Rural Health
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Transforming Lives at the Border: How a Rural Library in San Elizario is Changing the Game
Describes how a Pete Herrera Library functions as a hub for healthcare, human services, education, and more in the rural, border community of Sal Elizario, Texas. Highlights the library's initiatives and strategies for supporting community health and wellness in a predominantly Spanish-speaking, under-resourced community.
Author(s): Rick Ybarra
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
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Describes how a Pete Herrera Library functions as a hub for healthcare, human services, education, and more in the rural, border community of Sal Elizario, Texas. Highlights the library's initiatives and strategies for supporting community health and wellness in a predominantly Spanish-speaking, under-resourced community.
Author(s): Rick Ybarra
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
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Water Fluoridation in the U.S.: The Federal Role in Policy and Practice
Examines water fluoridation across the United States, with a focus on policy, best practices, dental health impacts, and state-by-state percentages of people using community water systems (CWS) that receive fluoridated water. Discusses water fluoridation barriers in rural and small communities.
Author(s): Josh Michaud, Jennifer Kates, Nambi Ndugga
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Examines water fluoridation across the United States, with a focus on policy, best practices, dental health impacts, and state-by-state percentages of people using community water systems (CWS) that receive fluoridated water. Discusses water fluoridation barriers in rural and small communities.
Author(s): Josh Michaud, Jennifer Kates, Nambi Ndugga
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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OHA Director 2024 Statewide Listening Tour
Outlines planned priorities following a 2024 listening tour by the Oregon Health Authority Director in the areas of public health, Medicaid, policy and analytics, and behavioral health. Discusses capturing rural and urban health disparities, alternative payment models for healthcare providers, and rural healthcare facility closures.
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Health Authority
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Outlines planned priorities following a 2024 listening tour by the Oregon Health Authority Director in the areas of public health, Medicaid, policy and analytics, and behavioral health. Discusses capturing rural and urban health disparities, alternative payment models for healthcare providers, and rural healthcare facility closures.
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Health Authority
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Trends in Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Obesity in South Carolina, 2015–2021
Examines prepregnancy and gestational weight gain in South Carolina women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2015-2021 data from 239,597 mothers with data broken down by weight gain, relative prenatal risk, lifestyle and clinic factors, and sociodemographics of patients, including rurality.
Author(s): Sarah E. Simpson, Angela M. Malek, Chun-Che Wen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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Examines prepregnancy and gestational weight gain in South Carolina women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2015-2021 data from 239,597 mothers with data broken down by weight gain, relative prenatal risk, lifestyle and clinic factors, and sociodemographics of patients, including rurality.
Author(s): Sarah E. Simpson, Angela M. Malek, Chun-Che Wen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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End-of-Year Reflections and Looking to the Future After 20 Years of Scholarly Publishing in Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Practice
A reflective column that discusses articles published in Preventing Chronic Disease over the past 20 years, focusing on themes such as chronic disease, substance use, health data, and more. Discusses themes for 2025, including public health research, population health, social determinants of health, and rural health disparities.
Author(s): Leonard Jack Jr
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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A reflective column that discusses articles published in Preventing Chronic Disease over the past 20 years, focusing on themes such as chronic disease, substance use, health data, and more. Discusses themes for 2025, including public health research, population health, social determinants of health, and rural health disparities.
Author(s): Leonard Jack Jr
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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Trends in Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders among Children and Adolescents in the US, 2016–2021
Analyzes mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in children and factors that contribute to MBDD outcomes. Utilizes 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health data with breakdowns according to prevalence and type of MBDD, receipt of healthcare services, parent and family well-being, community support and safety, and demographic characteristics of children with MBDD, including urban/suburban versus rural location.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Leeb, Melissa L. Danielson, Angelika H. Claussen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in children and factors that contribute to MBDD outcomes. Utilizes 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health data with breakdowns according to prevalence and type of MBDD, receipt of healthcare services, parent and family well-being, community support and safety, and demographic characteristics of children with MBDD, including urban/suburban versus rural location.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Leeb, Melissa L. Danielson, Angelika H. Claussen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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Buprenorphine Injection Among Rural Persons Who Inject Drugs
Describes buprenorphine use by rural people who inject drugs, using data from the Rural Opioid Initiative, to inform patient-clinician discussions and public health interventions. Features demographics and behavioral characteristics of 2,369 people who were surveyed between 2018-2020.
Author(s): Kaitlin A. Zinsli, Elenore P. Bhatraju, Judith Feinberg, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(12), e2450108
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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Describes buprenorphine use by rural people who inject drugs, using data from the Rural Opioid Initiative, to inform patient-clinician discussions and public health interventions. Features demographics and behavioral characteristics of 2,369 people who were surveyed between 2018-2020.
Author(s): Kaitlin A. Zinsli, Elenore P. Bhatraju, Judith Feinberg, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(12), e2450108
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
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National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2024 Update
Action plan outlining 6 goals for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the challenges facing people with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their families and to minimize the burden of AD/ADRD. Includes action items related to AD/ADRD treatment and care quality, public awareness and engagement, data tracking, and collaboration to support underserved populations, including rural and tribal communities.
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Action plan outlining 6 goals for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the challenges facing people with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their families and to minimize the burden of AD/ADRD. Includes action items related to AD/ADRD treatment and care quality, public awareness and engagement, data tracking, and collaboration to support underserved populations, including rural and tribal communities.
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2024 Nebraska Rural Poll Research Report: Housing
Analyzes 2024 Nebraska Rural Poll results related to housing programs and priorities as well as adequacy and perceptions of housing availability. Discusses the relationship between housing options and worker shortages.
Author(s): Heather Akin, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Mary Emery, et al.
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Analyzes 2024 Nebraska Rural Poll results related to housing programs and priorities as well as adequacy and perceptions of housing availability. Discusses the relationship between housing options and worker shortages.
Author(s): Heather Akin, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Mary Emery, et al.
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Variation in Elder Abuse State Statutes by State Level of Rurality
Examines elements of state-level elder abuse statutes' definitions and reporting requirements. Discusses potential differences in these policies by state rurality that could influence the understanding of elder abuse among rural and urban areas. Features statistics including types of abuse and reporting laws, and most common types of mandatory reporter categories, with breakdowns by three levels of rurality.
Author(s): Alexis Swendener, Alyssa Fritz, Marti DeLiema, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Examines elements of state-level elder abuse statutes' definitions and reporting requirements. Discusses potential differences in these policies by state rurality that could influence the understanding of elder abuse among rural and urban areas. Features statistics including types of abuse and reporting laws, and most common types of mandatory reporter categories, with breakdowns by three levels of rurality.
Author(s): Alexis Swendener, Alyssa Fritz, Marti DeLiema, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 12/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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