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Reducing Depressive Symptoms Through Behavioral Activation in Churches: A Hybrid-2 Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Design
Details a study on an intervention partnering with churches to address depressive symptoms in rural African American communities. Details the stressors that commonly affect African Americans, the ways faith communities can offer support, and how church leaders can work with mental health professionals to improve mental health outcomes.
Author(s): Tiffany Haynes, Jerome Turner, Johnny Smith, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials, 64, 22-29
Date: 01/2018
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Altering the School Breakfast Environment Reduces Barriers to School Breakfast Participation Among Diverse Rural Youth
Analyzes data from the BreakFAST study to examine if changing school breakfast policies and environments impacts students' beliefs on the barriers and benefits of eating breakfast in rural high schools in Minnesota.
Author(s): Mary O. Hearst, Amy Shanafelt, Qi Wang, Robert Leduc, Marilyn S. Nanney
Citation: Journal of School Health, 88(1), 3-8
Date: 01/2018
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Disproportionately Higher Unintentional Injury Mortality Among Alaska Native People, 2006–2015
Examines the unintentional injury (UI) mortality rates by injury category for Alaska Natives (AN). Compares AN rates with U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) UI mortality rates, and analyzes the rate differences by age groups, sexes, and rural, urban, and remote areas in Alaska.
Author(s): Gretchen Day, Peter Holck, Hillary Strayer, Kathryn Koller, Timothy Thomas
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1)
Date: 01/2018
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Community Engaged Cumulative Risk Assessment of Exposure to Inorganic Well Water Contaminants, Crow Reservation, Montana
Describes a community-based risk assessment to determine the health risks from consuming contaminated well water on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Includes discussion on how Crow families cope with poor quality well water and community well stewardship and water testing.
Author(s): Margaret J. Eggers, John T. Doyle, Myra J. Lefthand, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1), 76
Date: 01/2018
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A Scoping Review of Traditional Food Security in Alaska
Summarizes a literature review examining traditional foods and food security in rural Alaska. Discusses how the pillars of food security apply to traditional foods of Alaska Natives.
Author(s): Amanda Walch, Andrea Bersamin, Philip Loring, Rhonda Johnson, Melissa Tholl
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1)
Date: 01/2018
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Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services
Report by a committee of experts detailing veterans' ability to access mental health services through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Analyzes access to care, quality of care, and current barriers to both. Presents effective and efficient models for providing mental healthcare to veterans. Mentions rural throughout the report.
Additional links: Key Findings and Recommendations, Read Online
Author(s): Committee to Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services
Date: 01/2018
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Telemedicine in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes
Describes a study in which 32 patients with type 1 diabetes who live in rural Alabama and Georgia received endocrinology care from an Atlanta telehealth clinic, from June 2014 to October 2016. Includes demographic statistics on patients and presence of other diseases and medical conditions.
Author(s): Timothy Xu, Shreya Pujara, Sarah Sutton, Mary Rhee
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 15
Date: 01/2018
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The Health Care Perceptions of Low-income Coloradans
Discusses the results from a 2016 survey regarding perceptions of healthcare available to low-income residents in Colorado. Includes issue briefs analyzing data for rural Coloradans and low-income Coloradans of color.
Date: 01/2018
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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Urban and Rural Variation in Fertility-related Behavior Among U.S. Women, 2011–2015
Examines age of first sexual intercourse, marital and cohabitation status, number of births, and contraceptive use for urban and rural women aged 18-44.
Additional links: Questions for the Lead Author, NCHStats blog
Author(s): Kimberly Daniels, Gladys M. Martinez, Colleen N. Nugent
Date: 01/2018
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Availability and Cost of Healthy Foods in a Large American Indian Community in the North-Central United States
Results of a study conducted in January and February of 2016, assessing availability and price of 68 food items at stores within a 90-mile radius of a large rural reservation. Includes statistics with breakdowns by availability and price of food, by store type.
Author(s): Amanda M. Fretts, Corrine Huber, Lyle G. Best, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 15
Date: 01/2018
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