Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Population health
Accessing 2020 Island Areas Censuses Data: Download, Export, and FTP
Highlights methods for downloading and exporting 2020 Census data on island territories that are covered by the U.S. Census. Details how to best capture and use demographic, social, economic, and housing information for Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Highlights methods for downloading and exporting 2020 Census data on island territories that are covered by the U.S. Census. Details how to best capture and use demographic, social, economic, and housing information for Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Accessing 2020 Island Areas Censuses Data: General Access
Discusses methods for accessing 2020 Census data on island territories that are covered by the U.S. Census. Details how to best access demographic, social, economic, and housing information for Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Discusses methods for accessing 2020 Census data on island territories that are covered by the U.S. Census. Details how to best access demographic, social, economic, and housing information for Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Engaging Community Health Workers/Youth Ambassadors to Improve Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop – in Brief
Summarizes presentations and discussions from an April 2023 workshop on the use of community health workers and youth ambassadors to promote health literacy in their communities. Highlights lessons learned by Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 and the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities (NIMIC) grantees who implemented health literacy approaches in community health worker and youth ambassador programs. Includes rural references throughout.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Summarizes presentations and discussions from an April 2023 workshop on the use of community health workers and youth ambassadors to promote health literacy in their communities. Highlights lessons learned by Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 and the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities (NIMIC) grantees who implemented health literacy approaches in community health worker and youth ambassador programs. Includes rural references throughout.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Jumping Through Hoops: Community Care Clinician and Staff Experiences Providing Primary Care to Rural Veterans
Presents a study on the experiences of rural, non-VA clinicians who treat rural veterans. Discusses some of the challenges rural providers face providing care to veterans via the MISSION Act. Explores issues regarding communication, accessing medical records, and responsibility sharing with the VA, among others.
Author(s): Mary Patzel, Chrystal Barnes, NithyaPriya Ramalingam, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38(3), 821–828
Date: 07/2023
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Presents a study on the experiences of rural, non-VA clinicians who treat rural veterans. Discusses some of the challenges rural providers face providing care to veterans via the MISSION Act. Explores issues regarding communication, accessing medical records, and responsibility sharing with the VA, among others.
Author(s): Mary Patzel, Chrystal Barnes, NithyaPriya Ramalingam, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38(3), 821–828
Date: 07/2023
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Rapid Implementation of Veterans Health Administration Telehealth Creative Arts Therapies: Survey Evaluation of Adoption and Adaptation
Discusses the adoption of telehealth to deliver creative arts therapies (CAT) to rural veterans via the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Analyzes 2021 survey responses from 120 VHA CAT therapists focused on barriers and facilitators of telehealth CAT such as technology issues, adaptations need for tele-delivery, and potential benefits.
Author(s): Kristin M. Story, Mindy E. Flanagan, Sheri L. Robb, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 23, 769
Date: 07/2023
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Discusses the adoption of telehealth to deliver creative arts therapies (CAT) to rural veterans via the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Analyzes 2021 survey responses from 120 VHA CAT therapists focused on barriers and facilitators of telehealth CAT such as technology issues, adaptations need for tele-delivery, and potential benefits.
Author(s): Kristin M. Story, Mindy E. Flanagan, Sheri L. Robb, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 23, 769
Date: 07/2023
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Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics Summary File for the U.S. Virgin Islands
Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on data collection.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on data collection.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics Summary File for Guam
Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for Guam. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on data collection.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for Guam. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on data collection.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics Summary File for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census DHC Summary File for American Samoa
Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for American Samoa. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on data collection.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Highlights a new data release from the 2020 Census for American Samoa. Presents updated demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on data collection.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Activity-Limiting Injury in Adults: United States, 2020−2021
Reports on adults who had an activity-limiting injury in 2020-2021 by sex, age, race, income, education, region, and urbanization level, including large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium and small metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan.
Author(s): Amy E. Cha, Xun Wang
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Reports on adults who had an activity-limiting injury in 2020-2021 by sex, age, race, income, education, region, and urbanization level, including large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium and small metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan.
Author(s): Amy E. Cha, Xun Wang
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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