Rural Health
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Catalyzing Medicaid-Public Health Collaboration to Reduce Childhood Obesity
Explains cross-sector interventions tested by 5 states - Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas - participating in the Center for Health Care Strategies' Innovations in Childhood Obesity Initiative. Each state profile highlights how Medicaid and public health agencies are using innovative approaches to address childhood obesity in their high-risk communities. The Texas initiative focuses on childhood obesity in the rural, low-income population along the U.S./Mexico border.
Author(s): Alexandra Maul, Stephen A. Somers
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Explains cross-sector interventions tested by 5 states - Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas - participating in the Center for Health Care Strategies' Innovations in Childhood Obesity Initiative. Each state profile highlights how Medicaid and public health agencies are using innovative approaches to address childhood obesity in their high-risk communities. The Texas initiative focuses on childhood obesity in the rural, low-income population along the U.S./Mexico border.
Author(s): Alexandra Maul, Stephen A. Somers
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Rural Unintentional Injuries: They're Not Accidents – They're Preventable
Examines the three leading causes of rural unintentional injuries: transportation injuries, poisonings, and falls. Discusses how rural areas compare to urban areas for these concerns, and identifies successful rural prevention strategies related to motor vehicle fatalities, non-drug poisonings, and falls.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Examines the three leading causes of rural unintentional injuries: transportation injuries, poisonings, and falls. Discusses how rural areas compare to urban areas for these concerns, and identifies successful rural prevention strategies related to motor vehicle fatalities, non-drug poisonings, and falls.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Preventable Tooth Loss in Hawai'i: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Diabetes, and Dental Visits
Results of a study examining association of tooth loss with health risk, dental care access, and sociodemographic factors including income level in 13,371 adults from 4 racial and ethnic groups in Hawaii. Features demographic statistics including breakdowns by residence in a city center, outside a city center, or a nonmetropolitan area.
Author(s): Mikako Deguchi, Marjorie K. Leimomi Mala Mau, James Davis, Richard Niederman
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 14
Date: 11/2017
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Results of a study examining association of tooth loss with health risk, dental care access, and sociodemographic factors including income level in 13,371 adults from 4 racial and ethnic groups in Hawaii. Features demographic statistics including breakdowns by residence in a city center, outside a city center, or a nonmetropolitan area.
Author(s): Mikako Deguchi, Marjorie K. Leimomi Mala Mau, James Davis, Richard Niederman
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 14
Date: 11/2017
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Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Rural Adults — United States, 2012-2015
Reports on racial/ethnic health disparities among rural residents. Includes data by race/ethnicity for health-related quality of life, healthcare access and use, chronic health conditions, and health-related behaviors. Based on data from the 2012–2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Author(s): Cara V. James, Ramal Moonesinghe, Shondelle M. Wilson-Frederick, et al.
Citation: MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(23), 1-9
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on racial/ethnic health disparities among rural residents. Includes data by race/ethnicity for health-related quality of life, healthcare access and use, chronic health conditions, and health-related behaviors. Based on data from the 2012–2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Author(s): Cara V. James, Ramal Moonesinghe, Shondelle M. Wilson-Frederick, et al.
Citation: MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(23), 1-9
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rural Health Research Recap: Rural Behavioral Health
Summarizes key findings from the Rural Health Research Centers' most recent rural behavioral health projects. Discusses mental illness prevalence in rural areas, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among rural children, access to behavioral health services in rural communities, and rural behavioral health interventions. Provides links to each of the referenced source documents.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway
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Summarizes key findings from the Rural Health Research Centers' most recent rural behavioral health projects. Discusses mental illness prevalence in rural areas, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among rural children, access to behavioral health services in rural communities, and rural behavioral health interventions. Provides links to each of the referenced source documents.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway
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Puerto Rico's Community Health Centers: Struggling to Recover in the Wake of Hurricane Maria
Highlights the importance of Puerto Rico's 86 mostly rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and details the challenges they face as they recover from Hurricane Maria. Also provides demographic and health status/coverage information for Puerto Rico's health center patient base.
Author(s): Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Rachel Gunsalus, Brad Leifer, Sara Rosenbaum
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organizations: Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health, RCHN Community Health Foundation
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Highlights the importance of Puerto Rico's 86 mostly rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and details the challenges they face as they recover from Hurricane Maria. Also provides demographic and health status/coverage information for Puerto Rico's health center patient base.
Author(s): Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Rachel Gunsalus, Brad Leifer, Sara Rosenbaum
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organizations: Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health, RCHN Community Health Foundation
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Rurality and Determinants of Hearing Healthcare in Adult Hearing Aid Recipients
Presents results of a survey on length of time between hearing loss onset and hearing aid acquisition in rural and urban populations. Compares data for multiple factors, including age at hearing loss onset, length of commute to hearing specialist, insurance status, hearing aid use frequency and satisfaction, and educational and occupational impacts of hearing loss. Discusses life impact of hearing loss and issues associated with seeking hearing healthcare for rural people.
Author(s): Stephen Chan, Brian Hixon, Margaret Adkins, Jennifer B. Shinn, Matthew L. Bush
Citation: Laryngoscope, 127(10), 2362-2367
Date: 10/2017
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Presents results of a survey on length of time between hearing loss onset and hearing aid acquisition in rural and urban populations. Compares data for multiple factors, including age at hearing loss onset, length of commute to hearing specialist, insurance status, hearing aid use frequency and satisfaction, and educational and occupational impacts of hearing loss. Discusses life impact of hearing loss and issues associated with seeking hearing healthcare for rural people.
Author(s): Stephen Chan, Brian Hixon, Margaret Adkins, Jennifer B. Shinn, Matthew L. Bush
Citation: Laryngoscope, 127(10), 2362-2367
Date: 10/2017
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Immune Development and Environment: Lessons from Amish and Hutterite Children
Examines protection from asthma and allergies for children growing up with traditional farming practices by reviewing studies on Amish and Hutterite children.
Author(s): Carole Ober, Anne I. Sperling, Erika von Mutius, Donata Vercelli
Citation: Current Opinion in Immunology, 48, 51-60
Date: 10/2017
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Examines protection from asthma and allergies for children growing up with traditional farming practices by reviewing studies on Amish and Hutterite children.
Author(s): Carole Ober, Anne I. Sperling, Erika von Mutius, Donata Vercelli
Citation: Current Opinion in Immunology, 48, 51-60
Date: 10/2017
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Silence Surrounding Hepatitis C Status in Risk Relationships among Rural People Who Use Drugs
Highlights a study on hepatitis C (HCV) status among rural people who use drugs by injection (PWIDs). Discusses the rates at which HCV-positive PWIDs disclosed their diagnosis to their partners, close friends, and family.
Author(s): Megan G. Hofmeister, Jennifer R. Havens, April M. Young
Citation: The Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(5), 481-494
Date: 10/2017
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Highlights a study on hepatitis C (HCV) status among rural people who use drugs by injection (PWIDs). Discusses the rates at which HCV-positive PWIDs disclosed their diagnosis to their partners, close friends, and family.
Author(s): Megan G. Hofmeister, Jennifer R. Havens, April M. Young
Citation: The Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(5), 481-494
Date: 10/2017
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Cardiovascular Disease in American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Unique Risk Factors and Areas of Scholarly Need
Summarizes the available research from a population-based study on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth under the age of 21 years. Includes a discussion on the risk factors associated with environmental exposures, diet, physical activity, and early onset of obesity found in adult American Indians in rural and urban areas of Oklahoma, Arizona, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Author(s): Jason F. Deen, Alexandra K. Adams, Amanda Fretts, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(10)
Date: 10/2017
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Summarizes the available research from a population-based study on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth under the age of 21 years. Includes a discussion on the risk factors associated with environmental exposures, diet, physical activity, and early onset of obesity found in adult American Indians in rural and urban areas of Oklahoma, Arizona, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Author(s): Jason F. Deen, Alexandra K. Adams, Amanda Fretts, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(10)
Date: 10/2017
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