Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health conditions
The State of Obesity: Creating Pathways to a Healthier America Livestream Event
A recorded livestream event that focuses on The State of Obesity 2023: Better Policies for a Healthier America report. Discusses federal policy and strategy to address nutrition and wellness, diet-related disease, and obesity prevention programs. Includes information specific to rural areas. Transcript available under video description.
Author(s): Will McIntee, James "Jim" Jones, Caree Cotwright, et al.
Date: 10/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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A recorded livestream event that focuses on The State of Obesity 2023: Better Policies for a Healthier America report. Discusses federal policy and strategy to address nutrition and wellness, diet-related disease, and obesity prevention programs. Includes information specific to rural areas. Transcript available under video description.
Author(s): Will McIntee, James "Jim" Jones, Caree Cotwright, et al.
Date: 10/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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Mississippi Infant Mortality Report 2021
Report describing infant mortality and morbidity for Mississippi in 2021. Discusses causes of death, race and ethnicity data, health conditions for pregnant women, and preterm birth. Includes county-level data for the ten-year average infant mortality rates.
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Report describing infant mortality and morbidity for Mississippi in 2021. Discusses causes of death, race and ethnicity data, health conditions for pregnant women, and preterm birth. Includes county-level data for the ten-year average infant mortality rates.
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Patterns of Sustainability Capacity Among Organizations That Deliver the National Diabetes Prevention Program: A Latent Profile Analysis
Examines sustainability of National Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPPs) since they began in 2010. Analyzes 440 surveys taken in 2021 by staff members at National DPP delivery organizations to better understand issues such as environmental support, funding stability, partnerships, organizational capacity, program evaluation and adaptation, communications, and strategic planning. Includes sustainability scores of DPPs in rural, suburban, and urban locations.
Author(s): Lillian Madrigal, Regine Haardörfer, Michelle C. Kegler, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Examines sustainability of National Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPPs) since they began in 2010. Analyzes 440 surveys taken in 2021 by staff members at National DPP delivery organizations to better understand issues such as environmental support, funding stability, partnerships, organizational capacity, program evaluation and adaptation, communications, and strategic planning. Includes sustainability scores of DPPs in rural, suburban, and urban locations.
Author(s): Lillian Madrigal, Regine Haardörfer, Michelle C. Kegler, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Strategies for Supervising People with Mental Illnesses on Probation Caseloads: Results from a Nationwide Study
Examines how probation agencies screen mental health, determine supervision strategies based on characteristics of the caseload, and supervise their probation cases when the individual has a mental illness. Analyzes survey data related to probation caseloads from 179 respondents, each representing a unique U.S. county, with comparisons between rural and urban counties.
Author(s): Tonya B. Van Deinse, Mariah Cowell Mercier, Allison K. Waters, et al.
Citation: Health & Justice, 11, 41
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Examines how probation agencies screen mental health, determine supervision strategies based on characteristics of the caseload, and supervise their probation cases when the individual has a mental illness. Analyzes survey data related to probation caseloads from 179 respondents, each representing a unique U.S. county, with comparisons between rural and urban counties.
Author(s): Tonya B. Van Deinse, Mariah Cowell Mercier, Allison K. Waters, et al.
Citation: Health & Justice, 11, 41
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
Highlights a study on infection-related hearing loss among rural Alaska Native children. Explores the frequency and risk factors for infection-related hearing loss and discusses prevention measures.
Author(s): Susan D. Emmett, Alyssa Platt, Joseph J. Gallo, et al.
Citation: Ear and Hearing, 44(5), 1240-1250
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Highlights a study on infection-related hearing loss among rural Alaska Native children. Explores the frequency and risk factors for infection-related hearing loss and discusses prevention measures.
Author(s): Susan D. Emmett, Alyssa Platt, Joseph J. Gallo, et al.
Citation: Ear and Hearing, 44(5), 1240-1250
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Challenges to Care of Patients with Diabetes in Rural, Underserved Areas
Discussion of providing care to diabetes patients in rural areas. Includes information on demographics, barriers to care, and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Author(s): Richard J. Santen
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Virginia School of Medicine
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Discussion of providing care to diabetes patients in rural areas. Includes information on demographics, barriers to care, and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Author(s): Richard J. Santen
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Virginia School of Medicine
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Rural-Urban Disparities in Health Outcomes, Clinical Care, Health Behaviors, and Social Determinants of Health and an Action-Oriented, Dynamic Tool for Visualizing Them
Examines county-level disparities in rural and urban health outcomes and presents a health equity dashboard depicting the disparities. Utilizes 2015 and 2019 County Health Rankings datasets to analyze measures such as health outcomes, clinical care, health behaviors, physical environment, and social and economic factors according to urban, suburban, and rural location.
Author(s): William B. Weeks, Ji E. Chang, José A. Pagán, et al.
Citation: PLOS Global Public Health, 3(10)
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Examines county-level disparities in rural and urban health outcomes and presents a health equity dashboard depicting the disparities. Utilizes 2015 and 2019 County Health Rankings datasets to analyze measures such as health outcomes, clinical care, health behaviors, physical environment, and social and economic factors according to urban, suburban, and rural location.
Author(s): William B. Weeks, Ji E. Chang, José A. Pagán, et al.
Citation: PLOS Global Public Health, 3(10)
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Evaluation of Self-measured Blood Pressure Monitoring in a Southern Rural West Virginia Health System
Explores a study on the efficacy of a remote blood pressure monitoring intervention for rural adults in southern West Virginia. Breaks down data by participants' race, sex, and location, among other measures.
Author(s): Andrya J Durr, Craig H Robinson, Robin A Seabury, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23(4), 8248
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Explores a study on the efficacy of a remote blood pressure monitoring intervention for rural adults in southern West Virginia. Breaks down data by participants' race, sex, and location, among other measures.
Author(s): Andrya J Durr, Craig H Robinson, Robin A Seabury, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23(4), 8248
Date: 10/2023
Type: Document
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Sociodemographic Inequities in Telemedicine Use Among US Patients Initiating Treatment in Community Cancer Centers During the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2022
Evaluates demographic factors associated with use of telehealth within 90 days after starting cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing March 2020-March 2023 data of 36,993 cancer patients. Includes data on telehealth inequities by race and ethnicity, insurance, socioeconomic status, rurality, and more.
Author(s): Jenny S. Guadamuz, Xiaoliang Wang, Trevor J. Royce, Gregory S. Calip
Citation: JCO Oncology Practice, 19(12), 1206-1214
Date: 09/2023
Type: Document
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Evaluates demographic factors associated with use of telehealth within 90 days after starting cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing March 2020-March 2023 data of 36,993 cancer patients. Includes data on telehealth inequities by race and ethnicity, insurance, socioeconomic status, rurality, and more.
Author(s): Jenny S. Guadamuz, Xiaoliang Wang, Trevor J. Royce, Gregory S. Calip
Citation: JCO Oncology Practice, 19(12), 1206-1214
Date: 09/2023
Type: Document
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Telehealth Use and Access to Neurology Outpatient Clinical Services for Children: An Observational Cohort Study
Analyzes pediatric neurology appointment completion, cancellation, and no-show rates among telehealth users and telehealth non-users at a tertiary care children's hospital in North Carolina. Compares appointment outcomes before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including rural versus urban demographic and outcome data.
Author(s): Savithri Nageswaran, Annette Grefe, Shyh-Huei Chen, Eric Kirkendall, Edward H. Ip
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 85(1)
Date: 09/2023
Type: Document
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Analyzes pediatric neurology appointment completion, cancellation, and no-show rates among telehealth users and telehealth non-users at a tertiary care children's hospital in North Carolina. Compares appointment outcomes before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including rural versus urban demographic and outcome data.
Author(s): Savithri Nageswaran, Annette Grefe, Shyh-Huei Chen, Eric Kirkendall, Edward H. Ip
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 85(1)
Date: 09/2023
Type: Document
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