Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Schools
Adapting School-Based Substance Use Prevention Curriculum Through Cultural Grounding: A Review and Exemplar of Adaptation Processes for Rural Schools
Describes the process that program designers used to adapt the urban evidence-based keepin' it REAL substance use prevention curriculum for use in rural schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Author(s): Margaret Colby, Michael L. Hecht, Michelle Miller-Day, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Community Psychology, 51(1-2), 190-205
Date: 03/2013
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Describes the process that program designers used to adapt the urban evidence-based keepin' it REAL substance use prevention curriculum for use in rural schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Author(s): Margaret Colby, Michael L. Hecht, Michelle Miller-Day, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Community Psychology, 51(1-2), 190-205
Date: 03/2013
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Comparison of Enrollment Rates of African-American Families Into a School-Based Tobacco Prevention Trial Using Two Recruitment Strategies in Urban and Rural Settings
Describes results from using two recruitment approaches targeting rural and urban African-American elementary school families in the South for enrollment in a tobacco prevention program. The intervention used the Facilitate, Open and transparent communication, Shared benefits, Team and tailored, Educate bilaterally, and Relationships, realistic and rewards (FOSTER) approach, which is based on community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles.
Author(s): Martha S. Tingen, Jeannette O. Andrews, Janie Heath, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Health Promotion, 27(4), e91–e100
Date: 2013
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Describes results from using two recruitment approaches targeting rural and urban African-American elementary school families in the South for enrollment in a tobacco prevention program. The intervention used the Facilitate, Open and transparent communication, Shared benefits, Team and tailored, Educate bilaterally, and Relationships, realistic and rewards (FOSTER) approach, which is based on community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles.
Author(s): Martha S. Tingen, Jeannette O. Andrews, Janie Heath, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Health Promotion, 27(4), e91–e100
Date: 2013
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Individual-, Family-, Community-, and Policy-Level Impact of a School-Based Cardiovascular Risk Detection Screening Program for Children in Underserved, Rural Areas: The CARDIAC Project
Examines the evidence of sustainability and successful impact of Coronary Artery Risk Detection In Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC), a school-based cardiovascular risk detection program, for children who are obese and overweight in rural Appalachian West Virginia.
Author(s): Lesley Cottrell, Collin John, Emily Murphy, et al.
Citation: Journal of Obesity, 732579
Date: 2013
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Examines the evidence of sustainability and successful impact of Coronary Artery Risk Detection In Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC), a school-based cardiovascular risk detection program, for children who are obese and overweight in rural Appalachian West Virginia.
Author(s): Lesley Cottrell, Collin John, Emily Murphy, et al.
Citation: Journal of Obesity, 732579
Date: 2013
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Challenges to Head Start and Early Childhood Development Programs in Rural Communities
Discusses regulatory challenges to providing quality early childhood development programs and services in rural communities. Includes a discussion of health screenings, provider training and resources, and policy recommendations to improve collaboration surrounding early childhood programs in rural communities.
Date: 12/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Discusses regulatory challenges to providing quality early childhood development programs and services in rural communities. Includes a discussion of health screenings, provider training and resources, and policy recommendations to improve collaboration surrounding early childhood programs in rural communities.
Date: 12/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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School-Based Health Centers in an Era of Health Care Reform: Building on History
Presents the history and growth of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in the U.S. Discusses the effect of SBHCs on delivering needed services to students from kindergarten to high school, including rural students. Includes suggestions for future use of SBHCs and for healthcare providers working in communities without a SBHC.
Author(s): Victoria Keeton, Samira Soleimanpour, Claire D. Brindis
Citation: Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 42(6), 132–158
Date: 07/2012
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Presents the history and growth of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in the U.S. Discusses the effect of SBHCs on delivering needed services to students from kindergarten to high school, including rural students. Includes suggestions for future use of SBHCs and for healthcare providers working in communities without a SBHC.
Author(s): Victoria Keeton, Samira Soleimanpour, Claire D. Brindis
Citation: Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 42(6), 132–158
Date: 07/2012
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The 2011 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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The 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: Medicare Advantage, Head Start, and substance abuse. Includes recommendations to address these topics.
Date: 01/2007
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: Medicare Advantage, Head Start, and substance abuse. Includes recommendations to address these topics.
Date: 01/2007
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Indiana Youth Institute 2026 County Dashboard
An interactive dashboard that provides county-level data on Indiana youth, with a focus on topics such as family and community, health, economic well-being, and education. Users can select for county and see data broken down by topics such as youth in foster care, access to exercise, mental health provider supply ratios, food insecurity, youth employment, graduation rates, early education, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Youth Institute
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An interactive dashboard that provides county-level data on Indiana youth, with a focus on topics such as family and community, health, economic well-being, and education. Users can select for county and see data broken down by topics such as youth in foster care, access to exercise, mental health provider supply ratios, food insecurity, youth employment, graduation rates, early education, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Youth Institute
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Child and Youth Homelessness Data Profiles
Provides state, county, and school district data profiles of child and youth homelessness in the United States. Includes data breakdowns according to age of homeless youth, homelessness funding, chronic absenteeism, and rates of homelessness in special populations, such as rural, youth on their own, and special education students.
Sponsoring organizations: Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, SchoolHouse Connection
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Provides state, county, and school district data profiles of child and youth homelessness in the United States. Includes data breakdowns according to age of homeless youth, homelessness funding, chronic absenteeism, and rates of homelessness in special populations, such as rural, youth on their own, and special education students.
Sponsoring organizations: Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, SchoolHouse Connection
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Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment (OPNA)
Provides data on youth health risk behaviors and protective factors related to community, school, family, and peer settings among grade 6-12 students in Oklahoma. Use the OPNA Data Query System Dashboard button to access interactive dashboards of state and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS)
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Provides data on youth health risk behaviors and protective factors related to community, school, family, and peer settings among grade 6-12 students in Oklahoma. Use the OPNA Data Query System Dashboard button to access interactive dashboards of state and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS)
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