Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Children and youth
Family-Focused Interventions to Prevent Substance Use Disorders in Adolescence
Proceedings from a workshop exploring barriers to and opportunities for implementing interventions and highlighting efforts to incorporate interventions into statewide healthcare strategies. Includes sections on interventions in healthcare settings, program implementation, federal agency perspectives, and possible future directions. Mentions initiatives geared toward tribal communities.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Proceedings from a workshop exploring barriers to and opportunities for implementing interventions and highlighting efforts to incorporate interventions into statewide healthcare strategies. Includes sections on interventions in healthcare settings, program implementation, federal agency perspectives, and possible future directions. Mentions initiatives geared toward tribal communities.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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2022 School Pulse Panel
Provides data on COVID-19 impacts in 2022 from a sample of elementary, middle, high, and combined-grade public schools across the U.S. Examines impacts such as absenteeism, student behavior, staffing and learning modes, mitigation strategies and common concerns, and health-related issues such as nutrition, policies (including vaccination status), and mental health. Allows user to view data by region, minority and poverty status, and school size, level, and location (city, suburban, town, rural).
Date: 2022
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Education Sciences
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Provides data on COVID-19 impacts in 2022 from a sample of elementary, middle, high, and combined-grade public schools across the U.S. Examines impacts such as absenteeism, student behavior, staffing and learning modes, mitigation strategies and common concerns, and health-related issues such as nutrition, policies (including vaccination status), and mental health. Allows user to view data by region, minority and poverty status, and school size, level, and location (city, suburban, town, rural).
Date: 2022
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Education Sciences
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The School-Based Health Alliance Child Health and Education Mapping Tool
An interactive mapping resource that focuses on education and healthcare access among low-income children using geographic information systems (GIS). County-level data and statistics included for child health, education, and socioeconomic status.
Date: 2022
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: School-Based Health Alliance
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An interactive mapping resource that focuses on education and healthcare access among low-income children using geographic information systems (GIS). County-level data and statistics included for child health, education, and socioeconomic status.
Date: 2022
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: School-Based Health Alliance
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Alaska Native Health Status Report
Provides an overview of Alaskan Native health, with a focus on sociodemographics and social determinants of health (SDOH); mortality; morbidity; maternal, infant, and child health; adolescent health; adult health; preventive care; and environmental health. Includes data and maps on health issues in Alaskan regions. Discusses advocacy, program planning, policy development, and evaluation related to Alaskan Native public health.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Provides an overview of Alaskan Native health, with a focus on sociodemographics and social determinants of health (SDOH); mortality; morbidity; maternal, infant, and child health; adolescent health; adult health; preventive care; and environmental health. Includes data and maps on health issues in Alaskan regions. Discusses advocacy, program planning, policy development, and evaluation related to Alaskan Native public health.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Disproportionality in Child Welfare
Explains the concept of disproportionality in child welfare, paying particular attention to the overrepresentation of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children in the child welfare and foster care systems. Discusses the problem at the national level, and also lists the top 15 U.S. states with the highest rates of disproportionality.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Indian Child Welfare Association
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Explains the concept of disproportionality in child welfare, paying particular attention to the overrepresentation of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children in the child welfare and foster care systems. Discusses the problem at the national level, and also lists the top 15 U.S. states with the highest rates of disproportionality.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Indian Child Welfare Association
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"I Didn't Come Here to Make Trouble": Resistance Strategies Utilized by Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth in the Midwestern U.S.
Explores resilience in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth living in rural Midwestern states. Discusses stigma, discrimination, and victimization TGD youth experience and how a strength-focused analysis shows how they cultivate strategies to resist oppression, such as navigating difficult relationships, seeking mental health support, and accessing community resources.
Author(s): Megan S. Paceley, Jacob Goffnett, April L. Diaz, et al.
Citation: Youth, 1(1), 29-46
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Explores resilience in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth living in rural Midwestern states. Discusses stigma, discrimination, and victimization TGD youth experience and how a strength-focused analysis shows how they cultivate strategies to resist oppression, such as navigating difficult relationships, seeking mental health support, and accessing community resources.
Author(s): Megan S. Paceley, Jacob Goffnett, April L. Diaz, et al.
Citation: Youth, 1(1), 29-46
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Experiences and Correlates of Violence Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: A Brief Report
Study examining experiences of violence and harassment within 6 months among American Indian youth based on survey data from 400 participants. Breaks down responses by type of interpersonal violence and victimization and self-reported mental health issues.
Author(s): Katie M. Edwards, Victoria L. Banyard, Leon Leader Charge, Laura M. Mercer Kollar, Beverly Fortson
Citation: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 23-24, 11808-11821
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Study examining experiences of violence and harassment within 6 months among American Indian youth based on survey data from 400 participants. Breaks down responses by type of interpersonal violence and victimization and self-reported mental health issues.
Author(s): Katie M. Edwards, Victoria L. Banyard, Leon Leader Charge, Laura M. Mercer Kollar, Beverly Fortson
Citation: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 23-24, 11808-11821
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Through the Lens: Youth Experiences with Cancer in Rural Appalachian Kentucky Using Photovoice
Study examining a group of Appalachian Kentucky youth's recognition of cancer disparities in their communities through photography. Analyzes visual themes in participant submissions, including risk factors related to cancer-causing substances, products, or diets, community awareness and support, and healthcare, among other themes.
Author(s): Katie Gaines, Courtney Martin, Chris Prichard, Nathan L. Vanderford
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 205
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Study examining a group of Appalachian Kentucky youth's recognition of cancer disparities in their communities through photography. Analyzes visual themes in participant submissions, including risk factors related to cancer-causing substances, products, or diets, community awareness and support, and healthcare, among other themes.
Author(s): Katie Gaines, Courtney Martin, Chris Prichard, Nathan L. Vanderford
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 205
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) for American Indian Youth
Manual providing an overview of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), a school-based intervention designed to help students exposed to traumatic events who are suffering from emotional or behavioral problems. Adapts the CBITS program for American Indian youth and outlines individual and group sessions, the caregiver education program, and teacher education program.
Author(s): National Native Children's Trauma Center, Lisa H. Jaycox, Audra K. Langley, Sharon A. Hoover
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Manual providing an overview of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), a school-based intervention designed to help students exposed to traumatic events who are suffering from emotional or behavioral problems. Adapts the CBITS program for American Indian youth and outlines individual and group sessions, the caregiver education program, and teacher education program.
Author(s): National Native Children's Trauma Center, Lisa H. Jaycox, Audra K. Langley, Sharon A. Hoover
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Supporting Families in Region XI AIAN Head Start: Centers' Early Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Describes how Region XI Head Start children's centers adjusted their communications and services with families during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examines the needs that families reported to center staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, including food and nutrition services and healthcare related to COVID-19, and discusses how centers provided supports to meet these needs.
Author(s): Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Lizabeth Malone, Addison Larson, AIAN FACES 2019 Workgroup
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, Mathematica
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Describes how Region XI Head Start children's centers adjusted their communications and services with families during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examines the needs that families reported to center staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, including food and nutrition services and healthcare related to COVID-19, and discusses how centers provided supports to meet these needs.
Author(s): Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Lizabeth Malone, Addison Larson, AIAN FACES 2019 Workgroup
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, Mathematica
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