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Factors Associated with Externalized Anger among Early Adolescents in Rural Appalachia: A Conceptual Proposition with Implications for Violence Prevention
Study investigates correlations between externalized anger and various sociodemographic characteristics to identify risk and protective factors. The study includes 1,564 rural 6th grade students in West Virginia. Offers recommendations for psychiatric nurses and other healthcare professionals working with rural adolescents.
Author(s): Rosalina Mills, Christa L. Lilly, Robin A. Pollini, et al.
Citation: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 60, 151998
Date: 02/2026
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Study investigates correlations between externalized anger and various sociodemographic characteristics to identify risk and protective factors. The study includes 1,564 rural 6th grade students in West Virginia. Offers recommendations for psychiatric nurses and other healthcare professionals working with rural adolescents.
Author(s): Rosalina Mills, Christa L. Lilly, Robin A. Pollini, et al.
Citation: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 60, 151998
Date: 02/2026
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Behavioral Health Workforce Survey Data Report: Behavior Analyst, Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Social Worker, and Psychologist
Discusses mental health provider demographic changes, practice characteristic changes, and projections for the future supply of Utah's mental health workforce. Offers policy recommendations for strengthening the rural mental healthcare workforce, and features statistics including county-by-county distribution of mental health professionals, with breakdowns by urban, rural, and frontier locations.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Utah Department of Health and Human Services
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Discusses mental health provider demographic changes, practice characteristic changes, and projections for the future supply of Utah's mental health workforce. Offers policy recommendations for strengthening the rural mental healthcare workforce, and features statistics including county-by-county distribution of mental health professionals, with breakdowns by urban, rural, and frontier locations.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Utah Department of Health and Human Services
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Rural Vulnerability in Texas: A Structurally Different Crisis
Describes a data-driven approach to understanding rural chronic disease and maternal health vulnerability, highlighting how rural and urban differences in disease prevalence, access to care, and Internet connectivity influence health outcomes.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: PCCI
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Describes a data-driven approach to understanding rural chronic disease and maternal health vulnerability, highlighting how rural and urban differences in disease prevalence, access to care, and Internet connectivity influence health outcomes.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: PCCI
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FirstNet Operations Manual
Provides an overview of the FirstNet tools and technologies. Designed to help emergency management, law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, and 911/emergency communications integrate FirstNet into operations. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: FirstNet Authority
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Provides an overview of the FirstNet tools and technologies. Designed to help emergency management, law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, and 911/emergency communications integrate FirstNet into operations. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: FirstNet Authority
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Kansas Prenatal Care Report, 2024
Examines the adequacy of prenatal care for women in Kansas in 2024. Utilizes the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization (APNCU) index to provide county-level and peer group statistics on prenatal care, with further data breakdowns by age, insurance type, and frontier, rural, semi-urban, or urban location. Includes a map showing county rate of receiving inadequate prenatal care.
Author(s): Cathryn Savage
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Examines the adequacy of prenatal care for women in Kansas in 2024. Utilizes the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization (APNCU) index to provide county-level and peer group statistics on prenatal care, with further data breakdowns by age, insurance type, and frontier, rural, semi-urban, or urban location. Includes a map showing county rate of receiving inadequate prenatal care.
Author(s): Cathryn Savage
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Adult Tobacco Use in Vermont: 2024 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Data brief summarizing tobacco measures from the 2024 Vermont Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey of adult Vermonters. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas and a county-level map showing smoking rates.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Data brief summarizing tobacco measures from the 2024 Vermont Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey of adult Vermonters. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas and a county-level map showing smoking rates.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Application of Spatial Methods in Rural Cancer Control Research in the United States
Discusses the application of spatial research methods to study rural cancer disparities. Considers rural cancer control research methods such as identification of disease clusters and patterns, spatial accessibility measures, small area estimation techniques, spatial regression, multilevel modeling, and more.
Author(s): Whitney E. Zahnd, Jan M. Eberth, Sarah H. Nash, et al.
Citation: Current Epidemiology Reports, 13, 4
Date: 02/2026
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Discusses the application of spatial research methods to study rural cancer disparities. Considers rural cancer control research methods such as identification of disease clusters and patterns, spatial accessibility measures, small area estimation techniques, spatial regression, multilevel modeling, and more.
Author(s): Whitney E. Zahnd, Jan M. Eberth, Sarah H. Nash, et al.
Citation: Current Epidemiology Reports, 13, 4
Date: 02/2026
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Wyoming Medicaid Annual Report SFY 2025
Comprehensive report of Wyoming's Medicaid program, including information and data for the types of services provided, enrollment, cost of services, and service utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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Comprehensive report of Wyoming's Medicaid program, including information and data for the types of services provided, enrollment, cost of services, and service utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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Association of DNA Methyltransferase Polymorphisms with Breast Cancer: A Nested Case‒Control Study of the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study
Examines how DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B polymorphisms influence breast cancer risk using data of 2,407 participants in the Arkansas Rural Community Health cohort study.
Author(s): Sarah A. Mayberry, Ping-Ching Hsu, Hui-Yi Lin, et al.
Citation: BMC Cancer, 26, 357
Date: 02/2026
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Examines how DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B polymorphisms influence breast cancer risk using data of 2,407 participants in the Arkansas Rural Community Health cohort study.
Author(s): Sarah A. Mayberry, Ping-Ching Hsu, Hui-Yi Lin, et al.
Citation: BMC Cancer, 26, 357
Date: 02/2026
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Optimizing Obstetric Life Support Training in Rural Healthcare Settings in New England: Protocol for a Multisite Prospective Study
Examines the simulation curriculum Obstetric Life Support (OBLS) that focuses on recognition, prevention, and management of maternal medical emergencies. Analyzes implementation of an adapted OBLS curriculum made for rural communities in New England. Discusses barriers and facilitators of adapting the program for rural prehospital and hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs).
Author(s): Shayna D Cunningham, Rogie Royce Carandang, W. Andy Lowe, et al.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 26, 219
Date: 02/2026
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Examines the simulation curriculum Obstetric Life Support (OBLS) that focuses on recognition, prevention, and management of maternal medical emergencies. Analyzes implementation of an adapted OBLS curriculum made for rural communities in New England. Discusses barriers and facilitators of adapting the program for rural prehospital and hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs).
Author(s): Shayna D Cunningham, Rogie Royce Carandang, W. Andy Lowe, et al.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 26, 219
Date: 02/2026
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