Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
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
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
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
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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
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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
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
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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The Rural Health Workforce in the WWAMI States: By the Numbers
Provides statistics on healthcare professionals in rural and urban areas of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
Author(s): Davis G. Patterson, Susan M. Skillman, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, Mark P. Doescher
Date: 07/2013
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Provides statistics on healthcare professionals in rural and urban areas of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
Author(s): Davis G. Patterson, Susan M. Skillman, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, Mark P. Doescher
Date: 07/2013
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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A Needs-Based Method for Estimating the Behavioral Health Staff Needs of Community Health Centers
Analyzes data, from the 2010 Uniform Data System and 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, to estimate the number of full time behavioral health providers are needed to serve the health centers' growing patient population in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Bridget Teevan Burke, Benjamin F. Miller, Michelle Proser, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 13, 245
Date: 07/2013
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Analyzes data, from the 2010 Uniform Data System and 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, to estimate the number of full time behavioral health providers are needed to serve the health centers' growing patient population in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Bridget Teevan Burke, Benjamin F. Miller, Michelle Proser, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 13, 245
Date: 07/2013
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Promoting Heart Health in Rural Women
Compares two strategies, Stage Matched Nursing and Community Intervention (SMN+CI) and Community Intervention (CI), to address three cardiovascular behavioral risk factors among rural women: diet, physical activity, and/or smoking. Includes demographic information and pre- and post-intervention physiological measures by behavioral strategy type.
Author(s): Pamela Stewart Fahs, Margaret Pribulick, Ishan Canty Williams, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 29(3), 248-257
Date: 06/2013
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Compares two strategies, Stage Matched Nursing and Community Intervention (SMN+CI) and Community Intervention (CI), to address three cardiovascular behavioral risk factors among rural women: diet, physical activity, and/or smoking. Includes demographic information and pre- and post-intervention physiological measures by behavioral strategy type.
Author(s): Pamela Stewart Fahs, Margaret Pribulick, Ishan Canty Williams, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 29(3), 248-257
Date: 06/2013
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Prevalence of the American Heart Association's "Ideal Cardiovascular Health" Metrics in a Rural, Cross‐sectional, Community‐Based Study: The Heart of New Ulm Project
Applies the American Heart Association's ideal cardiovascular health score to assess the initial cardiovascular health of a rural population targeted with a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program in rural Minnesota.
Author(s): Jacqueline I. Kim, Arthur Sillah, Jackie L. Boucher, Abbey C. Sidebottom, Thomas Knickelbine
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 2(3)
Date: 06/2013
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Applies the American Heart Association's ideal cardiovascular health score to assess the initial cardiovascular health of a rural population targeted with a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program in rural Minnesota.
Author(s): Jacqueline I. Kim, Arthur Sillah, Jackie L. Boucher, Abbey C. Sidebottom, Thomas Knickelbine
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 2(3)
Date: 06/2013
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Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Obesity-Related Behaviors: Better Together Healthy Caswell County
Details a study utilizing community-based participatory research principles to determine the effectiveness of providing access to group fitness classes twice a week, with and without weekly nutrition and physical activity education sessions in rural North Carolina.
Author(s): Jamie Zoellner, Jennie L. Hill, Karissa Grier, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 06/2013
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Details a study utilizing community-based participatory research principles to determine the effectiveness of providing access to group fitness classes twice a week, with and without weekly nutrition and physical activity education sessions in rural North Carolina.
Author(s): Jamie Zoellner, Jennie L. Hill, Karissa Grier, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 06/2013
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