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Resources by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention

Diabetic Education in Rural Areas
Evaluates best evidence-based strategies, focused on hemoglobin A1C reductions, to improve diabetic disparities that exist in rural communities.
Author(s): Latrina Maez, Lindsey Erickson, Lindsey Naumuk
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 2742
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
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Adapting and Implementing an Evidence-Based Sun-Safety Education Program in Rural Idaho, 2012
Describes the process St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) took to engage and partner with a community organization to implement an evidence-based sun-safety program in rural Idaho. Includes information on identifying and recruiting a community partner; selecting an evidence-based program; and planning, implementing, sustaining, and expanding the program.
Author(s): Charlene Cariou, Melanie Gonzales, Hope Krebill
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 11, 130268
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Can We Build an Efficient Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic? Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Universal Prevention in the PROSPER Trial
Reports on a study evaluating the effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of 4 universal evidence-based-preventive-interventions (EBPIs) in reducing nonmedical prescription opioid use. Sample population included 6th grade school children from 28 rural public school districts, evenly divided between Iowa and Pennsylvania. Families were offered a single family-based intervention program in 6th grade, and 1 of 3 school-based intervention programs in 7th grade.
Author(s): D. Max Crowley, Damon E. Jones, et al.
Citation: Preventive Medicine, 62, 71-77
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Affordable Care Act Opportunities for Community Health Workers: How Medicaid Preventive Services, Medicaid Health Homes, and State Innovation Models are Including Community Health Workers
Discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided substantial incentives and opportunities to increase the role of community health workers (CHWs) in state Medicaid programs in urban and rural healthcare facilities (e.g. Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers).
Author(s): Amy Katzen, Maggie Morgan
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Health Awareness for Rural Communities: Creating Data Driven Solutions
Describes the work of the Colorado Rural Health Center's (CRHC) Health Awareness for Rural Communities (HARC) data bank. Discusses how the data bank contains over 100 population health indicators and how the information will be used to support the work of CRHC and its members.
Author(s): Melissa Bosworth, Bridgette Olson
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Self-Advocacy for Rural American Health (SARAH) Program Overview and Implementation
Describes a project that helped rural consumers locate community resources to self-manage their health status and improve their health.
Author(s): Tannis Hargrove, Bob Liston, Craig Ravesloot
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Rural Self-Management Support
Reports on approaches to support rural Americans with disabilities through teaching self-management skills so that individuals make more positive health behavior choices for improved health status.
Author(s): Craig Ravesloot, Tracy Boehm, Tannis Hargrove
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Bad News, Good News
An early childhood education intervention project in North Carolina is proving to have long-term health benefits for some of the participants 30 years later.
Author(s): Wayne Myers
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Mental Health First Aid Offers Helping Hand in Rural Communities
Highlights Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), an 8-hour certification program, used in rural areas to prepare community members to identify and help people in distress.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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'Heart Attack' Symptoms and Decision-Making: The Case of Older Rural Women
Identifies barriers to care for heart attack symptoms from interviewing rural women, including difficulty identifying symptoms, perception of ambulance response times, privacy concerns, and more. Interviews rural woman about myocardial infarction prevention, recognition, and treatment.
Author(s): Melanie Jackson, B. Jan McCulloch
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 2560
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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