Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Supporting American Indian & Alaskan Native Communities Combating COVID-19
Reports on a virtual roundtable panel on health disparities related to COVID-19 facing American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Discusses the Indian Health Service response to the pandemic and gaps in pandemic-related services, including telehealth access, underfunded and understaffed healthcare facilities, data quality and information access, cultural literacy, and behavioral health needs. Addresses social determinants of health for Native populations, citing data from research studies and quoting roundtable panelists.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Executives for Health Innovation
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Reports on a virtual roundtable panel on health disparities related to COVID-19 facing American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Discusses the Indian Health Service response to the pandemic and gaps in pandemic-related services, including telehealth access, underfunded and understaffed healthcare facilities, data quality and information access, cultural literacy, and behavioral health needs. Addresses social determinants of health for Native populations, citing data from research studies and quoting roundtable panelists.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Executives for Health Innovation
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Accessing Public Health Data on HIV, HCV, STIs
Manual providing instructions to access web data resources from the New Mexico Department of Health Indicator-Based Information System, the CDC WONDER system, the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention's AtlasPlus mapping tool, and the New Mexico Department of Health's STD Prevention Program database. Specific directions reflect data needs of Native American populations.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Manual providing instructions to access web data resources from the New Mexico Department of Health Indicator-Based Information System, the CDC WONDER system, the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention's AtlasPlus mapping tool, and the New Mexico Department of Health's STD Prevention Program database. Specific directions reflect data needs of Native American populations.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Sexual Health Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
Fact sheet describing data from the 2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey on sexual health among Native American middle and high school students. Presents data on risk behaviors, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates, and condom use.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Fact sheet describing data from the 2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey on sexual health among Native American middle and high school students. Presents data on risk behaviors, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates, and condom use.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Sexual Health Among American Indian Adults and Adolescents in New Mexico
Fact sheet providing data on sexual health risk and resiliency behaviors for New Mexico American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents and adults from the New Mexico Department of Health, the CDC, and the Indian Health Service. Describes mortality rates; presents syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates from 2014-2018; and offers other statistical data related to sexual health.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Fact sheet providing data on sexual health risk and resiliency behaviors for New Mexico American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents and adults from the New Mexico Department of Health, the CDC, and the Indian Health Service. Describes mortality rates; presents syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates from 2014-2018; and offers other statistical data related to sexual health.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes, 2019
Summarizes latest information on opioid prescribing, drug use, and overdose mortality from 2018-2019. Features statistics with breakdowns by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, non-metropolitan urbanized, non-metropolitan less urbanized, and completely rural. Highlights notable differences in the report from 2018 to 2019.
Additional links: Highlights
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Summarizes latest information on opioid prescribing, drug use, and overdose mortality from 2018-2019. Features statistics with breakdowns by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, non-metropolitan urbanized, non-metropolitan less urbanized, and completely rural. Highlights notable differences in the report from 2018 to 2019.
Additional links: Highlights
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Development of a National Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index in the United States: Differences by Region and Rurality
Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
Author(s): Andrew Kaczynski, Jan Eberth, Ellen Stowe, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(83)
Date: 2020
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Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
Author(s): Andrew Kaczynski, Jan Eberth, Ellen Stowe, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(83)
Date: 2020
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Contributions of US Medical Schools to Primary Care (2003-2014): Determining and Predicting Who Really Goes Into Primary Care
Results of a project to determine the magnitude by which primary care output is overestimated and to identify a more accurate way to predict actual primary care output. Features statistics on percentages of medical school graduates who intended to practice and who actually practice in primary care, based on data from 17,509 graduates from 20 campuses across 14 university systems.
Author(s): Mark Deutchman, Francesca Macaluso, Jason Chao, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 52(7), 483-490
Date: 2020
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Results of a project to determine the magnitude by which primary care output is overestimated and to identify a more accurate way to predict actual primary care output. Features statistics on percentages of medical school graduates who intended to practice and who actually practice in primary care, based on data from 17,509 graduates from 20 campuses across 14 university systems.
Author(s): Mark Deutchman, Francesca Macaluso, Jason Chao, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 52(7), 483-490
Date: 2020
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Helping Patients Living in Rural Areas Transition from Hospital to Home - The ROADMAP Study
Evaluates a hospital discharge planning program's effectiveness in providing support to rural patients returning home after staying in a hospital. Includes patients' demographic information and compares the number of emergency department visits and rehospitalizations of the control group with those of the intervention group.
Author(s): Tom Seekins, Jennifer Wong, Lynda Yearous, et al.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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Evaluates a hospital discharge planning program's effectiveness in providing support to rural patients returning home after staying in a hospital. Includes patients' demographic information and compares the number of emergency department visits and rehospitalizations of the control group with those of the intervention group.
Author(s): Tom Seekins, Jennifer Wong, Lynda Yearous, et al.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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Imported Infections in Rural Mid-West United States - A Report from a Tertiary Care Center
Analyzes data on imported infections that were seen, diagnosed, and/or treated from 2001-2018 within the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics to inform rural Midwest healthcare professionals about the importance of travel medicine. Includes a focused list of imported infectious diseases, information on the geographic origin of various diseases, and on the reasons for travel.
Author(s): Amy Meyer, Hariharan Regunath, Christian Rojas-Moreno, William Salzer, Gordon Christensen
Citation: Missouri Medicine, 117(2), 89–94
Date: 2020
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Analyzes data on imported infections that were seen, diagnosed, and/or treated from 2001-2018 within the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics to inform rural Midwest healthcare professionals about the importance of travel medicine. Includes a focused list of imported infectious diseases, information on the geographic origin of various diseases, and on the reasons for travel.
Author(s): Amy Meyer, Hariharan Regunath, Christian Rojas-Moreno, William Salzer, Gordon Christensen
Citation: Missouri Medicine, 117(2), 89–94
Date: 2020
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Access to Autism Spectrum Disorder Services for Rural Appalachian Citizens
Summarizes the challenges of accessibility and affordability faced by residents of rural southwest Virginia as they seek services for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Highlights the effects of extreme poverty and the need for cultural sensitivity among service providers. Offers suggestions for policymakers and features demographic statistics on caregivers and providers.
Author(s): Angela Scarpa, Laura S. Jensen, Denis Gracanin, Sharon L. Ramey, Angela V. Dahiya
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 2(1), 25-40
Date: 2020
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Summarizes the challenges of accessibility and affordability faced by residents of rural southwest Virginia as they seek services for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Highlights the effects of extreme poverty and the need for cultural sensitivity among service providers. Offers suggestions for policymakers and features demographic statistics on caregivers and providers.
Author(s): Angela Scarpa, Laura S. Jensen, Denis Gracanin, Sharon L. Ramey, Angela V. Dahiya
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 2(1), 25-40
Date: 2020
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