Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Research methods and resources
Same People, Different Results: Categorizing Cancer Registry Cases Across the Rural-Urban Continuum
Evaluates patient categorization results produced by applying 9 U.S. rural-urban indexes to 1,569 Wisconsin Pancreatic Cancer Registry patients. Discusses indexes' consistency of results, geographic scale, and other concerns related to their application to cancer research.
Author(s): Andrea M. Schiefelbein, John K. Krebsbach, Amy K. Taylor, et al.
Citation: Wisconsin Medical Journal, 123(2), 78-87
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Evaluates patient categorization results produced by applying 9 U.S. rural-urban indexes to 1,569 Wisconsin Pancreatic Cancer Registry patients. Discusses indexes' consistency of results, geographic scale, and other concerns related to their application to cancer research.
Author(s): Andrea M. Schiefelbein, John K. Krebsbach, Amy K. Taylor, et al.
Citation: Wisconsin Medical Journal, 123(2), 78-87
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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A Standard Framework for Evaluating Large Health Care Data and Related Resources
Identifies a set of actions, criteria, and tools that can be used in evaluating large healthcare data and related resources. Includes information on evaluating data coverage, representativeness, inclusion, and equity, including the availability of information on rural or urban location.
Author(s): Suad El Burai Felix, Hussain Yusuf, Matthew Ritchey, et al.
Citation: MMWR Supplements, 73(Suppl. 3), 1-13
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Identifies a set of actions, criteria, and tools that can be used in evaluating large healthcare data and related resources. Includes information on evaluating data coverage, representativeness, inclusion, and equity, including the availability of information on rural or urban location.
Author(s): Suad El Burai Felix, Hussain Yusuf, Matthew Ritchey, et al.
Citation: MMWR Supplements, 73(Suppl. 3), 1-13
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Resource of Health Equity-Related Data Definitions, Standards, & Stratification Practices
Resource for providers, states, community organizations, and others that want to improve their health equity-related data collection and analysis. Outlines suggested definitions, standards, and stratification practices for race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), disability status, rurality, and other sociodemographic data elements.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Resource for providers, states, community organizations, and others that want to improve their health equity-related data collection and analysis. Outlines suggested definitions, standards, and stratification practices for race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), disability status, rurality, and other sociodemographic data elements.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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The Area Deprivation Index in Rural Health Research, with Casey Balio
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Casey Balio, PhD, Research Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University's Center for Rural Health Research and part of the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center. Focuses on the uses and methodology of the Area Deprivation Index.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Casey Balio, PhD, Research Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University's Center for Rural Health Research and part of the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center. Focuses on the uses and methodology of the Area Deprivation Index.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Performance of Health Care Service Area Definitions for Capturing Variation in Inpatient Care and Social Determinants of Health
Examines various health care service area (HCSA) definitions and their ability to capture hospitalizations and social determinants of health (SDOH) heterogeneity in the patient population. Provides descriptive characteristics for each HCSA type, such as median population and land size, as well as characteristics of the hospital sample. Discusses which HCSA type was best able to capture hospital discharges and population heterogenity in rural areas.
Author(s): Hannah Crook, Manuel Horta, Kenneth A. Michelson, John A. Graves
Citation: Health Services Research
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Examines various health care service area (HCSA) definitions and their ability to capture hospitalizations and social determinants of health (SDOH) heterogeneity in the patient population. Provides descriptive characteristics for each HCSA type, such as median population and land size, as well as characteristics of the hospital sample. Discusses which HCSA type was best able to capture hospital discharges and population heterogenity in rural areas.
Author(s): Hannah Crook, Manuel Horta, Kenneth A. Michelson, John A. Graves
Citation: Health Services Research
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youth Substance Use Prevention in Rural Hawai'i
Offers an overview of substance use among rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) youth including factors contributing to use. Describes a proposed research study using a community based participatory research approach to identify the influence of parents on substance use for NHPI youth.
Author(s): Sarah Momilani Marshall, Sophia Lau
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(5), 144-145
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Offers an overview of substance use among rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) youth including factors contributing to use. Describes a proposed research study using a community based participatory research approach to identify the influence of parents on substance use for NHPI youth.
Author(s): Sarah Momilani Marshall, Sophia Lau
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(5), 144-145
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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How Rural Is All of Us? Comparing Characteristics of Rural Participants in the National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program to Other National Data Sources
Compares the All of Us health research dataset that utilizes self-reported rurality to other nationally representative data sources that represent rurality. Discusses implications of using the All for Us dataset as a proxy measure of rurality in health research.
Author(s): Janessa M. Graves, Shawna R. Beese, Demetrius A. Abshire, Kevin J. Bennett
Citation: Journal of Rural Health
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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Compares the All of Us health research dataset that utilizes self-reported rurality to other nationally representative data sources that represent rurality. Discusses implications of using the All for Us dataset as a proxy measure of rurality in health research.
Author(s): Janessa M. Graves, Shawna R. Beese, Demetrius A. Abshire, Kevin J. Bennett
Citation: Journal of Rural Health
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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Does Engagement Matter? The Impact of Patient and Community Engagement on Implementation of Cardiovascular Health Materials in Primary Care Settings
Analyzes New Mexico and Colorado primary care practices' uptake of cardiovascular disease prevention materials produced through Boot Camp Translation (BCT), a participatory research strategy where community members and patients adapt medical information into messages and materials that reflect local culture and language. Compares practices' likelihood of selecting materials produced locally and by demographically and geographically similar BCTs.
Author(s): Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall, Danelle Callen, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 25, 135
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes New Mexico and Colorado primary care practices' uptake of cardiovascular disease prevention materials produced through Boot Camp Translation (BCT), a participatory research strategy where community members and patients adapt medical information into messages and materials that reflect local culture and language. Compares practices' likelihood of selecting materials produced locally and by demographically and geographically similar BCTs.
Author(s): Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall, Danelle Callen, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 25, 135
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Report highlights the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) 10-year government-wide suicide prevention strategy. Features a 15-goal plan covering community-based suicide prevention; treatment and crisis services; surveillance, quality improvement, and research; and health equity in suicide prevention. Discusses rural populations and the barriers to suicide prevention in rural areas.
Additional links: Federal Action Plan
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Report highlights the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) 10-year government-wide suicide prevention strategy. Features a 15-goal plan covering community-based suicide prevention; treatment and crisis services; surveillance, quality improvement, and research; and health equity in suicide prevention. Discusses rural populations and the barriers to suicide prevention in rural areas.
Additional links: Federal Action Plan
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Evaluation of Respondent-Driven Sampling in Seven Studies of People Who Use Drugs from Rural Populations: Findings from the Rural Opioid Initiative
Examines the efficacy of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit people who use drugs (PWUD) in rural populations. Analyzes 7 Rural Opioid Initiative studies that occurred between 2018-2020 and performs statistical analyses to observe RDS-generated validity in population-level prevalence estimates.
Author(s): Abby E. Rudolph, Robin M. Nance, Georgiy Bobashev, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24, 94
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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Examines the efficacy of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit people who use drugs (PWUD) in rural populations. Analyzes 7 Rural Opioid Initiative studies that occurred between 2018-2020 and performs statistical analyses to observe RDS-generated validity in population-level prevalence estimates.
Author(s): Abby E. Rudolph, Robin M. Nance, Georgiy Bobashev, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24, 94
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
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