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91. Rural Development: Actions Needed to Improve Assistance to Southwest Border Communities Known as Colonias - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Provides an overview of colonias, predominately rural, Hispanic communities near the U.S.-Mexico border. Examines conditions in colonias and the challenges they face in obtaining and using federal assistance. Presents results of an analysis of American Community Survey data, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program documentation and funding data for fiscal years 2020–2023, and interviews with stakeholders. Offers recommendations for Congress and the USDA to preserve eligibility to funding set aside for colonias and identify applications for Single Family Housing assistance for projects in colonias.

...Hispanic communities near the U.S.-Mexico border. Examines conditions in colonias and the challenges they...

92. The U.S. Rural Mortality Penalty is Wide and Growing - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Policy brief examining rural-urban differences in mortality rates among non-Hispanic White people from 1990-2018. Features statistics with breakdowns by age group, sex, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan location, cause of death, and mortality rate per 100,000 people.

...Hispanic White people from 1990-2018. Features statistics with breakdowns by age group, sex, metropolitan...

93. MedlinePlus and the Challenge of Low Health Literacy: Findings From the Colonias Project - Resources
Date: Jan 2007

Describes the Colonias Project, a health literacy outreach project using promotoras in low-income Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border.

...Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border. --- MedlinePlus and the Challenge of Low Health Literacy...

94. Why the Federal Government Needs to Change How It Collects Data on Native Americans - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Describes how the federal government collects data on race and ethnicity and resulting inaccuracies that impact data on American Indian and Alaska Native people. Identifies a number of issues related to race and ethnicity data, including how information on multiracial individuals is looked at and potential changes to how Hispanic identity will be considered. Discusses policy and research implications and offers recommendations for data collection.

...Hispanic identity will be considered. Discusses policy and research implications and offers recommendations for data...

95. A Snapshot of Racial Inequities in Human Services Programs in Rural Contexts - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Examines the need for human services across rural counties and broken down by racial/ethnic groups. Provides data on human services funding per person, unemployment rate, poverty rate, access to broadband, and access to vehicles by rural Black, Hispanic, Native, and White citizens. Includes a 2018 county-level U.S. map that depicts rural counties with high needs for human services.

...Hispanic, Native, and White citizens. Includes a 2018 county-level U.S. map that depicts rural...

96. Differences in Food and Beverage Marketing Policies and Practices in US School Districts, by Demographic Characteristics of School Districts, 2012 - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

Analysis of data from the 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study, showing how school district characteristics affect food and beverage marketing and promotion policies and practices. Features statistics with breakdowns including rural, suburban, or urban status, district size, and percentage of non-Hispanic White students.

...Hispanic White students. --- Differences in Food and Beverage Marketing Policies and Practices in US School...

97. Health Policy for Rural Illinois, Data for Policy Development - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Provides information on various metrics representing healthcare access, cost, quality, and equity in metro and nonmetro areas of Illinois. Includes further breakdowns of data by White, Hispanic, and Black categories and discusses policy issues related to health disparities in nonmetro areas and for various demographic groups.

...Hispanic, and Black categories and discusses policy issues related to health disparities in nonmetro areas...

98. Health Equity and COVID-19: The Impact of Rural Residence on COVID-19 Disparities - Resources
Date: May 2021

Policy brief discussing rural health disparities, social determinants of health, access to care, and COVID-19 impacts in rural Georgia. Compares rural and urban COVID-19 case and death rates, distribution of cases by race, and disparities in Black and Hispanic rural counties. Offers policy recommendations to address disparities.

...Hispanic rural counties. Offers policy recommendations to address disparities. --- Health Equity and COVID-19: The Impact...

99. Advancing Transcultural Care through Cultural Competency - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Profiles St. Charles Madras Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Jefferson County, Oregon. Discusses the hospital's efforts to establish cultural competence through the implementation of components of evidence-based guidelines to improve the American Indian and Hispanic or Latino patient experiences.

...Hispanic or Latino patient experiences. --- Advancing Transcultural Care through Cultural Competency Profiles St. Charles Madras...

100. Relevance and Acceptability of a Technology-Delivered Childhood Obesity Intervention for Hispanic/Latino Families in Rural Nebraska: A Qualitative Approach - Resources
Date: May 2025

Examines program strengths and challenges, implementation concerns, and cultural relevance of Hispanic Family Connections, a Spanish-language childhood obesity intervention for Latino families in rural Nebraska, via focus group interviews with 26 participants.

...Hispanic Family Connections, a Spanish-language childhood obesity intervention for Latino families in rural Nebraska...