Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health disparities
Community Building Community: The Distinct Benefits of Community Partners Building Other Communities' Capacity to Conduct Health Research
Explores a study on the benefits of building community health research capacity through the sharing of best practices. Focuses specifically on African American communities located in the rural Arkansas Lower Mississippi River Delta. Details the partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) and the community programs The Faith Task Force and the TriCounty Rural Health Network.
Author(s): Jerome Turner, Johnny Smith, Keneshia Bryant, et al.
Citation: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 11(1), 81-86
Date: 2017
Type: Document
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Explores a study on the benefits of building community health research capacity through the sharing of best practices. Focuses specifically on African American communities located in the rural Arkansas Lower Mississippi River Delta. Details the partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) and the community programs The Faith Task Force and the TriCounty Rural Health Network.
Author(s): Jerome Turner, Johnny Smith, Keneshia Bryant, et al.
Citation: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 11(1), 81-86
Date: 2017
Type: Document
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Mental Health Disparities: American Indians and Alaska Natives
Details the mental health disparities that exist among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Discusses barriers to care, service utilization, and cultural beliefs.
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Psychiatric Association
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Details the mental health disparities that exist among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Discusses barriers to care, service utilization, and cultural beliefs.
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Psychiatric Association
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Decolonizing Knowledge Development in Health Research Cultural Safety Through the Lens of Hawaiian Homestead Residents
Highlights a study on the concept of cultural safety as a means of conducting effective health research within Native Hawaiian communities. Focuses on practices that facilitate cross-cultural respect and understanding.
Author(s): Lana Sue I. Ka'opua, Suresh Tamang, Adrienne Dillard, B. Puni Kekauoha
Citation: Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 5(2), 20-42
Date: 2017
Type: Document
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Highlights a study on the concept of cultural safety as a means of conducting effective health research within Native Hawaiian communities. Focuses on practices that facilitate cross-cultural respect and understanding.
Author(s): Lana Sue I. Ka'opua, Suresh Tamang, Adrienne Dillard, B. Puni Kekauoha
Citation: Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 5(2), 20-42
Date: 2017
Type: Document
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Arkansas Cancer Facts & Figures 2017
Provides detailed cancer data for Arkansas, including cancer incidence and mortality rates by county and type of cancer. Highlights disparities by race (Black/White), gender, and rural/urban differences.
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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Provides detailed cancer data for Arkansas, including cancer incidence and mortality rates by county and type of cancer. Highlights disparities by race (Black/White), gender, and rural/urban differences.
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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Rural Disparities in Access to Obstetric Services and Birth Outcomes the United States, 1996-2013
Poster presentation from the 2017 American Public Health Association annual meeting comparing the distribution trends of the obstetric facilities and birth outcomes in rural and urban counties to determine the association between rural disadvantage in birth outcomes with available obstetric services.
Author(s): Songyuan Deng, Janice C. Probst
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Poster presentation from the 2017 American Public Health Association annual meeting comparing the distribution trends of the obstetric facilities and birth outcomes in rural and urban counties to determine the association between rural disadvantage in birth outcomes with available obstetric services.
Author(s): Songyuan Deng, Janice C. Probst
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Social Determinants of Health in the United States: Addressing Major Health Inequality Trends for the Nation, 1935-2016
Results of a study analyzing key health inequality trends in areas including maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, mental and behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, and health promotion. Examines social determinants and features statistics with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, education, mortality rates, poverty, unemployment, housing, rural or urban location, and geographic area.
Author(s): Gopal K. Singh, Gem P. Daus, Michelle Allender, Christine T. Ramey, Elijah K. Martin, et al.
Citation: International Journal of MCH and AIDS, 6(2), 139-164
Date: 2017
Type: Document
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Results of a study analyzing key health inequality trends in areas including maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, mental and behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, and health promotion. Examines social determinants and features statistics with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, education, mortality rates, poverty, unemployment, housing, rural or urban location, and geographic area.
Author(s): Gopal K. Singh, Gem P. Daus, Michelle Allender, Christine T. Ramey, Elijah K. Martin, et al.
Citation: International Journal of MCH and AIDS, 6(2), 139-164
Date: 2017
Type: Document
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Considering Culture: Building the Best Evidence-Based Practices for Children of Color
Examines how culture impacts the effectiveness of evidence-based practices in communities of color, suggests how efficacy may be improved, and presents case studies of successful evidence-based programs for children of color. Discusses the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program in Georgia and gives a rural perspective to the issue.
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Examines how culture impacts the effectiveness of evidence-based practices in communities of color, suggests how efficacy may be improved, and presents case studies of successful evidence-based programs for children of color. Discusses the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program in Georgia and gives a rural perspective to the issue.
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Decreases in Suicide Deaths and Attempts Linked to the White Mountain Apache Suicide Surveillance and Prevention System, 2001–2012
Discusses a youth suicide tracking and prevention program developed in 2006 by the White Mountain Apache tribe in Arizona. Describes suicide prevention needs and disparities in Native American communities and the interventions put in place by the White Mountain Apache tribe. Using data from a tribally mandated surveillance system, compares suicide death rates and characteristics from 2001-2006 to data from 2007-2012. Table 1 offers a breakdown of suicide death rates by age group, and Figure 1 compares suicide death rates to national data.
Author(s): Mary Cwik, Lauren Tingey, Alexandra Maschino, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 106(12), 2183-2189.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Discusses a youth suicide tracking and prevention program developed in 2006 by the White Mountain Apache tribe in Arizona. Describes suicide prevention needs and disparities in Native American communities and the interventions put in place by the White Mountain Apache tribe. Using data from a tribally mandated surveillance system, compares suicide death rates and characteristics from 2001-2006 to data from 2007-2012. Table 1 offers a breakdown of suicide death rates by age group, and Figure 1 compares suicide death rates to national data.
Author(s): Mary Cwik, Lauren Tingey, Alexandra Maschino, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 106(12), 2183-2189.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Risk Factors for Smoking in Rural Women: The Role of Gender-Based Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.
Author(s): Julianna Nemeth, Amy Bonomi, Bo Lu, Richard Lomax, Mary Wewers
Citation: Journal of Women's Health, 25(12), 1282-1291
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.
Author(s): Julianna Nemeth, Amy Bonomi, Bo Lu, Richard Lomax, Mary Wewers
Citation: Journal of Women's Health, 25(12), 1282-1291
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Rural Risk: Geographic Disparities in Trauma Mortality
Examines injury mortality between rural and urban residents with traumatic injuries using data from the 2009 to 2010 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample study. Includes rural and urban statistics by age group, mortality, trauma designation, census region, and other variables.
Author(s): Molly P. Jarman, Renan C. Castillo, Anthony R. Carlini, Lisa M. Kodadek, Adil H. Haider
Citation: Surgery, 160(6), 1551-1559
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Examines injury mortality between rural and urban residents with traumatic injuries using data from the 2009 to 2010 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample study. Includes rural and urban statistics by age group, mortality, trauma designation, census region, and other variables.
Author(s): Molly P. Jarman, Renan C. Castillo, Anthony R. Carlini, Lisa M. Kodadek, Adil H. Haider
Citation: Surgery, 160(6), 1551-1559
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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