Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
"This Is Not My Grandmother's Summer": Mitigating the Health Impacts of Extreme Heat in Rural Communities
Discusses the challenges rural areas face in helping address the impact of heat on health. Includes strategies used in rural North Carolina, Indiana, and Washington State to help inform and protect rural residents, including those exposed to heat through work outdoors.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses the challenges rural areas face in helping address the impact of heat on health. Includes strategies used in rural North Carolina, Indiana, and Washington State to help inform and protect rural residents, including those exposed to heat through work outdoors.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Assessing the Association Between Food Environment and Dietary Inflammation by Community Type: A Cross-Sectional REGARDS Study
Analyzes the correlation between community type and food environments. Examines 2003-2007 data from 20,322 individuals according to higher density urban, lower density urban, suburban/small town, and rural. Discusses the association between community type and their respective dietary inflammation score (DIS) as well as potential interventions for these locations.
Author(s): Yasemin Algur, Pasquale E. Rummo, Tara P. McAlexander, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics, 22, 24
Date: 09/2023
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Analyzes the correlation between community type and food environments. Examines 2003-2007 data from 20,322 individuals according to higher density urban, lower density urban, suburban/small town, and rural. Discusses the association between community type and their respective dietary inflammation score (DIS) as well as potential interventions for these locations.
Author(s): Yasemin Algur, Pasquale E. Rummo, Tara P. McAlexander, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics, 22, 24
Date: 09/2023
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Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings, 2023
Provides standardized guidelines for public health officials, veterinarians, animal venue operators and exhibitors, farmers, visitors, and those concerned with minimizing health risks from contact with animals. Describes risks from infections such as enteric diseases, rabies, influenza, and others.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians Animal Contact Compendium Committee
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Provides standardized guidelines for public health officials, veterinarians, animal venue operators and exhibitors, farmers, visitors, and those concerned with minimizing health risks from contact with animals. Describes risks from infections such as enteric diseases, rabies, influenza, and others.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians Animal Contact Compendium Committee
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Quality Time: Sharing PIE – Improving Swing Bed Quality
Podcast episode discussing how two Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement leaders in Mississippi and Nevada used proactive approaches to improve their swing bed programs. Describes efforts in reducing healthcare-associated infections with pneumonia and improving the documentation and coordination of swing bed patients.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Podcast episode discussing how two Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement leaders in Mississippi and Nevada used proactive approaches to improve their swing bed programs. Describes efforts in reducing healthcare-associated infections with pneumonia and improving the documentation and coordination of swing bed patients.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Evaluation of the Million Hearts® Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model: Final Evaluation Report
Describes the results of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model, a five-year randomized trial that aimed to reduce the incidence of first-time heart attacks and strokes among Medicare beneficiaries. Covers participant characteristics, including rural or urban status and organization type; changes in cardiovascular disease risk scores; effects of the model on healthcare utilization; intermediate- and long-term impacts on beneficiaries; and the contribution of these findings to the broader literature on cardiovascular disease prevention and value-based care.
Additional links: Findings at a Glance
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mathematica, RAND Corporation
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Describes the results of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model, a five-year randomized trial that aimed to reduce the incidence of first-time heart attacks and strokes among Medicare beneficiaries. Covers participant characteristics, including rural or urban status and organization type; changes in cardiovascular disease risk scores; effects of the model on healthcare utilization; intermediate- and long-term impacts on beneficiaries; and the contribution of these findings to the broader literature on cardiovascular disease prevention and value-based care.
Additional links: Findings at a Glance
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mathematica, RAND Corporation
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Sleep Time, Physical Activity, and Screen Time among Montana American Indian Youth
Presents a study on the correlation between sleep, physical activity, and screen time among American Indian youth in Montana. Breaks down data by sex, grade, and BMI, among other measures.
Author(s): Vernon Grant, Francine C. Gachupin
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17), 6658
Date: 08/2023
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Presents a study on the correlation between sleep, physical activity, and screen time among American Indian youth in Montana. Breaks down data by sex, grade, and BMI, among other measures.
Author(s): Vernon Grant, Francine C. Gachupin
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17), 6658
Date: 08/2023
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Teacher and Caregiver Perspectives on Water Is K'é: An Early Child Education Program to Promote Healthy Beverages among Navajo Children
Presents a study exploring the efficacy of the Water is K'é pilot program which is designed to increase water consumption among young children in the Navajo Nation. Evaluation draws on the perspective of teachers and caregivers who were interviewed about their children's water consumption.
Author(s): Carmella B. Kahn, Brianna John, Sonya S. Shin, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17), 6696
Date: 08/2023
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Presents a study exploring the efficacy of the Water is K'é pilot program which is designed to increase water consumption among young children in the Navajo Nation. Evaluation draws on the perspective of teachers and caregivers who were interviewed about their children's water consumption.
Author(s): Carmella B. Kahn, Brianna John, Sonya S. Shin, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17), 6696
Date: 08/2023
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Sociodemographic Differences in COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Families in the United States
Examines challenges experienced by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic according to sociodemographic differences. Analyzes survey data focused on children and caregivers and their experiences with infection and testing, healthcare, school, access to food, child care and work, financial concerns, and more. Data is broken down by demographic variables such as caregiver education, age of children, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Kaja Z. LeWinn, Leonardo Trasande, Andrew Law, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 6(8)
Date: 08/2023
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Examines challenges experienced by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic according to sociodemographic differences. Analyzes survey data focused on children and caregivers and their experiences with infection and testing, healthcare, school, access to food, child care and work, financial concerns, and more. Data is broken down by demographic variables such as caregiver education, age of children, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Kaja Z. LeWinn, Leonardo Trasande, Andrew Law, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 6(8)
Date: 08/2023
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Public Belief in the Maternal Health Benefits of Breastfeeding — United States, 2018 and 2021
Examines public belief in breastfeeding health benefits for the mother. Utilizes 2018 and 2021 survey data to analyze perceptions related to decreased cancer, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes risk according to survey respondent sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, marital status, region, and metro versus nonmetro location.
Author(s): Ellen O. Boundy, Jennifer M. Nelson, Ruowei Li
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 08/2023
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Examines public belief in breastfeeding health benefits for the mother. Utilizes 2018 and 2021 survey data to analyze perceptions related to decreased cancer, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes risk according to survey respondent sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, marital status, region, and metro versus nonmetro location.
Author(s): Ellen O. Boundy, Jennifer M. Nelson, Ruowei Li
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 08/2023
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Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — National Immunization Survey–Teen, United States, 2022
Reports on trends in vaccination coverage among U.S. adolescents for ages 13 through 17. Includes nonmetro data on vaccination by age 13 and by age 14 for each birth year for the following vaccines: Tdap (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis), MenACWY (quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate), and HPV (human papillomavirus).
Author(s): Cassandra Pingali, David Yankey, Laurie D. Elam-Evans, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 72(34), 912-919
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on trends in vaccination coverage among U.S. adolescents for ages 13 through 17. Includes nonmetro data on vaccination by age 13 and by age 14 for each birth year for the following vaccines: Tdap (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis), MenACWY (quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate), and HPV (human papillomavirus).
Author(s): Cassandra Pingali, David Yankey, Laurie D. Elam-Evans, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 72(34), 912-919
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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