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Relevant Quality Measures for Critical Access Hospitals
Policy brief describes quality measures relevant to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and identifies policy implications.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice, Jill Klingner, Shailendra Prasad
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Economic Impact of a Smoke-Free Ordinance on Bars and Restaurants in a Small, Rural, Missouri Community
Examines the economic impact of a city-wide smoke free ordinance in rural Kirksville, Missouri on bar and restaurant taxable sales revenues.
Author(s): Carolyn C. Cox, Noaman Kayani, Stanley R. Cowan, Leslie A. Moss
Citation: Missouri Medicine, 109(1), 75-78
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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The Management of Chronic Diseases in Rural Missouri Practices
Reports the results of interviews with focus groups from rural healthcare practices in Missouri describing the challenges of managing chronic disease in small rural healthcare settings. Discusses the characteristics of rural practices and the communities they serve.
Author(s): Maithe Enriquez, Jill Moormeier, William Lafferty
Citation: Missouri Medicine, 109(3), 210-215
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS)
Describes the development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS) survey instrument to measure perceptions of rural environments for physical activity. Includes definitions, characteristics, and items on each of the seven RALPESS factors: church facilities, town center connectivity, indoor areas, around your home/neighborhood, town center physical activity resources, school grounds, and outdoor areas.
Author(s): M. ReneƩ Umstattd, Stephanie L. Baller, Erin Hennessy, et al.
Citation: Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 9(5), 724-730
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Childhood Obesity Prevention in Rural Settings: Background, Rationale, and Study Design of '4-Health,' a Parent-only Intervention
Summarizes the development of a parent-centered obesity intervention program, implementation of a 4-Health Educational program for children currently active in 4-H Youth Development programs, and evaluation of the outcome measures in children and parents of rural Montana.
Author(s): Wesley C. Lynch, Jill Martz, Galen Eldridge, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 12, 255
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Community Strategies to Address Cancer Disparities in Appalachian Kentucky
An overview of a community-based participatory research intervention in Appalachian Kentucky to address cancer disparities. Includes discussion of the perceptions and barriers to screening. Covers strategies for working in Appalachia, rural locations, and other traditionally undeserved communities. Table 3 lists characteristics and Figure 1 is an example focus group interview guide.
Author(s): Nancy E. Schoenberg, Britteny M. Howell, Nell Fields
Citation: Family & Community Health, 35(1), 31-43
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rural Oregon
Describes a program, Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative, that works to expand oral healthcare services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in rural Oregon through collaboration with a dental hygiene school and a dental case manager to help provide access to services. Includes service delivery activities and descriptive roles for each provider.
Author(s): Jill Jones, Mahyar Mofidi, Helene Bednarsh, Alan Gambrell, Carol R. Tobias
Citation: Public Health Reports, 17(Suppl 2), 65-72
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Project ECHO: A Model for Complex, Chronic Care in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States
Describes Project ECHO, a telehealth program, involving weekly video conferences between rural providers and their colleagues at academic medical centers to discuss patient cases involving a variety of subjects, such as Hepatitis C, chronic pain, integrated addictions, psychiatry, and HIV/AIDS to receive management advice, and access to best practices. Figure 2 shows a map of participating sites and Table 1 lists the numbers of clinics, clinicians, and patients presented.
Author(s): John D. Scott, Kent T. Unruh, Mary C. Catlin, et al.
Citation: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18(8), 481-484
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Determinants of Emergency Response Willingness in the Local Public Health Workforce by Jurisdictional and Scenario Patterns: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Examines 4 urban and 4 rural local health departments' willingness to respond to naturally-occurring and terrorism-related emergency scenarios. Includes data on characteristics and comparison of willingness-to-respond between urban and rural respondents.
Author(s): Daniel J. Barnett, Carol B. Thompson, Nicole A. Errett, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 12, 164
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Strengths and Silences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students in Rural and Small Town Schools
A report compiled by the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) that examines safety, harassment, and assault of LGBT students in rural schools based on data collected in the GLSEN's National School Climate Survey (2010-2011). Includes demographics broken down by gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, region, school type, and school size.
Author(s): Neal A. Palmer, Joseph G. Kosciw, Mark J. Bartkiewicz
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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