Rural Health
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Childhood Cancer in Nevada, 2011-2021
Reports childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Nevada from 2011 to 2021, utilizing Nevada Central Cancer Registry and Electronic Death Registry System data. Compares incidence and mortality in Clark County, Washoe County, and the state's rural counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Nevada from 2011 to 2021, utilizing Nevada Central Cancer Registry and Electronic Death Registry System data. Compares incidence and mortality in Clark County, Washoe County, and the state's rural counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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The State of Health in Tennessee: 2024 Annual Report to the 113th Tennessee General Assembly
Assesses the health status of Tennesseans across the four areas of the State Health Plan Framework: A Healthy Start, A Healthy Life, a Healthy Environment, and a Healthy System of Care. Includes a section on social determinants of health and features statistics on various populations and aspects of healthcare, including rural hospital closures.
Additional links: A Healthy Environment: Housing, A Healthy Life: Income and Poverty, A Healthy Start: Poverty & Food Insecurity, A Healthy System of Care: Access
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Assesses the health status of Tennesseans across the four areas of the State Health Plan Framework: A Healthy Start, A Healthy Life, a Healthy Environment, and a Healthy System of Care. Includes a section on social determinants of health and features statistics on various populations and aspects of healthcare, including rural hospital closures.
Additional links: A Healthy Environment: Housing, A Healthy Life: Income and Poverty, A Healthy Start: Poverty & Food Insecurity, A Healthy System of Care: Access
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Texas School Nurse Workforce, 2023
Fact sheet describing the school nurse workforce in Texas. Includes data on frequency of working at multiple campuses, students served per nurse, and job satisfaction among nurses working in metro versus nonmetropolitan counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, Texas Health and Human Services
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Fact sheet describing the school nurse workforce in Texas. Includes data on frequency of working at multiple campuses, students served per nurse, and job satisfaction among nurses working in metro versus nonmetropolitan counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, Texas Health and Human Services
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Active Social Engagement and Health among Older Adults: Assessing Differences by Cancer Survivorship Status
Evaluates whether recent cancer survivorship affects the relationship between active social engagement and health-related quality of life among older adults, utilizing data from 2,914 survey participants in seven states. Includes data on physical and mental health-related quality of life in rural versus urban populations.
Author(s): Jennifer L. Moss, Veronica Bernacchi, Erin Kitt-Lewis
Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 22, 67
Date: 08/2024
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Evaluates whether recent cancer survivorship affects the relationship between active social engagement and health-related quality of life among older adults, utilizing data from 2,914 survey participants in seven states. Includes data on physical and mental health-related quality of life in rural versus urban populations.
Author(s): Jennifer L. Moss, Veronica Bernacchi, Erin Kitt-Lewis
Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 22, 67
Date: 08/2024
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Disparities Impact Statement
Guidance for healthcare providers and other healthcare focused organizations to identify and address health disparities among various people groups including rural and tribal communities. Offers a 5 step process for developing an action plan by identifying disparities, defining health equity goals, establishing a health equity strategy, determining organizational needs, and tracking progress.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Guidance for healthcare providers and other healthcare focused organizations to identify and address health disparities among various people groups including rural and tribal communities. Offers a 5 step process for developing an action plan by identifying disparities, defining health equity goals, establishing a health equity strategy, determining organizational needs, and tracking progress.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Trends in Pancreatic Cancer Mortality in the United States 1999–2020: A CDC Database Population-Based Study
Examines trends in pancreatic cancer mortality by age, sex, race, level of rurality, and geographic region. Utilizes 1999-2020 CDC WONDER data. Compares mortality over time among rural, suburban, and urban populations, with additional data on Black rural, Black urban, White rural, and White urban populations.
Author(s): Alexander J. Didier, Swamroop Nandwani, Alan M. Fahoury, et al.
Citation: Cancer Causes & Control, 2024
Date: 08/2024
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Examines trends in pancreatic cancer mortality by age, sex, race, level of rurality, and geographic region. Utilizes 1999-2020 CDC WONDER data. Compares mortality over time among rural, suburban, and urban populations, with additional data on Black rural, Black urban, White rural, and White urban populations.
Author(s): Alexander J. Didier, Swamroop Nandwani, Alan M. Fahoury, et al.
Citation: Cancer Causes & Control, 2024
Date: 08/2024
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The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America's Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2024
Provides state-by-state information on public health funding and discusses public health systems at the local, tribal, and territorial levels. Includes information on funding provided to the states by the federal government, as well as state public health budgets. Features information about federal funding for COVID-19 response actions.
Author(s): Matt McKillop, Dara Alpert Lieberman
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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Provides state-by-state information on public health funding and discusses public health systems at the local, tribal, and territorial levels. Includes information on funding provided to the states by the federal government, as well as state public health budgets. Features information about federal funding for COVID-19 response actions.
Author(s): Matt McKillop, Dara Alpert Lieberman
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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The Cross-State Licensure Continuum: Out-of-State Telehealth Provider Policies
Provides an overview of policy alternatives to full in-state licensure for telehealth providers adopted by states. Describes limited licensure exceptions, telehealth license or registration processes, and interstate licensure compacts, as well as limitations to these policies. Includes a chart indicating which, if any, policies and compacts each state has implemented.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Provides an overview of policy alternatives to full in-state licensure for telehealth providers adopted by states. Describes limited licensure exceptions, telehealth license or registration processes, and interstate licensure compacts, as well as limitations to these policies. Includes a chart indicating which, if any, policies and compacts each state has implemented.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Obstetric Delivery Services and Workforce in Rural Wisconsin Hospitals 2024
Provides information on obstetric delivery services and workforce in rural Wisconsin hospitals. Analyzes the results of a July 2023 survey focused on hospitals with delivery services, levels of obstetric care, provider types, birth volume, and more. Includes Wisconsin maps showing location of rural hospitals and percentage of women of childbearing age by county.
Author(s): Julia Ledger, Mollie Olson, Penny Black
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Provides information on obstetric delivery services and workforce in rural Wisconsin hospitals. Analyzes the results of a July 2023 survey focused on hospitals with delivery services, levels of obstetric care, provider types, birth volume, and more. Includes Wisconsin maps showing location of rural hospitals and percentage of women of childbearing age by county.
Author(s): Julia Ledger, Mollie Olson, Penny Black
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Governor's Task Force on the Healthcare Workforce Report
Outlines a plan from a governor-appointed task force for growing the Wisconsin healthcare workforce. Highlights the current status of the healthcare workforce, and offers 10 recommendations and 26 action items related to education and training, recruitment and retention, and policy. Discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Governor's Task Force on the Healthcare Workforce
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Outlines a plan from a governor-appointed task force for growing the Wisconsin healthcare workforce. Highlights the current status of the healthcare workforce, and offers 10 recommendations and 26 action items related to education and training, recruitment and retention, and policy. Discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Governor's Task Force on the Healthcare Workforce
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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