Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Infectious diseases
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
Type: Document
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
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Changing Dynamics in the Opioid Crisis Since the COVID-19 Pandemic
Examines trends in the opioid crisis during the 2019-2022 COVID-19 pandemic period. Includes data on drug types and overdose deaths by age, race/ethnicity, state, and urbanization of large metro, small/medium metro, or non-metro location.
Author(s): Colin Planalp, Andrea Stewart
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Data Assistance Center
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Examines trends in the opioid crisis during the 2019-2022 COVID-19 pandemic period. Includes data on drug types and overdose deaths by age, race/ethnicity, state, and urbanization of large metro, small/medium metro, or non-metro location.
Author(s): Colin Planalp, Andrea Stewart
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Data Assistance Center
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Health Literacy and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts among Adults in Rural Northern Arizona
Examines the impact of health literacy on COVID-19 awareness, beliefs, and behaviors among a diverse population in rural Arizona. Analyzes 119 participants according to participant demographics, health literacy levels, and COVID-19 impacts by individual and household.
Author(s): Olivia J Lindly, Taylor Wahl, Noa M Stotts, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 24(4), 9147
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Examines the impact of health literacy on COVID-19 awareness, beliefs, and behaviors among a diverse population in rural Arizona. Analyzes 119 participants according to participant demographics, health literacy levels, and COVID-19 impacts by individual and household.
Author(s): Olivia J Lindly, Taylor Wahl, Noa M Stotts, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 24(4), 9147
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Recovery From COVID-19–Related Disruptions in Cancer Detection
Examines changes in cancer screening and diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing 2000-2021 SEER Program data. Identifies trends in overall cancer incidence and diagnosis, and provides data on clinical and demographic disparities in diagnosis, including breakdowns by level of rurality. Discusses the significance of pandemic-influenced missed cancer diagnoses for underserved patients.
Author(s): Uriel Kim, Johnie Rose, Bryan T. Carroll, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(10), e2439263
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Examines changes in cancer screening and diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing 2000-2021 SEER Program data. Identifies trends in overall cancer incidence and diagnosis, and provides data on clinical and demographic disparities in diagnosis, including breakdowns by level of rurality. Discusses the significance of pandemic-influenced missed cancer diagnoses for underserved patients.
Author(s): Uriel Kim, Johnie Rose, Bryan T. Carroll, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(10), e2439263
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment Services in Rural Northwest North Carolina
Results of a study using data from interviews with 6 regional agencies, conducted in early 2022 with professionals working in intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in rural North Carolina. Explores challenges and risk factors encountered by clients, including isolation, financial barriers, chronic stress, abuse, barriers to care, and mental illness.
Author(s): Elisabeth G. Galphin, Adam Hege, Amy Dellinger Page
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 6(3), 93-98
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Results of a study using data from interviews with 6 regional agencies, conducted in early 2022 with professionals working in intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in rural North Carolina. Explores challenges and risk factors encountered by clients, including isolation, financial barriers, chronic stress, abuse, barriers to care, and mental illness.
Author(s): Elisabeth G. Galphin, Adam Hege, Amy Dellinger Page
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 6(3), 93-98
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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The Burden of HPV-Associated Cancer in Rural America Beyond 2020
Explores the burden of HPV-associated cancer in rural communities after the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights rates of HPV-associated cancer in rural, urban, and metro populations and discusses prevention efforts.
Author(s): Jason Semprini
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 24, 9281
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Explores the burden of HPV-associated cancer in rural communities after the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights rates of HPV-associated cancer in rural, urban, and metro populations and discusses prevention efforts.
Author(s): Jason Semprini
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 24, 9281
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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New Mexico STD Program Summary of Surveillance Data: 2023
Reports on sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates for New Mexico. Compares New Mexico rates to U.S. rates over time and provides STD rates for each New Mexico county for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis.
Author(s): Janine Waters, Miranda Durham, Angie Bartok
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Reports on sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates for New Mexico. Compares New Mexico rates to U.S. rates over time and provides STD rates for each New Mexico county for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis.
Author(s): Janine Waters, Miranda Durham, Angie Bartok
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Hospital Differences in Adult Inpatient Stays with Healthcare-Associated Infections, 2019 and 2021
Examines the rate of adult inpatient hospital stays involving five healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in 2019 and 2021. Presents data from an analysis of 2019 and 2021 State Inpatient Databases (SID) from public, non-federal acute-care hospitals across 38 states by hospital characteristics, including ownership, rural or urban location, safety-net designation, and Critical Access Hospital designation.
Author(s): Melissa A. Miller, Leyi Lin, David P. Calfee, Amy Gehrke, Alex Bohl
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Examines the rate of adult inpatient hospital stays involving five healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in 2019 and 2021. Presents data from an analysis of 2019 and 2021 State Inpatient Databases (SID) from public, non-federal acute-care hospitals across 38 states by hospital characteristics, including ownership, rural or urban location, safety-net designation, and Critical Access Hospital designation.
Author(s): Melissa A. Miller, Leyi Lin, David P. Calfee, Amy Gehrke, Alex Bohl
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Disparities in Infectious Disease-Related Health Care Utilization Between Medicaid-Enrolled American Indians and Non-Hispanic Whites—Lessons from the First 16 months of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and a Decade of Flu Seasons
Analyzes mortality and healthcare utilization disparities between American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) and non-Hispanic White populations related to influenza-like-illness (ILI) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Utilizes 2009-2021 New York Medicaid claims data, comparing pre-COVID-19 data to 4 time periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes data breakdowns according to respiratory illness type, health outcomes, race/ethnicity, and rural versus nonrural county.
Author(s): Scarlett Sijia Wang, Randall Akee, Emilia Simeonova, Sherry Glied
Citation: Health Services Research
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes mortality and healthcare utilization disparities between American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) and non-Hispanic White populations related to influenza-like-illness (ILI) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Utilizes 2009-2021 New York Medicaid claims data, comparing pre-COVID-19 data to 4 time periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes data breakdowns according to respiratory illness type, health outcomes, race/ethnicity, and rural versus nonrural county.
Author(s): Scarlett Sijia Wang, Randall Akee, Emilia Simeonova, Sherry Glied
Citation: Health Services Research
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Structural Risks and Family Adjustment in Midwestern Latine Immigrant Families: Extending the Family Stress Model
Results of a study to understand the impact of culturally relevant experiences on family stress processes in 307 rural, immigrant Latine families in the Midwest. Culturally relevant risks included discrimination, COVID-19 pandemic, and immigration experiences.
Author(s): Zoe E. Taylor, Alexia Carrizales, Ariana Moffitt, Yumary Ruiz
Citation: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30(4), 815–828
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Results of a study to understand the impact of culturally relevant experiences on family stress processes in 307 rural, immigrant Latine families in the Midwest. Culturally relevant risks included discrimination, COVID-19 pandemic, and immigration experiences.
Author(s): Zoe E. Taylor, Alexia Carrizales, Ariana Moffitt, Yumary Ruiz
Citation: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30(4), 815–828
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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