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8911. Notes from the Field: HIV Infection Investigation in a Rural Area — West Virginia, 2017 - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Reports on an investigation by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources that began with 10 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection identified in 3 counties during January-July 2017. Describes how the investigation broadened to 15 counties based on injection drug use and sexual contacts. Identifies risk reduction and treatment options available in these counties and discusses strategies undertaken to limit further transmission of HIV.

...AIDS · Illicit drug use · LGB · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · West Virginia...

8912. COSSA Advanced EMT Class - Models & Innovations
Added: Jul 19, 2024

A new course for high school students in Idaho is the first of its kind in the country.

...Health career pathways · Health workforce education and training · Licensure and certification of health professionals Idaho...

8913. Contact Tracing for Native Americans in Rural Arizona - Resources
Date: Jul 2020

Details the efforts to do COVID-19 contact tracing in Native American communities in rural Arizona. Discusses the role of a Critical Access Hospital in providing public health support in rural communities during the pandemic.

...Journal of Medicine, 383, e15 07/2020 Health disparities · Infectious diseases · Public health · Tribal communities · Arizona...

8914. A Community-Engaged Approach to Understanding Suicide in a Small Rural County in Georgia: A Two-Phase Content Analysis of Individual and Focus Group Interviews - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Evaluates the need for suicide prevention and appropriateness of prevention efforts in a rural Georgia county, utilizing data from 20 individual interviews and 2 focus groups conducted August 2021-June 2022. Details individual and community contextual drivers of suicide, facilitators and barriers of medical and social support access, linkage gaps in mental health care services, and factors influencing community response.

...Health, 20(24), 7145 12/2023 Access · Community and faith-based initiatives · Mental health · Social connectedness...

8915. 2020 Annual (January–December) Infectious Disease Report - Resources
Date: Jun 2021

Highlights the number of cases of infectious diseases occurrence in different regions of Alaska in 2020. Looks at diseases such as Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, and Lyme disease, among many others.

...Health, Alaska Division of Public Health HIV and AIDS · Population health · Public health · Sexual and reproductive...

8916. "You're Going to Have to Think a Little Bit Different" Barriers and Facilitators to Using mHealth to Increase Physical Activity among Older, Rural Cancer Survivors - Resources
Date: Aug 2021

Study examining the potential of mobile health (mHealth) technology, specifically wearable activity trackers (WATs), to increase physical activity among rural older cancer survivors based on focus group interviews with 21 cancer survivors in New Mexico. Discusses motivation and barriers to using WATs related to peer emotional and informational support, social support, and engaging individuals with limited access to digital technologies.

...Health, 18(17), 8929 08/2021 Cancer · Older adults · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Technology for health...

8917. Strategies to Eliminate Inequity in PrEP Services in the US South and Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Examines novel and promising programs and interventions to potentially improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access in the U.S. South and rural communities. Describes ways to normalize, digitalize, and simplify PrEP care.

...Health disparities · Health information technology · Sexual and reproductive health · Social determinants of health · Stigma · The South...

8918. California KIDS COUNT Data Center - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Provides data on child well-being for the state. Covers demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health, and safety and risky behaviors. Some data available by county.

...Health insurance · Income support and assistance · Population health · Poverty · Statistics and data · U.S.-Mexico Border...

8919. Mississippi KIDS COUNT Data Center - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Provides data on child well-being for the state. Covers demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health, and safety and risky behaviors. Some data available by county.

...county data · Health insurance · Income support and assistance · Population health · Poverty · Statistics and data · Mississippi...

8920. Inequalities in Elevated Depressive Symptoms in Middle-aged and Older Adults by Rural Childhood Residence: The Important Role of Education - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Measures the disparities in the prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms by rural childhood residence and the influence of childhood socioeconomic conditions and educational attainment. Identifies the prevalence of depressive symptoms among U.S.-born adults ages 50 years and older using data from 1998–2014 Health and Retirement Studies – ongoing publicly available datasets of non-institutionalized adults.

...Psychiatry, 34(11), 1633–1641 11/2019 Educational attainment · Health disparities · Mental health conditions · Statistics and data · Florida...