Rural Health
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Enhancing Services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind Patients in Rural America
Discusses the barriers to care that rural patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind face, including lack of accommodations and inadequate clinician training. Features a Michigan clinic with American Sign Language-fluent staff, a New Jersey state division providing deaf sensitivity training, and a Colorado program that brings interpreters to rural communities.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses the barriers to care that rural patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind face, including lack of accommodations and inadequate clinician training. Features a Michigan clinic with American Sign Language-fluent staff, a New Jersey state division providing deaf sensitivity training, and a Colorado program that brings interpreters to rural communities.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Vital Signs: Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among Pregnant Women and Infants — United States
Examines influenza-associated hospitalization among pregnant women and infant hospitalization and death associated with influenza and pertussis. Includes data on vaccination rates for influenza and Tdap (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis) among pregnant women in rural and nonrural areas.
Author(s): Megan C. Lindley, Katherine E. Kahn, Barbara H. Bardenheier, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 68(40), 885-892
Date: 10/2019
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Examines influenza-associated hospitalization among pregnant women and infant hospitalization and death associated with influenza and pertussis. Includes data on vaccination rates for influenza and Tdap (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis) among pregnant women in rural and nonrural areas.
Author(s): Megan C. Lindley, Katherine E. Kahn, Barbara H. Bardenheier, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 68(40), 885-892
Date: 10/2019
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Design and Operation: 2013 National Survey of Children in Nonparental Care and 2014 National Survey of the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome
Reports on the development, plan, and operation of two surveys, the 2013 National Survey of Children in Nonparental Care (NSCNC) and the 2014 National Survey of Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome (NSDATA). Tables X and XIII include data on the percentage of children in the NSCNC that lived in metropolitan and nonmetro areas. Tables XVI and XIX report metro/nonmetro data for children in the NSDATA ADHD module.
Author(s): Benjamin Zablotsky, Matthew D. Bramlett, Jacquelyn M. George, et al.
Date: 10/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Reports on the development, plan, and operation of two surveys, the 2013 National Survey of Children in Nonparental Care (NSCNC) and the 2014 National Survey of Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome (NSDATA). Tables X and XIII include data on the percentage of children in the NSCNC that lived in metropolitan and nonmetro areas. Tables XVI and XIX report metro/nonmetro data for children in the NSDATA ADHD module.
Author(s): Benjamin Zablotsky, Matthew D. Bramlett, Jacquelyn M. George, et al.
Date: 10/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Overall and Cause-specific Mortality in a Cohort of Farmers and Their Spouses
Highlights a study examining the overall mortality rates of farmers and their families that participated in the Agricultural Health Survey in Iowa and North Carolina. Details participants by age, sex, education and smoking status, among other factors. Compares mortality rates to the general population.
Author(s): Srishti Shrestha, Christine G. Parks, Alexander P. Keil, et al.
Citation: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 76(9), 632-643
Date: 09/2019
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Highlights a study examining the overall mortality rates of farmers and their families that participated in the Agricultural Health Survey in Iowa and North Carolina. Details participants by age, sex, education and smoking status, among other factors. Compares mortality rates to the general population.
Author(s): Srishti Shrestha, Christine G. Parks, Alexander P. Keil, et al.
Citation: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 76(9), 632-643
Date: 09/2019
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Life Course Patterns of Concurrent Trajectories of BMI and Affective Symptoms of Rural Mothers: Socioeconomic Antecedents and Disease Outcomes in Later Life
Study examining patterns of body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic background, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in rural Midwestern mothers over a 25-year period from 1991-2015. Participants in the study were 552 White families in rural Iowa who were parents of early adolescents in 1991. Discusses health risks, comorbidity, and socioeconomic stresses over time, noting that the rural women in the study experienced the rural farm crisis of the late 1980s.
Author(s): Kandauda Wickrama, Eric T. Klopack, Catherine Walker O'Neal, et al.
Citation: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 74(7), 1233-1244
Date: 09/2019
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Study examining patterns of body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic background, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in rural Midwestern mothers over a 25-year period from 1991-2015. Participants in the study were 552 White families in rural Iowa who were parents of early adolescents in 1991. Discusses health risks, comorbidity, and socioeconomic stresses over time, noting that the rural women in the study experienced the rural farm crisis of the late 1980s.
Author(s): Kandauda Wickrama, Eric T. Klopack, Catherine Walker O'Neal, et al.
Citation: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 74(7), 1233-1244
Date: 09/2019
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HPV Vaccination Coverage Among US Teens Across the Rural-Urban Continuum
Study of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates for rural and urban teens (13-17 years old). Analyzes data from the National Immunization Survey-Teen and uses Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes and population density to compare HPV vaccination rates by sex for residents of urban areas, large rural towns, small rural towns, and isolated small rural towns.
Author(s): Allison L. Swiecki-Sikora, Kevin A. Henry, Deanna Kepka
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 35(4), 506-517
Date: 09/2019
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Study of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates for rural and urban teens (13-17 years old). Analyzes data from the National Immunization Survey-Teen and uses Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes and population density to compare HPV vaccination rates by sex for residents of urban areas, large rural towns, small rural towns, and isolated small rural towns.
Author(s): Allison L. Swiecki-Sikora, Kevin A. Henry, Deanna Kepka
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 35(4), 506-517
Date: 09/2019
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Impact of Rural Address and Distance from Clinic on Depression Outcomes Within a Primary Care Medical Home Practice
Compares rural and urban outcomes and rates of recovery for patients diagnosed with depression, describing mental healthcare disparities. Discusses Collaborative Care Management (CCM), which involves nurse care coordinators, behavioral health practitioners, and physicians working together to treat primary care patients with depression. Studies 3,870 patients in southeast Minnesota, analyzing remission data and patients' distance from their primary care clinic. Discusses the impact of rural residence, distance from providers, accessibility of care, and CCM on recovery rates.
Author(s): Hailon Wong, Kyle Moore, Kurt B. Angstman, Gregory M. Garrison
Citation: BMC Family Practice, 20, 123
Date: 09/2019
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Compares rural and urban outcomes and rates of recovery for patients diagnosed with depression, describing mental healthcare disparities. Discusses Collaborative Care Management (CCM), which involves nurse care coordinators, behavioral health practitioners, and physicians working together to treat primary care patients with depression. Studies 3,870 patients in southeast Minnesota, analyzing remission data and patients' distance from their primary care clinic. Discusses the impact of rural residence, distance from providers, accessibility of care, and CCM on recovery rates.
Author(s): Hailon Wong, Kyle Moore, Kurt B. Angstman, Gregory M. Garrison
Citation: BMC Family Practice, 20, 123
Date: 09/2019
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Traumatic Injury and Access to Care in Rural Areas: Leveraging Linked Data and Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Advocacy
Analyzes county-level data representing traumatic injury rates in rural Colorado. Discusses challenges to trauma care in rural areas, including distance to trauma centers, rates of injury, prevention resources, EMS response times, and limited EMS capacity. Includes county-level maps showing transportation time to trauma centers, mortality rates, and hospitalization rates for traumatic injury.
Author(s): Paula Yuma, Rebecca Orsi, Julie Dunn, et al.
Citation: Rural Remote Health, 19(3), 5089
Date: 09/2019
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Analyzes county-level data representing traumatic injury rates in rural Colorado. Discusses challenges to trauma care in rural areas, including distance to trauma centers, rates of injury, prevention resources, EMS response times, and limited EMS capacity. Includes county-level maps showing transportation time to trauma centers, mortality rates, and hospitalization rates for traumatic injury.
Author(s): Paula Yuma, Rebecca Orsi, Julie Dunn, et al.
Citation: Rural Remote Health, 19(3), 5089
Date: 09/2019
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Farm Family Stressors: Private Problems, Public Issue
Outlines the types of stressors farm families experience, the impacts these stressors have, and recommendations for policymakers working to address this issue.
Author(s): Bonnie Braun
Date: 09/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Family Relations
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Outlines the types of stressors farm families experience, the impacts these stressors have, and recommendations for policymakers working to address this issue.
Author(s): Bonnie Braun
Date: 09/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Family Relations
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Enhancing Career Paths for Tomorrow's Radiation Oncologists
Presents several alternative or additional career paths for radiation oncologists. Details global health, radiation epidemiology, and frontier medicine among other paths.
Author(s): Neha Vapiwala, Charles R. Thomas, Jr, Surbhi Grover, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics, 105(1), 52-63
Date: 09/2019
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Presents several alternative or additional career paths for radiation oncologists. Details global health, radiation epidemiology, and frontier medicine among other paths.
Author(s): Neha Vapiwala, Charles R. Thomas, Jr, Surbhi Grover, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics, 105(1), 52-63
Date: 09/2019
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