Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
Wisconsin PDO Grant Final Report: Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths Prevention Project
Reports on the outcomes of the Wisconsin Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Death Prevention (PDO) project grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Includes statistics on the rural and urban counties selected to receive the project services such as estimated population with opioid use disorder (OUD), poverty, and more. Describes project activities and strategies focused on reducing the number of opioid-related deaths and adverse events, developing and implementing secondary prevention programs, and providing overdose survivors and their families with services and support within 72 hours of overdose.
Author(s): Kylie Lafayette, Elizabeth Feder, Tom Bently
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Reports on the outcomes of the Wisconsin Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Death Prevention (PDO) project grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Includes statistics on the rural and urban counties selected to receive the project services such as estimated population with opioid use disorder (OUD), poverty, and more. Describes project activities and strategies focused on reducing the number of opioid-related deaths and adverse events, developing and implementing secondary prevention programs, and providing overdose survivors and their families with services and support within 72 hours of overdose.
Author(s): Kylie Lafayette, Elizabeth Feder, Tom Bently
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Wisconsin Final Report: Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)
Reports the outcomes of the Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx) project grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the state of Wisconsin. Describes activities and strategies focused in rural Dodge and Sauk counties to reduce prescription opioid drug misuse, build local coalitions to address prevention needs, and establish a statewide surveillance system to monitor prescription opioid misuse.
Author(s): Elizabeth Feder, Kylie Lafayette
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Reports the outcomes of the Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx) project grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the state of Wisconsin. Describes activities and strategies focused in rural Dodge and Sauk counties to reduce prescription opioid drug misuse, build local coalitions to address prevention needs, and establish a statewide surveillance system to monitor prescription opioid misuse.
Author(s): Elizabeth Feder, Kylie Lafayette
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Tribal Child Welfare Systems' Experiences with Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs: A Case Study
Shares the results of a federally-funded case study examining existing approaches and practices to identify and care for Native American children with prenatal substance exposure (PSE) and their families from the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota. Offers discussion and implications for tribal child welfare programs and federal agencies working with tribes to address child welfare issues.
Author(s): Priscilla Day, Erin Geary, Erin Ingoldsby, Pirkko Ahonen
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Shares the results of a federally-funded case study examining existing approaches and practices to identify and care for Native American children with prenatal substance exposure (PSE) and their families from the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota. Offers discussion and implications for tribal child welfare programs and federal agencies working with tribes to address child welfare issues.
Author(s): Priscilla Day, Erin Geary, Erin Ingoldsby, Pirkko Ahonen
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Prenatal Alcohol and Other Drug Exposures in Child Welfare Study: Final Report
Reports the findings of a study examining 22 child welfare agencies in 5 states to determine how agencies obtain information about prenatal substance exposure (PSE) when a child is involved with the child welfare system and how agencies use PSE information to provide services and support for affected children and their families. Exhibit 4 describes the characteristics and key features of the states and child welfare agencies involved in the study, including a breakdown of rural and urban counties.
Author(s): E. Ingoldsby, T. Richards, K. Usher, et al.
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Reports the findings of a study examining 22 child welfare agencies in 5 states to determine how agencies obtain information about prenatal substance exposure (PSE) when a child is involved with the child welfare system and how agencies use PSE information to provide services and support for affected children and their families. Exhibit 4 describes the characteristics and key features of the states and child welfare agencies involved in the study, including a breakdown of rural and urban counties.
Author(s): E. Ingoldsby, T. Richards, K. Usher, et al.
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Rural Public Health and Health Care: A Scan of Field Practice and Trends
Offers a historical overview of rural healthcare and rural public health theories and practice methods and describes newer theories, such as value-based care, personalized medicine, social determinants of health, and health in all policies. Outlines trends in public health and healthcare, including community engagement, evidence-based decision-making, and delivery integration, discussing rural implications of these trends.
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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Offers a historical overview of rural healthcare and rural public health theories and practice methods and describes newer theories, such as value-based care, personalized medicine, social determinants of health, and health in all policies. Outlines trends in public health and healthcare, including community engagement, evidence-based decision-making, and delivery integration, discussing rural implications of these trends.
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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Drug Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico 2019
Fact sheet offering data on current and lifetime drug use trends among American Indian students based on the 2019 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resilience Survey. Discusses impacts of trauma and sources of support on the likelihood of drug use.
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Fact sheet offering data on current and lifetime drug use trends among American Indian students based on the 2019 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resilience Survey. Discusses impacts of trauma and sources of support on the likelihood of drug use.
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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COVID-19 Working Paper: Meatpacking Working Conditions and the Spread of COVID-19
Report details the working conditions of meatpacking plants and how they affected the spread of COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic. Compares manufacturing jobs in rural versus total counties and highlights specific rural counties where meatpacking plants were infected. Discusses occupational characteristics that may have contributed to the spread.
Author(s): Thomas P. Krumel, Jr., Corey Goodrich
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Report details the working conditions of meatpacking plants and how they affected the spread of COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic. Compares manufacturing jobs in rural versus total counties and highlights specific rural counties where meatpacking plants were infected. Discusses occupational characteristics that may have contributed to the spread.
Author(s): Thomas P. Krumel, Jr., Corey Goodrich
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Introducing Clinical Pharmacy Specialists into Interprofessional Primary Care Teams
Examines the integration of clinical pharmacy specialists as part of the interprofessional primary care team and in the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Rural Veteran Access (CRVA) initiative to determine impacts on healthcare access for rural patients.
Author(s): Megan B. McCullough, Anna Zogas, Chris Gillespie, et al.
Citation: Medicine (Baltimore), 100(38), e26689
Date: 09/2021
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Examines the integration of clinical pharmacy specialists as part of the interprofessional primary care team and in the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Rural Veteran Access (CRVA) initiative to determine impacts on healthcare access for rural patients.
Author(s): Megan B. McCullough, Anna Zogas, Chris Gillespie, et al.
Citation: Medicine (Baltimore), 100(38), e26689
Date: 09/2021
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Restoring Access to Maternity Care in Rural America
Examines regional partnerships to build rural access to maternity care through hub-and-spoke models of education and support from urban healthcare organizations to rural maternity providers, investments in telehealth, and remote monitoring systems. Discusses barriers to maternity care access in rural areas and highlights local examples of maternal health provider networks, investments in the rural maternity workforce, and policy implications of developing rural maternity care.
Author(s): Martha Hostetter, Sarah Klein
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Examines regional partnerships to build rural access to maternity care through hub-and-spoke models of education and support from urban healthcare organizations to rural maternity providers, investments in telehealth, and remote monitoring systems. Discusses barriers to maternity care access in rural areas and highlights local examples of maternal health provider networks, investments in the rural maternity workforce, and policy implications of developing rural maternity care.
Author(s): Martha Hostetter, Sarah Klein
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination Rates
Data brief examining the relationship between vaccination rates, COVID-19 one-week incidence, and metropolitan or nonmetropolitan location, using data on confirmed COVID-19 cases from August 29, 2021 – September 4, 2021 and vaccination data as of August 15, 2021. Features statistics on total case rates and vaccination percentages, with breakdowns by census regions, select states, and metropolitan or nonmetropolitan location.
Author(s): Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Data brief examining the relationship between vaccination rates, COVID-19 one-week incidence, and metropolitan or nonmetropolitan location, using data on confirmed COVID-19 cases from August 29, 2021 – September 4, 2021 and vaccination data as of August 15, 2021. Features statistics on total case rates and vaccination percentages, with breakdowns by census regions, select states, and metropolitan or nonmetropolitan location.
Author(s): Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date: 09/2021
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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