Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health conditions
Traumatic Brain Injury: A Roadmap for Accelerating Progress
Provides an overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. Offers recommendations to accelerate research progress and improve TBI care. Chapter 3 includes a section on TBI outcomes and access to care in rural compared to urban areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Committee on Accelerating Progress in Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Care
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Provides an overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. Offers recommendations to accelerate research progress and improve TBI care. Chapter 3 includes a section on TBI outcomes and access to care in rural compared to urban areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Committee on Accelerating Progress in Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Care
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Texas STD Surveillance Report
Provides an annual report on sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in Texas. Appendices include data by county of residence for 2013-2022.
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Provides an annual report on sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in Texas. Appendices include data by county of residence for 2013-2022.
Date: 2022
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring with Remote Hypertension Management in a Rural and Low-Income Population
Explores the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of home-based blood pressure telemonitoring with remote hypertension management among a predominately rural and low-income population in Mississippi. Summarizes results of a study on 120 individuals conducted from September 4, 2018, through June 15, 2020.
Author(s): Donald Clark, Julia Woods, Yunxi Zhang, et al.
Citation: Hypertension, 78(6), 1927-1929
Date: 12/2021
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Explores the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of home-based blood pressure telemonitoring with remote hypertension management among a predominately rural and low-income population in Mississippi. Summarizes results of a study on 120 individuals conducted from September 4, 2018, through June 15, 2020.
Author(s): Donald Clark, Julia Woods, Yunxi Zhang, et al.
Citation: Hypertension, 78(6), 1927-1929
Date: 12/2021
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Alaska Native Health Status Report
Provides an overview of Alaskan Native health, with a focus on sociodemographics and social determinants of health (SDOH); mortality; morbidity; maternal, infant, and child health; adolescent health; adult health; preventive care; and environmental health. Includes data and maps on health issues in Alaskan regions. Discusses advocacy, program planning, policy development, and evaluation related to Alaskan Native public health.
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Provides an overview of Alaskan Native health, with a focus on sociodemographics and social determinants of health (SDOH); mortality; morbidity; maternal, infant, and child health; adolescent health; adult health; preventive care; and environmental health. Includes data and maps on health issues in Alaskan regions. Discusses advocacy, program planning, policy development, and evaluation related to Alaskan Native public health.
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Rural America: Philanthropy's Misunderstood Opportunity for Impact
Offers a broad overview of rural issues, with guidance to help foundations invest in rural communities. Identifies best practices for rural philanthropy. For topics that include health, COVID-19, broadband, and other concerns, identifies key rural challenges, underlying causes, strategies, and resources. Free, but registration required to download.
Author(s): Chris Carlson Joelle Cook
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: FSG
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Offers a broad overview of rural issues, with guidance to help foundations invest in rural communities. Identifies best practices for rural philanthropy. For topics that include health, COVID-19, broadband, and other concerns, identifies key rural challenges, underlying causes, strategies, and resources. Free, but registration required to download.
Author(s): Chris Carlson Joelle Cook
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: FSG
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Rural COVID-19 Innovations
Brief summaries of promising practices, lessons learned, and other examples of rural communities addressing COVID-19 healthcare and health-related concerns, collected from March 2020 through December 2021. Includes efforts related to vaccination, health service provision, help for community members, and more.
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Brief summaries of promising practices, lessons learned, and other examples of rural communities addressing COVID-19 healthcare and health-related concerns, collected from March 2020 through December 2021. Includes efforts related to vaccination, health service provision, help for community members, and more.
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Extrahepatic Causes of Death in Cirrhosis Compared to Other Chronic Conditions in the United States, 1999-2017
Compares mortality trends of cirrhosis and other chronic conditions from 1999-2017 based on information from a national mortality database. Presents comparative data on cirrhosis, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), among others. Reports on mortality trends in rural areas.
Author(s): Nagasri Shankar, Azaan Ramani, Connor Griffin, et al.
Citation: Annals of Hepatology, 26
Date: 12/2021
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Compares mortality trends of cirrhosis and other chronic conditions from 1999-2017 based on information from a national mortality database. Presents comparative data on cirrhosis, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), among others. Reports on mortality trends in rural areas.
Author(s): Nagasri Shankar, Azaan Ramani, Connor Griffin, et al.
Citation: Annals of Hepatology, 26
Date: 12/2021
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Utah Primary Care Needs Assessment 2021
Assesses the primary care needs in the state of Utah. Reviews indicators of healthcare access, health status, social determinants of health, and the primary care workforce shortages in Utah. Includes information and maps on primary care, dental, and mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Assesses the primary care needs in the state of Utah. Reviews indicators of healthcare access, health status, social determinants of health, and the primary care workforce shortages in Utah. Includes information and maps on primary care, dental, and mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Environmental Scan of Evidence-Based Promising Practices & Strategies to Improve Vaccine Acceptance Among Racial and Ethnic Minority, Rural and other Underserved Groups
Offers evaluations and recommendations for evidence-based, promising practices and strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among rural and underserved groups. Uses information from a rapid environmental scan and analysis of published literature including peer-reviewed journal articles, commentary articles, and impact reports.
Author(s): Ankit Sanghavi, Afrida Faria, Cody Price, Aila Prieto
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Offers evaluations and recommendations for evidence-based, promising practices and strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among rural and underserved groups. Uses information from a rapid environmental scan and analysis of published literature including peer-reviewed journal articles, commentary articles, and impact reports.
Author(s): Ankit Sanghavi, Afrida Faria, Cody Price, Aila Prieto
Date: 12/2021
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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What a Pandemic Has Taught Us About the Potential for Innovation in Rural Health: Commencing an Ethnography in Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Australia
Examines success stories of rural communities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes ethnographic research to explore healthcare response in communities with fewer than 7,000 inhabitants and not near large healthcare centers.
Author(s): Samuel Petrie, Dean Carson, Paul Peters, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 9
Date: 12/2021
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Examines success stories of rural communities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes ethnographic research to explore healthcare response in communities with fewer than 7,000 inhabitants and not near large healthcare centers.
Author(s): Samuel Petrie, Dean Carson, Paul Peters, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 9
Date: 12/2021
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