Rural Health
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Accessing Public Health Data on HIV, HCV, STIs
Manual providing instructions to access web data resources from the New Mexico Department of Health Indicator-Based Information System, the CDC WONDER system, the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention's AtlasPlus mapping tool, and the New Mexico Department of Health's STD Prevention Program database. Specific directions reflect data needs of Native American populations.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Manual providing instructions to access web data resources from the New Mexico Department of Health Indicator-Based Information System, the CDC WONDER system, the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention's AtlasPlus mapping tool, and the New Mexico Department of Health's STD Prevention Program database. Specific directions reflect data needs of Native American populations.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Sexual Health Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
Fact sheet describing data from the 2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey on sexual health among Native American middle and high school students. Presents data on risk behaviors, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates, and condom use.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Fact sheet describing data from the 2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey on sexual health among Native American middle and high school students. Presents data on risk behaviors, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates, and condom use.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Sexual Health Among American Indian Adults and Adolescents in New Mexico
Fact sheet providing data on sexual health risk and resiliency behaviors for New Mexico American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents and adults from the New Mexico Department of Health, the CDC, and the Indian Health Service. Describes mortality rates; presents syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates from 2014-2018; and offers other statistical data related to sexual health.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Fact sheet providing data on sexual health risk and resiliency behaviors for New Mexico American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents and adults from the New Mexico Department of Health, the CDC, and the Indian Health Service. Describes mortality rates; presents syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea rates from 2014-2018; and offers other statistical data related to sexual health.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Health Resource Guide: A Guide to HIV Related Resources in the Albuquerque Tribal Area
Provides information on HIV-focused help lines, online resources, and clinics and agencies providing HIV services and care that are located in the Indian Health Service (IHS) Albuquerque Area, which covers Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Includes contact information, addresses, service hours, and web links for all organizations and healthcare facilities. Lists HIV-related services offered by each healthcare facility and organization in separate charts for each region in the service area.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Provides information on HIV-focused help lines, online resources, and clinics and agencies providing HIV services and care that are located in the Indian Health Service (IHS) Albuquerque Area, which covers Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Includes contact information, addresses, service hours, and web links for all organizations and healthcare facilities. Lists HIV-related services offered by each healthcare facility and organization in separate charts for each region in the service area.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
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Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes, 2019
Summarizes latest information on opioid prescribing, drug use, and overdose mortality from 2018-2019. Features statistics with breakdowns by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, non-metropolitan urbanized, non-metropolitan less urbanized, and completely rural. Highlights notable differences in the report from 2018 to 2019.
Additional links: Highlights
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Summarizes latest information on opioid prescribing, drug use, and overdose mortality from 2018-2019. Features statistics with breakdowns by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, non-metropolitan urbanized, non-metropolitan less urbanized, and completely rural. Highlights notable differences in the report from 2018 to 2019.
Additional links: Highlights
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Development of a National Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index in the United States: Differences by Region and Rurality
Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
Author(s): Andrew Kaczynski, Jan Eberth, Ellen Stowe, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(83)
Date: 2020
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Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
Author(s): Andrew Kaczynski, Jan Eberth, Ellen Stowe, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(83)
Date: 2020
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The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic/Latino Population: An Urgent Issue
Report highlights the opioid crisis in Hispanic/Latino populations. Details rates of illicit opioid use and prescription drug misuse, as well as overdose and death rates. Discusses measures taken in to provide treatment and prevention in Latino communities, including in rural and border areas.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Report highlights the opioid crisis in Hispanic/Latino populations. Details rates of illicit opioid use and prescription drug misuse, as well as overdose and death rates. Discusses measures taken in to provide treatment and prevention in Latino communities, including in rural and border areas.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Discussion of how data, evidence, guidance, and examples used in County Health Rankings & Roadmaps publications from January 2009 - January 2019 have helped communities improve the conditions in which their residents live. Examines how the methodology has changed over time, and includes a section on how the researchers adapted their methods so as to appropriately analyze data from rural areas with small populations.
Author(s): Bridget Booske Catlin, Willems Van Dijk
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organizations: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Discussion of how data, evidence, guidance, and examples used in County Health Rankings & Roadmaps publications from January 2009 - January 2019 have helped communities improve the conditions in which their residents live. Examines how the methodology has changed over time, and includes a section on how the researchers adapted their methods so as to appropriately analyze data from rural areas with small populations.
Author(s): Bridget Booske Catlin, Willems Van Dijk
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organizations: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Contributions of US Medical Schools to Primary Care (2003-2014): Determining and Predicting Who Really Goes Into Primary Care
Results of a project to determine the magnitude by which primary care output is overestimated and to identify a more accurate way to predict actual primary care output. Features statistics on percentages of medical school graduates who intended to practice and who actually practice in primary care, based on data from 17,509 graduates from 20 campuses across 14 university systems.
Author(s): Mark Deutchman, Francesca Macaluso, Jason Chao, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 52(7), 483-490
Date: 2020
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Results of a project to determine the magnitude by which primary care output is overestimated and to identify a more accurate way to predict actual primary care output. Features statistics on percentages of medical school graduates who intended to practice and who actually practice in primary care, based on data from 17,509 graduates from 20 campuses across 14 university systems.
Author(s): Mark Deutchman, Francesca Macaluso, Jason Chao, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 52(7), 483-490
Date: 2020
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Helping Patients Living in Rural Areas Transition from Hospital to Home - The ROADMAP Study
Evaluates a hospital discharge planning program's effectiveness in providing support to rural patients returning home after staying in a hospital. Includes patients' demographic information and compares the number of emergency department visits and rehospitalizations of the control group with those of the intervention group.
Author(s): Tom Seekins, Jennifer Wong, Lynda Yearous, et al.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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Evaluates a hospital discharge planning program's effectiveness in providing support to rural patients returning home after staying in a hospital. Includes patients' demographic information and compares the number of emergency department visits and rehospitalizations of the control group with those of the intervention group.
Author(s): Tom Seekins, Jennifer Wong, Lynda Yearous, et al.
Date: 2020
Sponsoring organization: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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