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Date: 2022
Report examining the effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are common in well water in rural areas and have been linked to adverse health effects including cancer, thyroid dysfunction, changes in cholesterol, and reductions in birth weight. Recommends that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health departments support clinicians in communities where PFAS contamination has been identified, by creating educational materials on PFAS exposure, potential health effects, the limitations of testing, and the benefits and harms of testing.
...Tagged as Cancer · Environmental health · Health screening · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Feb 2020
Presents a Community-Driven Health Equity Action Plan as implemented by the Gorge Health Equity Collaborative in Washington and Oregon. Highlights health and healthcare access of children and adults in the Columbia Gorge region.
...Health Equity Collaborative: Columbia Gorge Region, OR and WA --- Presents a Community-Driven Health Equity...
Date: Aug 2020
Summarizes the findings from a two-day summit on the role of rural hospitals in addressing behavioral health as part of a community-wide initiative. Identifies barriers to behavioral health care coordination in rural areas. Describes four areas of opportunity to advance care coordination. Includes resources for each area of opportunity identified.
...Health Resource Center Tagged as Access · Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Care coordination · Community engagement...
Date: May 2024
Presents the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance May 16, 2024, hearing on rural healthcare. Discusses the financial vulnerability of rural hospitals, the rural healthcare workforce and graduate medical education (GME), access to maternal healthcare, health information technology and telehealth, and more. Features testimony from the Chartis Center for Rural Health; Grande Ronde Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Oregon; the Wisconsin Collaborative for Rural Graduate Medical Education; and the Rural Policy Research Institute.
...Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care...
Date: Oct 2024
Provides an overview of the supply and distribution of physicians, nurses, direct care workers, behavioral health workers, and oral healthcare providers. Describes persistent challenges related to the healthcare workforce, including supply and distribution of healthcare workers, especially in rural communities; racial and ethnic diversity; burnout; compensation; and administrative burden. Identifies opportunities to address these challenges and efforts supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address these issues.
...health workforce · Dental workforce · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse...
Date: May 2021
Examines disparities in health conditions, insurance status, health behaviors, economic distress, and more in rural versus non-rural Ohioans based on the 2019 Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey (OMAS).
...Health in Rural Ohio: 2019 Update --- Examines disparities in health conditions, insurance status, health behaviors...
Date: Mar 2003
Discusses the medical litigation system as it relates to health care access. Includes statistics on malpractice insurance rates. Proposes limits on non-economic damages and protection from litigation for reporting safety problems.
...Health Care Crisis: Reforming the Medical Litigation System to Improve the Quality of Health Care...
Date: 2024
Evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a text message based mental health literacy program tested in 134 farmers. Discusses barriers to offering face-to-face mental health programming for farmers and other recruitment challenges related to COVID-19.
...Health literacy · Mental health · Technology for health and human services · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Dec 2023
Describes how state and territory leaders have created effective health equity practices and communication strategies. Outlines three themes that emerged through research and roundtable discussions as top health equity priorities for states. Profiles initiatives and policies from nine states and Guam to address health equity and reflect these themes.
...Health Equity --- Describes how state and territory leaders have created effective health equity practices and communication...
Date: Aug 2023
Discusses the components of age-friendly environments and how to support public health efforts that improve the lives of aging residents in rural areas. Provides data related to rural technology access, rural versus urban poverty rates and healthcare provider workforce, and county-level U.S. maps of percentage of population aged 65 or older and rural versus urban majority communities. Includes innovations and recommendations for age-friendly public health systems.
...health systems. --- View more Ensuring Age-Friendly Public Health in Rural Communities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Model...