Rural Health
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Economic Pressure and Parent Acculturative Stress: Effects on Rural Midwestern Low-Income Latinx Child Behaviors
Examines economic and acculturative stress on rural Latinx immigrant families in the Midwest. Analyzes interview data from 148 rural low-income Latinx immigrant mothers for themes such as economic pressures, parent acculturative stress, maternal depressive symptoms, parenting competence, child internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and more.
Author(s): Juan Bao, Kimberly Greder
Citation: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44, 490-501
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Examines economic and acculturative stress on rural Latinx immigrant families in the Midwest. Analyzes interview data from 148 rural low-income Latinx immigrant mothers for themes such as economic pressures, parent acculturative stress, maternal depressive symptoms, parenting competence, child internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and more.
Author(s): Juan Bao, Kimberly Greder
Citation: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44, 490-501
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Telehealth Adoption in Kentucky Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Reports statistics and data on the adoption of telehealth, including remote patient monitoring, in Kentucky before the COVID-19 pandemic. Compares rural and urban areas with U.S. averages, and highlights adoption rates in Critical Access and short-term acute care hospitals. Discusses the implications of pre-pandemic telehealth adoption for COVID-19 response in Kentucky.
Author(s): Claudia A. Rhoades
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Community & Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky
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Reports statistics and data on the adoption of telehealth, including remote patient monitoring, in Kentucky before the COVID-19 pandemic. Compares rural and urban areas with U.S. averages, and highlights adoption rates in Critical Access and short-term acute care hospitals. Discusses the implications of pre-pandemic telehealth adoption for COVID-19 response in Kentucky.
Author(s): Claudia A. Rhoades
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Community & Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky
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Rural Relocators: COVID-19 and Rural Population Growth
Compares population growth in rural and urban North Carolina in context of COVID-19 using U.S. Census and NC Office of State Budget and Management data. Identifies trends before the COVID-19 public health emergency and during its first and second years, and discusses contributing factors. Presents county-level maps of population change as well as graphs comparing data of rural, suburban, and urban counties, and also provides a table of county-level population data.
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Center
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Compares population growth in rural and urban North Carolina in context of COVID-19 using U.S. Census and NC Office of State Budget and Management data. Identifies trends before the COVID-19 public health emergency and during its first and second years, and discusses contributing factors. Presents county-level maps of population change as well as graphs comparing data of rural, suburban, and urban counties, and also provides a table of county-level population data.
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Center
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Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate on the Primary Care Workforce and Differences Between Rural and Urban Settings to Inform Future Policy Decision-Making
Analyzes the impact of COVID-19 vaccination mandates on the primary healthcare workforce in rural and urban settings. Examines 2021 survey data from 38 rural and 42 urban clinics in Oregon about issues such as job losses, vaccination waivers, and newly vaccinated staff. Includes data on clinic characteristics and impacts of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate across rural and urban clinics, as well as qualitative feedback from survey respondents.
Author(s): Brigit A. Hatch, Erin Kenzie, NithyaPriya Ramalingam, et al.
Citation: PLoS One, 18(6)
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Analyzes the impact of COVID-19 vaccination mandates on the primary healthcare workforce in rural and urban settings. Examines 2021 survey data from 38 rural and 42 urban clinics in Oregon about issues such as job losses, vaccination waivers, and newly vaccinated staff. Includes data on clinic characteristics and impacts of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate across rural and urban clinics, as well as qualitative feedback from survey respondents.
Author(s): Brigit A. Hatch, Erin Kenzie, NithyaPriya Ramalingam, et al.
Citation: PLoS One, 18(6)
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Competencies, Training Needs, and Turnover Among Rural Compared With Urban Local Public Health Practitioners: 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey
Analyzes the rural and urban differences in 29,751 public health workers surveyed regarding competencies, training needs, and workplace stressors. Discusses COVID-19 impacts on public health work.
Author(s): Paula M. Kett, Betty Bekemeier, Davis G. Patterson, Kay Schaffer
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 113(6), 689-699
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Analyzes the rural and urban differences in 29,751 public health workers surveyed regarding competencies, training needs, and workplace stressors. Discusses COVID-19 impacts on public health work.
Author(s): Paula M. Kett, Betty Bekemeier, Davis G. Patterson, Kay Schaffer
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 113(6), 689-699
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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2023 Minnesota Adolescent Sexual Health Report
Highlights the rates of pregnancies and births among Minnesota adolescents from 1990-2021, and sexually transmitted infections from 2010-2022. Features sections on racial/ethnic disparities, adolescent sexual health and COVID-19, and geographic disparities between urban and rural areas, including a county-level map showing counties with the highest chlamydia and gonorrhea rates among adolescents.
Author(s): Jill Farris, H. Olson
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Minnesota Department of Health, University of Minnesota
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Highlights the rates of pregnancies and births among Minnesota adolescents from 1990-2021, and sexually transmitted infections from 2010-2022. Features sections on racial/ethnic disparities, adolescent sexual health and COVID-19, and geographic disparities between urban and rural areas, including a county-level map showing counties with the highest chlamydia and gonorrhea rates among adolescents.
Author(s): Jill Farris, H. Olson
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Minnesota Department of Health, University of Minnesota
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Informal and Formal Financial Assistance to Rural Women During Cancer Treatment
Interviews 36 rural women with cancer to explore their methods for handling financial hardship stemming from the costs of cancer. Discusses both informal assistance from the patients' support systems and formal assistance from healthcare systems and organizations. Highlights areas for potential financial disparities within existing inequalities.
Author(s): Emily Hallgren, Tess Thompson, Ramey Moore, et al.
Citation: SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Interviews 36 rural women with cancer to explore their methods for handling financial hardship stemming from the costs of cancer. Discusses both informal assistance from the patients' support systems and formal assistance from healthcare systems and organizations. Highlights areas for potential financial disparities within existing inequalities.
Author(s): Emily Hallgren, Tess Thompson, Ramey Moore, et al.
Citation: SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Why is Wisconsin's Rural Population Growth Outpacing the Midwest?
Discusses rural population growth trends in Wisconsin with a focus on the impact of tourism and the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data comparisons to other Midwestern states since 1980 as well as percentage of growth from 1990 to 2022 per rural county in Wisconsin.
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Policy Forum
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Discusses rural population growth trends in Wisconsin with a focus on the impact of tourism and the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data comparisons to other Midwestern states since 1980 as well as percentage of growth from 1990 to 2022 per rural county in Wisconsin.
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Policy Forum
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Spatial Clustering of COVID-19 Mortality Rates across Counties and by Noncore, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan County Characteristics, December 2020–January 2021
Policy brief examining the county-level clusters of COVID-19 mortality when pandemic levels were at their peak, and how characteristics of counties with high and low mortality rates during the study period varied. Features county-level maps showing mortality rates, and statistics with breakdowns by noncore, micropolitan, and metropolitan locations.
Author(s): Whitney E. Zahnd, Khyathi Gadag, Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Policy brief examining the county-level clusters of COVID-19 mortality when pandemic levels were at their peak, and how characteristics of counties with high and low mortality rates during the study period varied. Features county-level maps showing mortality rates, and statistics with breakdowns by noncore, micropolitan, and metropolitan locations.
Author(s): Whitney E. Zahnd, Khyathi Gadag, Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Prevalence and Geographic Patterns of Self-Reported Short Sleep Duration Among US Adults, 2020
Discusses sleep duration and its impact on chronic conditions in U.S. adults across sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, race and ethnicity, marital status, education, income, and urbanicity, utilizing 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. Includes county-level U.S. maps showing percentages of short sleep duration as well as data comparisons across the rural-urban continuum.
Author(s): Magdalena M. Pankowska, Hua Lu, Anne G. Wheaton, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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Discusses sleep duration and its impact on chronic conditions in U.S. adults across sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, race and ethnicity, marital status, education, income, and urbanicity, utilizing 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. Includes county-level U.S. maps showing percentages of short sleep duration as well as data comparisons across the rural-urban continuum.
Author(s): Magdalena M. Pankowska, Hua Lu, Anne G. Wheaton, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 20
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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