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Resources by Topic: Infectious diseases

South Carolina STD/HIV/AIDS Annual Surveillance Report, 2021
Reports cases of AIDS, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in South Carolina through December 31, 2021. Provides data on the age, sex, race, and ethnicity of diagnosed individuals, and includes additional data on exposure categories of new AIDS and HIV diagnoses. Also presents data on cases and rates by county.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
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Nevada Rural & Frontier Counties 2020 STD Fast Facts
Annual report analyzing sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in 2020 in rural and frontier counties in Nevada. Includes break down of data by gender, age, race and ethnicity for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Office of Public Health Investigations and Epidemiology, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention and Control Program
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Rural America: Philanthropy's Misunderstood Opportunity for Impact
Offers a broad overview of rural issues, with guidance to help foundations invest in rural communities. Identifies best practices for rural philanthropy. For topics that include health, COVID-19, broadband, and other concerns, identifies key rural challenges, underlying causes, strategies, and resources. Free, but registration required to download.
Author(s): Chris Carlson Joelle Cook
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: FSG
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Rural COVID-19 Innovations
Brief summaries of promising practices, lessons learned, and other examples of rural communities addressing COVID-19 healthcare and health-related concerns, collected from March 2020 through December 2021. Includes efforts related to vaccination, health service provision, help for community members, and more.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Environmental Scan of Evidence-Based Promising Practices & Strategies to Improve Vaccine Acceptance Among Racial and Ethnic Minority, Rural and other Underserved Groups
Offers evaluations and recommendations for evidence-based, promising practices and strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among rural and underserved groups. Uses information from a rapid environmental scan and analysis of published literature including peer-reviewed journal articles, commentary articles, and impact reports.
Author(s): Ankit Sanghavi, Afrida Faria, Cody Price, Aila Prieto
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Nebraska Rural Health Advisory Commission's Rural Health Recommendations
Identifies some of the major rural health issues in Nebraska and proposes recommendations to address them. Examines health workforce shortages, behavioral health issues, and the effect of COVID-19 on the Nebraska rural healthcare systems.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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What a Pandemic Has Taught Us About the Potential for Innovation in Rural Health: Commencing an Ethnography in Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Australia
Examines success stories of rural communities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes ethnographic research to explore healthcare response in communities with fewer than 7,000 inhabitants and not near large healthcare centers.
Author(s): Samuel Petrie, Dean Carson, Paul Peters, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 9
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
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Vaccination Equity in the COVID-19 Era
Examines disparities in vaccination rates for both COVID-19 and routine vaccinations during the pandemic. Provides an overview of vaccination disparities that existed prior to the pandemic. Includes a section focused on rural vaccination disparities.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project
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Native Health in the Bemidji Area - COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
Report details the impact of COVID-19 on tribal nursing homes in the Bemidji Area IHS Region which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Highlights a breakdown of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and fatality rate for American Indian elders by state.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Variation in Use of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibody Therapies by Social Vulnerability and Urbanicity
Examines the variation in the use of the first two monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 from November 2020 through March 2021. Presents data on the demographic characteristics of monoclonal antibody recipients and social vulnerability indices. Includes a discussion of the use of this therapy by urbanicity and density of primary care physicians.
Author(s): Allison Kolbe
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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