Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Culture
Recommendations for Local Suicide Prevention Infrastructure
Presents a report detailing local infrastructure recommendations for suicide prevention. Discusses suicide prevention strategies, makes recommendations for partnerships, and implementation guidance for programs at the local level. Highlights considerations for rural communities and explores the role of culture in suicide prevention.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Presents a report detailing local infrastructure recommendations for suicide prevention. Discusses suicide prevention strategies, makes recommendations for partnerships, and implementation guidance for programs at the local level. Highlights considerations for rural communities and explores the role of culture in suicide prevention.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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2024 Chartbook: Supporting Native Elders in Their Communities: Title VI Native American Aging Programs and Services
Offers findings from the 2023 Title VI Native American Aging Program Survey. Discusses service provision, nutrition and traditional foods, services and supports for caregivers, transportation, elder abuse, program staffing and funding, and partnerships.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: USAging
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Offers findings from the 2023 Title VI Native American Aging Program Survey. Discusses service provision, nutrition and traditional foods, services and supports for caregivers, transportation, elder abuse, program staffing and funding, and partnerships.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: USAging
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Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders Cycle VIII (2020 - 2023) - 2024 Data Book
Report presents data on the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native elders. Explores data through a number of measures, such as general health, healthcare access, weight and nutrition, and memory and disability, among other measures.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
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Report presents data on the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native elders. Explores data through a number of measures, such as general health, healthcare access, weight and nutrition, and memory and disability, among other measures.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
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Tobacco Use Among MSAW: Environmental Scan Findings Report
Reports on tobacco use among migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) using surveys of MSAW-serving organizations and focus groups with MSAWs. Includes discussion of tobacco use, beliefs about health effects, tobacco use in the workplace, cultural differences, cessation programs, and more. Offers recommendations for healthcare providers and MSAW-serving organizations addressing tobacco use.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Reports on tobacco use among migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) using surveys of MSAW-serving organizations and focus groups with MSAWs. Includes discussion of tobacco use, beliefs about health effects, tobacco use in the workplace, cultural differences, cessation programs, and more. Offers recommendations for healthcare providers and MSAW-serving organizations addressing tobacco use.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders Cycle VIII (2020-2023) - 2024 Final Report
Report highlights data collected from a survey of American Indian and Alaska Native elders regarding their health and wellness. Explores reported rates of healthcare access, substance use, social support, housing, healthcare screening, and more.
Additional links: Infographic: Caregiving and Socialization Among Native Elders, Infographic: Frailty and Physical Functioning Among Native Elders, Infographic: Native Elders in the United States, Infographic: Nutrition Among Native Elders
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
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Report highlights data collected from a survey of American Indian and Alaska Native elders regarding their health and wellness. Explores reported rates of healthcare access, substance use, social support, housing, healthcare screening, and more.
Additional links: Infographic: Caregiving and Socialization Among Native Elders, Infographic: Frailty and Physical Functioning Among Native Elders, Infographic: Native Elders in the United States, Infographic: Nutrition Among Native Elders
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
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Primary Care Professionals' Perspectives on Tailoring Buprenorphine Training for Rural Practice
Interviewed 23 rural Ohio primary care professionals to identify barriers to prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment. Discusses the need for training addressing rural-specific barriers, limited patient access to required social supports, workforce, and stigma. Offers recommendations based on findings.
Author(s): Cheyenne Fenstemaker, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Benjamin Obringer, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(4), 671-680
Date: 2024
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Interviewed 23 rural Ohio primary care professionals to identify barriers to prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment. Discusses the need for training addressing rural-specific barriers, limited patient access to required social supports, workforce, and stigma. Offers recommendations based on findings.
Author(s): Cheyenne Fenstemaker, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Benjamin Obringer, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(4), 671-680
Date: 2024
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Traffic Safety Culture: Conduct of Research Report
Provides information related to traffic safety culture, including a literature review, engagement efforts from stakeholders, a research roadmap, and research need statements. Includes cultural and safety considerations for organizations and transportation agencies in rural and tribal areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Provides information related to traffic safety culture, including a literature review, engagement efforts from stakeholders, a research roadmap, and research need statements. Includes cultural and safety considerations for organizations and transportation agencies in rural and tribal areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Traffic Safety Culture Research Roadmap
Provides information and a roadmap related to traffic safety culture, including research gaps and roadmap structure, explanation of research needs, a background on traffic safety culture, and research need statements. Includes cultural and safety considerations for organizations and transportation agencies in rural and tribal areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Provides information and a roadmap related to traffic safety culture, including research gaps and roadmap structure, explanation of research needs, a background on traffic safety culture, and research need statements. Includes cultural and safety considerations for organizations and transportation agencies in rural and tribal areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Health Equity: A Native American Perspective
Discusses health equity from a Native American perspective. Highlights a model of equity that goes beyond overcoming barriers around access and incorporates cultural knowledge, spiritual well-being, and community involvement, among other factors.
Author(s): John Lowe
Citation: Milbank Quarterly
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Discusses health equity from a Native American perspective. Highlights a model of equity that goes beyond overcoming barriers around access and incorporates cultural knowledge, spiritual well-being, and community involvement, among other factors.
Author(s): John Lowe
Citation: Milbank Quarterly
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Urban and Rural Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on HPV Vaccination in Minnesota
Reports findings from a set of 20 qualitative interviews with urban and rural adolescent healthcare providers and clinic staff in Minnesota. Examines provider strategies used when discussing HPV, COVID-19, and other adolescent vaccines, as well as perceptions of parental opinions on adolescent vaccination. Discusses rural cultural values that impact rural provider strategies for promoting vaccination.
Author(s): Elizabeth J. Polter, Ben Christianson, Anne Steinberg, et al.
Citation: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19(3), 2291859
Date: 12/2023
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Reports findings from a set of 20 qualitative interviews with urban and rural adolescent healthcare providers and clinic staff in Minnesota. Examines provider strategies used when discussing HPV, COVID-19, and other adolescent vaccines, as well as perceptions of parental opinions on adolescent vaccination. Discusses rural cultural values that impact rural provider strategies for promoting vaccination.
Author(s): Elizabeth J. Polter, Ben Christianson, Anne Steinberg, et al.
Citation: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19(3), 2291859
Date: 12/2023
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