Rural Health
News by Topic: Research methods and resources
Nov 12, 2024 - The Census Bureau will hold two virtual tribal consultations on December 11, 2024, and January 15, 2025. The two webinars will offer a forum for tribes to learn about its Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Project, which allows tribes to provide feedback on how detailed race and/or ethnicity and American Indian or Alaska Native populations will be coded in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2030 Census, and to provide feedback. Questions and topic suggestions for the consultation meetings must be submitted by December 2, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Nov 6, 2024 - Discusses challenges with clinical trial participation for various racial and ethnic minority groups as well as rural populations. Notes rural health disparities that could be addressed through better clinical trial representation. Offers overview of identified goals to increase clinical trial participation for underrepresented groups.
Source: Health Affairs Forefront
Oct 23, 2024 - Notice from the U.S. Census Bureau seeking comments on American Community Survey (ACS) Methods Panel tests related to self-response. ACS Methods Panel is a research program at the Census Bureau designed to address and respond to survey issues and needs of the ACS. From 2025 to 2028, the ACS Methods Panel may test ACS and decennial census methods for reducing survey cost, addressing respondent burden, and improving survey response, data quality, and survey efficiencies for housing units and group quarters. Comments are due by December 23, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Oct 16, 2024 - Notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking comments on an information collection titled "Prevention Communication Formative Research." The information collected will be used to improve communication, products, and services that support key office activities including Healthy People, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, health literacy and healthy aging, and more. Comments are due by November 15, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Oct 9, 2024 - Announces a new program in Alabama to expand genetic testing and getting patients into clinical trials in Alabama with particular focus on including rural and other underserved residents in the state. Discusses challenges related to primary care access, diverse clinical trial pools, and the economic benefits of research for the state.
Source: Alabama Reflector
CDC: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Federal Register
Oct 1, 2024 - Notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allowing an additional 30 days for comments on proposed revisions to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). NHANES produces descriptive statistics, which measure the health and nutrition status of the general population. For 2025-2026, substantial changes to NHANES content and procedures are not being considered. Comments are due within 30 days of this notice.
Source: Federal Register
HHS: Announcement of Solicitation of Written Comments on Proposed Healthy People 2030 Objectives
Federal Register
Oct 1, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking comments on 12 new objectives proposed to be added to Healthy People 2030. Objectives cover the inclusion of environmental health in health professions education programs, age-appropriate vaccinations, hypertension during pregnancy, and more. HHS is also soliciting proposals for additional new core, developmental, or research objectives or topics to be included in Healthy People 2030. Comments are due by October 31, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Oct 1, 2024 - Announces 3 new research network hubs to serve rural communities through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Communities Advancing Research Equity for Health (CARE for Health) program. The hubs will expand NIH-funded studies into primary care settings.
Source: National Institutes of Health