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7391. Poverty, Housing, and the Rural Slum: Policies and the Production of Inequities, Past and Present - Resources
Date: Sep 2012

Discusses the history of rural, low-income housing in California's San Joaquin Valley and the role of labor, housing, and public health policies within these communities. Details the historical challenges facing immigrant farmworkers and the contributing factors that enabled the creation of rural slums in that area.

...farmworkers · Housing and homelessness · Immigrants · Legislation and regulations · Migrants · Population health · Poverty · Public health · California...

7392. State Medicaid Telehealth Coverage Policy Decisions Since the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Resources
Date: May 2023

Describes changes to state Medicaid telehealth policy flexibilities and/or new policies enacted during the COVID-19 PHE as of April–May 2022. Focuses on flexibilities that were rolled back, as well as those made permanent in whole or in part. Examines the decision-making processes behind Medicaid telehealth policy changes. Summarizes findings from guided discussions with state Medicaid representatives across four domains: 1) state attitudes and perspectives on telehealth and telehealth policies; 2) state telehealth policy decision-making processes; 3) states' future plans for telehealth; and 4) challenges and lessons learned. Outlines potential opportunities for the future of telehealth. Includes rural references throughout.

...Health Emergency --- Describes changes to state Medicaid telehealth policy flexibilities and/or new policies enacted during...

7393. SparkMap's Community Assessment Tool - Resources
Reviewed: Dec 2025

Allows user to select data indicators such as demographics, economics, housing, education, health behaviors and indicators, healthcare workforce, and more by state and county to create a community assessment report. Utilizes data from multiple geographical levels and housed with the US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

...attainment · Health conditions · Health workforce · Housing and homelessness · Social determinants of health · State-by-state...

7394. Best Practices for COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing - Resources
Date: Apr 2023

Summarizes findings of an environmental scan of testing and vaccination policies and programs serving people who are medically or socially at disproportionate risk for COVID-19 and related adverse outcomes. Identifies populations at disproportionate risk, including rural residents, and their barriers to COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 vaccination, and routine vaccination. Describes programs that aim to overcome these barriers and increase access to testing and vaccination services. Discuss the implications of these programs' strategies and approaches for future pandemics and public health crises.

...Access · COVID-19 · Culture · Health disparities · Health literacy · Policy · Public health · Service delivery models · Vaccination...

7395. The Health Care Views and Experiences of Rural Americans: Findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post Survey of Rural America - Resources
Date: Jun 2017

Examines rural Americans' political views as they relate to healthcare and healthcare benefits. Discusses results within the context of the 2016 presidential election, and compares the views of rural residents with the views of those living in urban or suburban settings. Includes a number of charts and graphs highlighting rural residents' perceptions on issues such as the biggest problems facing rural communities, support for Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal efforts, and the importance of Medicaid in rural America. Linked Topline & Methodology document provides additional information about survey questions, results, and methodology.

...Health Care Views and Experiences of Rural Americans: Findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post...

7396. Elder Index - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2025

Tool offering cost of living comparisons at the county, state, or metropolitan area levels based on household and health characteristics. Includes breakdown of monthly expenses for food, transportation, health, housing, and miscellaneous expenses.

...health characteristics. Includes breakdown of monthly expenses for food, transportation, health, housing, and miscellaneous expenses...

7397. Tips for Disaster Responders: Understanding Historical Trauma and Resilience When Responding to an Event in Indian Country - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Describes historical trauma and its impact on Native American populations, and offers guidance for behavioral health responders when engaged in disaster preparedness and response efforts for tribal communities.

...Health Services Administration Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Culture · Emergency preparedness and response · Trauma-informed...

7398. Assessing Measurement Invariance in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment Across Levels of Urbanicity - Resources
Date: Oct 2025

Examines neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) variables by census tract and their relationship to public health. Provides data on poverty, use of public assistance, employment characteristics, transportation insecurity, education, and more, by higher density urban, lower density urban, suburban/small town, and rural location.

...Health, 102, 1094-1103 10/2025 Educational attainment · Employment and unemployment · Income · Poverty · Public health · Rural...

7399. Culture and Self-Determination Provide Strength to Heal - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Describes how the Seneca Nation of Indians has incorporated its culture into programs and community initiatives. Examples include school and adult Seneca language immersion programs, restoring indigenous plants, cultivating native animals, and the Seneca Strong program to address substance abuse by incorporating prevention and sobriety programming into traditional rites of passage, outdoor skills camps, and powwows. The Seneca Nation of Indians (New York) received the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.

...Health Prize. 09/2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture · Diabetes · Environmental health · Population health · Schools · Substance...

7400. Understanding the Impact and Costs Associated with Medical Device Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Providers, Health Systems, Patients, and Manufacturers - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Analyzes the U.S. medical device shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides a related literature review, key stakeholder interviews, and data synthesis. Includes information on type of medical device shortages, strategies to manage shortages, and more, with a focus on shortages in nursing homes and rural hospitals.

...Health Systems, Patients, and Manufacturers --- Analyzes the U.S. medical device shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic...