Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Children and youth
Telefit: Adapting a Multidisciplinary, Tertiary-Care Pediatric Obesity Clinic to Rural Populations
An overview of a tertiary-care hospital, with a pediatric obesity clinic, implementing telemedicine technology in four rural satellite clinics to reach rural children and to assess the impact on patients enrolling and remaining in pediatric obesity treatment.
Author(s): Megan B. Irby, Katherine A. Boles, Christine Jordan, et al.
Citation: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 18(3), 247-249
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
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An overview of a tertiary-care hospital, with a pediatric obesity clinic, implementing telemedicine technology in four rural satellite clinics to reach rural children and to assess the impact on patients enrolling and remaining in pediatric obesity treatment.
Author(s): Megan B. Irby, Katherine A. Boles, Christine Jordan, et al.
Citation: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 18(3), 247-249
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
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Weight Status of American Indian and White Elementary School Students Living in the Same Rural Environment, Oklahoma, 2005-2009
Compares statistics on American Indian and White students at three schools in Anadarko, Oklahoma, with categories ranging from underweight to very obese. Includes breakdowns by year, weight status, race, sex, and age.
Author(s): Amanda E. Janitz, William E. Moore, Aietah L. Stephens, Kathryn E. Abbott, June E. Eichner
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
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Compares statistics on American Indian and White students at three schools in Anadarko, Oklahoma, with categories ranging from underweight to very obese. Includes breakdowns by year, weight status, race, sex, and age.
Author(s): Amanda E. Janitz, William E. Moore, Aietah L. Stephens, Kathryn E. Abbott, June E. Eichner
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
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Adolescent Alcohol Use: Do Risk and Protective Factors Explain Rural-Urban Differences?
Examines alcohol use among rural and urban adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. Controls for a broad range of key risk and protective factors and compares rural/urban differences.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer D. Lenardson, David Lambert, David Hartley
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines alcohol use among rural and urban adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. Controls for a broad range of key risk and protective factors and compares rural/urban differences.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer D. Lenardson, David Lambert, David Hartley
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children: Medicaid Reimbursement to Non-Dental Clinicians for Fluoride Varnish and Dental Hygiene Supervision in Primary Care Safety Net Settings
Addresses preventive dental care disparities for rural children by studying access to fluoride varnish applications and the extent that dental hygienists can provide select preventive dental services in primary care safety net settings.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Amy Brock Martin, Jessica Bellinger, Jeff Hatala, Jordan Mitchell, Janice C. Probst
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Addresses preventive dental care disparities for rural children by studying access to fluoride varnish applications and the extent that dental hygienists can provide select preventive dental services in primary care safety net settings.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Amy Brock Martin, Jessica Bellinger, Jeff Hatala, Jordan Mitchell, Janice C. Probst
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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A Community Prevention Model to Prevent Children from Inhaling and Ingesting Harmful Legal Products
Describes the framework of a community prevention model (CPM) to reduce the use of harmful legal products by rural Alaskan children. Figure 1 illustrates the CPM as a two-prong approach focusing on a community mobilization strategy and an environmental strategy in homes, schools, and retail locations. Includes a description of activities and expected outcomes for each CPM strategy.
Author(s): K. W. Johnson, J. W. Grube, K. A. Ogilvie, et al.
Citation: Evaluation and Program Planning, 35(1), 113-123
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Describes the framework of a community prevention model (CPM) to reduce the use of harmful legal products by rural Alaskan children. Figure 1 illustrates the CPM as a two-prong approach focusing on a community mobilization strategy and an environmental strategy in homes, schools, and retail locations. Includes a description of activities and expected outcomes for each CPM strategy.
Author(s): K. W. Johnson, J. W. Grube, K. A. Ogilvie, et al.
Citation: Evaluation and Program Planning, 35(1), 113-123
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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American Indian Parents' Assessment of and Concern About Their Kindergarten Child's Weight Status, South Dakota, 2005-2006
Examines associations between sociodemographic characteristics and the probability of American Indian parents misclassifying their children's weight status. Includes statistical breakdowns by level of parental concern, ranging from not concerned to very concerned.
Author(s): Chrisa Arcan, Peter J. Hannan, John H. Himes, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Examines associations between sociodemographic characteristics and the probability of American Indian parents misclassifying their children's weight status. Includes statistical breakdowns by level of parental concern, ranging from not concerned to very concerned.
Author(s): Chrisa Arcan, Peter J. Hannan, John H. Himes, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Circumcisions Performed in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2009
Compares circumcision rates in 2005 and 2009 for newborn hospital stays. Table 4 provides data by location of patient residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Jared Lane Maeda, Ramya Chari, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Compares circumcision rates in 2005 and 2009 for newborn hospital stays. Table 4 provides data by location of patient residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Jared Lane Maeda, Ramya Chari, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Family-centered Program Deters Substance Use, Conduct Problems, and Depressive Symptoms in Black Adolescents
Demonstrates how a family-centered preventive intervention, the Strong African American Families–Teen (SAAF–T) program can reduce behavior problems, substance use, and symptoms of depression among black adolescents living in rural Georgia. Data was collected from 502 Black families randomly assigned to either a controlled condition or the SAAF-T program. Adolescents, ages 16 and 17 years, self-reported problem behaviors, substance use, and depression over a period of 22 months.
Author(s): Gene H. Brody, Yi-fu Chen, Steven M. Kogan, et al.
Citation: Pediatrics, 129(1) 108-115
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
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Demonstrates how a family-centered preventive intervention, the Strong African American Families–Teen (SAAF–T) program can reduce behavior problems, substance use, and symptoms of depression among black adolescents living in rural Georgia. Data was collected from 502 Black families randomly assigned to either a controlled condition or the SAAF-T program. Adolescents, ages 16 and 17 years, self-reported problem behaviors, substance use, and depression over a period of 22 months.
Author(s): Gene H. Brody, Yi-fu Chen, Steven M. Kogan, et al.
Citation: Pediatrics, 129(1) 108-115
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
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Childhood Obesity Prevention in Rural Settings: Background, Rationale, and Study Design of '4-Health,' a Parent-only Intervention
Summarizes the development of a parent-centered obesity intervention program, implementation of a 4-Health Educational program for children currently active in 4-H Youth Development programs, and evaluation of the outcome measures in children and parents of rural Montana.
Author(s): Wesley C. Lynch, Jill Martz, Galen Eldridge, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 12, 255
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Summarizes the development of a parent-centered obesity intervention program, implementation of a 4-Health Educational program for children currently active in 4-H Youth Development programs, and evaluation of the outcome measures in children and parents of rural Montana.
Author(s): Wesley C. Lynch, Jill Martz, Galen Eldridge, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 12, 255
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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We Will Be Known Forever by the Tracks We Leave: Rising up to Meet the Reproductive Health Needs of American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Provides statistics on the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, teen birth, physical/sexual abuse, and alcohol/drug abuse among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Highlights innovative efforts to address these issues.
Author(s): Lori de Ravello, Scott Tulloch, Melanie Taylor
Citation: American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 19(1), i-x
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Provides statistics on the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, teen birth, physical/sexual abuse, and alcohol/drug abuse among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Highlights innovative efforts to address these issues.
Author(s): Lori de Ravello, Scott Tulloch, Melanie Taylor
Citation: American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 19(1), i-x
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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