Rural Health
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Closing the Coverage Gap: Policy Considerations for Public-Private Solutions to Expand Health Insurance in Georgia
Explores policy and funding considerations influencing the expansion of health insurance in Georgia, including current programs, population health and demographics, and Medicaid expansion models. Evaluates the suitability of the Arkansas "private option" expansion approach for Georgia, and discusses its implementation. Highlights rural concerns throughout.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Initiative
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Explores policy and funding considerations influencing the expansion of health insurance in Georgia, including current programs, population health and demographics, and Medicaid expansion models. Evaluates the suitability of the Arkansas "private option" expansion approach for Georgia, and discusses its implementation. Highlights rural concerns throughout.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Initiative
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The Suicide Epidemic in Rural Minnesota: How We Got Here and How We Move Forward
Provides information on the yearly increase of suicides and deaths of despair in Minnesota, with data broken down by sex, region, and rurality. Discusses factors that impact suicide rates in rural areas, with a focus on tribal communities, farming, stigma, firearm access, and more.
Author(s): Marnie Werner, Tracie Rutherford Self
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Provides information on the yearly increase of suicides and deaths of despair in Minnesota, with data broken down by sex, region, and rurality. Discusses factors that impact suicide rates in rural areas, with a focus on tribal communities, farming, stigma, firearm access, and more.
Author(s): Marnie Werner, Tracie Rutherford Self
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Student Reports of Bullying: Results From the 2022 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
Provides data tables related to bullying in schools. Includes information on type of bullying, demographics of bullied students, impacts of bullying, and more. Provides breakdowns of bullying variables by school size, region, and city, suburb, town, or rural location.
Author(s): E. Thomsen, M. Henderson, A. Moore, N. Price, M.W. McGarrah
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education Statistics
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Provides data tables related to bullying in schools. Includes information on type of bullying, demographics of bullied students, impacts of bullying, and more. Provides breakdowns of bullying variables by school size, region, and city, suburb, town, or rural location.
Author(s): E. Thomsen, M. Henderson, A. Moore, N. Price, M.W. McGarrah
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education Statistics
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Geographic Variation, Economic Activity, and Labor Market Characteristics in Trajectories of Suicide in the United States, 2008–2020
Presents a study exploring the associations between economic and labor activity and rurality with changes in suicide rates from 2008-2015. Creates county-level economic categories based on economy type and metropolitan status while breaking down the data by age and firearm involvement.
Author(s): Katherine M Keyes, Sasikiran Kandula, Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Epidemiology, 193(2), 256–266
Date: 02/2024
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Presents a study exploring the associations between economic and labor activity and rurality with changes in suicide rates from 2008-2015. Creates county-level economic categories based on economy type and metropolitan status while breaking down the data by age and firearm involvement.
Author(s): Katherine M Keyes, Sasikiran Kandula, Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Epidemiology, 193(2), 256–266
Date: 02/2024
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Minnesota - Closing the Wage Gap
Provides information on average wages in the 6 regions of Minnesota and discusses the wage gap in rural Minnesota.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Provides information on average wages in the 6 regions of Minnesota and discusses the wage gap in rural Minnesota.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Chronic Disease Prevalence in the US: Sociodemographic and Geographic Variations by Zip Code Tabulation Area
Examines geographic, sociodemographic, and economic characteristics of chronic disease prevalence in the U.S. Provides ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) maps depicting chronic disease across the country and includes related demographic and health condition data.
Author(s): Gabriel A. Benavidez, Whitney E. Zahnd, Peiyin Hung, Jan M. Eberth
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 02/2024
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Examines geographic, sociodemographic, and economic characteristics of chronic disease prevalence in the U.S. Provides ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) maps depicting chronic disease across the country and includes related demographic and health condition data.
Author(s): Gabriel A. Benavidez, Whitney E. Zahnd, Peiyin Hung, Jan M. Eberth
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 02/2024
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Investigating Psychological Mechanisms Linking Pain Severity to Depression Symptoms in Women Cancer Survivors at a Cancer Center with a Rural Catchment Area
Analyzes associations and identifies mediating factors between pain severity and symptoms of depression among 183 breast, cervical, ovarian, and endometrial/uterine cancer survivors, utilizing mixed rural and urban data. Discusses rural-specific challenges associated with pain management and unmet mental health needs.
Author(s): Philip I. Chow, Wendy F. Cohn, Patrick H. Finan, David T. Eton, Roger T. Anderson
Citation: Supportive Care in Cancer, 32, 193
Date: 02/2024
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Analyzes associations and identifies mediating factors between pain severity and symptoms of depression among 183 breast, cervical, ovarian, and endometrial/uterine cancer survivors, utilizing mixed rural and urban data. Discusses rural-specific challenges associated with pain management and unmet mental health needs.
Author(s): Philip I. Chow, Wendy F. Cohn, Patrick H. Finan, David T. Eton, Roger T. Anderson
Citation: Supportive Care in Cancer, 32, 193
Date: 02/2024
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ACP Consumer Survey
Survey of 5,317 Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) households to measure the impact of ACP participation on internet access and affordability. Includes rural breakdown of data and access to healthcare data.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
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Survey of 5,317 Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) households to measure the impact of ACP participation on internet access and affordability. Includes rural breakdown of data and access to healthcare data.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
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Arthritis in Adults Age 18 and Older: United States, 2022
Report offering data on arthritis prevalence in U.S. adults from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey. Discusses prevalence by various demographics in addition to region and urbanization.
Author(s): Nazik Elgaddal, Ellen A. Kramarow, Julie D. Weeks, Cynthia Reuben
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Report offering data on arthritis prevalence in U.S. adults from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey. Discusses prevalence by various demographics in addition to region and urbanization.
Author(s): Nazik Elgaddal, Ellen A. Kramarow, Julie D. Weeks, Cynthia Reuben
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report — No One Can See You Now
Second annual scorecard exploring primary care in the United States across measures in four categories: access, financing, workforce/training, and research. Identifies five factors contributing to increased challenges in accessing primary care. The appendix includes data on the number and percentage of physician residents trained in an MUA, rural county, or both between the 2012-2013 and 2021-2022 academic years.
Additional links: Appendix, Full Report
Author(s): Yalda Jabbarpour, Anuradha Jetty, Hoon Byun, et al.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund, Robert Graham Center, The Physicians Foundation
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Second annual scorecard exploring primary care in the United States across measures in four categories: access, financing, workforce/training, and research. Identifies five factors contributing to increased challenges in accessing primary care. The appendix includes data on the number and percentage of physician residents trained in an MUA, rural county, or both between the 2012-2013 and 2021-2022 academic years.
Additional links: Appendix, Full Report
Author(s): Yalda Jabbarpour, Anuradha Jetty, Hoon Byun, et al.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund, Robert Graham Center, The Physicians Foundation
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