Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Rural-urban differences
Rural-Urban Differences in Health Behaviors and Implications for Health Status Among U.S. Cancer Survivors
Examines health behavior differences among rural and urban cancer survivors in the U.S. Determines associations between self-reported health status and health-related unemployment and associations between health behaviors and health status. Includes rural versus urban information on marital status, race/ethnicity, education, cancer type, health insurance, employment, BMI, smoking habits, alcohol use, and physical activity.
Author(s): Kathryn E. Weaver, Nynikka Palmer, Lingyi Lu, L. Douglas Case, Ann M. Geiger
Citation: Cancer Causes and Control, 24(8), 1481-1490
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Examines health behavior differences among rural and urban cancer survivors in the U.S. Determines associations between self-reported health status and health-related unemployment and associations between health behaviors and health status. Includes rural versus urban information on marital status, race/ethnicity, education, cancer type, health insurance, employment, BMI, smoking habits, alcohol use, and physical activity.
Author(s): Kathryn E. Weaver, Nynikka Palmer, Lingyi Lu, L. Douglas Case, Ann M. Geiger
Citation: Cancer Causes and Control, 24(8), 1481-1490
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Rural Disparities in the Distribution of Policies That Support Healthy Eating in US Secondary Schools
Highlights a study on food and nutrition policies in secondary schools drawing on data from the 2008 School Health Profiles principal survey from 28 states. Compares results by urban, suburban, and rural geographic areas.
Author(s): Marilyn S. Nanney, Cynthia S. Davey, Martha Y. Kubik
Citation: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(8), 1062-1068
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Highlights a study on food and nutrition policies in secondary schools drawing on data from the 2008 School Health Profiles principal survey from 28 states. Compares results by urban, suburban, and rural geographic areas.
Author(s): Marilyn S. Nanney, Cynthia S. Davey, Martha Y. Kubik
Citation: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(8), 1062-1068
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Rural-Urban Disparities in Quality of Life among Patients with COPD
Compares the health status of rural and urban patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and identifies the factors associated with differences in two different locations.
Author(s): Bradford E. Jackson, David B. Coultas, Sumihiro Suzuki, Karan P. Singh, Sejong Bae
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 29(1), 62-69
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Compares the health status of rural and urban patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and identifies the factors associated with differences in two different locations.
Author(s): Bradford E. Jackson, David B. Coultas, Sumihiro Suzuki, Karan P. Singh, Sejong Bae
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 29(1), 62-69
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Rural Implications of Changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Policy brief highlights an April 2013 meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado, of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. Presents the committee's recommendations and analyses of ACA provisions which may have rural implications regarding challenges and innovations in hospice and palliative care in rural and frontier areas.
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Policy brief highlights an April 2013 meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado, of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. Presents the committee's recommendations and analyses of ACA provisions which may have rural implications regarding challenges and innovations in hospice and palliative care in rural and frontier areas.
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Engaging Stakeholders for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative, Part 2
Examines the feasibility of increasing access to healthy foods available in corner stores by engaging corner store owners and customers in a formative evaluation to gather information to be used in the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative. Includes shopping pattern and characteristic data on 179 rural food desert and urban nonfood desert customers in 9 corner stores in North Carolina.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Karamie R. Bringolf, Cameron L. Lloyd, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
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Examines the feasibility of increasing access to healthy foods available in corner stores by engaging corner store owners and customers in a formative evaluation to gather information to be used in the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative. Includes shopping pattern and characteristic data on 179 rural food desert and urban nonfood desert customers in 9 corner stores in North Carolina.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Karamie R. Bringolf, Cameron L. Lloyd, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
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Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Assessing the Rural Food Environment, Part 1
Describes a consumer food environment in rural eastern North Carolina to guide planning and implementation of a Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to open a health corner store. Discusses lessons learned and provides nutrition environment comparison data for a rural food desert store versus urban nonfood desert store.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Karamie R. Bringolf, Katherine K. Lawton, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
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Describes a consumer food environment in rural eastern North Carolina to guide planning and implementation of a Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to open a health corner store. Discusses lessons learned and provides nutrition environment comparison data for a rural food desert store versus urban nonfood desert store.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Karamie R. Bringolf, Katherine K. Lawton, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
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Trends in Rates of Perforated Appendix, 2001-2010
Provides data on appendicitis overall and the potentially avoidable perforated appendix. Table 1 provides 2010 data by urban and rural location. Figure 5 provide trends in the rate of perforated appendix for urban and rural locations from 2004 to 2010.
Author(s): Marguerite L. Barrett, Anika L. Hines, Roxanne M. Andrews
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides data on appendicitis overall and the potentially avoidable perforated appendix. Table 1 provides 2010 data by urban and rural location. Figure 5 provide trends in the rate of perforated appendix for urban and rural locations from 2004 to 2010.
Author(s): Marguerite L. Barrett, Anika L. Hines, Roxanne M. Andrews
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Accountable Care Organizations in Rural America
Examines the prevalence of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the U.S. Includes breakdowns by non-metropolitan, metropolitan, and mixed counties, as well as a map of ACO locations.
Additional links: National and Regional Maps
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Thomas Vaughn, Xi Zhu, Keith J. Mueller, Fred Ullrich
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines the prevalence of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the U.S. Includes breakdowns by non-metropolitan, metropolitan, and mixed counties, as well as a map of ACO locations.
Additional links: National and Regional Maps
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Thomas Vaughn, Xi Zhu, Keith J. Mueller, Fred Ullrich
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Appalachian Versus Non-Appalachian US Traffic Fatalities, 2008-2010
Examines traffic-fatality rates in Appalachia and the non-Appalachia U.S. using Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and Census data from 2008-2010. Includes rural versus urban traffic fatality data inside and outside Appalachia, with data by gender and age group. Provides rural versus urban fatality data for passenger-vehicle drivers and passengers, motorcyclists, ATV riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
Author(s): Motao Zhu, Songzhu Zhao, Kelly K. Gurka, Sahiti Kandati, Jeffery H. Coben
Citation: Annals of Epidemiology, 23(6), 377-380
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Examines traffic-fatality rates in Appalachia and the non-Appalachia U.S. using Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and Census data from 2008-2010. Includes rural versus urban traffic fatality data inside and outside Appalachia, with data by gender and age group. Provides rural versus urban fatality data for passenger-vehicle drivers and passengers, motorcyclists, ATV riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
Author(s): Motao Zhu, Songzhu Zhao, Kelly K. Gurka, Sahiti Kandati, Jeffery H. Coben
Citation: Annals of Epidemiology, 23(6), 377-380
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Characteristics of the Residential Neighborhood Environment Differentiate Intimate Partner Femicide in Urban Versus Rural Settings
Examines the role of neighborhood-level factors in differentiating between rural and urban intimate partner femicide (IPF) in Wisconsin. Includes statistics such as marital status and relationship to perpetrator, IPF rates by degree of rurality, characteristics of IPF deaths and rural versus urban IPF.
Author(s): Kirsten M. M. Beyer, Peter M. Layde, L. Kevin Hamberger, Purushottam W. Laud
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 29(3), 281-293
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Examines the role of neighborhood-level factors in differentiating between rural and urban intimate partner femicide (IPF) in Wisconsin. Includes statistics such as marital status and relationship to perpetrator, IPF rates by degree of rurality, characteristics of IPF deaths and rural versus urban IPF.
Author(s): Kirsten M. M. Beyer, Peter M. Layde, L. Kevin Hamberger, Purushottam W. Laud
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 29(3), 281-293
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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