Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Public health
Bullying Prevention in Indian Country
Features information and resources for bullying prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Presents evidence-based model programs and information about SAMHSA's Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Features information and resources for bullying prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Presents evidence-based model programs and information about SAMHSA's Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Adaptation in Arctic Circumpolar Communities: Food and Water Security in a Changing Climate
Discusses the effects of climate change on food and water security in rural communities. Covers strategies to adapt to a changing climate from Alaska Native populations.
Author(s): James Berner, Michael Brubaker, Boris Revitch, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 75(1)
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Discusses the effects of climate change on food and water security in rural communities. Covers strategies to adapt to a changing climate from Alaska Native populations.
Author(s): James Berner, Michael Brubaker, Boris Revitch, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 75(1)
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Iowa Department of Public Health Workforce Report to the Iowa Legislature
Reports on state funding and how it aligns with the priorities and goals of the public health department's healthcare workforce programs. Provides recommendations, describes strategies, and identifies appropriated allocations in support of rural and urban healthcare workforce initiatives within the state.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on state funding and how it aligns with the priorities and goals of the public health department's healthcare workforce programs. Provides recommendations, describes strategies, and identifies appropriated allocations in support of rural and urban healthcare workforce initiatives within the state.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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Emergent Public Health Issues in the US-Mexico Border Region
Features articles on public health issues and disparities in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Covers mental health disorders, maternal and child health, diseases, accidents, access to care, and more.
Date: 10/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Office of Border Health
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Features articles on public health issues and disparities in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Covers mental health disorders, maternal and child health, diseases, accidents, access to care, and more.
Date: 10/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Office of Border Health
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The Hidden Traffic Safety Solution: Public Transportation
Explores the impact that public transportation has on safety and public health in rural and urban communities. Includes policies and recommendations to improve and encourage public transit travel and to create more transit-oriented communities.
Date: 09/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Public Transportation Association
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Explores the impact that public transportation has on safety and public health in rural and urban communities. Includes policies and recommendations to improve and encourage public transit travel and to create more transit-oriented communities.
Date: 09/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Public Transportation Association
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HIV Infection Linked to Injection Use of Oxymorphone in Indiana, 2014-2015
Examines the scope and source of an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection due to a single HIV type 1 (HIV-1) strain in a small rural community in Indiana. Discusses how prescription opioid analgesic abuse and the injection of drugs has contributed to the rapid spread of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV. Describes how contact tracing was used to develop control measures and offers several recommendations on how to prevent similar outbreaks in the future.
Author(s): Philip J. Peters, Pamela Pontones, Karen W. Hoover, et al.
Citation: New England Journal of Medicine, 375, 229-239
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
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Examines the scope and source of an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection due to a single HIV type 1 (HIV-1) strain in a small rural community in Indiana. Discusses how prescription opioid analgesic abuse and the injection of drugs has contributed to the rapid spread of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV. Describes how contact tracing was used to develop control measures and offers several recommendations on how to prevent similar outbreaks in the future.
Author(s): Philip J. Peters, Pamela Pontones, Karen W. Hoover, et al.
Citation: New England Journal of Medicine, 375, 229-239
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
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Firearm Ownership and Suicide Rates among US Men and Women, 1981–2013
Examines rates of firearm ownership, as well as age-adjusted firearm and total suicide rates for men and women in all 50 states from 1981 to 2013. Several variables were considered in the analysis including population density for each state.
Author(s): Michael Siegel, Emily F. Rothman
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 106(7), 1316-1322
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
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Examines rates of firearm ownership, as well as age-adjusted firearm and total suicide rates for men and women in all 50 states from 1981 to 2013. Several variables were considered in the analysis including population density for each state.
Author(s): Michael Siegel, Emily F. Rothman
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 106(7), 1316-1322
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
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Economic Evaluation of Community Water Fluoridation: A Community Guide Systematic Review
Details a study on the costs and benefits of implementing community water fluoridation (CWF) in a variety of different community types. Highlights some of the challenges to implementing CWF in rural communities.
Author(s): Tao Ran, Sajal Chattopadhyay
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 50(6), 790-796
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
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Details a study on the costs and benefits of implementing community water fluoridation (CWF) in a variety of different community types. Highlights some of the challenges to implementing CWF in rural communities.
Author(s): Tao Ran, Sajal Chattopadhyay
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 50(6), 790-796
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
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Community-Based Assessment to Inform a Chlamydia Screening Program for Women in a Rural American Indian Community
Explores survey results from a community-based survey of American Indian and Alaskan Native women aged 14 to 25 residing on a reservation in the Northwestern U.S. to inform a chlamydia screening strategy. Includes statistics by age, enrolled tribal member, primary care provider, contraception use, received HPV vaccine, and more.
Author(s): Lucy Smartlowit-Briggs, Cynthia Pearson, Patricia Whitefoot, et al.
Citation: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43(6), 390-395
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
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Explores survey results from a community-based survey of American Indian and Alaskan Native women aged 14 to 25 residing on a reservation in the Northwestern U.S. to inform a chlamydia screening strategy. Includes statistics by age, enrolled tribal member, primary care provider, contraception use, received HPV vaccine, and more.
Author(s): Lucy Smartlowit-Briggs, Cynthia Pearson, Patricia Whitefoot, et al.
Citation: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43(6), 390-395
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
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Health without Borders
Video featuring the Health without Borders (HwoB) program, which uses promotoras to provide immunizations door-to-door. This approach is popular in Mexico and provides a familiar experience for the immigrants that HwoB serves in Luna County, New Mexico. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 06/2016
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Video featuring the Health without Borders (HwoB) program, which uses promotoras to provide immunizations door-to-door. This approach is popular in Mexico and provides a familiar experience for the immigrants that HwoB serves in Luna County, New Mexico. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 06/2016
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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