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Resources by Topic: Behavioral health

Comparison of US County-Level Public Health Performance Rankings With County Cluster and National Rankings: Assessment Based on Prevalence Rates of Smoking and Obesity and Motor Vehicle Crash Death Rates
Compares county-level percentile rankings on outcomes of smoking, motor vehicle crash deaths, and obesity, using demographic and health data from the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings data set. Features a map of sociodemographic-based county clusters and a table showing cluster variance and average percentile change, with breakdowns including 4 categories of rural status.
Author(s): Megan Wallace, Joshua M. Sharfstein, Joshua Kaminsky, Justin Lessler
Citation: JAMA Network Open 2(1)
Date: 01/2019
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The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L.115-271): Medicare Provisions
Provides a section-by-section description of Medicare provisions in the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act). Addresses rural in two sections: Section 6083 seeks to expand access to addiction treatment in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics by paying for training costs to obtain a DATA waiver to furnish OUD treatment; Section 6042 authorizes a demonstration project testing expanded access to MAT drugs through teams with a primary care provider.
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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Behavioral and Clinical Characteristics of American Indian/Alaska Native Adults in HIV Care — Medical Monitoring Project, United States, 2011–2015
Reports on sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) patients in HIV care. Includes information on stigma, healthcare discrimination, social supports, depression, substance use, sex without a condom, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and viral suppression.
Author(s): Amy R. Baugher, Linda Beer, Heather M. Bradley, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(5152), 1405-1409
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths - United States, 2013-2017
Reports on the annual number and age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths, analyzing data between both 2013 and 2017 and also between 2016 and 2017. Includes all opioids and prescription opioids, and heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone. Includes statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas in addition to 34 states.
Author(s): Lawrence Scholl, Puja Seth, Mbabazi Kariisa, Nana Wilson, Grant Baldwin
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(5152), 1419-1427
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska Legislative Report: FY 2018 & 2019
Provides a data overview of behavioral health needs and workforce in Nebraska. Includes county-level information on psychiatric prescribers and non-prescribers, behavioral health locations, training sites, and more.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organizations: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Community-Engaged and Culturally Relevant Research to Develop Behavioral Health Interventions with American Indians and Alaska Natives
Describes in detail the process of developing a community engaged and culturally sensitive research approach intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations that was used to establish substance abuse and violence prevention programs.
Author(s): McKinley, C.E., Figley, C.R., Woodward, S.M., et al.
Citation: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(3), 79-103
Date: 2019
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2018-2019 New Hampshire Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) Workforce Data Report
An overview of the mental health practitioner (MHP) workforce in New Hampshire, based on data from 590 actively practicing, New Hampshire-licensed MHPs who renewed their licenses between July 2018 and June 2019. Features statistics including demographics, distribution, education, practice status and capacity, retention, and geographic disparities, with breakdowns by rural and nonrural location.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
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SOAR Impact Report 2019
Annual report from Shaping Our Appalachian Region, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding job creation, improving quality of life, and enhancing opportunity, innovation, and identity in Appalachian Kentucky. Includes a section on the UNITE Rural Health Opioid Program, a Kentucky River Region initiative begun in January 2019 with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality related to opioid use disorders.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Shaping Our Appalachian Region
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Understanding Lung Cancer Resources and Barriers Among Worksites with Mostly Male Employees in Eight Rural Kentucky Counties: A Focus Group Discussion
Reports on focus groups examining lung cancer resources and related obstacles in 8 rural counties of Kentucky. Discussions focused on available resources and services; how men might use or learn about services; issues preventing men from accessing or learning about services; and more.
Author(s): Jennifer Redmond Knight, Lucy Hollingsworth Williamson, Debra Armstrong, Elizabeth Westbrook
Citation: American Journal of Men's Health, 13(6)
Date: 2019
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An Innovative Approach to Care: Integrating Mental Health Services Through Telemedicine in Rural School-based Health Centers
Presents a study on the use of telemedicine to provide behavioral healthcare to rural children and adolescents through school-based health centers. Discusses the West Virginia Children's Access Network (WVCAN) and evaluates the successes and shortcomings of both the school-based health center model and telemedicine at providing behavioral healthcare to rural children.
Author(s): Taniya Pradhan, E. Ashley Six-Workman, Kari-Beth Law
Citation: Psychiatric Services, 70(3), 239-242
Date: 2019
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