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Resources by Topic: Population health

Suicide Surveillance, South Dakota
Illustrates South Dakota's current suicide rates and trends, and compares this data with national rates. Includes county data, method of suicide or self-injury by age and sex, and suicidal ideation by high school students.
Additional links: One Page Summery
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Department of Health
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Rural Depopulation and the Rural-Urban Gap in Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults
Presents a study on the disparities in cognitive health older adults in rural versus urban populations. Breaks down data by age, race, marital status, and education, among other measures. Explores how depopulation correlates with cognitive functioning and compares the effect in rural and urban populations.
Author(s): Rebecca Glauber
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 38(4), 696-704
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
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Disparities in Breast and Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates for Females in Illinois, 1996 – 2019
Provides data on breast and cervical cancer disparities in Illinois women from 1996 to 2019, with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, age, stage at diagnosis, and rural, small urban, suburban, or urban county type. Includes incidence and mortality rates utilizing Illinois State Cancer Registry (ISCR) incidence data and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) mortality data.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Coal Production and Employment in Appalachia
Examines major trends in coal production and employment in Appalachia between 2000-2020 and assesses how those trends may affect economic performance in the region. Includes a section on health outcomes, with statistics comparing the mortality rate in Appalachian coal counties, Appalachian non-coal counties, and the rest of the United States, as well as the mortality rate in Appalachian coal region subregions.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
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Helping Western Tribal Communities Understand the Impacts of and Adaptation Options for Climate Change
Analyzes the impact of the Native Waters on Arid Lands project to educate tribal areas in the Great Basin and southwestern U.S. about climate change and its impacts on drought, precipitation, and groundwater. Discusses the need to build resiliency and infrastructure for ecological health and to protect tribal agriculture and water systems from climate change issues.
Author(s): Margaret Lawrence
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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Determining Trends and Factors Associated with Self-Reported Physical Activity among Adolescents in Rural North Carolina
Uses data from a school-based wellness intervention to evaluate demographic, environmental, and school-level factors that may impact self-reported physical activity (PA) in 7th grade students in rural, eastern North Carolina during the 2018–2019 school year. Includes statistics on self-reported days of 60 min. PA per week with breakdowns by sex, race, and weight category.
Author(s): Sina Kazemzadeh, Chloe E. Opper, Xiangming, Suzanne Lazorick
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(18), 11417
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
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America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2022
Examines the factors predicting child well-being. Features a focus on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban children. Breaks down data by a number of measures, including race/ethnicity, housing instability, food insufficiency, and behavioral health, among others.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
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Urban–Rural Disparities in Diabetes-Related Mortality in the USA 1999–2019
Examines 20-year trends in diabetes-related mortality in urban and rural areas in the United States. Analyzes 6,598,281 death certificates that name diabetes mellitus as an underlying or contributing cause of death between 1999 and 2019, utilizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) Multiple Cause of Death database. Includes demographic breakdowns of urban versus rural mortality data by sex, age, and race/ethnicity.
Author(s): Ofer Kobo, Harriette G. C. Van Spall, Mamas A. Mamas
Citation: Diabetologia, 65, 2078-2083
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
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Masterclass in Telling the Stories of Rural Health in America
A recording of a web event focused around storytelling and reporting on rural health issues. Discusses strategies to communicate and cover health disparities, access barriers, workforce shortages, and inequities while also highlighting the power of rural resilience and change agents in communities.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Biden-Harris Administration National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Provides an overview of the current hunger, nutrition, and health landscape in the United States. Outlines federal actions to address hunger and diet-related diseases and disparities across five pillars: improving food access and affordability, integrating nutrition and health, empowering consumers to make and have access to healthy food choices, supporting physical activity for all, and enhancing nutrition and food security research.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The White House
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