Rural Health
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U.S. Census Updates: Arizona's Rural Population
Table comparing the urban and rural population levels in Arizona between the 2010 and 2020 Censuses. Includes county-level data.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Table comparing the urban and rural population levels in Arizona between the 2010 and 2020 Censuses. Includes county-level data.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Physician Practice Location Choices After Teaching Health Center (THC) Residency Training
Poster presentation from the National Rural Health Association 2023 Health Equity Conference evaluating the effectiveness of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program at retaining rural trained primary care residents in rural and underserved areas of Oklahoma for post-residency practice.
Author(s): Denna Wheeler, Chad Landgraf, Indu Bhattarai, Krista Schumacher
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health
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Poster presentation from the National Rural Health Association 2023 Health Equity Conference evaluating the effectiveness of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program at retaining rural trained primary care residents in rural and underserved areas of Oklahoma for post-residency practice.
Author(s): Denna Wheeler, Chad Landgraf, Indu Bhattarai, Krista Schumacher
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health
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Georgia Physician Assistant Workforce Report: Based on 2019-2020 Licensure Renewal Data
Measures and tracks trends in physician assistant demographics, supply, and distribution. Features county-level maps and statistics for Georgia physician assistants, with breakdowns by location in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan practice settings.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Measures and tracks trends in physician assistant demographics, supply, and distribution. Features county-level maps and statistics for Georgia physician assistants, with breakdowns by location in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan practice settings.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children
Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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America's Health Rankings Senior Report 2023
Provides a national and state-by-state overview of population health for older adults across 52 measures using data from 22 unique data sources. Covers social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, behaviors, and health outcomes. Highlights health differences, including rural-urban differences, across five categories of health. Includes state-by-state summaries and county-level maps for risk of social isolation by state.
Additional links: County-Level Maps for Risk of Social Isolation
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: United Health Foundation
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Provides a national and state-by-state overview of population health for older adults across 52 measures using data from 22 unique data sources. Covers social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, behaviors, and health outcomes. Highlights health differences, including rural-urban differences, across five categories of health. Includes state-by-state summaries and county-level maps for risk of social isolation by state.
Additional links: County-Level Maps for Risk of Social Isolation
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: United Health Foundation
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Intergenerational Poverty and Mobility Among Native Americans in the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop
Report aims to identify programs and policies to reduce intergenerational poverty among Native Americans. Discusses the structural and historical factors that contribute to intergenerational poverty and explores promising interventions for addressing those factors.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Report aims to identify programs and policies to reduce intergenerational poverty among Native Americans. Discusses the structural and historical factors that contribute to intergenerational poverty and explores promising interventions for addressing those factors.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Indiana Registered Nurse Workforce Demand
Provides data on Indiana registered nurse (RN) supply and demand, including county-level projected job openings from 2020 to 2030.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Provides data on Indiana registered nurse (RN) supply and demand, including county-level projected job openings from 2020 to 2030.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Ohio Crisis Systems Landscape Analysis 2023
An overview of the Ohio crisis system that provides care for substance use disorder and mental health concerns. Includes information and data on how quality is assessed for crisis systems on measures such as call centers, mobile outreach, stabilization, and more, as well as county-level maps showing location of crisis services and facilities. Discusses strategies to improve crisis systems.
Additional links: Appendices
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services
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An overview of the Ohio crisis system that provides care for substance use disorder and mental health concerns. Includes information and data on how quality is assessed for crisis systems on measures such as call centers, mobile outreach, stabilization, and more, as well as county-level maps showing location of crisis services and facilities. Discusses strategies to improve crisis systems.
Additional links: Appendices
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services
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Hidden Crisis: Pediatric Oral Health In Rural America
Highlights barriers to rural pediatric oral health, along with proposed solutions. Examines Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas, oral health literacy, and needed Medicaid reforms. Features model oral health programs in Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, and includes profiles of several rural providers.
Author(s): Michael A. Ignelzi, Tegwyn Brickhouse, Erica Caffrey, et al.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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Highlights barriers to rural pediatric oral health, along with proposed solutions. Examines Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas, oral health literacy, and needed Medicaid reforms. Features model oral health programs in Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, and includes profiles of several rural providers.
Author(s): Michael A. Ignelzi, Tegwyn Brickhouse, Erica Caffrey, et al.
Date: 2023
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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Patient and Provider Perceptions of COVID-19-Driven Telehealth Use From Nurse-Led Care Models in Rural, Frontier, and Urban Colorado Communities
Compares rural/frontier and urban perceptions of telehealth in 3 nurse-led models of care in Colorado: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), nurse midwifery practices, and the Nurse-Family partnership program. Analyzes surveys from 308 patient respondents and 88 provider respondents and includes data about respondent characteristics, patient engagement, patient trust, provider experience, quality of healthcare visits, and more.
Author(s): Amy J. Barton, Claudia R. Amura, Emileigh L. Willems, et al.
Citation: Technology and Digital Innovations in Patient Experience, 10
Date: 2023
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Compares rural/frontier and urban perceptions of telehealth in 3 nurse-led models of care in Colorado: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), nurse midwifery practices, and the Nurse-Family partnership program. Analyzes surveys from 308 patient respondents and 88 provider respondents and includes data about respondent characteristics, patient engagement, patient trust, provider experience, quality of healthcare visits, and more.
Author(s): Amy J. Barton, Claudia R. Amura, Emileigh L. Willems, et al.
Citation: Technology and Digital Innovations in Patient Experience, 10
Date: 2023
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