Rural Health
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A Rural Socioeconomic Risk and Resiliency Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
Creates an index of social and economic variables that are related to population health outcomes among rural and urban U.S. counties, and examines variability in this index across rural and urban counties.
Additional links: Policy Brief, July 2011
Author(s): Joel A. Halverson, Michael Hendryx
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Creates an index of social and economic variables that are related to population health outcomes among rural and urban U.S. counties, and examines variability in this index across rural and urban counties.
Additional links: Policy Brief, July 2011
Author(s): Joel A. Halverson, Michael Hendryx
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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The 2011 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying
Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." Includes a section focused on death and dying, with information on leading causes of death by age group and place of death, as well as information on hospice care.
Date: 02/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." Includes a section focused on death and dying, with information on leading causes of death by age group and place of death, as well as information on hospice care.
Date: 02/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Altitude, Gun Ownership, Rural Areas, and Suicide
Analyzes the relationship between the mean county and state altitude with total age-adjusted firearm and non-firearm suicide rates, gun ownership, and population densities within the western part of the United States.
Author(s): Namkug Kim, Jennie B. Mickelson, Barry E. Brenner, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(1), 49-54
Date: 01/2011
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Analyzes the relationship between the mean county and state altitude with total age-adjusted firearm and non-firearm suicide rates, gun ownership, and population densities within the western part of the United States.
Author(s): Namkug Kim, Jennie B. Mickelson, Barry E. Brenner, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(1), 49-54
Date: 01/2011
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Heart Disease Mortality Among Alaska Native People, 1981-2007
Compares mortality rates of Alaska Native people with their U.S. White counterparts, based on data from Alaska death certificates. Includes breakdowns by type of heart disease, sex, age group, and 9-year time periods.
Author(s): Janet M. Johnston, Gretchen Ehrsam Day, Mark A. Veazie, Ellen Provost
Citation: Public Health Reports, 126(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Compares mortality rates of Alaska Native people with their U.S. White counterparts, based on data from Alaska death certificates. Includes breakdowns by type of heart disease, sex, age group, and 9-year time periods.
Author(s): Janet M. Johnston, Gretchen Ehrsam Day, Mark A. Veazie, Ellen Provost
Citation: Public Health Reports, 126(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Upstream Ecological Risks for Overweight and Obesity Among African American Youth in a Rural Town in the Deep South, 2007
Data from interviews with adult African American community members who interact with youth in varying contexts in a small southeastern Georgia town. Presents their perception that factors including the built environment, laws and policies, and issues such as race and class contribute to the prevalence and perpetuation of obesity.
Author(s): Alison J. Scott, Rebecca F. Wilson
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Data from interviews with adult African American community members who interact with youth in varying contexts in a small southeastern Georgia town. Presents their perception that factors including the built environment, laws and policies, and issues such as race and class contribute to the prevalence and perpetuation of obesity.
Author(s): Alison J. Scott, Rebecca F. Wilson
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Assessing Colorectal Cancer Screening Knowledge at Tribal Fairs
Analyzes data from questionnaires completed by 285 Navajo respondents aged 50 or older, concerning their knowledge of colorectal risk factors, prevention, and screening. Includes demographic breakdowns by age group, sex, educational level, language spoken at home, and health status.
Author(s): Priscilla R. Sanderson, Neil Weinstein, Nicolette Teufel-Shone, María Elena Martínez
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Analyzes data from questionnaires completed by 285 Navajo respondents aged 50 or older, concerning their knowledge of colorectal risk factors, prevention, and screening. Includes demographic breakdowns by age group, sex, educational level, language spoken at home, and health status.
Author(s): Priscilla R. Sanderson, Neil Weinstein, Nicolette Teufel-Shone, María Elena Martínez
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(1)
Date: 01/2011
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Receipt of Preventive Counseling Among Reproductive-aged Women in Rural and Urban Communities
Investigates the association between rurality and receiving preventive counseling among women in central Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Jennifer McCall-Hosenfeld, Carol Weisman
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1617
Date: 01/2011
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Investigates the association between rurality and receiving preventive counseling among women in central Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Jennifer McCall-Hosenfeld, Carol Weisman
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1617
Date: 01/2011
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Town-level Comparisons May be an Effective Alternative in Comparing Rural and Urban Differences: A Look at Accidental Traumatic Brain Injuries in North Texas Children
Summarizes the results of examined data on North Texas pediatric traumatic brain injury among four levels of rurality: urban city, large town, small town, and isolated town.
Author(s): Brian Robertson, Charles McConnell
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1521
Date: 01/2011
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Summarizes the results of examined data on North Texas pediatric traumatic brain injury among four levels of rurality: urban city, large town, small town, and isolated town.
Author(s): Brian Robertson, Charles McConnell
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1521
Date: 01/2011
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Workforce Capacity for Reducing Rural Disparities in Public Mental Health Services for Adults with Severe Mental Illness
Discusses availability of services related to rural disparities in workforce capacity, particularly service planning and program development. Focuses on availability of publicly-funded mental health agencies serving low-income adults with severe mental illness in rural New Mexico.
Author(s): Richard L. Hough, Cathleen E. Willging, Deborah Altschul, Steven Adelsheim
Citation: Journal of Rural Mental Health, 35(2), 35-45
Date: 2011
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Discusses availability of services related to rural disparities in workforce capacity, particularly service planning and program development. Focuses on availability of publicly-funded mental health agencies serving low-income adults with severe mental illness in rural New Mexico.
Author(s): Richard L. Hough, Cathleen E. Willging, Deborah Altschul, Steven Adelsheim
Citation: Journal of Rural Mental Health, 35(2), 35-45
Date: 2011
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