Rural Schools and Health – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Rural Schools and Health.
Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children
Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Common Problems, Common Solutions: Looking Across Sectors at Strategies for Supporting Rural Youth and Families Tool-Kit
Provides an overview of barriers faced by rural communities in supporting youth and families, and innovative strategies to improve outcomes for youth, families, and communities. Informed by interviews and listening sessions with practitioners and leaders working in rural areas across the United States.
Author(s): Lisa Pilnik, Christine Humowitz
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, U.S. Department of Justice
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Provides an overview of barriers faced by rural communities in supporting youth and families, and innovative strategies to improve outcomes for youth, families, and communities. Informed by interviews and listening sessions with practitioners and leaders working in rural areas across the United States.
Author(s): Lisa Pilnik, Christine Humowitz
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, U.S. Department of Justice
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Bringing Community Voice into Cross-Sector Data Sharing: Addressing the Health Needs of Children and Youth in Rural South Carolina
A case study that discusses collaboration across multiple organizations involved with the Learning and Action in Policy and Partnerships (LAPP) initiative to improve data sharing around socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity disparities in youth living in rural South Carolina. Discusses how improved data sharing and collaboration can help rural schools and community leaders address students' physical and mental health needs.
Date: 11/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Health Care Strategies, Data Across Sectors for Health
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A case study that discusses collaboration across multiple organizations involved with the Learning and Action in Policy and Partnerships (LAPP) initiative to improve data sharing around socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity disparities in youth living in rural South Carolina. Discusses how improved data sharing and collaboration can help rural schools and community leaders address students' physical and mental health needs.
Date: 11/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Health Care Strategies, Data Across Sectors for Health
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Measuring the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Diné and White Mountain Apache School Personnel, Families, and Students: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
Examines the protocol for the "Project SafeSchools" (PSS) study, which aims to analyze barriers, facilitators, and overall educational, social-emotional, and health impacts of reopening schools on the Diné Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribal lands after COVID-19 closures. Discusses recruitment, participatory research model, community engagement, and data collection methods.
Author(s): Joshuaa D. Allison-Burbank, Allison Ingalls, Paul Rebman, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 22, 1481
Date: 08/2022
Type: Document
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Examines the protocol for the "Project SafeSchools" (PSS) study, which aims to analyze barriers, facilitators, and overall educational, social-emotional, and health impacts of reopening schools on the Diné Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribal lands after COVID-19 closures. Discusses recruitment, participatory research model, community engagement, and data collection methods.
Author(s): Joshuaa D. Allison-Burbank, Allison Ingalls, Paul Rebman, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 22, 1481
Date: 08/2022
Type: Document
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Implementing Full-Service Community Schools in a Rural Setting: Early Lessons from Leslie County, Kentucky
Provides an overview of a full-service community school in rural Kentucky funded by the Full Service Community Schools Program (FSCS) grant in 2020. Offers examples of how the school integrates student supports, expands learning time and opportunities, provides family and community engagement, and utilizes collaborative leadership and practice. Discusses how community schools can help students address mental, social, academic, and physical health needs.
Author(s): Ryan Herman, Lynne Sacks
Date: 07/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Opportunity for All: The EdRedesign Lab
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Provides an overview of a full-service community school in rural Kentucky funded by the Full Service Community Schools Program (FSCS) grant in 2020. Offers examples of how the school integrates student supports, expands learning time and opportunities, provides family and community engagement, and utilizes collaborative leadership and practice. Discusses how community schools can help students address mental, social, academic, and physical health needs.
Author(s): Ryan Herman, Lynne Sacks
Date: 07/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Opportunity for All: The EdRedesign Lab
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Development and Evaluation of a Remote Training Strategy for the Implementation of Mental Health Evidence-based Practices in Rural Schools: Pilot Study Protocol
Presents findings from the development and evaluation of multi-tier positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) in rural and remote schools. Examines online training efficacy to assist rural schools in implementing PBIS via remote videoing and remote videoing plus coaching. Discusses need and strategies for training mental health professionals in rural areas to address health disparities.
Author(s): Ricardo Eiraldi, Barry L. McCurdy, Muniya S. Khanna, et al.
Citation: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8,128
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
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Presents findings from the development and evaluation of multi-tier positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) in rural and remote schools. Examines online training efficacy to assist rural schools in implementing PBIS via remote videoing and remote videoing plus coaching. Discusses need and strategies for training mental health professionals in rural areas to address health disparities.
Author(s): Ricardo Eiraldi, Barry L. McCurdy, Muniya S. Khanna, et al.
Citation: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8,128
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
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Student Reports of Bullying: Results From the 2019 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
Reports on information gathered from the 2019 School Crime Supplement (SCS) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) about bullying in school and its relationship to other crime and behavioral health issues. Includes data on type of bullying, demographics of bullied students, impacts of bullying, and more. Includes breakdowns of bullying variables by city, suburb, town, or rural location.
Author(s): Erin Burns, Rebecca Mann, Christina Yanez
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Center for Education Statistics, Synergy Enterprises, Inc.
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Reports on information gathered from the 2019 School Crime Supplement (SCS) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) about bullying in school and its relationship to other crime and behavioral health issues. Includes data on type of bullying, demographics of bullied students, impacts of bullying, and more. Includes breakdowns of bullying variables by city, suburb, town, or rural location.
Author(s): Erin Burns, Rebecca Mann, Christina Yanez
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Center for Education Statistics, Synergy Enterprises, Inc.
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Focus on School-based Mental Health for Rural Central Virginia's Youth
Policy brief highlighting the increasing need for mental health care among the rural youth population of central Virginia and in the U.S. in general. Explores the effect that pandemic-related school shutdowns have had on youth mental health and the stigma surrounding mental health care in rural areas. Features statistics on suicide rates per 100,000 population with breakdowns by sex and rural or urban location, and student to school psychologist ratios from 2019-2020 with breakdowns by state.
Author(s): Sety Abooali
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Virginia State Office of Rural Health
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Policy brief highlighting the increasing need for mental health care among the rural youth population of central Virginia and in the U.S. in general. Explores the effect that pandemic-related school shutdowns have had on youth mental health and the stigma surrounding mental health care in rural areas. Features statistics on suicide rates per 100,000 population with breakdowns by sex and rural or urban location, and student to school psychologist ratios from 2019-2020 with breakdowns by state.
Author(s): Sety Abooali
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Virginia State Office of Rural Health
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Ventilation Improvement Strategies Among K–12 Public Schools — The National School COVID-19 Prevention Study, United States, February 14–March 27, 2022
Examines different school-based strategies to improve ventilation, with the goal of reducing incidence of COVID-19. Includes data on implementation of each strategy by school location for city, suburb, town, and rural schools.
Author(s): Sanjana Pampati, Catherine N. Rasberry, Luke McConnell, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(23), 770-775
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Examines different school-based strategies to improve ventilation, with the goal of reducing incidence of COVID-19. Includes data on implementation of each strategy by school location for city, suburb, town, and rural schools.
Author(s): Sanjana Pampati, Catherine N. Rasberry, Luke McConnell, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(23), 770-775
Date: 06/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Prevalence of Mental Health Services Provided by Public Schools and Limitations in Schools' Efforts to Provide Mental Health Services
Presents information on the availability of mental health assessments, treatment, and funding in U.S. elementary, middle, and secondary schools, based on data from the 2019–2020 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS). Includes percentage of schools with mental health resources by student demographic information as well as rural, town, suburban, or city locale.
Additional links: Fast Facts
Date: 05/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
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Presents information on the availability of mental health assessments, treatment, and funding in U.S. elementary, middle, and secondary schools, based on data from the 2019–2020 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS). Includes percentage of schools with mental health resources by student demographic information as well as rural, town, suburban, or city locale.
Additional links: Fast Facts
Date: 05/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
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