Rural Health
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Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents: Evidence of Greater Use Among Rural Adolescents
Analyzes a sample of adolescents aged 12 to 17 to determine if rural residence is linked with nonmedical prescription drug use and the factors related to nonmedical prescription drug use.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, April M. Young, Christopher E. Havens
Citation: JAMA Pediatrics, 165(3), 250-255
Date: 03/2011
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Analyzes a sample of adolescents aged 12 to 17 to determine if rural residence is linked with nonmedical prescription drug use and the factors related to nonmedical prescription drug use.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, April M. Young, Christopher E. Havens
Citation: JAMA Pediatrics, 165(3), 250-255
Date: 03/2011
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Availability and Potential Effect of Rural Rotations in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs
Describes the types of rural rotations in emergency medicine residency programs and the correlation with rural practice after graduation.
Author(s): Brad E. Talley, S. Ann Moore, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., John Rogers, Adit A. Ginde
Citation: Academic Emergency Medicine, 18(3), 297-300
Date: 03/2011
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Describes the types of rural rotations in emergency medicine residency programs and the correlation with rural practice after graduation.
Author(s): Brad E. Talley, S. Ann Moore, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., John Rogers, Adit A. Ginde
Citation: Academic Emergency Medicine, 18(3), 297-300
Date: 03/2011
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Long-Term Low-Level Arsenic Exposure Is Associated with Poorer Neuropsychological Functioning: A Project FRONTIER Study
Discusses the potential link of arsenic exposure and neuropsychological functioning in rural-dwelling adults and elders.
Author(s): Sid E. O'Bryant, Melissa Edwards, Chloe V. Menon, Gordon Gong, Robert Barber
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8(3), 861-874
Date: 03/2011
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Discusses the potential link of arsenic exposure and neuropsychological functioning in rural-dwelling adults and elders.
Author(s): Sid E. O'Bryant, Melissa Edwards, Chloe V. Menon, Gordon Gong, Robert Barber
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8(3), 861-874
Date: 03/2011
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Promising Practices for Rural Community Health Worker Programs
Identifies six rural community health worker models in the literature and in practice: promotora, member of the care delivery team, care coordinator, health educator, outreach and enrollment agent, and community organizer and capacity builder.
Author(s): Alycia Infante, Alana Knudson, Alexa Brown
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Identifies six rural community health worker models in the literature and in practice: promotora, member of the care delivery team, care coordinator, health educator, outreach and enrollment agent, and community organizer and capacity builder.
Author(s): Alycia Infante, Alana Knudson, Alexa Brown
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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A Rural Socioeconomic Risk and Resiliency Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
Creates an index of social and economic variables that are related to population health outcomes among rural and urban U.S. counties, and examines variability in this index across rural and urban counties.
Additional links: Policy Brief, July 2011
Author(s): Joel A. Halverson, Michael Hendryx
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Creates an index of social and economic variables that are related to population health outcomes among rural and urban U.S. counties, and examines variability in this index across rural and urban counties.
Additional links: Policy Brief, July 2011
Author(s): Joel A. Halverson, Michael Hendryx
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Policy Implications for Health Insurance Exchanges
Presents policy recommendations from the National Advisory Committee regarding key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Presents policy recommendations from the National Advisory Committee regarding key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Rural Challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP)
Covers rural challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). Recommends steps to more effectively assess those proposals that might be submitted for CCTP funding from rural areas.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Covers rural challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). Recommends steps to more effectively assess those proposals that might be submitted for CCTP funding from rural areas.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Care Transitions: "Time to Come Home"
Examines care coordination with a focus on transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community and suggests ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Shailendra Prasad, Jill M. Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Examines care coordination with a focus on transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community and suggests ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Shailendra Prasad, Jill M. Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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The 2011 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Provision of Long Term Care Services by Critical Access Hospitals: Are Things Changing?
Describes trends in access to post-acute and long-term care services in rural areas. Discusses the role Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play and how their role could change.
Author(s): Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes trends in access to post-acute and long-term care services in rural areas. Discusses the role Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play and how their role could change.
Author(s): Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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