Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Cardiovascular disease
A Church-Based Diet and Physical Activity Intervention for Rural, Lower Mississippi Delta African American Adults: Delta Body and Soul Effectiveness Study, 2010–2011
Study of 6-month-long interventions in 8 self-selected churches in 4 counties. Features statistics including sex, weight group, smoking status, employment, types of chronic disease and medication use, and levels of physical activity.
Author(s): Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Jessica L. Thomson, Tanyatta Mayo, Emanuel Edmond
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Study of 6-month-long interventions in 8 self-selected churches in 4 counties. Features statistics including sex, weight group, smoking status, employment, types of chronic disease and medication use, and levels of physical activity.
Author(s): Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Jessica L. Thomson, Tanyatta Mayo, Emanuel Edmond
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Developing a Research Agenda for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in High-Risk Rural Communities
Summarizes a workshop hosted by the National Institute of Health to engage researchers and practitioners on cardiovascular disease research unique to rural communities across the country. Includes recommendations to guide and frame future research aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease risks in rural areas.
Author(s): Cathy L. Melvin, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 103(6), 1011-1021
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Summarizes a workshop hosted by the National Institute of Health to engage researchers and practitioners on cardiovascular disease research unique to rural communities across the country. Includes recommendations to guide and frame future research aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease risks in rural areas.
Author(s): Cathy L. Melvin, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 103(6), 1011-1021
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Health Coaching Interventions With a Heart-Healthy Lenoir Project Client
Demonstrates how the Heart-Healthy Lenoir Project study to reduce the risk of heart disease integrated a personalized health coach to provide educational assistance and collaborate with primary care to help a client reduce their blood pressure and improve diet and physical activity.
Author(s): Jim Tillman
Citation: Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2(3), 83-86
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Demonstrates how the Heart-Healthy Lenoir Project study to reduce the risk of heart disease integrated a personalized health coach to provide educational assistance and collaborate with primary care to help a client reduce their blood pressure and improve diet and physical activity.
Author(s): Jim Tillman
Citation: Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2(3), 83-86
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Cooperative Strategies to Develop Effective Stroke and Heart Attack Awareness Messages in Rural American Indian Communities, 2009-2010
Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program in Public Health and Health Care Settings
Evaluates the effectiveness of a Community Health Worker system of care to help decrease coronary heart disease in primarily rural and frontier Colorado counties. Includes data and statistics broken down by age, race, risk factors, and geographic location.
Author(s): Mori J. Krantz, Stephanie M. Coronel, Elizabeth M. Whitley, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 103(1), 19-27
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Evaluates the effectiveness of a Community Health Worker system of care to help decrease coronary heart disease in primarily rural and frontier Colorado counties. Includes data and statistics broken down by age, race, risk factors, and geographic location.
Author(s): Mori J. Krantz, Stephanie M. Coronel, Elizabeth M. Whitley, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 103(1), 19-27
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Rural Acute Myocardial Infarction Survey (RAMIS)
Discusses an online survey that polled Critical Access Hospitals in Nebraska regarding delay factors in rural hospitals and treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Author(s): Nikiah Nudell, Don Rice, John Gale, Gary Wingrove, Tom Bouthillet
Citation: International Paramedic Practice, 2(1)
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Discusses an online survey that polled Critical Access Hospitals in Nebraska regarding delay factors in rural hospitals and treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Author(s): Nikiah Nudell, Don Rice, John Gale, Gary Wingrove, Tom Bouthillet
Citation: International Paramedic Practice, 2(1)
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in a Rural Appalachian Food Desert
Describes predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that affect eating a Mediterranean diet in a rural Appalachian food desert in Kentucky. Includes study participant characteristics, such as age, education, and household income.
Author(s): Frances Hardin-Fanning
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2293
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Describes predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that affect eating a Mediterranean diet in a rural Appalachian food desert in Kentucky. Includes study participant characteristics, such as age, education, and household income.
Author(s): Frances Hardin-Fanning
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2293
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Boot Camp Translation: A Method For Building a Community of Solution
Describes a community-based participatory research approach integrating primary care, public health, and community-based organizations to process and translate biomedical research and evidence into accessible messages and dissemination methods to improve health in rural Colorado.
Author(s): Ned Norman, Chris Bennett, Shirley Cowart, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(3), 254-263
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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Describes a community-based participatory research approach integrating primary care, public health, and community-based organizations to process and translate biomedical research and evidence into accessible messages and dissemination methods to improve health in rural Colorado.
Author(s): Ned Norman, Chris Bennett, Shirley Cowart, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(3), 254-263
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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HeartBeat Connections: A Rural Community of Solution for Cardiovascular Health
Describes a phone-coaching population-based program in New Ulm, Minnesota, combining behavioral lifestyle coaching and medication management, with the goal of reducing myocardial infarctions.
Author(s): Gretchen A. Benson, Abbey Sidebottom, Jeffrey J. Van Wormer, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 30(4), 299-310
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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Describes a phone-coaching population-based program in New Ulm, Minnesota, combining behavioral lifestyle coaching and medication management, with the goal of reducing myocardial infarctions.
Author(s): Gretchen A. Benson, Abbey Sidebottom, Jeffrey J. Van Wormer, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 30(4), 299-310
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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The Heart Healthy Lenoir Project - An Intervention to Reduce Disparities in Hypertension Control: Study Protocol
Describes a study that included a practice level and patient level intervention to enhance the care and support of patients identified with hypertension in rural North Carolina.
Author(s): Jacquie R. Halladay, Katrina E. Donahue, Alan L. Hinderliter, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 13, 441
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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Describes a study that included a practice level and patient level intervention to enhance the care and support of patients identified with hypertension in rural North Carolina.
Author(s): Jacquie R. Halladay, Katrina E. Donahue, Alan L. Hinderliter, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 13, 441
Date: 2013
Type: Document
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