Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health conditions
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Chronic Disease Management
Assesses the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and control of blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol in the Medicare Advantage population. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels of population density.
Author(s): Shayla N.M. Durfey, Amy J.H. Kind, William R. Buckingham, Eva H. DuGoff, Amal N. Trivedi
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II, 206-216
Date: 02/2019
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Assesses the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and control of blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol in the Medicare Advantage population. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels of population density.
Author(s): Shayla N.M. Durfey, Amy J.H. Kind, William R. Buckingham, Eva H. DuGoff, Amal N. Trivedi
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II, 206-216
Date: 02/2019
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Opioid Use Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Communities
Discusses challenges rural communities face in providing access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Identifies federal and state strategies to address treatment capacity, including expanding the workforce authorized to prescribe buprenorphine and using technology to provide treatment. Highlights how Scott County, Indiana responded to an HIV outbreak related to OUD by addressing the barriers to care faced by people with OUD and HIV.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Pew
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Discusses challenges rural communities face in providing access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Identifies federal and state strategies to address treatment capacity, including expanding the workforce authorized to prescribe buprenorphine and using technology to provide treatment. Highlights how Scott County, Indiana responded to an HIV outbreak related to OUD by addressing the barriers to care faced by people with OUD and HIV.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Pew
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Disability in America: People with Independent Living (IL) Difficulty (2017)
Displays the rate of adults who have difficulty doing errands alone using county-level data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of adults who have difficulty doing errands alone using county-level data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: People with Self Care Difficulty (2017)
Displays the rate of people who have difficulty bathing or dressing using county-level data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of people who have difficulty bathing or dressing using county-level data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: People with Mobility Difficulty (2017)
Displays the rate of people with mobility difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of people with mobility difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: People with Cognitive Difficulty (2017)
Displays the rate of people with cognitive difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of people with cognitive difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: People with Hearing Difficulty (2017)
Displays the rate of people with hearing difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of people with hearing difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: People with Vision Difficulty (2017)
Displays the rate of people with vision difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of people with vision difficulty on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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County of Residence and Screening Practices among Latinas and Non-Latina Whites in Two Rural Communities
Discusses mammographic screening among Latina and non-Latina White residents of two rural counties in eastern Washington. Analyzes questionnaire data representing county-level differences in screening rates based on ethnicity, sociodemographic information, age, and predictors of breast cancer-screening participation. Presents this study in relation to broader educational efforts to increase rates of clinical breast exams.
Author(s): Catherine Duggan, Yamile Molina, Elizabeth Carosso, Genoveva Ibarra, Beti Thompson
Citation: Ethnicity and Disease, 29(1), 31-38
Date: 01/2019
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Discusses mammographic screening among Latina and non-Latina White residents of two rural counties in eastern Washington. Analyzes questionnaire data representing county-level differences in screening rates based on ethnicity, sociodemographic information, age, and predictors of breast cancer-screening participation. Presents this study in relation to broader educational efforts to increase rates of clinical breast exams.
Author(s): Catherine Duggan, Yamile Molina, Elizabeth Carosso, Genoveva Ibarra, Beti Thompson
Citation: Ethnicity and Disease, 29(1), 31-38
Date: 01/2019
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Occupational Safety and Health of Foreign-Born, Latinx Dairy Workers in Colorado
Presents a study on the factors affecting the occupational safety of foreign-born Latinx dairy workers. Bases conclusions on interviews with workers in Colorado detailing trainings, injuries, risks, and the psychosocial environment they experienced as a dairy worker.
Author(s): Lauren M. Menger-Ogle, Florencia Pezzutti, Andrew David Menger-Ogle, et al.
Citation: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(1), 61-68
Date: 01/2019
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Presents a study on the factors affecting the occupational safety of foreign-born Latinx dairy workers. Bases conclusions on interviews with workers in Colorado detailing trainings, injuries, risks, and the psychosocial environment they experienced as a dairy worker.
Author(s): Lauren M. Menger-Ogle, Florencia Pezzutti, Andrew David Menger-Ogle, et al.
Citation: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(1), 61-68
Date: 01/2019
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