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Social Determinants of Health for Rural People – Resources

Selected recent or important resources focusing on Social Determinants of Health for Rural People.

Patterns of Food Insecurity, Food Availability, and Health Outcomes Among Rural and Urban Counties
Compares food insecurity for rural versus urban counties and addresses factors contributing to food insecurity risk, as well as associated health outcomes.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Joel Halverson, Cheryl Brown, Melissa Olfert, Melissa Ahern, Christiaan Abildso
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Key Environmental Health Competencies for Rural Primary Care Providers
Identifies a set of basic environmental health competencies that are needed by all rural primary care providers in order to direct healthcare and education policy. Covers assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation. Describes the process used in developing the list of key competencies.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Cynthia Armstrong Persily, Johnna S. Beane, Mary Glenn Rice
Date: 05/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Pollution Sources and Mortality Rates Across Rural-Urban Areas in the United States
Addresses potential pollution sources and corresponding health outcomes, paying particular attention to pollution hazards in rural settings.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Evan Fedorko, Joel A. Halverson
Date: 02/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Health Extension in New Mexico: An Academic Health Center and the Social Determinants of Disease
Discusses New Mexico's Health Extension Rural Offices program, developed in response to the Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service methodologies for academic health centers for community engagement focused on rural areas that can address the social determinants of disease.
Author(s): Arthur Kaufman, Wayne Powell, Charles Alfero, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 8(1), 73-81
Date: 01/2010
Type: Document
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Healthy Housing Reference Manual
Provides information on housing-related health and safety issues, including those particular to rural areas. Chapter 8 focuses on rural water supply and water quality issues.
Date: 2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary
Covers rural environmental health, including the social, the natural, and the built environment. Report on a regional workshop at the University of Iowa on November 29-30, 2004 addressing rural environmental health issues.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Health Equity Advancement/High-Need Mapping Tool
Interactive map highlighting various social determinants of health indices with Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center and grants data. Data can be viewed by HRSA Region, state, or county.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Populations at Risk
Tool offering downloadable socioeconomic reports covering age, race and ethnicity, educational attainment, language proficiency, poverty, assistance programs, employment, and housing. Reports Includes ability to compare locations by census tract, city, county, state, tribal, metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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Pathways to Equity Rural Health Roadmap
Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index
Interactive map of 184 indicators identifying climate vulnerability in health, social determinants of health, environment, and infrastructure at the state, county, and census tract levels.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organizations: Darkhorse Analytics, Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
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Last Updated: 3/20/2024