Rural Health
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Assessing the 2020 Census: Final Report
Evaluates the quality of the 2020 Census, highlights successful innovations, describes the impact of COVID-19, and offers recommendations for planning and carrying out the 2030 Census. Describes data quality concerns, particularly for areas with high concentration of American Indian and Alaska Native populations among other races and ethnicities. Discusses the challenge of balancing the need for accurate data with the privacy concerns of small areas and population groups.
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Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Evaluates the quality of the 2020 Census, highlights successful innovations, describes the impact of COVID-19, and offers recommendations for planning and carrying out the 2030 Census. Describes data quality concerns, particularly for areas with high concentration of American Indian and Alaska Native populations among other races and ethnicities. Discusses the challenge of balancing the need for accurate data with the privacy concerns of small areas and population groups.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Taking Stock: Rural People, Rural Places, Rural Housing
Provides an overview of rural definitions, people, places, housing, and poverty in the United States. Includes U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) and Decennial Census of Population and Housing data that illustrate trends in rural demographics and economy, with data depicted through statistics, charts, and maps. Discusses social determinants of health (SDOH) and issues such as COVID-19, natural disasters, equity, and more.
Date: 2023
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Provides an overview of rural definitions, people, places, housing, and poverty in the United States. Includes U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) and Decennial Census of Population and Housing data that illustrate trends in rural demographics and economy, with data depicted through statistics, charts, and maps. Discusses social determinants of health (SDOH) and issues such as COVID-19, natural disasters, equity, and more.
Date: 2023
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Provision of Evaluation and Management Visits by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the USA from 2013 to 2019: Cross-sectional Time Series Study
Evaluated healthcare visits of Medicare patients between 2013 and 2019 to determine trends in proportion of visits by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant versus a physician. Includes analyses of clinical setting, diagnosis, and various patient characteristics including rurality. Discusses workforce shortage impacts on the findings.
Author(s): Sadiq Y. Patel, David Auerbach, Haiden A. Huskamp, et al.
Citation: BMJ, 382, e073933
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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Evaluated healthcare visits of Medicare patients between 2013 and 2019 to determine trends in proportion of visits by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant versus a physician. Includes analyses of clinical setting, diagnosis, and various patient characteristics including rurality. Discusses workforce shortage impacts on the findings.
Author(s): Sadiq Y. Patel, David Auerbach, Haiden A. Huskamp, et al.
Citation: BMJ, 382, e073933
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy, 2023 Priorities and Implementation Plan
Outlines West Virginia's plan to prevent and treat substance use disorder throughout the state. Details goals for prevention, treatment, research, education, law enforcement, pregnant and parenting women, and the criminal justice system, pertaining to substance use disorder. Also discusses infectious diseases, such as hepatitis and HIV, resulting from substance abuse and misuse.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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Outlines West Virginia's plan to prevent and treat substance use disorder throughout the state. Details goals for prevention, treatment, research, education, law enforcement, pregnant and parenting women, and the criminal justice system, pertaining to substance use disorder. Also discusses infectious diseases, such as hepatitis and HIV, resulting from substance abuse and misuse.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Performance Functions
Offers data for use in developing pedestrian and bicycle safety performance functions (SPFs) for transportation practitioners at all levels to better inform planning, design, and operations decisions. Includes statistics for a wide range of site types including roadway segments and intersections in rural, urban, and suburban areas.
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Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Offers data for use in developing pedestrian and bicycle safety performance functions (SPFs) for transportation practitioners at all levels to better inform planning, design, and operations decisions. Includes statistics for a wide range of site types including roadway segments and intersections in rural, urban, and suburban areas.
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Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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California State Health Assessment Core Module 2023 Update
California's annual State Health Assessment for a variety of health conditions and demographics. Offers statewide trends for mortality, disability, social determinants of health, mental health, and rural health.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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California's annual State Health Assessment for a variety of health conditions and demographics. Offers statewide trends for mortality, disability, social determinants of health, mental health, and rural health.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multisite Prospective Cohort Study
Evaluated telehealth and in-person behavioral healthcare encounters in 95 rural communities before and during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency to identify changes in healthcare delivery. Discusses specific diagnoses, type of healthcare service, and clinician type.
Author(s): Marcia M. Ward, Fred Ullrich, Divya Bhagianadh, et al.
Citation: JMIR Mental Health, 10, e47047
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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Evaluated telehealth and in-person behavioral healthcare encounters in 95 rural communities before and during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency to identify changes in healthcare delivery. Discusses specific diagnoses, type of healthcare service, and clinician type.
Author(s): Marcia M. Ward, Fred Ullrich, Divya Bhagianadh, et al.
Citation: JMIR Mental Health, 10, e47047
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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A Population Health Workforce to Meet 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of a Workshop
Proceedings from a February 28, 2022 workshop exploring challenges faced by public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, renewed policymaker attention, and expenditures directed to supporting the public health workforce. Intended to showcase the training, roles of, and setting for population health workers. Includes information focused on tribal communities in chapters 3 and 4.
Author(s): Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Proceedings from a February 28, 2022 workshop exploring challenges faced by public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, renewed policymaker attention, and expenditures directed to supporting the public health workforce. Intended to showcase the training, roles of, and setting for population health workers. Includes information focused on tribal communities in chapters 3 and 4.
Author(s): Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Health Disparities in Central Nervous System Disorders - Structural and Social Risks: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief
Presents the proceedings of a workshop on strategies to reduce health disparities relating to central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Highlights some of the social factors that contribute and correlate with CNS disorders among racial and ethnic minority groups, such as American Indian and Alaska Native tribal nations. Discusses evidence-based interventions to produce equitable outcomes.
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Author(s): Board on Health Sciences Policy
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Presents the proceedings of a workshop on strategies to reduce health disparities relating to central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Highlights some of the social factors that contribute and correlate with CNS disorders among racial and ethnic minority groups, such as American Indian and Alaska Native tribal nations. Discusses evidence-based interventions to produce equitable outcomes.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Health Sciences Policy
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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2023 Wyoming Healthy Aging Data Report
A report covering the aging population in Wyoming using the American Community Survey. Includes information on the distribution of the 65 and older population, elderly in frontier areas, chronic diseases, social determinants of health, race, income, broadband, and more. Includes county profiles and maps on healthy aging indicators.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Point32Health Foundation
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A report covering the aging population in Wyoming using the American Community Survey. Includes information on the distribution of the 65 and older population, elderly in frontier areas, chronic diseases, social determinants of health, race, income, broadband, and more. Includes county profiles and maps on healthy aging indicators.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Point32Health Foundation
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