Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Rural-urban differences
Unveiling Socioeconomic Disparities in Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Analysis of Rural and Appalachian Areas in Virginia Utilizing the Multi-Dimensional YOST Index
Examines associations of rurality, Appalachian dwelling, county socioeconomic status (SES), and other demographic factors with smoking behaviors during pregnancy. Utilizes 2009-2020 Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data.
Author(s): Asal Pilehvari, Ashley Chipoletti, Rebecca Krukowski, Melissa Little
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24, 828
Date: 12/2024
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Examines associations of rurality, Appalachian dwelling, county socioeconomic status (SES), and other demographic factors with smoking behaviors during pregnancy. Utilizes 2009-2020 Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data.
Author(s): Asal Pilehvari, Ashley Chipoletti, Rebecca Krukowski, Melissa Little
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24, 828
Date: 12/2024
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School Foodservice Supply Chain Challenges Dashboard
An interactive dashboard that provides data on supply chain challenges experienced by School Food Authorities (SFAs) during the 2023-2024 school year. Includes information on the type of challenge and characteristics of the SFA, such as Healthy School Meals for All (HSMFA) status, public versus private, size, and urbanicity.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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An interactive dashboard that provides data on supply chain challenges experienced by School Food Authorities (SFAs) during the 2023-2024 school year. Includes information on the type of challenge and characteristics of the SFA, such as Healthy School Meals for All (HSMFA) status, public versus private, size, and urbanicity.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Results of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service-Administered School Food Authority Survey III on Supply Chain Disruption and Student Participation
Analyzes supply chain disruptions impacting school nutrition assistance programs during the 2023-2024 school year. Utilizes survey data from School Food Authorities (SFAs) to examine school meal applications and eligibility, reported supply chain challenges, impacts on school food operations, food and labor costs, student participation, strategies to address supply chain issues, and more. Includes data breakdowns according to SFA size and urban, suburban, or rural location.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Analyzes supply chain disruptions impacting school nutrition assistance programs during the 2023-2024 school year. Utilizes survey data from School Food Authorities (SFAs) to examine school meal applications and eligibility, reported supply chain challenges, impacts on school food operations, food and labor costs, student participation, strategies to address supply chain issues, and more. Includes data breakdowns according to SFA size and urban, suburban, or rural location.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Use of Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities by Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia
Describes the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with and without dementia who use inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs). Examines diagnoses and utilization that precede psychiatric inpatient stays and outcomes following IPF stays, including health care utilization and mortality. Includes data on Medicare IPF patients who reside in rural counties and counties that are entirely or partially in a primary care or mental health Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Author(s): Mark Sorbero, Flora Sheng, Swad Komanduri, Jodi L. Liu
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, RAND Corporation
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Describes the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with and without dementia who use inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs). Examines diagnoses and utilization that precede psychiatric inpatient stays and outcomes following IPF stays, including health care utilization and mortality. Includes data on Medicare IPF patients who reside in rural counties and counties that are entirely or partially in a primary care or mental health Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Author(s): Mark Sorbero, Flora Sheng, Swad Komanduri, Jodi L. Liu
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, RAND Corporation
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Kansas Annual Summary of Vital Statistics, 2023
Provides comprehensive data on vital events, population demographics, fertility and live births, mortality, and marriages in Kansas in 2023. Includes data breakdowns according to county and frontier, rural, densely-settled rural, semi-urban, or urban location.
Author(s): David Oakley, Christina Smith, Cathryn Savage, Inkyung Cha
Date: 12/2024
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Provides comprehensive data on vital events, population demographics, fertility and live births, mortality, and marriages in Kansas in 2023. Includes data breakdowns according to county and frontier, rural, densely-settled rural, semi-urban, or urban location.
Author(s): David Oakley, Christina Smith, Cathryn Savage, Inkyung Cha
Date: 12/2024
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Market Selection Insights for New Mental Healthcare Facilities in Rural Illinois
Analyzes rural areas in Illinois that have an appropriate demand center, traffic flow, and mental healthcare need to locate a new mental healthcare facility. Provides a metro versus nonmetro list of residential mental health and substance use facilities as well as projected finances of a new mental health facility in a nonmetro location.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Analyzes rural areas in Illinois that have an appropriate demand center, traffic flow, and mental healthcare need to locate a new mental healthcare facility. Provides a metro versus nonmetro list of residential mental health and substance use facilities as well as projected finances of a new mental health facility in a nonmetro location.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Low Birthweight Rate Differences Associated with Distinct Perinatal Staffing Mixes at Federally Funded Health Centers
Examines associations between health center staffing models and low birthweight (LBW), utilizing 2011-2021 Uniform Data System files of 1,385 health centers. Includes data on rural-urban differences in distribution of hospitals staffing certified nurse midwives (CNMs), obstetricians-gynecologists (OBs), both, or neither.
Author(s): Paula M Kett, Grace A Guenther, Marieke S van Eijk, David G Patterson, Bianca K Frogner
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 2(12), qxae113
Date: 12/2024
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Examines associations between health center staffing models and low birthweight (LBW), utilizing 2011-2021 Uniform Data System files of 1,385 health centers. Includes data on rural-urban differences in distribution of hospitals staffing certified nurse midwives (CNMs), obstetricians-gynecologists (OBs), both, or neither.
Author(s): Paula M Kett, Grace A Guenther, Marieke S van Eijk, David G Patterson, Bianca K Frogner
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 2(12), qxae113
Date: 12/2024
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OHA Director 2024 Statewide Listening Tour
Outlines planned priorities following a 2024 listening tour by the Oregon Health Authority Director in the areas of public health, Medicaid, policy and analytics, and behavioral health. Discusses capturing rural and urban health disparities, alternative payment models for healthcare providers, and rural healthcare facility closures.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Health Authority
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Outlines planned priorities following a 2024 listening tour by the Oregon Health Authority Director in the areas of public health, Medicaid, policy and analytics, and behavioral health. Discusses capturing rural and urban health disparities, alternative payment models for healthcare providers, and rural healthcare facility closures.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Health Authority
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Trends in Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Obesity in South Carolina, 2015–2021
Examines prepregnancy and gestational weight gain in South Carolina women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2015-2021 data from 239,597 mothers with data broken down by weight gain, relative prenatal risk, lifestyle and clinic factors, and sociodemographics of patients, including rurality.
Author(s): Sarah E. Simpson, Angela M. Malek, Chun-Che Wen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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Examines prepregnancy and gestational weight gain in South Carolina women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2015-2021 data from 239,597 mothers with data broken down by weight gain, relative prenatal risk, lifestyle and clinic factors, and sociodemographics of patients, including rurality.
Author(s): Sarah E. Simpson, Angela M. Malek, Chun-Che Wen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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Trends in Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders among Children and Adolescents in the US, 2016–2021
Analyzes mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in children and factors that contribute to MBDD outcomes. Utilizes 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health data with breakdowns according to prevalence and type of MBDD, receipt of healthcare services, parent and family well-being, community support and safety, and demographic characteristics of children with MBDD, including urban/suburban versus rural location.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Leeb, Melissa L. Danielson, Angelika H. Claussen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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Analyzes mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in children and factors that contribute to MBDD outcomes. Utilizes 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health data with breakdowns according to prevalence and type of MBDD, receipt of healthcare services, parent and family well-being, community support and safety, and demographic characteristics of children with MBDD, including urban/suburban versus rural location.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Leeb, Melissa L. Danielson, Angelika H. Claussen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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