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Shaping Summertime Experiences: Opportunities to Promote Healthy Development and Well-Being for Children and Youth
Examines the impact of summertime experiences on school-age children and youth related to academic learning, social and emotional development, physical and mental health, and health-promoting and safety behaviors. Includes discussion of rural residence and its impact on children's access to supportive services, including food programs, during the summer.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Committee on Summertime Experiences and Child and Adolescent Education, Health, and Safety
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Investing in Native Communities: Philanthropic Funding for Native American Communities and Causes
Provides access to information about funding in Native communities, and helps practitioners connect with organizations and peers who are grounded in philanthropic work across a range of issue areas. Features statistics including amounts and percentages of annual foundation funding explicitly benefiting Native Americans from 2002-2016, and lists of top foundations and top recipients of grant dollars explicitly benefiting Native Americans in 2015 and 2016, with breakdowns by organization and U.S. region.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organizations: Candid, Native Americans in Philanthropy
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Examining Civic Engagement Links to Health: Findings from the Literature and Implications for a Culture of Health
Reports findings from a literature review focused on the relationship between health and civic engagement. Covers studies from the U.S. as well as other countries. Includes some discussion of findings from studies conducted in rural areas.
Author(s): Christopher Nelson, Jennifer Sloan, Anita Chandra
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Perceived Benefits of Peer Support Groups for Stroke Survivors and Caregivers in Rural North Carolina
Describes the experiences of stroke survivors and caregivers in four rural North Carolina counties who participated in peer support groups. Findings based on four focus groups with 32 participants, who were predominantly non-Hispanic, White, and female, with an average age of 67.
Author(s): Erin R. Christensen, Shannon L. Golden, Sabina B. Gesell
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 80(3), 143-148
Date: 2019
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Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth
Report highlights research on mental, emotional, and behavioral development in children and youth. Describes the different challenges for cognitive development in both urban and rural areas and explores the necessary structures that facilitate regular development. Available for free download with login.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Technical Assistance for Hospitals Applying to the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model — A CMMI-Sponsored Rural Hospital Global Budget Model
Describes the experiences of the Rural Health Value program in coaching hospitals in Pennsylvania that were interested in participating in a global budget model. Explains a process to quickly develop a plan focused on community health rather than exclusively on clinical services, to facilitate the transition from volume to value.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Change in Site of Children's Primary Care: A Longitudinal Population-Based Analysis
Results of a study examining the proportion of children seen at family practice and pediatrician practices in Vermont over time, and the influence of demographics and rurality on this trend. Features statistics on change in site of children's primary care for the years between 2009-2016, with breakdowns by patient home locations in urban, large town, small town, or isolated rural area.
Author(s): Richard C. Wasserman, Susan E. Varni, Matthew C. Hollander
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 17(5), 390-395
Date: 2019
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Best Practice Guide for Engagement with SORH and CDC-funded State Programs
Highlights examples from North Dakota, New Hampshire, and Louisiana of successful engagement between the State Office of Rural Health (SORH) and state initiatives funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Identifies top opportunities for collaboration.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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The Relationship Between Rural Setting and Health: Factors that Influence Individuals With or at Risk of CVD - A Summary of the Literature
Describes current literature on rural challenges and opportunities, including cardiovascular risk due to obesity, lack of access to healthcare, workforce shortages, importance of paramedics and community health workers, telehealth and broadband, and impact of the substance use disorder epidemic. Intended to help stakeholders understand the causes of health disparities and to support action to improve the health of rural communities.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: American Heart Association
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Report to Congress: Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Direct and Indirect Training Expenses Report
Provides an overview of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program and describes costs involved in its efforts to improve distribution of primary care providers in rural and underserved areas. Features statistics including estimated costs of training a THC resident in FY 2017 dollars, with breakdowns by rural and nonrural location.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Workforce
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