Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Policy
Children Growing Up in Rural America: Characteristics and Challenges of a Changing Population
Discusses rural children and poverty rates. Addresses differences by region and race/ethnicity, as well as contributing factors and federal programs that help address rural poverty.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Cynthia Duncan
Citation: Rural Voices, 19(1), 4-6
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Discusses rural children and poverty rates. Addresses differences by region and race/ethnicity, as well as contributing factors and federal programs that help address rural poverty.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Cynthia Duncan
Citation: Rural Voices, 19(1), 4-6
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Strategies for Behavioral Health Organizations to Promote New Health Insurance Opportunities: In American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Provides examples of successful outreach and enrollment strategies for organizations to use when introducing health insurance options to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Provides examples of successful outreach and enrollment strategies for organizations to use when introducing health insurance options to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Effects of Potential Federal Funding Cuts on Graduate Medical Education: Results of a Survey of Designated Institutional Officials
Results of a 2011 survey that assessed how future federal funding reductions for physician education would affect the number of residency programs.
Author(s): Kathleen D. Holt, Rebecca S. Miller, Ingrid Philibert, Thomas J. Nasca
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 6(1), 183-188
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
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Results of a 2011 survey that assessed how future federal funding reductions for physician education would affect the number of residency programs.
Author(s): Kathleen D. Holt, Rebecca S. Miller, Ingrid Philibert, Thomas J. Nasca
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 6(1), 183-188
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
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'It's about the Smoke, Not the Smoker': Messages That Motivate Rural Communities to Support Smoke-free Policies
Discusses the results of a series of focus groups and surveys with community activists in three rural Kentucky counties regarding the use of promotional materials used to endorse smoke-free policies.
Author(s): Ganna Kostygina, Ellen J. Hahn, Mary Kay
Citation: Health Education Research, 29(1), 58-71
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
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Discusses the results of a series of focus groups and surveys with community activists in three rural Kentucky counties regarding the use of promotional materials used to endorse smoke-free policies.
Author(s): Ganna Kostygina, Ellen J. Hahn, Mary Kay
Citation: Health Education Research, 29(1), 58-71
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
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Rural Implications of Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act
Report discusses how ACA Medicaid expansion will meet the distinctive needs of rural residents. Using 2007-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data and data from state Medicaid policies and primary care providers, this report examines rural-urban differences in patient populations, reviews previous public health insurance programs affecting rural populations, and considers the availability of healthcare access in rural areas.
Author(s): Erika Ziller, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Reform Evaluation
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Report discusses how ACA Medicaid expansion will meet the distinctive needs of rural residents. Using 2007-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data and data from state Medicaid policies and primary care providers, this report examines rural-urban differences in patient populations, reviews previous public health insurance programs affecting rural populations, and considers the availability of healthcare access in rural areas.
Author(s): Erika Ziller, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Reform Evaluation
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A 21st Century Health Care Workforce for the Nation
Highlights proposals in the President's 2015 budget related to healthcare workforce, particularly primary care services. Discusses funding for graduate medical education and the National Health Service Corps to increase the number of trained providers in rural areas.
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Highlights proposals in the President's 2015 budget related to healthcare workforce, particularly primary care services. Discusses funding for graduate medical education and the National Health Service Corps to increase the number of trained providers in rural areas.
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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FMG/J1 Visa Waiver Physicians
National Rural Health Association's policy brief describing their position on Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) seeking a waiver for their J1 Visa.
Author(s): Jerry Coopey, Susan Frazier, Chris Felton, Jonathan Wade, Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper.
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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National Rural Health Association's policy brief describing their position on Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) seeking a waiver for their J1 Visa.
Author(s): Jerry Coopey, Susan Frazier, Chris Felton, Jonathan Wade, Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper.
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Rural Veterans: A Special Concern for Rural Health Advocates
Policy brief describing the special healthcare needs of rural veterans. Offers policy recommendations to address these issues. Covers access to primary care, specialty care, physical therapy, women's health services, and mental health services focusing on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Author(s): J. Alison Alfers, Hilda R. Heady
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief describing the special healthcare needs of rural veterans. Offers policy recommendations to address these issues. Covers access to primary care, specialty care, physical therapy, women's health services, and mental health services focusing on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Author(s): J. Alison Alfers, Hilda R. Heady
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Early Impacts of Dental Therapists in Minnesota
Evaluates the impact of dental therapists on the delivery of and access to oral health services in Minnesota from 2009 through 2014. Includes a rural and urban comparison on the effects of dental therapists on patient wait times and distances traveled for dental appointments.
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Evaluates the impact of dental therapists on the delivery of and access to oral health services in Minnesota from 2009 through 2014. Includes a rural and urban comparison on the effects of dental therapists on patient wait times and distances traveled for dental appointments.
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Socioeconomic Policy Is Health Policy
Draws on international studies and argues that medical care is not the only factor in improving people's health in rural areas.
Author(s): Wayne Myers
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Draws on international studies and argues that medical care is not the only factor in improving people's health in rural areas.
Author(s): Wayne Myers
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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