Rural Health
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Building a Rural Cancer Care Network: Federal Funding Supports Collaboration of Urban, Regional, and Local Organizations
Features a rural cancer care network in Georgia funded by a federal care coordination grant that brings together an urban nonprofit organization, a regional healthcare system with rural locations, and a local rural physician's office. Highlights the network's work related to patient navigation and clinical cancer trial enrollment.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features a rural cancer care network in Georgia funded by a federal care coordination grant that brings together an urban nonprofit organization, a regional healthcare system with rural locations, and a local rural physician's office. Highlights the network's work related to patient navigation and clinical cancer trial enrollment.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Characteristics of Older Adults Who Met Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans: United States, 2022
Examines the percentage of adults aged 65 and older who meet weekly exercise guidelines according to age range, race/ethnicity, income, education, health status, metro versus nonmetro location, and U.S. region.
Author(s): Nazik Elgaddal, Ellen A. Kramarow
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Examines the percentage of adults aged 65 and older who meet weekly exercise guidelines according to age range, race/ethnicity, income, education, health status, metro versus nonmetro location, and U.S. region.
Author(s): Nazik Elgaddal, Ellen A. Kramarow
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Formative Evaluation of a Grocery Store-Based Nutrition Incentive Program in a Primarily Rural State
Analyzes nutrition incentive programs (NIPs) that incentivize the purchase of fruits and vegetables and their implementation in grocery stores. Reports on a formative evaluation of NIPs in Oklahoma and discusses implementation challenges. Focuses on program issues that may emerge in a mostly rural state such as employee training, increased personnel needs, and communication between NIP program and retailers.
Author(s): Christopher S. Moghaddami, Marianna S. Wetherill, Richard Comeau, Leslie Young, Mary B. Williams
Citation: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 35(4)
Date: 11/2024
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Analyzes nutrition incentive programs (NIPs) that incentivize the purchase of fruits and vegetables and their implementation in grocery stores. Reports on a formative evaluation of NIPs in Oklahoma and discusses implementation challenges. Focuses on program issues that may emerge in a mostly rural state such as employee training, increased personnel needs, and communication between NIP program and retailers.
Author(s): Christopher S. Moghaddami, Marianna S. Wetherill, Richard Comeau, Leslie Young, Mary B. Williams
Citation: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 35(4)
Date: 11/2024
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National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2022 Emergency Department Summary Tables
Provides data on ambulatory care emergency department (ED) hospital visits in 2022. Table 1 provides metropolitan/nonmetropolitan ED visit data based on hospital location.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Provides data on ambulatory care emergency department (ED) hospital visits in 2022. Table 1 provides metropolitan/nonmetropolitan ED visit data based on hospital location.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Ten Americas: A Systematic Analysis of Life Expectancy Disparities in the USA
Evaluates life expectancy disparities among 10 population groups based on sociodemographic, geography, and homicide data between 2000 and 2021.
Author(s): Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Mathew M. Baumann, Zhuochen Li, et al.
Citation: The Lancet, 404(10469), 2299-2313
Date: 11/2024
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Evaluates life expectancy disparities among 10 population groups based on sociodemographic, geography, and homicide data between 2000 and 2021.
Author(s): Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Mathew M. Baumann, Zhuochen Li, et al.
Citation: The Lancet, 404(10469), 2299-2313
Date: 11/2024
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Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain in U.S. Adults, 2023
Analyzes 2023 National Health Interview Survey data to report on chronic pain among adults. Highlights differences by demographic and urbanization factors.
Author(s): Jacqueline W. Lucas, Inderbir Sohi
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Analyzes 2023 National Health Interview Survey data to report on chronic pain among adults. Highlights differences by demographic and urbanization factors.
Author(s): Jacqueline W. Lucas, Inderbir Sohi
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Identifying Areas of High Vulnerability for Rural Veteran Food Insecurity
Examines and locates veteran food insecurity in rural areas by mapping areas of high vulnerability with geographic information systems (GIS). Utilizes multiple data sources to map out Veterans Health Administration (VHA) locations, food deserts, high veteran population density, low community health rankings, and more. Shows locations in the U.S. that have a high population of veterans and food insecurity that are near a VHA location and may benefit from interventions.
Author(s): Sarah E. Bradley, Jacquelyn Heuer, Bridget Hahm, Kristin Pettey, Karen Besterman-Dahan
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 15
Date: 11/2024
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Examines and locates veteran food insecurity in rural areas by mapping areas of high vulnerability with geographic information systems (GIS). Utilizes multiple data sources to map out Veterans Health Administration (VHA) locations, food deserts, high veteran population density, low community health rankings, and more. Shows locations in the U.S. that have a high population of veterans and food insecurity that are near a VHA location and may benefit from interventions.
Author(s): Sarah E. Bradley, Jacquelyn Heuer, Bridget Hahm, Kristin Pettey, Karen Besterman-Dahan
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 15
Date: 11/2024
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National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps Meeting Agenda, November 19-20, 2024
Agenda and meeting materials for the November 19-20, 2024 meeting, including Bureau of Health Workforce and National Health Services Corps updates, and presentations on limited English proficiency populations, achieving deaf health equity, and re-framing language as an opportunity to improve health equity.
Additional links: Achieving Deaf Equity: Best Practices, Language Access at Yakima Farm Workers Clinic, Language Testing International Assessments and Proficiency Overview, Limited English Proficiency Populations, Re-Framing Language as an Opportunity to Improve Health Equity
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps
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Agenda and meeting materials for the November 19-20, 2024 meeting, including Bureau of Health Workforce and National Health Services Corps updates, and presentations on limited English proficiency populations, achieving deaf health equity, and re-framing language as an opportunity to improve health equity.
Additional links: Achieving Deaf Equity: Best Practices, Language Access at Yakima Farm Workers Clinic, Language Testing International Assessments and Proficiency Overview, Limited English Proficiency Populations, Re-Framing Language as an Opportunity to Improve Health Equity
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps
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Identifying and Removing Fraudulent Attempts to Enroll in a Human Health Improvement Intervention Trial in Rural Communities
Examines processes to identify fraudulent attempts to enroll in rural health improvement trials and provides recommendations for minimizing fraudulent attempts in online recruitment techniques. Analyzes 19,665 attempts to enroll in the Change Club (CC) study and presents data on identifiable fraud.
Author(s): Karla L. Hanson, Grace A. Marshall, Meredith L. Graham, et al.
Citation: Methods and Protocols, 7(6), 93
Date: 11/2024
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Examines processes to identify fraudulent attempts to enroll in rural health improvement trials and provides recommendations for minimizing fraudulent attempts in online recruitment techniques. Analyzes 19,665 attempts to enroll in the Change Club (CC) study and presents data on identifiable fraud.
Author(s): Karla L. Hanson, Grace A. Marshall, Meredith L. Graham, et al.
Citation: Methods and Protocols, 7(6), 93
Date: 11/2024
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The Potential for Hospital System Integration to Improve the Financial Outlook of Rural Hospitals in the United States
Provides an overview of the current financial status of rural hospitals and their risk of closure, as defined by days of cash on hand and total margins. Discusses the impact of rural hospital closures on local communities, including on health outcomes, demographics, and the economy. Explores the extent to which affiliating with, merging with, or being acquired by a larger hospital system can impact the financial position of rural hospitals.
Author(s): Al Dobson, Michael Beins, Patrick McMahon, et al.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare, Dobson DaVanzo & Associates
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Provides an overview of the current financial status of rural hospitals and their risk of closure, as defined by days of cash on hand and total margins. Discusses the impact of rural hospital closures on local communities, including on health outcomes, demographics, and the economy. Explores the extent to which affiliating with, merging with, or being acquired by a larger hospital system can impact the financial position of rural hospitals.
Author(s): Al Dobson, Michael Beins, Patrick McMahon, et al.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare, Dobson DaVanzo & Associates
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