Rural Health
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Critical Access Hospital Telehealth Guide
Provides practical guidance on implementing and sustaining telehealth in Critical Access Hospitals, to optimize healthcare delivery, expand access, and enhance care coordination. Focuses on Medicare outpatient telehealth services, but also includes information on Medicaid coverage and remote services that may not strictly be considered telehealth.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center
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Provides practical guidance on implementing and sustaining telehealth in Critical Access Hospitals, to optimize healthcare delivery, expand access, and enhance care coordination. Focuses on Medicare outpatient telehealth services, but also includes information on Medicaid coverage and remote services that may not strictly be considered telehealth.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center
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Recent Trends in Mental Health and Substance Use Concerns among Adolescents
Report highlights the state of adolescent mental health and substance use across the country. Breaks down rates of suicides, drug use, drug-related deaths, and other behavioral health issues by sex and sexual orientation, as well as by rurality.
Author(s): Nirmita Panchal, Robin Rudowitz, Cynthia Cox
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Report highlights the state of adolescent mental health and substance use across the country. Breaks down rates of suicides, drug use, drug-related deaths, and other behavioral health issues by sex and sexual orientation, as well as by rurality.
Author(s): Nirmita Panchal, Robin Rudowitz, Cynthia Cox
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Kansas Governor Designated Medically Underserved Areas
Listing of Governor Designated Medically Underserved Areas in the state of Kansas for the purpose of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) certification.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Listing of Governor Designated Medically Underserved Areas in the state of Kansas for the purpose of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) certification.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Health Care Careers in Nevada, 2024-2025 Edition
Guidebook offering information on a range of healthcare careers in Nevada, with average salary, employment data in Las Vegas and statewide, job outlook, and descriptions of each position. Discusses education opportunities that engage with rural and underserved communities.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Nevada Area Health Education Centers, Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Guidebook offering information on a range of healthcare careers in Nevada, with average salary, employment data in Las Vegas and statewide, job outlook, and descriptions of each position. Discusses education opportunities that engage with rural and underserved communities.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Nevada Area Health Education Centers, Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Quantifying Arizona's Mental Health Workforce Shortage Using Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Data, Updated: January 2025
Report describing the shortages of psychiatrist physicians in Arizona. Data include shortages in both tribal nations and at a county-level.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Report describing the shortages of psychiatrist physicians in Arizona. Data include shortages in both tribal nations and at a county-level.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Identifying Factors Associated with Variation in Telemental Health Delivery at Federally Qualified Health Centers
Examines telemental health delivery at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the U.S. Analyzes 1,270 FQHCs and their telemental appointments in 2021 and provides statistics according to mental health staffing, rurality of FQHC, state, and patient population descriptors, including age, race/ethnicity, and insurance status.
Author(s): Brianna Lombardi, Connor Sullivan, Maria Gaiser, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 15
Date: 01/2024
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Examines telemental health delivery at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the U.S. Analyzes 1,270 FQHCs and their telemental appointments in 2021 and provides statistics according to mental health staffing, rurality of FQHC, state, and patient population descriptors, including age, race/ethnicity, and insurance status.
Author(s): Brianna Lombardi, Connor Sullivan, Maria Gaiser, et al.
Citation: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 15
Date: 01/2024
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Evaluating the Connection Between Rural Travel Time and Health: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Older Adults Living in the Northeast United States
Presents a study that explores the travel time to receive healthcare, use of preventive care, and overall health outcomes for rural adults over 50 in the Northeastern U.S. Bases findings on a survey rural adults living in 7 states in the Northeast and breaks down data by age and household income, among other measures.
Author(s): Madison Hearn, Casey Pinto, Jennifer L. Moss
Citation: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 15, 21501319241266114
Date: 01/2024
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Presents a study that explores the travel time to receive healthcare, use of preventive care, and overall health outcomes for rural adults over 50 in the Northeastern U.S. Bases findings on a survey rural adults living in 7 states in the Northeast and breaks down data by age and household income, among other measures.
Author(s): Madison Hearn, Casey Pinto, Jennifer L. Moss
Citation: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 15, 21501319241266114
Date: 01/2024
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Proven Safety Countermeasures in Rural Communities
Provides safety countermeasures that can be implemented on rural roadways and includes statistics on their effectiveness. Focuses on speed management, roadway departure, intersection, pedestrian/bicycle, and crosscutting safety countermeasures.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Highway Administration
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Provides safety countermeasures that can be implemented on rural roadways and includes statistics on their effectiveness. Focuses on speed management, roadway departure, intersection, pedestrian/bicycle, and crosscutting safety countermeasures.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Highway Administration
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Are There Place-Based Disparities in Mortality Risk? Findings From Two Longitudinal Studies
Analyzes the relationship between place and all-cause mortality by utilizing individual-level data spanning up to 29 years. Utilizes data from 2 longitudinal studies to examine mortality risk of rural, suburban, and urban groups across demographic categories.
Author(s): Olivia E. Atherton
Citation: Health Psychology, 43(9), 639-649
Date: 01/2024
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Analyzes the relationship between place and all-cause mortality by utilizing individual-level data spanning up to 29 years. Utilizes data from 2 longitudinal studies to examine mortality risk of rural, suburban, and urban groups across demographic categories.
Author(s): Olivia E. Atherton
Citation: Health Psychology, 43(9), 639-649
Date: 01/2024
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County‐Level Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates on Colorectal Cancer Survival in the State of Georgia: Does County‐Level Rurality Matter?
Examines the relationship between colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, 5-year CRC survival rates, and rurality in Georgia, utilizing 2004-2010 SEER data. Discusses patient characteristics associated with living in low-screening areas and impacts of screening on rural CRC mortality.
Author(s): Meng-Han Tsai, Steven S. Coughlin, Jorge Cortes
Citation: Cancer Medicine, 13(1), e6830
Date: 01/2024
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Examines the relationship between colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, 5-year CRC survival rates, and rurality in Georgia, utilizing 2004-2010 SEER data. Discusses patient characteristics associated with living in low-screening areas and impacts of screening on rural CRC mortality.
Author(s): Meng-Han Tsai, Steven S. Coughlin, Jorge Cortes
Citation: Cancer Medicine, 13(1), e6830
Date: 01/2024
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