Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Housing and homelessness
Access to Capital and Credit in Native Communities
Includes ideas to help federal and tribal policymakers improve capital and credit access in Native Communities and provides an informational baseline for stakeholders, to help provide a means to finance public sector projects such as healthcare facilities. Features statistics on topics including socioeconomic standing, housing, credit scores, and mortgage lending.
Author(s): Miriam Jorgensen
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Native Nations Institute
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Includes ideas to help federal and tribal policymakers improve capital and credit access in Native Communities and provides an informational baseline for stakeholders, to help provide a means to finance public sector projects such as healthcare facilities. Features statistics on topics including socioeconomic standing, housing, credit scores, and mortgage lending.
Author(s): Miriam Jorgensen
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Native Nations Institute
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Senior Housing and Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Rural America
Summary report of a panel of housing and health experts convened to discuss needs, barriers, and experiences with aging in place, and feasibility of programs to support independence for rural seniors. Includes discussion of emerging trends and potential service models.
Date: 10/2015
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Summary report of a panel of housing and health experts convened to discuss needs, barriers, and experiences with aging in place, and feasibility of programs to support independence for rural seniors. Includes discussion of emerging trends and potential service models.
Date: 10/2015
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Participation in Government Programs, 2009-2012: Who Gets Assistance?
Provides information on the characteristics and participation rates of people receiving benefits from Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), housing assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and general assistance. Tables in the appendices include metropolitan and non-metropolitan participation rates by program.
Author(s): Shelley K. Irving, Tracy A. Loveless
Date: 05/2015
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Provides information on the characteristics and participation rates of people receiving benefits from Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), housing assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and general assistance. Tables in the appendices include metropolitan and non-metropolitan participation rates by program.
Author(s): Shelley K. Irving, Tracy A. Loveless
Date: 05/2015
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Perceptions of Housing Conditions Among Migrant Farmworkers and Their Families: Implications for Health, Safety and Social Policy
Provides insight into the housing conditions of migrant farmworkers in North Carolina and its effect on their health and safety.
Author(s): Jessica Keim-Malpass, Chaya R. Spears Johnson, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 15(1), 3076
Date: 02/2015
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Provides insight into the housing conditions of migrant farmworkers in North Carolina and its effect on their health and safety.
Author(s): Jessica Keim-Malpass, Chaya R. Spears Johnson, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 15(1), 3076
Date: 02/2015
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The Role of Community Health Centers in Assessing the Social Determinants of Health for Planning and Policy: The Example of Frontier New Mexico
Discusses the use of the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) by a frontier-based community health center in New Mexico for evaluating and addressing social determinants of health.
Author(s): Sean Bruna, Lisa Cacari Stone, Susan Wilger, Jeremy Cantor, Carolina Guzman
Citation: Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 37(3), 258-268
Date: 07/2014
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Discusses the use of the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) by a frontier-based community health center in New Mexico for evaluating and addressing social determinants of health.
Author(s): Sean Bruna, Lisa Cacari Stone, Susan Wilger, Jeremy Cantor, Carolina Guzman
Citation: Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 37(3), 258-268
Date: 07/2014
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Homelessness in Rural America
Discusses the unique needs and characteristics of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in rural America. Makes recommendation to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on ways to improve access to healthcare and other human services for America's rural homeless populations.
Date: 07/2014
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Discusses the unique needs and characteristics of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in rural America. Makes recommendation to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on ways to improve access to healthcare and other human services for America's rural homeless populations.
Date: 07/2014
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Working with Landlords and Property Managers on Smoke-Free Housing
Provides information for creating smoke-free housing in multi-unit structures. Discusses how smoke-free policies can be implemented in rural development housing projects.
Date: 04/2014
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Provides information for creating smoke-free housing in multi-unit structures. Discusses how smoke-free policies can be implemented in rural development housing projects.
Date: 04/2014
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Native American Housing: Additional Actions Needed to Better Support Tribal Efforts
Discusses housing challenges faced by tribal entities. Provides recommendations to address tribal housing challenges and to better support tribal efforts.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2014
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses housing challenges faced by tribal entities. Provides recommendations to address tribal housing challenges and to better support tribal efforts.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2014
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Rural Veterans: A Special Concern for Rural Health Advocates
Policy brief describing the special healthcare needs of rural veterans. Offers policy recommendations to address these issues. Covers access to primary care, specialty care, physical therapy, women's health services, and mental health services focusing on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Author(s): J. Alison Alfers, Hilda R. Heady
Date: 02/2014
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief describing the special healthcare needs of rural veterans. Offers policy recommendations to address these issues. Covers access to primary care, specialty care, physical therapy, women's health services, and mental health services focusing on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Author(s): J. Alison Alfers, Hilda R. Heady
Date: 02/2014
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Examining Social Support in a Rural Homeless Population
Discusses how social support from family, friends, colleagues, or healthcare personnel can help rural homeless individuals with the resources needed to secure housing. Addresses health-related variables, such as substance abuse. Reports that increasing financial support in rural communities such as economic development and subsidized housing may ease homelessness.
Author(s): Afton Jackson, Lisa Shannon
Citation: Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 29(1), 48-74
Date: 2014
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Discusses how social support from family, friends, colleagues, or healthcare personnel can help rural homeless individuals with the resources needed to secure housing. Addresses health-related variables, such as substance abuse. Reports that increasing financial support in rural communities such as economic development and subsidized housing may ease homelessness.
Author(s): Afton Jackson, Lisa Shannon
Citation: Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 29(1), 48-74
Date: 2014
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