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81. Mental Health Disparities: Appalachian People
Date: 2018

Breaks down the mental health disparities across Appalachia. Looks at behavioral health indicators, such as rates of depression, excessive drinking, and suicide, among others, as well as social determinants indicators, such as median household income, poverty, and education, among others.

...health · Health disparities · Mental health conditions · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Alabama · Georgia...

82. Health Policy Brief: Connections Between Income and Health
Date: Jan 2018

Presents a policy brief on income as a factor in health outcomes for people in Ohio. Looks at how healthcare access, health behavior, and overall health outcomes are related to individual and community income. Includes county-by-county income data.

...Health Policy Institute of Ohio Tagged as Access · County-by-county data · Income · Population health · Poverty · Social determinants...

83. Health Center-Based Medical-Legal Partnerships: Where They Are, How They Work, and How They Are Funded
Date: Jan 2018

Describes the recent, rapid expansion of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) among America's health centers. Highlights programs in four states - Colorado, Oregon, Indiana, and California - and explains how MLPs operate, how they are financed, and how state primary care associations are supporting them. Briefly describes the reasons MLPs are more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas.

...Federally Qualified Health Centers · Networking and collaboration · Social determinants of health · California · Colorado · Indiana · Oregon...

84. Introduction to Multi-Sector Intersections and Collaborations to Advance Health Equity
Date: 2018

Illustrates how state and local public health departments can partner with non-public health governmental sectors - agriculture, economy, education, environment, housing, justice, and transportation - to promote improving health for all people.

...health for all people. Date 2018 Type Document Organization Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Tagged as Access · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Schools · Social determinants...

85. Hospitals and Health Systems Ensuring Access in Their Communities: A Compendium of Case Examples
Date: Feb 2018

Identifies 9 primary strategies used by hospitals to increase access to healthcare services in rural and urban areas and offers examples of each. Covers virtual care options such as telehealth, emergency and urgent care models such as freestanding emergency departments (EDs), rural hospital networks, partnerships with Indian Health Service providers, and strategies to address social determinants of health.

...Health Service providers, and strategies to address social determinants of health. --- View more Hospitals and Health...

86. Exploring Strategies to Improve Health and Equity in Rural Communities
Date: Feb 2018

Identifies the strengths and assets of rural communities, key partners, change agents, and opportunities to leverage assets to improve rural health and equity through a national forum of over 400 national and regional cross-sector stakeholders. Findings were organized into 4 categories: individual assets, organizational assets, community assets, and cultural assets. Includes discussion on challenges and opportunities for action for each asset category.

...Health Analysis Tagged as Culture and cultural competency · Health disparities · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Population health · Social determinants...

87. National Trends in Drinking Water Quality Violations
Date: Feb 2018

Examines patterns in health-related violations in the Safe Drinking Water Act by analyzing data from 17,900 community water systems from 1982-2015. Identifies vulnerability factors in communities and water systems. Includes a rural and urban comparison of total violations by water system, and provides county-level information on violation hot spots and spatial trends in community water systems.

...Tagged as Environmental health · Infrastructure · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Wisconsin...

88. Current State of Child Health in Rural America: How Context Shapes Children's Health
Date: Feb 2018

Describes the health status of children in rural America. Highlights the components of the rural environment that may affect children's health and health outcomes, including economic characteristics, healthcare provider availability, behavior health risks, and usage of health services.

...Health, 34(Suppl 1), s3–s12 Date 02/2018 Type Document Tagged as Access · Children and youth · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

89. Rural Child Welfare Practice
Date: Feb 2018

Issue brief discussing the needs and concerns of rural children and families, including healthcare and social services. Examines factors linked to child maltreatment, such as poverty, violence, and substance use, and features descriptions of successful programs designed to promote child welfare in rural areas of Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, and Colorado, as well as Appalachian Ohio and Kentucky.

...Social determinants of health · Substance use and misuse · Colorado · Kansas · Kentucky · Montana · Ohio · South Dakota...

90. Achieving Rural Health Equity and Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop
Date: Mar 2018

Proceedings of a workshop designed to explore impacts of economic issues, immigration, and racial inequities in healthcare in rural communities and to learn about asset-based approaches to addressing these challenges. Features statistics including average life expectancy at birth from 1969-2009 with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, U.S. maps showing levels of poverty and employment, and a chart showing numbers of rural hospital closures from 2005-2017.

...Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Tagged as Access · Community engagement and volunteerism · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...