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Interprofessional Education for Collaboration: Learning How to Improve Health from Interprofessional Models Across the Continuum of Education to Practice
Summarizes two workshops held in 2012 that focused on linkages between interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Chapter two discusses interprofessional education and mentions rural throughout.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Patricia A. Cuff
Date: 06/2013
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Summarizes two workshops held in 2012 that focused on linkages between interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Chapter two discusses interprofessional education and mentions rural throughout.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Patricia A. Cuff
Date: 06/2013
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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The Role of Small and Rural Hospitals and Care Systems in Effective Population Health Partnerships
Explains how small and rural hospitals and their systems can develop community and other partnerships to effectively implement population health management and improve their community's health status. Includes five case studies.
Date: 06/2013
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Explains how small and rural hospitals and their systems can develop community and other partnerships to effectively implement population health management and improve their community's health status. Includes five case studies.
Date: 06/2013
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Contrasts in Rural and Urban Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Reports the results of a study examining the knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and experiences related to colorectal cancer screening for rural and urban patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Author(s): Terry C. Davis, Alfred Rademaker, Stacy Cooper Bailey, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Health Behavior, 37(3), 289-298
Date: 05/2013
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Reports the results of a study examining the knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and experiences related to colorectal cancer screening for rural and urban patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Author(s): Terry C. Davis, Alfred Rademaker, Stacy Cooper Bailey, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Health Behavior, 37(3), 289-298
Date: 05/2013
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Health Coaching Interventions With a Heart-Healthy Lenoir Project Client
Demonstrates how the Heart-Healthy Lenoir Project study to reduce the risk of heart disease integrated a personalized health coach to provide educational assistance and collaborate with primary care to help a client reduce their blood pressure and improve diet and physical activity.
Author(s): Jim Tillman
Citation: Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2(3), 83-86
Date: 05/2013
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Demonstrates how the Heart-Healthy Lenoir Project study to reduce the risk of heart disease integrated a personalized health coach to provide educational assistance and collaborate with primary care to help a client reduce their blood pressure and improve diet and physical activity.
Author(s): Jim Tillman
Citation: Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2(3), 83-86
Date: 05/2013
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Variation in Access to Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Vending Machines Across Rural, Town and Urban High Schools
Describes variations in high school students' access to sugar-sweetened beverages through vending machines by geographic location, and offers an approach to analyze school vending machine foods. Includes rural versus urban data by vending machine beverage options and front advertisement.
Author(s): A. M. Adachi-Mejia, M. R. Longacre, M. Skatrud-Mickelson, et al.
Citation: Public Health, 127(5), 485-491
Date: 05/2013
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Describes variations in high school students' access to sugar-sweetened beverages through vending machines by geographic location, and offers an approach to analyze school vending machine foods. Includes rural versus urban data by vending machine beverage options and front advertisement.
Author(s): A. M. Adachi-Mejia, M. R. Longacre, M. Skatrud-Mickelson, et al.
Citation: Public Health, 127(5), 485-491
Date: 05/2013
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Telemedical Cervical Cancer Screening to Bridge Medicaid Service Care Gap for Rural Women
Describes how telecolposcopy services can fill a gap in healthcare by increasing access to cervical cancer screenings for rural women in Arkansas. Includes implications for models for improving access to care among vulnerable populations using telemedicine.
Author(s): Wilbur C. Hitt, Gordon Low, Tommy Mac Bird, Rachel Ott
Citation: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 19(5), 403-408
Date: 05/2013
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Describes how telecolposcopy services can fill a gap in healthcare by increasing access to cervical cancer screenings for rural women in Arkansas. Includes implications for models for improving access to care among vulnerable populations using telemedicine.
Author(s): Wilbur C. Hitt, Gordon Low, Tommy Mac Bird, Rachel Ott
Citation: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 19(5), 403-408
Date: 05/2013
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A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of Health Service Deficits among U.S. Adults with Depressive Symptoms
Examines the prevalence of health service deficits in rural versus non-rural adults with depressive symptoms. Looks at factors contributing to health service deficits including: no health insurance, no health provider, deferred medical care due to cost, and no routine medical exam in the past year. Table 4 lists demographics of adults with current depressive symptoms by rural versus urban.
Author(s): Krista L Huot, May Nawal Lutfiyya, Michael F Akers, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 13, 160
Date: 05/2013
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Examines the prevalence of health service deficits in rural versus non-rural adults with depressive symptoms. Looks at factors contributing to health service deficits including: no health insurance, no health provider, deferred medical care due to cost, and no routine medical exam in the past year. Table 4 lists demographics of adults with current depressive symptoms by rural versus urban.
Author(s): Krista L Huot, May Nawal Lutfiyya, Michael F Akers, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 13, 160
Date: 05/2013
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Rural vs Urban Residence Affects Risk-Appropriate Colorectal Cancer Screening
Compares the effects of rural versus urban residence, travel time to colonoscopy providers, and other geographic factors on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and adherence to CRC screening in Utah. Figure 1 illustrates travel time to the nearest colonoscopy provider and Table 1 lists the demographic characteristics by rural versus urban residence.
Author(s): Allison E. Anderson, Kevin A. Henry, N. Jewel Samadder, Ray M. Merrill, Anita Y. Kinney
Citation: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 11(5), 526-533
Date: 05/2013
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Compares the effects of rural versus urban residence, travel time to colonoscopy providers, and other geographic factors on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and adherence to CRC screening in Utah. Figure 1 illustrates travel time to the nearest colonoscopy provider and Table 1 lists the demographic characteristics by rural versus urban residence.
Author(s): Allison E. Anderson, Kevin A. Henry, N. Jewel Samadder, Ray M. Merrill, Anita Y. Kinney
Citation: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 11(5), 526-533
Date: 05/2013
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Utility of an Interactive Voice Response System to Assess Antiretroviral Pharmacotherapy Adherence among Substance Users Living with HIV/AIDS in the Rural South
Examines a telephone-based interactive voice response self-monitoring system to measure the likelihood of daily HIV medication adherence and effects on rural substance users living with HIV/AIDS.
Author(s): Jalie A. Tucker, Cathy A. Simpson, Jin Huang, David L. Roth, Katharine E. Stewart
Citation: AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 27(5), 280-286
Date: 05/2013
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Examines a telephone-based interactive voice response self-monitoring system to measure the likelihood of daily HIV medication adherence and effects on rural substance users living with HIV/AIDS.
Author(s): Jalie A. Tucker, Cathy A. Simpson, Jin Huang, David L. Roth, Katharine E. Stewart
Citation: AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 27(5), 280-286
Date: 05/2013
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Cooperative Strategies to Develop Effective Stroke and Heart Attack Awareness Messages in Rural American Indian Communities, 2009-2010
Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
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Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
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