Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
Community Health Needs and Opportunities in Rural Central New York
Reports on community health in central New York's Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Oswego counties. Discusses issues related to rural access to care, funding, and health workforce supply. Highlights health disparities affecting rural Black, Hispanic, multiracial, LGBTQ+, and disabled people. Includes sections dedicated to perinatal health, oral health, mental health and substance use, and medical and nonmedical home care.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Foundation for Western & Central New York
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Reports on community health in central New York's Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Oswego counties. Discusses issues related to rural access to care, funding, and health workforce supply. Highlights health disparities affecting rural Black, Hispanic, multiracial, LGBTQ+, and disabled people. Includes sections dedicated to perinatal health, oral health, mental health and substance use, and medical and nonmedical home care.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Foundation for Western & Central New York
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Illinois Agricultural Workers' Health: A County-Level Analysis
Provides data on health status and causes of mortality in Illinois agricultural workers. Includes metro versus nonmetro comparisons as well as county-level breakdowns of agricultural workers' health and injuries.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Provides data on health status and causes of mortality in Illinois agricultural workers. Includes metro versus nonmetro comparisons as well as county-level breakdowns of agricultural workers' health and injuries.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Declines in Telemedicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2021 and 2022
Examines changes in telemedicine use by adults between 2021 and 2022. Analyzes data by various sociodemographic characteristics, Census Bureau region, and level of urbanization.
Author(s): Jacqueline W. Lucas, Xun Wang
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Examines changes in telemedicine use by adults between 2021 and 2022. Analyzes data by various sociodemographic characteristics, Census Bureau region, and level of urbanization.
Author(s): Jacqueline W. Lucas, Xun Wang
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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New Frontiers for Funding: An Introduction to Grantmaking in Rural Aging
Offers guidance on offering grant funds for rural aging work, discussing scale of funding, rural assets, sustainability, and partnership building. Highlights rural aging issues including health, cultural sensitivities, transportation, broadband, housing and institutional care, and social isolation.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Grantmakers In Aging
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Offers guidance on offering grant funds for rural aging work, discussing scale of funding, rural assets, sustainability, and partnership building. Highlights rural aging issues including health, cultural sensitivities, transportation, broadband, housing and institutional care, and social isolation.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Grantmakers In Aging
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Physician Assistants/Associates in Psychiatry: A Workforce Analysis
Examines U.S. physician assistants (PAs) practicing in psychiatry with comparisons to PAs practicing in other specialties. Utilizes National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) data to analyze the PA workforce according to growth in the field since 2013, median income, job satisfaction, and demographics, including gender, ethnicity, languages used, age, and rural versus urban practice setting.
Author(s): Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Andrzej Kozikowski, Roderick S. Hooker, Kasey Puckett
Citation: Human Resources for Health, 22(40)
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Examines U.S. physician assistants (PAs) practicing in psychiatry with comparisons to PAs practicing in other specialties. Utilizes National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) data to analyze the PA workforce according to growth in the field since 2013, median income, job satisfaction, and demographics, including gender, ethnicity, languages used, age, and rural versus urban practice setting.
Author(s): Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Andrzej Kozikowski, Roderick S. Hooker, Kasey Puckett
Citation: Human Resources for Health, 22(40)
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Decisions to Practice in Rural Areas Among Mental Health Care Professionals
Research letter describing a study examining factors associated with mental health professionals' decisions to practice in rural areas and whether those factors differ by professional type. Uses data from Minnesota's health licensing boards and a survey of active Minnesota healthcare professionals collected from 2022-2023. Features statistics with breakdowns by provider type and rural or urban location.
Author(s): Carrie Henning-Smith, Teri Fritsma, Andrew P.J. Olson, Selam Woldegerima, Hannah MacDougall
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(6), e2421285
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Research letter describing a study examining factors associated with mental health professionals' decisions to practice in rural areas and whether those factors differ by professional type. Uses data from Minnesota's health licensing boards and a survey of active Minnesota healthcare professionals collected from 2022-2023. Features statistics with breakdowns by provider type and rural or urban location.
Author(s): Carrie Henning-Smith, Teri Fritsma, Andrew P.J. Olson, Selam Woldegerima, Hannah MacDougall
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(6), e2421285
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2023
Provides data on households that rely on wireless telephones rather than landlines. Includes data on the percent of adults who live in wireless-only households and have their own wireless telephone, as well as data on phoneless adults. Provides data for nonmetropolitan compared to metropolitan areas. Discusses the need for surveys to include adequate representation of wireless-only households and households with landlines.
Author(s): Stephen J. Blumberg, Julian V. Luke
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Provides data on households that rely on wireless telephones rather than landlines. Includes data on the percent of adults who live in wireless-only households and have their own wireless telephone, as well as data on phoneless adults. Provides data for nonmetropolitan compared to metropolitan areas. Discusses the need for surveys to include adequate representation of wireless-only households and households with landlines.
Author(s): Stephen J. Blumberg, Julian V. Luke
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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New Mexico Medicaid: Physical Health and Behavioral Health Workforce
Reports on New Mexico healthcare workforce trends. Discusses healthcare workforce graduation data, Medicaid enrollment compared to provider access, and specialty care provider trends. Includes county-level data of workforce distribution by provider type. Offers recommendations to increase the healthcare workforce, recruitment and retention, and increasing access to healthcare.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee
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Reports on New Mexico healthcare workforce trends. Discusses healthcare workforce graduation data, Medicaid enrollment compared to provider access, and specialty care provider trends. Includes county-level data of workforce distribution by provider type. Offers recommendations to increase the healthcare workforce, recruitment and retention, and increasing access to healthcare.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee
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Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2021
Analyzes both 2021 American Community Survey 1-year data and 2017-2021 5-year data to report on computer use by device type and broadband subscriptions. Includes rural and urban comparisons within 4 regions and by state.
Author(s): Daniela Mejía
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Analyzes both 2021 American Community Survey 1-year data and 2017-2021 5-year data to report on computer use by device type and broadband subscriptions. Includes rural and urban comparisons within 4 regions and by state.
Author(s): Daniela Mejía
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Reducing Maternal Mortality, a Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicator
Provides an overview of maternal mortality and public health strategies to address maternal health. Includes maternal health resources related to priority issues of the Healthy People 2030 framework, with references to rural maternal health disparities.
Author(s): Corinne Gillenwater
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Provides an overview of maternal mortality and public health strategies to address maternal health. Includes maternal health resources related to priority issues of the Healthy People 2030 framework, with references to rural maternal health disparities.
Author(s): Corinne Gillenwater
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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