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Resources by Topic: Poverty

2015 National Quality Healthcare and Disparities Report: Chartbook for Health Care for Blacks
Summarizes and illustrates trends in healthcare for the Black population regarding access to healthcare and the priorities of National Quality Strategy (NQS). Includes a comparison of the rural and urban Black population and discusses poverty rates in rural areas.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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A Special Governors' Roundtable: State and County Collaboration to Tackle Chronic Rural Poverty
Video recording of a bi-partisan panel of governors at the National Association of Counties' Annual Meeting discussing issues surrounding childhood poverty in rural America. Focuses on the Rural Impact Challenge, a collaborative effort between county, state, and national leaders to fight rural poverty. Includes discussion of substance abuse prevention and treatment, job creation, economic development, situational and inter-generational poverty, and food insecurity. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack moderated the panel, which included governors from Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Utah and took place February 22, 2016.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Counties
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Child Poverty Higher and More Persistent in Rural America
Examines counties with high child poverty and persistent poverty over a 30-year period from 1980 to 2010, with data for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties. Includes maps showing regional trends.
Author(s): Andrew Schaefer, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kenneth M. Johnson
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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The 2016 Colorado Health Report Card: Celebrating a Decade of Data
Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
Date: 01/2016
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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Poverty and Employment Indicators for Nonmetro Counties by Educational Attainment, 2009-14
Bar chart comparing rural counties where 20% or more of the adult population lack a high school diploma to other rural counties, for poverty, child poverty, and unemployment.
Date: 01/2016
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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2016 County Health Rankings Key Findings Report
Features state-by-state and rural/urban comparisons on health factors and outcomes throughout the United States, including information on premature death, adult obesity, child poverty, and more. Provides county-level data on residential segregation, drug overdose deaths, and insufficient sleep.
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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Elder Mistreatment in Underserved Populations: Opportunities and Challenges to Developing a Contemporary Program of Research
Explores gaps in current knowledge, identifies barriers that have slowed progress in research, and offers recommendations to advance the field of elder mistreatment in underserved populations.
Author(s): Lori L. Jervis, Sherry Hamby, Scott R. Beach, et al.
Citation: Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 28(4-5), 301-319
Date: 2016
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Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-Born Populations in Rural and Urban Places
Describes demographic and economic characteristics of immigrant and native-born people by metropolitan status. Includes data on education level, English language proficiency, poverty level, and other topics. Also provides selected data by citizenship status for rural and urban immigrants.
Author(s): Andrew Schaefer, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Overall Declines in Child Poverty Mask Relatively Stable Rates Across States
Reports on rates of child poverty in 2015 and changes since 2014. Includes data by region and state for rural, suburban, and urban areas. Finds that child poverty levels have dropped to 2009 pre-recession levels in rural areas, but remain above that in all other areas.
Author(s): Andrew Schaefer, Jessica A. Carson, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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The Two Georgias: Addressing Health Equity in Rural Georgia
A series of articles discussing health disparities between rural and urban Georgia. Includes sections devoted to literature reviews, qualitative research, population science, needs assessments, and public health practices. Topics range from rural hospital closure, access and use of EMS services, and teen pregnancy, to social determinants of health as connected to childcare programs.
Citation: Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 5(4), 294-404
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Public Health Association
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