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Hardcore Drunk Driving Judicial Guide: A Resource Outlining Judicial Challenges, Effective Strategies and Model Programs
Describes strategies to combat hardcore drunk drivers by involving judges and law enforcement. Summarizes strategies used in Minnesota's SAFECAB program, which can be a model for rural communities.
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility
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Factors That Predict Financial Sustainability of Community Coalitions: Five Years of Findings from the PROSPER Partnership Project
Investigates the PROSPER (PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience) partnership model developed to evaluate the level of sustainability funding by community prevention teams and the factors that impact sustainable funding. Study took place in 14 rural communities and small towns where community teams selected, implemented, and sustained evidence-base programs focused on reducing substance misuse, and promoting positive youth and family development.
Author(s): Mark T Greenberg, Mark E Feinberg, Lesley E Johnson, et al.
Citation: Prevention Science, 16(1), 158-167
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Adherence and Delivery: Implementation Quality and Program Outcomes for the 7th Grade Keepin' It Real Program
A study to determine how the implementation quality (IQ) of a drug and alcohol prevention program specific for rural middle school adolescents can affect desired results. Seventh grade students from 25 schools in rural Pennsylvania and Ohio participated in the keepin' it REAL prevention program. Variables used to evaluate the program included adherence to the curriculum, teacher and student engagement, and a rating of teacher delivery quality.
Author(s): Jonathan Pettigrew, John W. Graham, Michelle Miller-Day, et al.
Citation: Prevention Science,16(1), 90-99
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Federal Guidelines for Opioid Treatment Programs
Highlights guidelines for planning and implementing an opioid treatment program. Features information on the use of telemedicine, as well as exemptions for serving rural areas.
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Rural/Urban Residence, Access, and Perceived Need for Treatment among African American Cocaine Users
Reports findings from a study based on surveys from 400 adult African American cocaine users, half from 2 rural counties and half from 1 urban county in Arkansas. Discusses participants' perceived need for drug use treatment, factors predisposing treatment, and socioeconomic factors that enable or discourage treatment.
Author(s): Tyrone F. Borders, Brenda M. Booth, Katharine E. Stewart, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 31(1), 98-107
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Fatalistic Beliefs and Completion of the HPV Vaccination Series Among a Sample of Young Appalachian Kentucky Women
Details a study based on surveys of women in rural Appalachian regions of Kentucky who have started the HPV vaccination regarding their perceived level of control over their health and, specifically, cervical cancer. Discusses the possible effect of fatalistic beliefs on rates of completion of all 3 doses of the HPV vaccination.
Author(s): Robin C. Vanderpool, Emily Van Meter Dressler, Lindsay R. Stradtman, Richard A. Crosby
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 31(2), 199-205
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Providing Whole-Person Care: Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care
Discusses how a patient-centered medical home in rural North Carolina is integrating primary care with mental health treatment to meet the core health needs of patients, while recognizing the need for making referrals to specialty care for more severe mental illness. Also discusses the benefits of telebehavioral health.
Author(s): Jan Sweet Freeman
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 1(76), 24-28
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Physicians Providing Leadership for Rural Communities
Identifies ways in which physicians can address unfavorable child outcomes (e.g. unplanned pregnancy, tobacco addiction, mental health disorders) by working with other groups and forming coalitions within the rural community.
Author(s): David T. Tayloe Jr
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 76(1), 31-32
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Health in Rural Missouri: Women's Health
Provides information and statistics on the health status of women, including maternal health, mental health, substance use during pregnancy, and intimate partner violence by rurality in Missouri. Covers cancer rates at the county-level and issues for the elderly and aging.
Date: 2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Screening Community Pharmacy Patients for Risk of Prescription Opioid Misuse
Examines the feasibility of screening patients for risks of opioid prescription misuse when filling prescriptions at rural and urban community pharmacies. Evaluates patients' behavioral, mental, and physical health to determine risk level. Includes rural versus urban data on gender, age, education, employment, and behavioral, mental, physical, and general health.
Author(s): Gerald Cochran, Jessica Rubinstein, Jennifer L. Bacci, Thomas Ylioja, Ralph Tarter
Citation: Journal of Addiction Medicine, 9(5), 411-416
Date: 2015
Type: Document
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