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1411. Advancing System and Policy Changes for Social and Racial Justice: Comparing a Rural and Urban Community-based Participatory Research Partnership in the U.S. - Resources
Date: Feb 2017

Examines two community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships, one serving African Americans in rural Missouri and the other African American and Latinos in the urban South Bronx. The CBPR partnerships focused on health inequities related to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Discusses the historical context of racial and social injustice, social justice partnership strategies, and the role of CBPR.

...Health, 16(1), 17 Date 02/2017 Type Document Tagged as Black or African American · Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Health disparities · Research methods and resources · Social determinants...

1412. Social Determinants of Health - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Policy brief informed by a September 2016 National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services meeting held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with site visits to update the committee about factors that affect health outcomes. Identifies emerging payment models and financing strategies, and provides policy recommendations for addressing the social determinants of health in rural communities.

...social determinants of health in rural communities. --- View more Social Determinants of Health Link View...

1413. Social Determinants of Health in the United States: Addressing Major Health Inequality Trends for the Nation, 1935-2016 - Resources
Date: 2017

Results of a study analyzing key health inequality trends in areas including maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, mental and behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, and health promotion. Examines social determinants and features statistics with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, education, mortality rates, poverty, unemployment, housing, rural or urban location, and geographic area.

...health inequality trends in areas including maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, mental and behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, and health promotion. Examines social determinants...

1414. Snapshot of Health in Rural Minnesota, 2017 - Resources
Date: 2017

Describes health status indicators for Minnesotans to show health trends in rural Minnesota. Indicators include demographics, social determinants of health, access to quality healthcare, health conditions, nutrition, mortality, and rural healthcare workforce.

...Health in Rural Minnesota, 2017 --- Describes health status indicators for Minnesotans to show health trends in rural Minnesota. Indicators include demographics, social determinants...

1415. Georgia State Health Improvement Plan 2016-2021 - Resources
Date: 2017

Describes a plan for the improvement of public health in Georgia. Discusses trends in state demographics and health outcomes, and establishes health improvement priorities, strategies, and targets. Major topics include access, chronic disease prevention, and maternal and child health. Highlights health disparities and health workforce shortages in rural areas.

...Health Tagged as Access · Children and youth · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal care · Policy · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

1416. Accounting for Social Risk Factors in Medicare Payment - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Fifth and final report in a series designed to identify social risk factors that affect the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries and methods to account for these factors in Medicare payment programs. Offers thoughts about selecting the best methods to account for social risk factors and achieve policy goals. Chapter 2 includes a discussion about urbanicity and rurality, and suggests that a beneficiary's place of residence is a stronger indicator of social risk than their provider's location. Report was assembled by an ad hoc committee under the direction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation.

...Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Tagged as Health reform · Healthcare quality · Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Social determinants...

1417. Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2016 - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 28, 2016

Articles on the opioid epidemic, new service delivery models, and a variety of innovative approaches to support health all made it onto the year's most-read list. - The Rural Monitor

...health is determined by social and environmental factors such as housing or access to healthcare...

1418. Social Determinants of Health and Vulnerable Populations in Rural Maryland - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

White paper discussing how social determinants of health impact those who face barriers to health and are susceptible to poor health due to circumstances such as environmental conditions, housing concerns, lack of transportation, and poverty. Includes strategies and examples of programs that have worked in rural communities to address topics such as substance use disorder and care coordination.

...Health Resources Commission, Maryland Rural Health Association Tagged as Care coordination · Health disparities · Social determinants...

1419. Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: The Role of Health Professions Education: Thirteenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

Includes recommendations for redesign of health professional training to meet needs of an aging and diverse population, to become more team-based and interprofessional, and to prepare students to serve in rural and underserved communities.

...engagement and volunteerism · Health disparities · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Policy · Social determinants of health...

1420. Improving Community Health through Hospital Community Benefit Spending: Charting a Path to Reform - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

Provides background on the origin and importance of nonprofit hospital community benefit spending, and explains the difference between community building and community benefit activities. Examines policy options that the IRS could use to enhance community benefit spending focused on improving social determinants of health community-wide. Includes rural-specific statistics and multiple comparisons of items identified in community health needs assessments (CHNAs).

...Health Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health Tagged as Community and economic development · Health reform · Hospitals · Needs assessment methods and resources · Social determinants...