Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Transportation
Role of Rural Libraries in Promoting Digital Health Literacy
Webinar highlighting a rural library's efforts to increase digital health literacy and healthcare access in rural Texas. Discusses telehealth, broadband access inequities and digital literacy, transportation issues, aging in place, community health workers working in libraries, emergency response, circulating medical equipment, and summer meals for students. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 03/2023
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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Webinar highlighting a rural library's efforts to increase digital health literacy and healthcare access in rural Texas. Discusses telehealth, broadband access inequities and digital literacy, transportation issues, aging in place, community health workers working in libraries, emergency response, circulating medical equipment, and summer meals for students. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 03/2023
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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Workforce Development and Driver Shortages in Small Urban and Rural Transit
Examines the workforce development, succession plans, and turnover mitigation practices of transit agency managers. Analyzes survey data focused on driver shortfall issues and strategies to recruit and retain new drivers in small urban and rural transit. Includes data on employment and driver characteristics as well as rural versus urban comparisons of workforce shortages.
Author(s): Del Peterson, Antonio Molina
Date: 03/2023
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Examines the workforce development, succession plans, and turnover mitigation practices of transit agency managers. Analyzes survey data focused on driver shortfall issues and strategies to recruit and retain new drivers in small urban and rural transit. Includes data on employment and driver characteristics as well as rural versus urban comparisons of workforce shortages.
Author(s): Del Peterson, Antonio Molina
Date: 03/2023
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Listening To Rural Missouri: A Needs Assessment
Provides an overview of healthcare access and equity, behavioral health, mortality rates, and social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural Missouri. Includes data as well as qualitative feedback from listening sessions across 9 regions focused on rural Missouri's most pressing needs. Discusses issues such as the rural healthcare workforce, transportation systems, expansion and collaboration of healthcare services, and more.
Author(s): Derek S. Landes, Aiden P. Bondurant
Date: 02/2023
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Rural Health Association
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Provides an overview of healthcare access and equity, behavioral health, mortality rates, and social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural Missouri. Includes data as well as qualitative feedback from listening sessions across 9 regions focused on rural Missouri's most pressing needs. Discusses issues such as the rural healthcare workforce, transportation systems, expansion and collaboration of healthcare services, and more.
Author(s): Derek S. Landes, Aiden P. Bondurant
Date: 02/2023
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Rural Health Association
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Rural Community Transit Strategies: Building on, Expanding, and Enhancing Existing Assets and Programs
Provides an overview of a potential rural transit model based on the current infrastructure in Minnesota and by examining other state models. Focuses on solutions such as hybrid mobility, small town assets, expanding service, responding to driver shortages, engaging citizens and networking within communities, and more. Discusses public health concerns such as food access and disability accommodations.
Author(s): Thomas Fisher, Mary Vogel, Alireza Khani, Fernando Burga
Date: 02/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Transportation
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Provides an overview of a potential rural transit model based on the current infrastructure in Minnesota and by examining other state models. Focuses on solutions such as hybrid mobility, small town assets, expanding service, responding to driver shortages, engaging citizens and networking within communities, and more. Discusses public health concerns such as food access and disability accommodations.
Author(s): Thomas Fisher, Mary Vogel, Alireza Khani, Fernando Burga
Date: 02/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Transportation
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Understanding Disabilities in American Indian & Alaska Native Communities Toolkit Guide
Provides an overview of federal laws, initiatives, agencies, and organizations that support work with American Indian and Alaska Native communities and individuals with disabilities. Includes dedicated sections with links to organizations and resources on healthy living, education, independent living, vocational rehabilitation and employment resources, assistive technology, housing and facilities, and transportation.
Date: 02/2023
Sponsoring organizations: National Council on Aging, National Council on Disability
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Provides an overview of federal laws, initiatives, agencies, and organizations that support work with American Indian and Alaska Native communities and individuals with disabilities. Includes dedicated sections with links to organizations and resources on healthy living, education, independent living, vocational rehabilitation and employment resources, assistive technology, housing and facilities, and transportation.
Date: 02/2023
Sponsoring organizations: National Council on Aging, National Council on Disability
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America at a Glance: Transportation Use During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Reports trends in transportation use of people with and without disabilities during the period 2017-2021. Compares rural and urban populations and modes of transportation, including driving and walking, accepting rides from others, and use of public transit.
Author(s): Andrew Myers
Date: 01/2023
Sponsoring organization: University of Montana: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
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Reports trends in transportation use of people with and without disabilities during the period 2017-2021. Compares rural and urban populations and modes of transportation, including driving and walking, accepting rides from others, and use of public transit.
Author(s): Andrew Myers
Date: 01/2023
Sponsoring organization: University of Montana: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
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Engaging Rural Communities to Incorporate Social Determinants in Developing Strategies to Improve Access to Health Care in the Missouri Bootheel Counties
Presents a study on how social determinants of health affect healthcare access in several rural counties in Missouri. Discusses the perceived barriers to care in the rural "Bootheel" counties, such as economic issues, lack of health insurance coverage, and lack of coordinated care, among others.
Author(s): Ashish Shrestha, Katherine Stamatakis, Janice Ballard
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23, 7678
Date: 01/2023
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Presents a study on how social determinants of health affect healthcare access in several rural counties in Missouri. Discusses the perceived barriers to care in the rural "Bootheel" counties, such as economic issues, lack of health insurance coverage, and lack of coordinated care, among others.
Author(s): Ashish Shrestha, Katherine Stamatakis, Janice Ballard
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23, 7678
Date: 01/2023
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Distance and Transportation Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Rural Community
Discusses barriers, facilitators, and intervention needs related to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at the system, provider, and patient levels. Reports on 40 interviews conducted with clinical practitioners and staff in rural Southern Illinois from 2017 to 2018 about assisting patients with navigating barriers. Focuses on issues of transportation, distance, and access in rural areas.
Author(s): Katharine M.N. Lee, Jean Hunleth, Liz Rolf, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 14
Date: 01/2023
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Discusses barriers, facilitators, and intervention needs related to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at the system, provider, and patient levels. Reports on 40 interviews conducted with clinical practitioners and staff in rural Southern Illinois from 2017 to 2018 about assisting patients with navigating barriers. Focuses on issues of transportation, distance, and access in rural areas.
Author(s): Katharine M.N. Lee, Jean Hunleth, Liz Rolf, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 14
Date: 01/2023
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Mental Health in Rural New York: Findings and Implications of a Listening Tour with Residents and Professionals
Findings from the Rural Mental Health Listening Tour of New York State, conducted between March 2020 and September 2021 to elicit input and experiences of community members living and working in rural areas. Presents strengths and assets of rural communities, and highlights model programs and success stories. Includes recommendations in categories including access to transportation and broadband, access to mental health programs, availability of services, improving and sustaining workforce capacity, and offers state- and county-specific recommendations.
Author(s): Brett Harris, Katie Gallant, Abby Mariani
Date: 01/2023
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Findings from the Rural Mental Health Listening Tour of New York State, conducted between March 2020 and September 2021 to elicit input and experiences of community members living and working in rural areas. Presents strengths and assets of rural communities, and highlights model programs and success stories. Includes recommendations in categories including access to transportation and broadband, access to mental health programs, availability of services, improving and sustaining workforce capacity, and offers state- and county-specific recommendations.
Author(s): Brett Harris, Katie Gallant, Abby Mariani
Date: 01/2023
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Kansas Statistical Abstract 2023
Provides comprehensive data on Kansas economics and employment, agriculture, climate, education, housing, population demographics, transportation, vital statistics and health, and more. Includes county-level data for select variables.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Provides comprehensive data on Kansas economics and employment, agriculture, climate, education, housing, population demographics, transportation, vital statistics and health, and more. Includes county-level data for select variables.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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