Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
A Guide to Requesting Health Data Reports within a Federally Recognized Tribe
Presents guidance on accessing health data within federally recognized tribes of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Provides a brief summary of Tribal Epidemiology Centers.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Presents guidance on accessing health data within federally recognized tribes of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Provides a brief summary of Tribal Epidemiology Centers.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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What Is a Rural Hospital?
Explains the different definitions of rural and how they impact the number of hospitals in Texas considered rural.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
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Explains the different definitions of rural and how they impact the number of hospitals in Texas considered rural.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
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The Impact of a Rural Hospital Closure
Discusses the impacts of hospital closures with a focus on Texas. Addresses how access issues can result in mortality, challenges with reopening hospitals, and the economic impact of rural hospitals and hospital closures.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
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Discusses the impacts of hospital closures with a focus on Texas. Addresses how access issues can result in mortality, challenges with reopening hospitals, and the economic impact of rural hospitals and hospital closures.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
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Urban Influence Codes: Documentation
Explains the 12 categories of rural/urban classification included in the 2013 Urban Influence Codes from the Economic Research Service, which are used to categorize counties and county equivalents in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Includes a table showing population estimates and the number of counties in each category using 2010 Census data.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Explains the 12 categories of rural/urban classification included in the 2013 Urban Influence Codes from the Economic Research Service, which are used to categorize counties and county equivalents in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Includes a table showing population estimates and the number of counties in each category using 2010 Census data.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Being Small Has Advantages for Hospitals Implementing the Ten Steps
Highlights the New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (NYS BQIH) Learning Collaborative, focusing on the experiences of two small rural hospitals.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Highlights the New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (NYS BQIH) Learning Collaborative, focusing on the experiences of two small rural hospitals.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Alaska Shows Perinatal Regionalization Works to Reduce Infant Deaths
Highlights the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (Infant Mortality CoIIN) in Alaska. Discusses hospital collaboration in a rural environment, including how they share data, best practices, and training; build relationships; and transfer higher-risk mothers and babies to the appropriate level of care using a regionalization model to reduce infant mortality.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Highlights the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (Infant Mortality CoIIN) in Alaska. Discusses hospital collaboration in a rural environment, including how they share data, best practices, and training; build relationships; and transfer higher-risk mothers and babies to the appropriate level of care using a regionalization model to reduce infant mortality.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Smoking & Pregnancy in Underserved Populations: Overcoming Obstacles to Cessation Success
Highlights two programs that seek to reduce smoking rates among pregnant women: one focused on rural Alaska, particularly Alaskan Natives, and one focused on low-income women in Florida.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Highlights two programs that seek to reduce smoking rates among pregnant women: one focused on rural Alaska, particularly Alaskan Natives, and one focused on low-income women in Florida.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Tribal Nursing Home Best Practices: Trauma and Person-Centered Care
Highlights a report on trauma and person-centered care practices of three tribal nursing homes in Nebraska, Alaska, and South Dakota. Discusses best practices for caring for patients dealing with the repercussions of elder and child abuse, sexual assault, and historical trauma, among other traumatic experiences.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Highlights a report on trauma and person-centered care practices of three tribal nursing homes in Nebraska, Alaska, and South Dakota. Discusses best practices for caring for patients dealing with the repercussions of elder and child abuse, sexual assault, and historical trauma, among other traumatic experiences.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Tribal Nursing Homes: Review of Resources: Caring for Adults with Disabilities
Features a report on long-term care facilities operated by tribal nations and American Indian and Alaska Native organizations and focuses on caring for Native American adults with disabilities. Presents interviews done with the leadership of long-term care facilities in three different tribal communities.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Features a report on long-term care facilities operated by tribal nations and American Indian and Alaska Native organizations and focuses on caring for Native American adults with disabilities. Presents interviews done with the leadership of long-term care facilities in three different tribal communities.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Hotspotting Preventable Cancers: Done Right
Identifies high-risk counties in Arkansas for colorectal, cervical, and female breast cancer using 2009-2013 data to help target areas for cancer screening in order to improve early cancer detection and reduce deaths. Estimates expected cases using state demographics, rather than an age-specific nationwide standard.
Author(s): Appathurai Balamurugan, Abby Holt, Michelle Astor, Ron Brown, Robert Delongchamp
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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Identifies high-risk counties in Arkansas for colorectal, cervical, and female breast cancer using 2009-2013 data to help target areas for cancer screening in order to improve early cancer detection and reduce deaths. Estimates expected cases using state demographics, rather than an age-specific nationwide standard.
Author(s): Appathurai Balamurugan, Abby Holt, Michelle Astor, Ron Brown, Robert Delongchamp
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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