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FY 2023: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Georgia Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Georgia in Fiscal Year 2023. Lists grant and cooperative agreement recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Georgia Counties Offering CON-Authorized Obstetrical (OB) Services
County-level map showing the location of obstetrical (OB) services authorized by Georgia's Certificate of Need program. Distinguishes between rural and urban counties containing OB facilities, and identifies counties containing Critical Access Hospitals with OB facilities.
Date: 10/2023
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Four Mindsets for Funding Economic Mobility in the Black Rural South
Highlights opportunities for philanthropy to contribute to economic mobility in the Black rural South, based on conversations with nonprofit leaders, cooperative extension staff at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), funders, researchers, and others. Identifies 4 mindsets that, if changed, could impact the effectiveness and support of existing institutions that are already active in the Black rural South. Features statistics on per capita grantmaking from 2010-2014 with breakdowns including the Alabama Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia.
Author(s): Mike Soskis, Angie Estevez Prada, Mark McKeag, Rich Pierre, Cynthia Phoel
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National 4-H Council, The Bridgespan Group
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Georgia Farmworker Health Program Service Area
County-level map showing Georgia Farmworker Health Program clinic sites and service areas.
Date: 07/2023
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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2018-2020 Georgia Maternal Mortality Report
Includes statistics on pregnancy-related deaths in Georgia and leading causes of maternal deaths. Describes initiatives currently underway to impact maternal outcomes and the maternal mortality review process. Features statistics on mortality with breakdowns by public health district, timing of death, age, race or ethnicity, education level, insurance provider, and preventability.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Public Health
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Measuring and Mapping Physical Activity Disparity (PAD) Index Based on Physical Activity Environment for Children
Uses the Physical Activity Disparity (PAD) index to measure accessibility, availability, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability for children's physical activity in the United States and the state of Georgia at the county level. PAD index identifies "play oases" and "play deserts" for children. Figure 3 shows the PAD index alongside rural and urban classifications.
Author(s): Jue Yang, Lan Mu, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa
Citation: International Journal of Geo-Information, 12(3), 134
Date: 03/2023
Type: Document
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Health Equity in Rural America, Part 2: The Two Georgias Initiative, with Lisa Medellin, Arlene Parker Goldson, and Tara Gardner
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast focused on rural health equity and the work of the Two Georgias Initiative. Features Lisa Medellin, Director of Programs for the Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Arlene Parker Goldson, health consultant for the Partnership for Southern Equity, and Tara Gardner, project coordinator for the Two Georgias coalition in Clay County, Georgia.
Date: 02/2023
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Cancer Disproportionately Impacts Adults Living in Rural Areas
Analyzes cancer disparities in metro and nonmetro areas across the U.S. as well as select states that did not expand Medicaid coverage: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Utilizes multiple data sources to examine cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates in metro and nonmetro areas.
Date: 01/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The National Grange
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Georgia Graduate Medical Education Exit Survey Report: Based on Responses to the 2023 GME Exit Survey
Report providing information on the experiences of physicians graduating from Georgia's graduate medical education programs, and the supply and demand of new physicians. Includes demographics, compensation and debt, retention rates, percent planning rural practice, assessments of the job market, and training experiences. Includes statistics on practice area demographics, with breakdowns by inner city, other area in major city, suburban, small city, and rural.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Georgia Physician Assistant Workforce Report: Based on 2019-2020 Licensure Renewal Data
Measures and tracks trends in physician assistant demographics, supply, and distribution. Features county-level maps and statistics for Georgia physician assistants, with breakdowns by location in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan practice settings.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Last Updated: 8/28/2024