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Emergency Management Resource Guide
An overview of features and functions of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (FirstNet), which agencies might use before, during, and after an emergency. Covers topics applicable for coordinating response in rural and remote areas or when an emergency operations center has been activated. Includes reference links and suggestions for obtaining additional information.
Date: 06/2022
Sponsoring organization: FirstNet Authority
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Mental Health Training: Strategies for Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agencies
Offers strategies for rural law enforcement departments to increase their mental health competency for the purpose of effective response to mental health crisis calls. Address challenges in both mental healthcare access in rural areas as well as mental health training access for law enforcement.
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Council of State Governments, U.S. Department of Justice
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America at a Glance: Occupational Injuries among Rural Workers
Presents 2019 data on occupational injuries in rural and urban areas. Covers injury rate, injury type, and injury-related missed work days. Discusses occupational factors and access disparities associated with rural disability.
Author(s): Andrew Myers, Arin Leopold, Catherine Ipsen
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, University of Montana: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
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Events Across the Life Course Contribute to Higher Mobility Impairment Rates in Rural U.S.
Examines factors associated with increased risk of mobility impairment at age 40 and 50 using 1979-2016 data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Provides statistics for rural and urban populations, including rates of illness, injury, occupation, and health insurance coverage. Discusses the impact of disability on individuals and the importance of workplace safety and healthcare access to long-term health.
Author(s): Catherine Ipsen, Bryce Ward, Andrew Myers
Citation: Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3, 863716
Date: 05/2022
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Suicide Ideation and Attempts Among New Mexico Adults
Examines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to present suicide-related behaviors for New Mexican adults between 2018 and 2020. Includes a rural-urban comparison for both suicide ideation and attempts as well as a county-level breakdown of suicide ideation.
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Diverging Incidence Trends for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Rural and Urban Settings in the United States
A research letter that provides data on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence from 1995 to 2016 in the United States using the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries database. Includes rural versus urban demographic comparisons of those with HCC, further broken down by sex, age, race/ethnicity, geographic region, and poverty level.
Author(s): Kali Zhou, Christina S. Gainey, Jennifer L. Dodge, et al.
Citation: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 20(5), 1180-1185.E2
Date: 05/2022
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Family Caregiving for People with Cancer and Other Serious Illnesses: Proceedings of a Workshop
Reports on a May 2022 workshop exploring issues related to family caregivers and developing strategies to support and recognize their role in caring for their loved ones with cancer or other chronic illnesses. Discusses the increased role of family caregivers in rural and tribal communities and the importance of providing services, addressing social determinants of health, and allocating funding to better support family caregivers in these communities.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Health Care Services
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Evaluation of a Family Connects Dissemination to Four High-Poverty Rural Counties
Results from the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program, conducted in 4 high-poverty rural eastern North Carolina counties from September 2014 through December 2015. Features statistics on Family Connects' impact on infant and parental health and well-being, with breakdowns by intervention group and comparison group.
Author(s): W. Benjamin Goodman, Kenneth A, Dodge, Yu Bai, Robert A. Murphy, Karen O'Donnell
Citation: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(5), 1067-1076
Date: 05/2022
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Implementation of a Maternal Child Knowledgebase
Describes the development and implementation of the Maternal-Child Knowledgebase (MCK), an Obstetrics and Gynecology-focused enterprise data warehouse that integrates pregnancy and care data for patients of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to facilitate maternal and women's health surveillance and research. Offers an overview of the MCK architecture, interface, security, and data governance, and notes the need for maternal and child health data to address rural disparities.
Author(s): Donna A. Santillan, Mark K. Santillan, Heather A. Davis, et al.
Citation: AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Archive, 2022, 432-438
Date: 05/2022
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Framework for Optimizing Air Ambulance Locations
Describes a framework for optimizing air ambulance services delivery based on demand and constraints to other modes of transportation. Highlights how data can be used to identify locations where air ambulance services could be located for optimal use. Includes maps showing candidate locations for air ambulance bases in Virginia and New England.
Author(s): Sabin Ahmed, Robert D. Lieberthal, David M. Hechtman, et al.
Citation: AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2022, 102-111
Date: 05/2022
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