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Making Broadband Work for Rural Communities and Native Nations
Case study of broadband deployment efforts to promote digital equity in rural areas and Native nations. Discusses topics including organizational alignment, infrastructure, sustainability, and information exchange.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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Reducing Asthma Attacks in Disadvantaged School Children with Asthma: Study Protocol for a Type 2 Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial (Better Asthma Control for Kids, BACK)
Study protocol describing implementation strategy packages for a regionally-tailored, school-based asthma intervention, Better Asthma Control for Kids (BACK), in order to improve asthma control and reduce geographic and socioeconomic disparities in Colorado. Identifies rurality as a contextual factor for study.
Author(s): Amy G. Huebschmann, Nichole M. Wagner, Melanie Gleason, et al.
Citation: Implementation Science, 19, 60
Date: 08/2024
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Dialysis More Available Than Patient Education in Counties With High Diabetes Prevalence
Compares availability of dialysis and diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services at the county level, and discusses impacts of DSMES access on prevalence of end stage renal disease. Analyzes county-level characteristics associated with availability of dialysis or DSMES, including rurality, diabetes prevalence, presence of a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic, and more.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Nicholas Yell, Gabriel A. Benavidez, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21, 240052
Date: 08/2024
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The Implicit and Explicit Exclusion of People with Disabilities in Clinical Trials
Reports on barriers for people with disabilities in participating in clinical research trials and offers recommendations to various federal agencies for removing those barriers. Discusses rural concerns including opportunities for participation due to distance.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Disability
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Adopting Academic Rank in a Rural Community Practice Affiliated with an Academic Medical Center
Describes a program for awarding academic rank to physician staff in a rural regional practice in Wisconsin. Discusses the role of rural practicing physicians in undergraduate and graduate medical education as well as the possible impact of academic rank on physician burnout and retention.
Author(s): Andrew D. Calvin, Donn Dexter, Jason Beckermann, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 879
Date: 08/2024
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Alcohol Use among American Indian Youth in New Mexico: 2021 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey
Fact sheet on alcohol use and related behaviors among American Indian high school and middle school students in New Mexico in 2021, utilizing New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey data. Compares alcohol consumption among American Indian students who attend schools located on tribal lands versus those who do not.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Deer Hunting Season and Firearm Violence in US Rural Counties
Examines whether firearm violence is associated with the start of deer hunting season in 854 rural counties, utilizing 2014-2021 Gun Violence Archive data. Includes data on week-by-week changes in shooting frequency, with additional analysis related to factors including hunting accidents, time of year, and hunting licenses per capita.
Author(s): Patrick Sharkey, Juan Camilo Cristancho, Daniel Semenza
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(8), e2427683
Date: 08/2024
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Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Diagnoses among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults Aged ≥45 Years, Indian Health Service System, 2016–2020
Describes the results of a study analyzing healthcare data from the Indian Health Service (IHS) for federal fiscal years 2016 to 2020 to estimate the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults aged 45 years and older living with a Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) diagnosis. Includes demographic statistics by age group, sex, IHS region, and care setting.
Author(s): Andria Apostolou, Jordan L. Kennedy, Marissa K. Person, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72(9), 2834-2841
Date: 08/2024
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The Rural Mortality Penalty in U.S. Hospital Patients with COVID-19
Examines whether rural-urban disparities in patient condition at hospital admission affect all-cause mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from March 2020 to February 2023, utilizing Epic Cosmos data of 1,119,199 patients. Provides data on rural versus urban differences in patient condition at admission, overall health, vaccination status, age, and other demographics. Discusses factors associated with reduced access to care in rural areas.
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Thompson, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, Lynn Chollet-Hinton
Citation: Population Health Metrics, 22, 20
Date: 08/2024
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Integrated Behavioral Health Implementation and Chronic Disease Management Inequities: An Exploratory Study of Statewide Data
Examines associations between the use of integrated behavioral health (IBH) and quality of asthma, diabetes, and vascular disease management at 102 primary care clinics in Minnesota. Analyzes how rurality, racial profile of clinical location, and patient socioeconomic status interact with IBH adoption and quality of chronic disease management.
Author(s): Gretchen J.R. Buchanan, Jerica M. Berge, Timothy F. Piehler
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 25, 302
Date: 08/2024
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