Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Injuries
Association of Uninsured Status and Rurality with Risk of Financial Toxicity after Pediatric Trauma
Analyzes the risk of financial toxicity associated with pediatric traumatic injury for rural versus urban families. Utilizes 2016-2019 National Inpatient Sample patient data. Includes data on financial toxicity associated with uninsured status, rural versus urban insurance type, and rural versus urban demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristics.
Author(s): Amulya Vadlakonda, Nam Yong Cho, Nikhil Chervu, et al.
Citation: Surgery, 176(2), 455-461
Date: 05/2024
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Analyzes the risk of financial toxicity associated with pediatric traumatic injury for rural versus urban families. Utilizes 2016-2019 National Inpatient Sample patient data. Includes data on financial toxicity associated with uninsured status, rural versus urban insurance type, and rural versus urban demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristics.
Author(s): Amulya Vadlakonda, Nam Yong Cho, Nikhil Chervu, et al.
Citation: Surgery, 176(2), 455-461
Date: 05/2024
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Findings from the Quality of and Access to Health Care Supplement of the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 2019–2020
Uses interviews with 2,172 crop farmworkers and their families to report on healthcare access, utilization, and insurance by various demographic, geographic, and other factors.
Author(s): Wenson Fung, Amanda Gold, Jackie Copfer, Emily Finchum-Mason, Daniel Carroll
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Labor
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Uses interviews with 2,172 crop farmworkers and their families to report on healthcare access, utilization, and insurance by various demographic, geographic, and other factors.
Author(s): Wenson Fung, Amanda Gold, Jackie Copfer, Emily Finchum-Mason, Daniel Carroll
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Labor
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Health Disparities in Tennessee
Examines health disparities experienced by Tennessee residents. Measures include life expectancy, health equity, healthcare access, mental health and trauma, infectious disease, chronic disease, cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban or rural location.
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Examines health disparities experienced by Tennessee residents. Measures include life expectancy, health equity, healthcare access, mental health and trauma, infectious disease, chronic disease, cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban or rural location.
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Preventable Premature Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties, United States, 2010–2022
Analyzes National Vital Statistics System mortality data between 2010 and 2022 to find the 5 leading causes of preventable deaths for people less than 80 years old. Discusses trends across time in metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore regions and the impact of COVID-19 on the findings. Offers recommendations for future data analysis.
Author(s): Macarena C. García, Lauren M. Rossen, Kevin Matthews, et al.
Citation: MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 73(2), 1-11
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Analyzes National Vital Statistics System mortality data between 2010 and 2022 to find the 5 leading causes of preventable deaths for people less than 80 years old. Discusses trends across time in metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore regions and the impact of COVID-19 on the findings. Offers recommendations for future data analysis.
Author(s): Macarena C. García, Lauren M. Rossen, Kevin Matthews, et al.
Citation: MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 73(2), 1-11
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Preventable Early Deaths in the United States, 2010-2022
Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System data, offers state level rural and urban data for preventable deaths in people younger than 80. Death causes include unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
Author(s): Macarena C. García
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System data, offers state level rural and urban data for preventable deaths in people younger than 80. Death causes include unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
Author(s): Macarena C. García
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rural Mental Health: Challenges & Opportunities
Webinar recording discusses barriers to rural mental health access and offers strategies for overcoming those barriers. Presents Kansas and Missouri as examples. Details unintentional injury fatalities in metro versus nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Angie Schindler-Berg
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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Webinar recording discusses barriers to rural mental health access and offers strategies for overcoming those barriers. Presents Kansas and Missouri as examples. Details unintentional injury fatalities in metro versus nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Angie Schindler-Berg
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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Facing Disproportionate Danger, Rural Communities Take a Grassroots Approach to Road Safety
Discusses rural traffic risks. Features programs in rural communities focused on seat belt use, car seat safety, and addressing impaired and distracted driving.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses rural traffic risks. Features programs in rural communities focused on seat belt use, car seat safety, and addressing impaired and distracted driving.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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NEC 2024: Year in Review
Highlights the activities of the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety in 2024 including awards and recognition, global projects, injury surveillance research, fishing, forestry, emerging issues, agriculture, health, and their publications and presentations.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Northeast Center for Occupational Safety and Health
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Highlights the activities of the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety in 2024 including awards and recognition, global projects, injury surveillance research, fishing, forestry, emerging issues, agriculture, health, and their publications and presentations.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Northeast Center for Occupational Safety and Health
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Health Profile of American Indian and Alaska Native Population in Arizona, 2024
Provides detailed data on health conditions and mortality among Native Americans in Arizona in order to inform tribal leaders and organizations and support public health interventions in tribal communities. Contains data on mortality related to common health conditions, rates of infectious and chronic disease, and social determinants of health. Includes comparisons between AI/AN people who reside on tribal lands, AI/AN people who live off tribal lands, and the state of Arizona as a whole.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Department of Health Services
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Provides detailed data on health conditions and mortality among Native Americans in Arizona in order to inform tribal leaders and organizations and support public health interventions in tribal communities. Contains data on mortality related to common health conditions, rates of infectious and chronic disease, and social determinants of health. Includes comparisons between AI/AN people who reside on tribal lands, AI/AN people who live off tribal lands, and the state of Arizona as a whole.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Department of Health Services
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Cost of Agricultural Injuries in the United States: Estimates Based on Surveillance, Insurance, and Government Statistics
Surveyed 7,195 farm and ranch operators on injury frequency, medical expenses, and lost work time to estimate the cost of injury for farmers and farmworkers. Discusses the economic impacts of injury for both the injured worker and the national gross farm income.
Author(s): Suraj Adhikari, Fernando Wilson, Risto Rautiainen
Citation: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 67(9), 801-812
Date: 2024
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Surveyed 7,195 farm and ranch operators on injury frequency, medical expenses, and lost work time to estimate the cost of injury for farmers and farmworkers. Discusses the economic impacts of injury for both the injured worker and the national gross farm income.
Author(s): Suraj Adhikari, Fernando Wilson, Risto Rautiainen
Citation: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 67(9), 801-812
Date: 2024
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