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Resources by Topic: Racial and ethnic groups

Exploring the Health Care Challenges Rural Americans Face Across 5 States
Articles from Rural RX, a series intended to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America. Features programs in Alabama, Texas, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia.
Author(s): Nicole Ellis, William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: PBS News Hour
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Missouri Hospital Association Health Equity Dashboards
A dashboard that provides county-level data on health disparities in Missouri, including social determinants of health (SDOH), maternal and child health, risk behaviors, health outcomes, physical health and disease status, behavioral health, and frailty/disabilities. User can select for race/ethnicity and one or more counties for data.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Michigan Overdose Data to Action Dashboard
An interactive tool that shows Michigan overdose data along with community resources and social determinants of health. Includes information on mortality, treatment episodes, naloxone orders/sites, opioid prescriptions, buprenorphine prescriptions, and more. Provides data by month, quarter, year, race/ethnicity, and county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Coverage For American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Examines the impact of The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act Outreach and Enrollment Round III Grantee Activities taking place July 2017 to June 2018 to improve health insurance coverage for American Indian and Alaska Native Children (AI/AN) children. Presents background, activities, and outcomes of grants taking place in rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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ACL Housing and Services Resource Center: Tribal Housing
Provides resources and information on solutions to tribal housing issues. Includes links to help users develop knowledge about the unique housing needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as well as tools and resources related to tribal housing partnerships.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
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March of Dimes Maternity Care Deserts Dashboard
Depicts county-level access to maternity care, access to hospitals with obstetric care or birth centers, and access to obstetric providers across the U.S. Allows user to select for demographic information such as age, race/ethnicity, education and household composition, and prevalence of health conditions and behaviors. Includes data on total births by county.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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County Disability and Natural Disasters Maps
An interactive map set that shows county disability rates by sex, race, ethnicity, age group, and type of impairment. Also shows whether people with disabilities are more or less likely to live in counties with a higher risk of natural disasters.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica
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Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2016-2021
Interactive table displaying both counts and rates of emergency department visits from 2016-2021 for the 10 leading primary diagnoses and reasons for visit. Data can be stratified by patient and hospital characteristics, including being in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or non-MSA.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Best Practice Guide: Telehealth for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Offers resources on telehealth programs for American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including telebehavioral health and telehealth to treat chronic conditions.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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America After 3PM Interactive Data Dashboard
Provides information on afterschool programs such as demand, health benefits, and opportunities they offer to participants, based on data from the America After 3PM 2020 survey. View data by state and Black or Latinx community using the drop down menu in the upper left of the page. Also provides a special report on afterschool and summer program demand in rural areas.
Additional links: Rural Special Report
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Afterschool Alliance, America After 3PM
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