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Date: Feb 2, 2022
The priority for rural population health is access, including access to health information needed to make personal health decisions. Two of the nation's health literacy experts join a federal agency official to review current rural challenges of accessing health information that is clear and usable. Along with an exploration of digital health literacy, recently expanded definitions of health literacy are discussed. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer diagnosis, make them sleep deprived, experiencing severe pain, any of those things that happen...
Date: Nov 29, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2017 MMWR Rural Series has featured several reports highlighting rural unintentional injuries as one of the top 5 leading causes of death. What are these "unintentional injuries"? How often are rural residents killed by them? Here's a look at the three leading causes of rural unintentional injuries. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer. In the 5 th category – unintentional injuries – a significant disparity is highlighted: the rural...
Date: Mar 2024
Compares overall survival of 1176 rural and urban patients who underwent pancreatic neoendocrine tumor (PNET) resection between 2000 and 2016, utilizing US Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group data. Includes data on tumor pathology and patient management factors. Discusses barriers to care after PNET diagnosis for rural populations.
...03/2024 Tagged as Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Surgery...
Date: Jan 2024
Examines the association between surgical compliance and overall survival among patients with meningioma, and identifies factors influencing surgical compliance. Utilizes 2004-2018 data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Includes data comparing urban and rural meningioma patients.
...Surgery, 24, 39 Date 01/2024 Tagged as Cancer · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Sep 2019
Highlights a study examining the overall mortality rates of farmers and their families that participated in the Agricultural Health Survey in Iowa and North Carolina. Details participants by age, sex, education and smoking status, among other factors. Compares mortality rates to the general population.
...Cancer · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Families · Farmers and farmworkers · Injuries · Mortality · Public health · Statistics and data...
Date: Jul 10, 2019
As more healthcare delivery efforts include social risk assessments, the impact of the social determinants of health is better understood. Rural clinicians, researchers, and other experts share perspectives on social isolation and loneliness. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer, and die anyway?' For those who are isolated and feel lonely, sometimes they either...
Date: Sep 2024
Reports on health disparities in North Carolina, identifies priority populations, and provides strategies to improve health equity. Discusses rural needs and provides rural-urban data comparisons on select topics including social drivers of health, access to care, health workforce, chronic and infectious disease, mental health, substance use, suicide, violence, and injury.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Infectious diseases · Injuries · Mental health...
Date: Mar 2021
Identifies Mississippi communities with the greatest unmet healthcare needs and offers recommendations for allocating resources, managing shortage designations, and coordinating the recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. Includes sections on social determinants of health, Health Professional Shortage Areas, Graduate Medical Education, and workforce development. Features statistics on various diseases and health conditions.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Delta Region · Dental workforce · Diabetes · Graduate medical education · Health disparities · Health workforce...
Date: Jul 2012
Highlights a study on several methods of presenting the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in northern Louisiana and which method led the most patients to complete the screening process in both rural and urban areas. Analyzes data by age, race, and gender, as well as several other factors.
...Cancer · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Jun 2014
Discusses the past, present, and future development of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health policy. Identifies federal policy and legislation affecting Indian Health Service (IHS) funding and other federal funding that supports the healthcare received by AI/AN populations.
...Tagged as Cancer · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health disparities · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Tribal communities...