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Date: Jun 2024
Commentary piece discussing public health disparities and disadvantage in rural areas. Proposes five principles for policy, research, and practice in support of health equity. Includes coverage of rural leadership and assets, rural characteristics, and the value of rural-specific interventions, among other topics.
...Elizabeth A. Carpenter-Song Health Affairs, 43(6), 791-797 06/2024 Health disparities · Policy · Public health...
Reviewed: Aug 2025
Provides interactive maps and datasets focused on environmental health issues for New Mexico, including water and air quality, the climate, and health outcomes. Includes county-level data for most indicators.
...data for most indicators. County-by-county data · Environmental health · Health conditions · Public health · New Mexico...
Date: Jan 2024
Describes the importance of accessible and culturally relevant resources for Mexican and Central American Indigenous farmworkers, and outlines steps for health education material development. Identifies techniques for promoting health literacy and encouraging community input. Highlights the importance of distinguishing Mesoamerican Indigenous farmworkers from non-Indigenous Latino populations.
...Health, Rural Women's Health Project Access · Culture · Farmers and farmworkers · Health literacy · Networking and collaboration...
Date: Sep 2008
8th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Congress. Focuses on rural health workforce issues. Discusses improving rural healthcare through interdisciplinary training and quality improvement. Examines the rural health workforce by profession and looks at health workforce issues and trends.
...Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare quality · Interprofessional training of the health...
Date: Sep 2016
Analyzes patient, hospital, and local healthcare system characteristics to determine the extent of their influence on the variation in the length of observation stays in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals. Includes breakdowns by Rural Urban Community Area (RUCA) categories.
...Health System Characteristics Associated With the Use of Observation Stays in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals...
Date: Apr 2021
Discusses research methods and partnerships to address rural health differences. Highlights recommendations from a national workshop, including community participation in rural health research, innovative research design, interventions that are relevant to rural challenges, and understanding rural communities.
...health differences. Highlights recommendations from a national workshop, including community participation in rural health research...
Date: 2015
Shows the location and designation type of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) for dental health in Maryland.
...Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) for dental health in Maryland. --- Maryland Health Professional Shortage Area...
Date: May 2023
Primer for the Two Georgias Initiative, a program dedicated to health equity in rural Georgia. Provides stories and profiles of participants, highlights efforts and successes of coalitions supported by the Initiative in 11 Georgia counties, and discusses the state of rural health in Georgia. Also discusses program development, monitoring, and sustainability.
...health in Georgia. Also discusses program development, monitoring, and sustainability. 05/2023 Georgia Health Initiative Health...
Date: Oct 2024
Examines the competitiveness of hospital markets in 2022 by analyzing RAND Hospital Data and American Hospital Association (AHA) survey data. Presents data on the share of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) controlled by a small number of health systems, the level of market concentration in MSAs, and the share of hospitals affiliated with health systems over time. Compares the share of hospitals affiliated with health systems in rural and non-rural areas.
...health systems over time. Compares the share of hospitals affiliated with health systems in rural...
Date: Mar 2024
Provides an overview of the Healthy Start program, which aims to reduce rates of infant death, improve maternal health outcomes, and reduce racial and ethnic disparities. Describes Healthy Start grantees and participants served during the April 2019-March 2024 grant period, as well as services that grantees are expected to provide and changes to these expectations for the 2024-2029 grant period. Explores the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) efforts to measure program performance, the extent to which Healthy Start performance measures meet key attributes of effective measures, and HHS' efforts to align Healthy Start performance measures with those of related HHS programs. Includes information on Healthy Start programs and participants by organization type, race, and rurality. Offers recommendations regarding reviewing and coordinating Healthy Start performance measures across Healthy Start and related programs.
...Health disparities · Maternal health and prenatal care · Policy · Service delivery models · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...