demographics and statistics on disabilities, poverty, education level, rural housing, healthcare access, deaths of despair, substance use, and supply and demand of dental, mental health, and primary care providers.
Author(s): Daniel O'Brien
Date: 04/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.
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Innovation and Support for Assessing Summative Evaluation Readiness: Lessons Learned
Analyzes the progress of Youth At Risk of Homelessness (YARH), a multiphase grant program that aims to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults involved in the child welfare system. Describes the evaluation process to choose a grantee for the third phase of the program to support the building and disseminating of evidence related to the YARH grantee's service model. Includes discussion about the challenges of collecting evidence in rural areas.
Author(s): Megan J. McCormick, Kelsey Chesnut, M.C. Bradley
Date: 04/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau, Mathematica
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Bend, Oregon, April 26-28, 2023
Summarizes the 92nd meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Bend, Oregon. Presents an overview of national, tribal, and state perspectives on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.
Date: 04/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Wisconsin Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Analysis, 2015–2019: Understanding Inequities in Fetal and Infant Mortality Impacting American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Provides an overview of fetal and infant mortality in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in Wisconsin from 2015-2019. Includes data on 4 perinatal periods of risk (PPOR) and comparisons between the AI/AN population and the general Wisconsin population. Discusses prevention areas and needs for culturally competent care related to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), factors of low birthweight, and delivery complications and mortality related to low birthweight.
Additional links: Summary
Date: 04/2023
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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