Rural Health
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Formative Research Conducted in Rural Appalachia to Inform a Community Physical Activity Intervention
Describes the perceived barriers to and facilitators of physical activity in rural Appalachia. Reviews organized programs for physical activity and suggests partnerships for physical activity programming. Table 3 lists the barriers and facilitators of physical activity.
Author(s): Tina M. Kruger, Mark Swanson, Rian E. Davis, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Health Promotion, 26(3), 143-151
Date: 01/2012
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Describes the perceived barriers to and facilitators of physical activity in rural Appalachia. Reviews organized programs for physical activity and suggests partnerships for physical activity programming. Table 3 lists the barriers and facilitators of physical activity.
Author(s): Tina M. Kruger, Mark Swanson, Rian E. Davis, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Health Promotion, 26(3), 143-151
Date: 01/2012
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Intervention Mapping as a Guide for the Development of a Diabetes Peer Support Intervention in Rural Alabama
Describes development of a culturally relevant program to improve diabetes self-management among medically underserved African American adults in Alabama's Black Belt. Discusses intervention mapping as a systematic process combining theory, empirical evidence from the literature, and data from the community, and shows how this may be a useful approach in developing and adapting programs.
Author(s): Andrea Cherrington, Michelle Y. Martin, Michaela Hayes, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 01/2012
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Describes development of a culturally relevant program to improve diabetes self-management among medically underserved African American adults in Alabama's Black Belt. Discusses intervention mapping as a systematic process combining theory, empirical evidence from the literature, and data from the community, and shows how this may be a useful approach in developing and adapting programs.
Author(s): Andrea Cherrington, Michelle Y. Martin, Michaela Hayes, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 9
Date: 01/2012
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Increasing Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Could Enhance Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural America
Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
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Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
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Defining the Issues and Principles of Recruitment and Retention: Introduction to the Rural Health Careers Pipeline Series
Overview of the issues endemic to healthcare workforce recruitment and retention in rural areas. The introduction to a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs.
Author(s): Dave Schmitz, Natalie Claiborne, Nicole Rouhana
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Overview of the issues endemic to healthcare workforce recruitment and retention in rural areas. The introduction to a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs.
Author(s): Dave Schmitz, Natalie Claiborne, Nicole Rouhana
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Pursuing High Performance in Rural Health Care
Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Quality Incentives for Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics and Free Clinics: A Report to Congress
Discusses initiatives and incentives that apply to primary care clinics regarding quality of care and the use of health information technology.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
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Discusses initiatives and incentives that apply to primary care clinics regarding quality of care and the use of health information technology.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
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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
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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. Reneé Umstattd, Stephanie L. Baller, Erin Hennessy, et al.
Citation: Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 9(5), 724-730
Date: 2012
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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. Reneé Umstattd, Stephanie L. Baller, Erin Hennessy, et al.
Citation: Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 9(5), 724-730
Date: 2012
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