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Date: Apr 2022
Discusses the disparity in access to oncologic surgical care for Native Americans. Details a pathway program at the Oregon Health & Science University aimed as increasing matriculation rates among Native Americans into medicals school.
...04/2022 Tagged as Cancer · Health disparities · Health workforce pipeline · Specialty care · Surgery · Tribal communities · Oregon...
Reviewed: Jan 17, 2024
Learn how policy, systems, and environmental change strategies can make it easier to make healthy choices.
...Cancer Coalition, Food Policy Council, Behavioral Health, Health Literacy, Oral Health, and Tobacco Prevention, among...
Reviewed: Aug 29, 2024
Summary information for the organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including related information from this organization listed on the RHIhub website.
...residents. Tagged as Cancer · Chronic Disease · Emergency Preparedness and Response · Opioid Crisis · Public Health Agencies...
Date: Oct 2019
Compares rates of potentially avoidable deaths in rural and urban communities and shows how these deaths vary by census region. Features statistics on modifiable risk factors, such as smoking, excessive alcohol use, and obesity, and percent of potentially preventable deaths attributable to specific health conditions, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Injuries · Mortality · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban...
Date: May 2014
Describes the process St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) took to engage and partner with a community organization to implement an evidence-based sun-safety program in rural Idaho. Includes information on identifying and recruiting a community partner; selecting an evidence-based program; and planning, implementing, sustaining, and expanding the program.
...Tagged as Cancer · Community engagement and volunteerism · Health screening · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Idaho...
Date: 2023
Presents literature reviews of 20 rural public health priority topics identified through a survey of rural stakeholders. Reviews the scope of each topic, discusses related goals and objectives from the national Healthy People 2030 initiative, identifies affected populations, highlights interventions and solutions, and more. Topics include mental health, substance use, social determinants of health, access to care, quality of care, chronic health conditions, and COVID-19.
...Cancer · Children and youth · Diabetes · Economics and the economy · Elderly population · Emergency medical services · Food...
Date: Feb 2020
Describes health risks experienced by rural people and the problems they face in accessing healthcare in shortage areas, and offers possible solutions. Includes a map showing Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas by county, and a list of states allowing full practice authority for nurse practitioners as of 2019.
...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Health disparities · Health information technology · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal...
Date: Feb 2020
Highlights a study on the effect of travel distance on hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance for veterans with cirrhosis who are being treated by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Merges VHA and CMS data and breaks it down by demographics and travel distance to both VA and non-VA medical centers and the patients' primary care providers, among other measures.
...Research, 55(1), 103-112 Date 02/2020 Tagged as Cancer · Health disparities · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Veterans...
Date: Dec 2023
Describes the INVEST (INcreasing VaccinE uptake among Southern Teens) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion program for rural youth in North Carolina and South Carolina. Discusses program implementation through school nurses and educational materials focused on vaccination and other aspects of adolescent health and wellness.
...Cancer · Children and youth · Infectious diseases · Nurses · Schools · Sexual and reproductive health · Vaccination · North Carolina...
Date: Oct 2024
Discusses disparities in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and HPV awareness experienced by Hispanics/Latinos in rural areas. Examines factors influencing HPV vaccine access and approaches to increasing HPV vaccine awareness and utilization.
...Children's Research Hospital Tagged as Access · Cancer · Culture · Infectious diseases · Sexual and reproductive health · Vaccination...