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Added October 28, 2024
CAH Perspectives on Collection and Use of Demographic and Social Drivers of Health Data
Describes how collecting information about social drivers of health (SDOH) can help hospitals inform treatment and discharge planning decisions and identify local health disparities. Summarizes findings from interviews with nine Critical Access Hospital (CAH) staff regarding their experiences collecting demographic and SDOH data. Highlights themes related to challenges CAH staff face in collecting this data and how CAHs utilize the data they collect.
Author(s): Madeleine Pick, Carson Crane, Megan Lahr
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes how collecting information about social drivers of health (SDOH) can help hospitals inform treatment and discharge planning decisions and identify local health disparities. Summarizes findings from interviews with nine Critical Access Hospital (CAH) staff regarding their experiences collecting demographic and SDOH data. Highlights themes related to challenges CAH staff face in collecting this data and how CAHs utilize the data they collect.
Author(s): Madeleine Pick, Carson Crane, Megan Lahr
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Differing Needs for Advance Care Planning in the Veterans Health Administration: Use of Latent Class Analysis to Identify Subgroups to Enhance Advance Care Planning via Group Visits for Veterans
Analyzes the Advance Care Planning via Group Visits (ACP-GV) intervention among identifiable subgroups and their potential differing needs. Examines healthcare records of 26,857 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) users regarding their ACP knowledge and planning, with demographic breakdowns according to race/ethnicity, sex, marital status, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Monica M. Matthieu, Songthip T. Ounpraseuth, J. Silas Williams, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics, 25, 120
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes the Advance Care Planning via Group Visits (ACP-GV) intervention among identifiable subgroups and their potential differing needs. Examines healthcare records of 26,857 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) users regarding their ACP knowledge and planning, with demographic breakdowns according to race/ethnicity, sex, marital status, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Monica M. Matthieu, Songthip T. Ounpraseuth, J. Silas Williams, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics, 25, 120
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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A Qualitative Study of Rural Plant-Based Eaters' Knowledge and Practices for Nutritional Adequacy
Examines nutritional knowledge, strategies, and access to nutritional expertise among 28 adults who follow a flexitarian, pescatarian, vegan, or vegetarian diet in rural Vermont. Discusses factors influencing the nutritional adequacy of plant-based diets, and identifies gaps in nutritional support for rural people following plant-based diets.
Author(s): MIchelle Leonetti, Jane Kolodinsky, Amy Trubek, Emily H. Belarmino
Citation: Nutrients, 16(20), 3504
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Examines nutritional knowledge, strategies, and access to nutritional expertise among 28 adults who follow a flexitarian, pescatarian, vegan, or vegetarian diet in rural Vermont. Discusses factors influencing the nutritional adequacy of plant-based diets, and identifies gaps in nutritional support for rural people following plant-based diets.
Author(s): MIchelle Leonetti, Jane Kolodinsky, Amy Trubek, Emily H. Belarmino
Citation: Nutrients, 16(20), 3504
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Regional Variation in Deescalated Therapy in Older Adults With Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed to region or patient characteristics. Features demographics including breakdowns by urban or rural status.
Author(s): Christina A. Minami, Tanujit Dey, Yu-Jen Chen, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(10):e2441152
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed to region or patient characteristics. Features demographics including breakdowns by urban or rural status.
Author(s): Christina A. Minami, Tanujit Dey, Yu-Jen Chen, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(10):e2441152
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Strengthening Rural Health: The Role of HPV Vaccination
Recording of an October 1, 2024, webinar regarding trends in HPV-related cancers in rural areas and the importance of HPV vaccination to cancer prevention. Features Heather Brandt, Director of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's HPV Cancer Prevention Program. Discusses the hospital's efforts to increase HPV vaccinations in rural communities. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 10/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Recording of an October 1, 2024, webinar regarding trends in HPV-related cancers in rural areas and the importance of HPV vaccination to cancer prevention. Features Heather Brandt, Director of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's HPV Cancer Prevention Program. Discusses the hospital's efforts to increase HPV vaccinations in rural communities. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 10/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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USDA Rural Development: Rural Emergency Health Care Grants
Story map explaining the investments and reach of the USDA Rural Emergency Health Care Program, which expanded rural vaccination, healthcare services, and food assistance availability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data on overall investments and economic relief provided, and highlights healthcare facilities that benefited from USDA Rural Development grants and loans.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Story map explaining the investments and reach of the USDA Rural Emergency Health Care Program, which expanded rural vaccination, healthcare services, and food assistance availability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data on overall investments and economic relief provided, and highlights healthcare facilities that benefited from USDA Rural Development grants and loans.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Validation of Prognostic Scales for Functional Outcome in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis in a Rural Setting
Examines the efficacy of prognostic tools for stroke recovery in a rural setting, utilizing data of 279 stroke patients who received thrombolytic therapy at the Southern Illinois Healthcare Stroke Network from July 2017 to June 2024. Provides data on the performance of the DRAGON, MRI-DRAGON, and S-TPI tools in predicting positive and negative patient outcomes.
Author(s): Andrea Loggini, Faddi G Saleh Velez, Jonatan Hornik, et al.
Citation: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra, 14(1), 148-157
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Examines the efficacy of prognostic tools for stroke recovery in a rural setting, utilizing data of 279 stroke patients who received thrombolytic therapy at the Southern Illinois Healthcare Stroke Network from July 2017 to June 2024. Provides data on the performance of the DRAGON, MRI-DRAGON, and S-TPI tools in predicting positive and negative patient outcomes.
Author(s): Andrea Loggini, Faddi G Saleh Velez, Jonatan Hornik, et al.
Citation: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra, 14(1), 148-157
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Weight Status Underestimation and Weight Management Goals among Adults in the Rural South of the United States
Analyzes weight status, underestimation, and management goals among residents in rural South Carolina. Analyzes survey data among 185 respondents according to accuracy of weight reporting, weight loss/management goals, and related demographic factors. Discusses accuracy of weight perceptions among residents and the impact on weight management in the rural South.
Author(s): Haakim A. Waraich, Michael D. Wirth, Serge Wandji, Janessa M. Graves, Demetrius A. Abshire
Citation: Journal of Rural Health
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes weight status, underestimation, and management goals among residents in rural South Carolina. Analyzes survey data among 185 respondents according to accuracy of weight reporting, weight loss/management goals, and related demographic factors. Discusses accuracy of weight perceptions among residents and the impact on weight management in the rural South.
Author(s): Haakim A. Waraich, Michael D. Wirth, Serge Wandji, Janessa M. Graves, Demetrius A. Abshire
Citation: Journal of Rural Health
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Added October 25, 2024
Beneficiary and Clinician Perspectives on Medicare and Other Issues: Findings from 2024 Focus Groups in Select States
Summarizes findings from 24 focus groups of Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligible) beneficiaries, and clinicians conducted between May and June 2024, including three virtual focus groups of rural Medicare beneficiaries. Highlights themes that emerged across the focus groups covering Medicare coverage options, access to care, telehealth, organization of care, and prescription drugs.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Summarizes findings from 24 focus groups of Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligible) beneficiaries, and clinicians conducted between May and June 2024, including three virtual focus groups of rural Medicare beneficiaries. Highlights themes that emerged across the focus groups covering Medicare coverage options, access to care, telehealth, organization of care, and prescription drugs.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago
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"But Then That's Another Barrier": A Qualitative Study of Parent and Provider Perspectives on Rural Versus Urban Disparities in Adolescent Vaccination
Uses semi-structured interviews with 18 urban and rural Colorado parents and 22 providers in 2019 to identify barriers to vaccination for rural youth. Discusses barriers related to access, logistics, and health beliefs and behaviors.
Author(s): Sarah E. Brewer, Jessica R. Cataldi, Cathryn Perreira, et al.
Citation: Vaccine, 42(26), 126456
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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Uses semi-structured interviews with 18 urban and rural Colorado parents and 22 providers in 2019 to identify barriers to vaccination for rural youth. Discusses barriers related to access, logistics, and health beliefs and behaviors.
Author(s): Sarah E. Brewer, Jessica R. Cataldi, Cathryn Perreira, et al.
Citation: Vaccine, 42(26), 126456
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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