Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health conditions
Increasing Vaccine Confidence in Rural Communities of South-Central Kentucky
Provides educational resources, data, and advice for community leaders and healthcare professionals to promote vaccine confidence in rural south-central Kentucky. The included toolkit provides in-depth discussion of rural attitudes toward vaccination, strategies for effective communication, and information on rural vaccination disparities.
Additional links: Getting to "YES" for Routine Vaccines: A Toolkit to Increase Vaccine Confidence for Rural Communities in Kentucky
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: American Lung Association
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Provides educational resources, data, and advice for community leaders and healthcare professionals to promote vaccine confidence in rural south-central Kentucky. The included toolkit provides in-depth discussion of rural attitudes toward vaccination, strategies for effective communication, and information on rural vaccination disparities.
Additional links: Getting to "YES" for Routine Vaccines: A Toolkit to Increase Vaccine Confidence for Rural Communities in Kentucky
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: American Lung Association
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Rural Health Care in Minnesota: Data Highlights
Provides an overview of the health and demographic profile of rural Minnesota. Includes sections on the rural healthcare system, workforce, service availability, financing, and more. Includes county-level maps, rural versus urban data comparisons, and graphs that depict rural health information.
Additional links: Data Sources
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Provides an overview of the health and demographic profile of rural Minnesota. Includes sections on the rural healthcare system, workforce, service availability, financing, and more. Includes county-level maps, rural versus urban data comparisons, and graphs that depict rural health information.
Additional links: Data Sources
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Provider Perspectives on Healthcare System Barriers to Engaging Caregivers of Rural US Veterans in Firearm Suicide Prevention
Discusses the relationship between secure firearm storage and a decreased risk of firearm related suicide, especially among veterans. Explores the potential of providers in the VA to engage caregivers on methods of secure firearm storage and firearm suicide prevention.
Author(s): Claire Houtsma, Katherine MacWilliams, Sarah Pardue-Bourgeois, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40, 3675-3683
Date: 10/2024
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Discusses the relationship between secure firearm storage and a decreased risk of firearm related suicide, especially among veterans. Explores the potential of providers in the VA to engage caregivers on methods of secure firearm storage and firearm suicide prevention.
Author(s): Claire Houtsma, Katherine MacWilliams, Sarah Pardue-Bourgeois, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40, 3675-3683
Date: 10/2024
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Care Patterns and Outcomes for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Rurality of Patient Residence in a Midwestern State
Examines mortality, treatment utilization, and access to care for people with intraheptic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) in rural, micropolitan, and urban areas, utilizing Iowa Cancer Registry data for 672 patients diagnosed with ICC between 2010 and 2020. Provides data breakdowns by level of rurality on patient demographics, distance to care, type of facility providing care, mortality, and odds of receiving surgery or chemotherapy.
Author(s): Mohammed O. Suraju, Darren M. Gordon, Amanda R. Kahl, et al.
Citation: Journal of Surgical Oncology, 131(3), 450-456
Date: 10/2024
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Examines mortality, treatment utilization, and access to care for people with intraheptic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) in rural, micropolitan, and urban areas, utilizing Iowa Cancer Registry data for 672 patients diagnosed with ICC between 2010 and 2020. Provides data breakdowns by level of rurality on patient demographics, distance to care, type of facility providing care, mortality, and odds of receiving surgery or chemotherapy.
Author(s): Mohammed O. Suraju, Darren M. Gordon, Amanda R. Kahl, et al.
Citation: Journal of Surgical Oncology, 131(3), 450-456
Date: 10/2024
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Syphilis: A 2024 Update
Episode of the National STD Curriculum Podcast discussing recent articles on syphilis treatment and response. Describes public health strategies used to address a syphilis epidemic in the rural American Indian community of Whiteriver, Arizona, among other topics. Transcript included below audio player.
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organization: National STD Curriculum
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Episode of the National STD Curriculum Podcast discussing recent articles on syphilis treatment and response. Describes public health strategies used to address a syphilis epidemic in the rural American Indian community of Whiteriver, Arizona, among other topics. Transcript included below audio player.
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organization: National STD Curriculum
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Environmental Inequality in Estimated Cancer Risk from Airborne Toxic Exposure across United States Communities from 2011 to 2019
Examines disparities in cancer risk due to airborne toxic exposure at the census tract level, utilizing American Community Survey, NATA, and AirToxScreen data sets. Breaks down cancer risk data in rural, suburban, and urban census tracts by race, educational attainment, and median household income, with year-by-year comparisons for the period 2011-2019.
Author(s): Patrick Hurbain, Matthew J. Strickland, Yan Liu, Dingsheng Li
Citation: Environmental Science & Technology, 58(43), 19115-19127
Date: 10/2024
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Examines disparities in cancer risk due to airborne toxic exposure at the census tract level, utilizing American Community Survey, NATA, and AirToxScreen data sets. Breaks down cancer risk data in rural, suburban, and urban census tracts by race, educational attainment, and median household income, with year-by-year comparisons for the period 2011-2019.
Author(s): Patrick Hurbain, Matthew J. Strickland, Yan Liu, Dingsheng Li
Citation: Environmental Science & Technology, 58(43), 19115-19127
Date: 10/2024
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Initial Validation of a Short Version of the PERMA Profiler in a National Sample of Rural Veterans
Highlights a study on the wellbeing of rural veterans with service-connected disabilities or health conditions. Breaks down data by age, sex, and education, among other measures. Compares wellbeing scores with veterans without service-connected disabilities.
Author(s): Emre Umucu, Teresa Ann Granger, Deyu Pan, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1500659
Date: 10/2024
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Highlights a study on the wellbeing of rural veterans with service-connected disabilities or health conditions. Breaks down data by age, sex, and education, among other measures. Compares wellbeing scores with veterans without service-connected disabilities.
Author(s): Emre Umucu, Teresa Ann Granger, Deyu Pan, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1500659
Date: 10/2024
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Telehealth: Supplement or Supplant?
Presentation slides that cover highlights regarding value-based care and payment, telehealth use during the COVID-19 public health emergency, optimal use of telehealth as well as potential issues, related policy, and more.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Presentation slides that cover highlights regarding value-based care and payment, telehealth use during the COVID-19 public health emergency, optimal use of telehealth as well as potential issues, related policy, and more.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Recruitment and Retention in the National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Change Program in Two Federally Qualified Health Centers in Rural Hawaiʻi
Examines factors influencing enrollment and participation in the National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change program (National DPP LCP) which was administered by Federally Qualified Health Center coaches in Hawai'i. Identifies motivators, barriers, facilitators, and suggestions for program participation from interviews with 14 female enrollees. Highlights perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander, and Filipino interviewees.
Author(s): Kara Saiki, Alena Shalaby, Blythe Nett, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21, 240156
Date: 10/2024
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Examines factors influencing enrollment and participation in the National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change program (National DPP LCP) which was administered by Federally Qualified Health Center coaches in Hawai'i. Identifies motivators, barriers, facilitators, and suggestions for program participation from interviews with 14 female enrollees. Highlights perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander, and Filipino interviewees.
Author(s): Kara Saiki, Alena Shalaby, Blythe Nett, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21, 240156
Date: 10/2024
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Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2023–24 Respiratory Virus Season
Reports on influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel working in acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season. Includes data by workplace location for rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Jeneita Bell, Lu Meng, Kira Barbre, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(43), 966-972
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel working in acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season. Includes data by workplace location for rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Jeneita Bell, Lu Meng, Kira Barbre, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(43), 966-972
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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