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Resources by Type: Document

Diabetes & Obesity in Oklahoma, 2016
Provides a map showing obesity and diabetes rates by county for Oklahoma.
Date: 10/2018
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health
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More Employers Are Paying for Telemedicine, but Enrollee Take-Up Has Been Relatively Low
Analyzes 2018 Employer Health Benefit Survey (EHBS) data regarding telemedicine trends in employer health plan coverage. Includes discussion on telemedicine improving access to healthcare in rural areas. Covers statistics of telemedicine utilization between rural and urban large employer health plan enrollees.
Author(s): Matthew Rae, Cynthia Cox
Date: 10/2018
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Healthy Clinic Assessments (HCAs)
Describes promising practices and the benefits of healthy clinic assessments (HCAs). Lists the goals of HCAs, and identifies emerging trends and needs based on the 98 HCAs completed at rural, frontier, and underserved urban clinics in Colorado since 2009. Covers a Critical Access Hospital case study example.
Date: 10/2018
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Trauma Training Initiative Teaches Rural Laypeople How to "Stop the Bleed"
Features the Stop the Bleed initiative, which trains community members to help control blood loss while waiting for medical help. Highlights training provided in rural North Dakota and Nebraska.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2018
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: Selected States' Program Structures and Challenges Providing Services
Examines the challenges states face in providing home- or community-based care instead of nursing home care under their state Medicaid programs, focusing on Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Montana, and Oregon. Addresses program funding, workforce issues, eligibility and enrollment, populations targeted for the programs, use of managed care, and more. Includes rural considerations throughout.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 10/2018
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Migrant Farmworker Nutritional Strategies: Implications for Diabetes Management
Presents findings of interviews with 200 Latino migrant farmworkers in North Carolina on food security and means of obtaining, preparing, and consuming food. Identifies common supports and barriers of dietary self-management and provides data on population characteristics. Highlights implications for migrant farmworkers with diabetes, and identifies strategies for improving access to suitable food.
Author(s): Sara A. Quandt, Augusta Groeschel-Johnson, Hannah Kinzer, et al.
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 23(4), 347-354
Date: 09/2018
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Travel Patterns of American Adults with Disabilities
Discusses travel habits of people with and without disabilities, including comparisons of duration and distance of travel among rural and urban dwellers. Briefly mentions rural disability prevalence and disparities in frequency of travel.
Author(s): Stephen Brumbaugh
Date: 09/2018
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Transportation
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Working Together: A Guide to Collaboration in Rural Revitalization
Discusses three critical components for developing an effective rural revitalization collaboration among stakeholders working toward a shared goal - coming together, staying together, and growing together. Offers examples demonstrating their utility in practice.
Author(s): Ann Savage, Sara Brune, Meredith Hovis, et al.
Date: 09/2018
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina State Cooperative Extension
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Rental Housing for a 21st Century Rural America: A Platform for Preservation
Provides an in-depth analysis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) multi-family housing investments that includes information on property characteristics, tenants, and market dynamics. Recognizes USDA's Section 515 rural rental housing as a public-private partnership involving four major stakeholders: USDA, Section 515 property owners, tenants of Section 515 properties, and the public around Section 515 investments. Offers strategies and policy recommendations for key stakeholder groups to help preserve housing resources and opportunities for rural communities.
Author(s): Lance George, Michael Feinberg, Keith Wiley, Leslie Strauss
Date: 09/2018
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Urban-Rural Differences in Aerobic Physical Activity, Muscle Strengthening Exercise, and Screen-time Sedentary Behavior
Highlights a study of physical activity (PA) among rural and urban residents. Compares rates of aerobic PA, muscle strengthening PA, and sedentary behavior in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Michael C. Robertson, Jaejoon Song, Wendell C. Taylor, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 34(4), 401-410
Date: 09/2018
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