Rural Health
Resources by State: Texas
Role of Rural Libraries in Promoting Digital Health Literacy
Webinar highlighting a rural library's efforts to increase digital health literacy and healthcare access in rural Texas. Discusses telehealth, broadband access inequities and digital literacy, transportation issues, aging in place, community health workers working in libraries, emergency response, circulating medical equipment, and summer meals for students. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 03/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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Webinar highlighting a rural library's efforts to increase digital health literacy and healthcare access in rural Texas. Discusses telehealth, broadband access inequities and digital literacy, transportation issues, aging in place, community health workers working in libraries, emergency response, circulating medical equipment, and summer meals for students. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 03/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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Linkages Between Rural Community Capitals and Healthcare Provision: A Survey of Small Rural Towns in Three U.S. Regions
Identifies community-level factors affecting the recruitment and retention of rural healthcare professionals through key informant interviews and a survey of healthcare professionals in 9 states across three regions: the Lower Mississippi Delta, the Southern Great Plains, and the Upper Midwest. Explores how the importance of these factors varies across regions and types of healthcare professionals and whether the importance of these factors differs between recruitment and retention.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): John Pender, Maria Kuhns, Cindy Yu, Janice Larson, Shirley Huck
Date: 03/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Identifies community-level factors affecting the recruitment and retention of rural healthcare professionals through key informant interviews and a survey of healthcare professionals in 9 states across three regions: the Lower Mississippi Delta, the Southern Great Plains, and the Upper Midwest. Explores how the importance of these factors varies across regions and types of healthcare professionals and whether the importance of these factors differs between recruitment and retention.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): John Pender, Maria Kuhns, Cindy Yu, Janice Larson, Shirley Huck
Date: 03/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Using GIS to Identify Priority Sites for Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs in Texas Health Centers
Provides county-level information on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in Texas, including percentage of the population who have been screened and number of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) patients without up-to-date screening or Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) engagement. Lists FQHCs by county that are priority for CRC screening improvement.
Author(s): F. Benjamin Zhan, Yanyan Liu, Mei Yang, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 03/2023
Type: Document
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Provides county-level information on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in Texas, including percentage of the population who have been screened and number of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) patients without up-to-date screening or Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) engagement. Lists FQHCs by county that are priority for CRC screening improvement.
Author(s): F. Benjamin Zhan, Yanyan Liu, Mei Yang, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 03/2023
Type: Document
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Evaluation of the Fiscal Year 2020 Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Project
Examines the impact of the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) Project which aimed to increase the purchase and consumption of milk in households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Analyzes 4 pilot stores in Texas participating in the program, including Littlefield which is situated in a nonmetro area. Includes demographic characteristics of counties with pilot stores as well as data on milk sales, redemption of incentives, and more.
Date: 02/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Examines the impact of the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) Project which aimed to increase the purchase and consumption of milk in households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Analyzes 4 pilot stores in Texas participating in the program, including Littlefield which is situated in a nonmetro area. Includes demographic characteristics of counties with pilot stores as well as data on milk sales, redemption of incentives, and more.
Date: 02/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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A Population-Based Assessment of Metastatic Hepatoblastoma in Texas Reveals Ethnic Disparities
Presents the results of a population-based study to advance knowledge of the epidemiology of hepatoblastoma, a common liver disease in children particularly Latino children, and to identify the high-risk factors of the disease to improve health outcomes. Study evaluated population data based on sex, race or ethnicity, age, urban-rural status, and residence in the Texas-Mexico border region.
Author(s): Andres F. Espinoza, Michael E. Scheurer, Tiffany M. Chambers, Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, Philip J. Lupo
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 11
Date: 02/2023
Type: Document
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Presents the results of a population-based study to advance knowledge of the epidemiology of hepatoblastoma, a common liver disease in children particularly Latino children, and to identify the high-risk factors of the disease to improve health outcomes. Study evaluated population data based on sex, race or ethnicity, age, urban-rural status, and residence in the Texas-Mexico border region.
Author(s): Andres F. Espinoza, Michael E. Scheurer, Tiffany M. Chambers, Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, Philip J. Lupo
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 11
Date: 02/2023
Type: Document
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Project SOAR: Simulation-Based Training to Support Emergent Obstetric Capacity & Care in Rural Hospitals
Webinar highlighting the creation of a Texas based academic-rural health partnership providing training for rural nurses in emergent obstetric care. Discusses maternal care statistics in rural Texas and the benefits of community-based participatory research. Transcript available by clicking the three dots under the video.
Date: 01/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Rural Health and Nursing
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Webinar highlighting the creation of a Texas based academic-rural health partnership providing training for rural nurses in emergent obstetric care. Discusses maternal care statistics in rural Texas and the benefits of community-based participatory research. Transcript available by clicking the three dots under the video.
Date: 01/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Rural Health and Nursing
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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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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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Texas Pharmacy Technicians, 2023
County-level breakdown of the Pharmacy Technician workforce in Texas. Includes number of pharmacy technicians along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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County-level breakdown of the Pharmacy Technician workforce in Texas. Includes number of pharmacy technicians along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Certified Nurse Aides, 2023
County-level breakdown of the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) workforce in Texas. Includes number of CNAs along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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County-level breakdown of the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) workforce in Texas. Includes number of CNAs along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Pharmacists, 2023
County-level breakdown of the Pharmacist workforce in Texas. Includes number of pharmacists along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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County-level breakdown of the Pharmacist workforce in Texas. Includes number of pharmacists along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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