Rural Health
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Computerized Capability of Office-Based Physicians to Identify Patients Who Need Preventive or Follow-up Care — United States, 2017
Examines the capability among U.S. office-based physicians to provide electronic reminders to decrease missed care. Includes data for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Damon F. Ogburn, Brian W. Ward, Alicia Ward
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(44), 1622-1624
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Examines the capability among U.S. office-based physicians to provide electronic reminders to decrease missed care. Includes data for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Damon F. Ogburn, Brian W. Ward, Alicia Ward
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(44), 1622-1624
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Sociodemographic and Geographic Variation in Awareness of Stroke Signs and Symptoms Among Adults — United States, 2017
Reports on knowledge of the five signs and symptoms of stroke and the immediate need to call emergency medical services among adults 20 years and older. Includes data by county urbanicity for rural counties, small and medium metro counties, and large metro counties.
Author(s): Sandra L. Jackson, Brian Legvold, Anjel Vahratian, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(44), 1617-1621
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on knowledge of the five signs and symptoms of stroke and the immediate need to call emergency medical services among adults 20 years and older. Includes data by county urbanicity for rural counties, small and medium metro counties, and large metro counties.
Author(s): Sandra L. Jackson, Brian Legvold, Anjel Vahratian, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(44), 1617-1621
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Chronic Pain and High-impact Chronic Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019
Reports on chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in the past 3 months among adults age 18 and over. Includes data by level of urbanization for rural, small or medium metropolitan, large fringe metro, and large central metro areas.
Author(s): Carla E. Zelaya, James M. Dahlhamer, Jacqueline W. Lucas, Eric M. Connor
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Reports on chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in the past 3 months among adults age 18 and over. Includes data by level of urbanization for rural, small or medium metropolitan, large fringe metro, and large central metro areas.
Author(s): Carla E. Zelaya, James M. Dahlhamer, Jacqueline W. Lucas, Eric M. Connor
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Educational Attainment Persist in Rural America
Brief report on rural educational attainment by race/ethnicity for the following groups: White, Black or African American, Native American or Alaska Native, Hispanic of any race. Includes a bar chart showing the portion of each group with a bachelor's degree or higher, high school or some college, and those without a high school degree.
Author(s): Tracey Farrigan
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Brief report on rural educational attainment by race/ethnicity for the following groups: White, Black or African American, Native American or Alaska Native, Hispanic of any race. Includes a bar chart showing the portion of each group with a bachelor's degree or higher, high school or some college, and those without a high school degree.
Author(s): Tracey Farrigan
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Telehealth in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Rural Health Disparities
Investigates the potential effects of telehealth implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic on rural health disparities. Includes discussion on telehealth initiatives and barriers to accessing broadband, and provides recommendations for researchers and policymakers.
Author(s): Kelly A. Hirko, Jean M. Kerver, Sabrina Ford, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(11), 1816–1818
Date: 11/2020
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Investigates the potential effects of telehealth implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic on rural health disparities. Includes discussion on telehealth initiatives and barriers to accessing broadband, and provides recommendations for researchers and policymakers.
Author(s): Kelly A. Hirko, Jean M. Kerver, Sabrina Ford, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(11), 1816–1818
Date: 11/2020
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An Initial Analysis of Agricultural Trauma in South Dakota with an Emphasis on Work-Related Injuries
Offers a preliminary analysis of agricultural work-related injury events in South Dakota between 2016 and 2018 using the South Dakota Trauma Registry. Data include a breakdown injury characteristics including mechanism, type of injury, season, and more.
Author(s): Jessica Simpkins, David Sturdevant, Gary Timmerman
Citation: Aesculapius, 1(2)
Date: 10/2020
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Offers a preliminary analysis of agricultural work-related injury events in South Dakota between 2016 and 2018 using the South Dakota Trauma Registry. Data include a breakdown injury characteristics including mechanism, type of injury, season, and more.
Author(s): Jessica Simpkins, David Sturdevant, Gary Timmerman
Citation: Aesculapius, 1(2)
Date: 10/2020
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Consolidated Rural Transit - Paul Bunyan Transit
Provides an overview of transit services in a rural area of Minnesota. Includes information on service area, funders, partners and coordination, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Provides an overview of transit services in a rural area of Minnesota. Includes information on service area, funders, partners and coordination, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Coordination in a Rural County - Altran
Provides an overview of the transit services in a rural Michigan county. Discusses services for people with disabilities, medical patients, schools and daycares, and workers, with a focus on coordination, funding, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Provides an overview of the transit services in a rural Michigan county. Discusses services for people with disabilities, medical patients, schools and daycares, and workers, with a focus on coordination, funding, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network for Underserved and Rural Communities
Describes the goals of the Institutional Development Awards States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network to provide research infrastructure to pediatrician scientists as well as run clinical trials related to healthcare for children, including for children in rural areas. Discusses the structure of the network, characteristics of ISPCTN states, sustainability efforts, and more.
Author(s): Robert D. Annett, Sheva Chervinskiy, Thomas H. Chun, et al.
Citation: Pediatrics, 146(4), e20200290
Date: 10/2020
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Describes the goals of the Institutional Development Awards States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network to provide research infrastructure to pediatrician scientists as well as run clinical trials related to healthcare for children, including for children in rural areas. Discusses the structure of the network, characteristics of ISPCTN states, sustainability efforts, and more.
Author(s): Robert D. Annett, Sheva Chervinskiy, Thomas H. Chun, et al.
Citation: Pediatrics, 146(4), e20200290
Date: 10/2020
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In-Class Health Literacy Programs Can Improve Rural Students' Health Literacy
Reports on a study comprising of children to assess a school-based intervention focused on improving health literacy among rural children.
Author(s): Sarah A. Aghazadeh
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Communication Association
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Reports on a study comprising of children to assess a school-based intervention focused on improving health literacy among rural children.
Author(s): Sarah A. Aghazadeh
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Communication Association
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