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Resources Search Results for: social determinants of health

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571. Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of Native Americans
Date: Nov 2017

Examines Native Americans' personal experiences of discrimination across several areas of daily life, based on a national survey conducted between January and April, 2017. Areas of discussion include interactions with police, applying to jobs or being promoted at work, applying to or attending college, and going to a doctor or seeking healthcare. Also examines perceived differences in institutional discrimination between Native Americans living in predominantly Native areas versus those living in non-majority Native areas.

...Health, National Public Radio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tagged as American Indian or Alaska Native · Social determinants...

572. Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development Increased Income for Rural Pennsylvania Families, but Youth Obesity Rates Remained High
Date: Feb 2021

Results of a study examining whether increases in income generated by Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction led to declines in youth obesity in parts of Pennsylvania where geological conditions were better for extracting natural gas. Uses data from 317 Pennsylvania school districts and compares youth obesity rates in 2007 and 2011.

...Health Promotion, Penn State Population Research Institute Tagged as Children and youth · Obesity and weight control · Social determinants...

573. Health Equity Report 2019-2020: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities
Date: Oct 2020

Provides an overview of the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) program efforts in reducing health disparities and promoting health equity for various populations at the national, state, and local levels. Chapter 10 addresses rural-urban health disparities, with a focus on rural housing inequities and the opioid epidemic, and describes Federal Office of Rural Health Policy programs.

...Health Policy programs. Date 10/2020 Type Document Organization Health Resources and Services Administration Tagged as Health disparities · Health workforce · Housing and homelessness · Illicit drug use · Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

574. Child Poverty in Rural America
Date: Dec 2015

Policy brief describing the needs, challenges, and experiences of rural children and families living in poverty and how poverty affects their health. Offers recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop appropriate and integrated health and human service delivery programs and to create flexible grant opportunities that will reach children and families in need.

...Health and Human Services Tagged as Access · Children and youth · Policy · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

575. Using Z Codes to Improve Health Equity in Rural Indiana
Date: Oct 2022

Describes how Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Indiana, used ICD-10-CM Z codes to detect and address patients' social needs as part of its health equity strategy.

...social needs as part of its health equity strategy. Date 10/2022 Type Document Organization American Hospital Association Tagged as Critical Access Hospitals · Social determinants...

576. The Financing of Rural Health
Date: Oct 2020

Features a recording of a panel discussion on innovative strategies for financing rural health. Discusses challenges in rural communities, such as health disparities, limited broadband access, hospital closures, and more. Mentions the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural health.

...health. Date 10/2020 Type Document Organization Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Tagged as Broadband · Health disparities · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Networking and collaboration · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

577. Investigation of Predictors of Severity Of Diabetes Complications among Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes in Florida, 2016–2019
Date: Dec 2023

Examines risk factors for severe diabetes complications in adult hospitalizations in Florida by considering individual socioeconomic as well as area-level predictors. Utilizes 2016-2019 hospital discharge data to analyze predictors of complications and formulate a Neighborhood Deprivation Index for rural and urban ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in Florida.

...Health, 23, 2424 Date 12/2023 Type Document Tagged as Diabetes · Inpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

578. The Association Between Social Functioning and Health Literacy Among Rural Southeastern African Americans with Hypertension
Date: May 2023

Analyzes how the relationship between social support and health literacy may mitigate health outcomes in African American populations in rural Southeastern USA. Utilizes data from the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control trial to examine social isolation and health literacy in 1,221 individuals, with data further broken down by age, sex, education, income, cognition impairments, marriage status, and study site.

...Health Promotion International, 38 Date 05/2023 Type Document Tagged as Black or African American · Cardiovascular disease · Social connectedness · Social determinants...

579. The Relationship Between Rural Setting and Health: Factors that Influence Individuals With or at Risk of CVD - A Summary of the Literature
Date: 2019

Describes current literature on rural challenges and opportunities, including cardiovascular risk due to obesity, lack of access to healthcare, workforce shortages, importance of paramedics and community health workers, telehealth and broadband, and impact of the substance use disorder epidemic. Intended to help stakeholders understand the causes of health disparities and to support action to improve the health of rural communities.

...health workers · Community paramedicine · Emergency medical technicians and paramedics · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Illicit drug use · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Social determinants...

580. Home Equity: A Vision of Housing Security, Health and Opportunity
Date: Aug 2019

Provides data demonstrating the interrelationship between housing insecurity and health equity. Examines how policies and racism have impacted housing stability in Colorado's rural, urban, and suburban communities. Looks at the challenges to housing security faced by communities of color, undocumented immigrants, people with disabilities, families with children, low income households, rural communities, and homelessness populations. Suggests housing policies that may impact communities and improve housing security.

...Health Institute Tagged as Access · Families · Housing and homelessness · Immigrants · People with disabilities · Poverty · Racial and ethnic groups · Social determinants...