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101. COVID-19 Outbreak in an Amish Community — Ohio, May 2020 - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Reports on a COVID-19 outbreak in a rural Ohio Amish community. Discusses access to testing, provision of culturally responsive health education messages, and collaboration among health department staff and community leaders to help overcome cultural barriers.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(45), 1671-1674 11/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

102. Computerized Capability of Office-Based Physicians to Identify Patients Who Need Preventive or Follow-up Care — United States, 2017 - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Examines the capability among U.S. office-based physicians to provide electronic reminders to decrease missed care. Includes data for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(44), 1622-1624 11/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

103. Survey of Teen Noise Exposure and Efforts to Protect Hearing at School — United States, 2020 - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Examines noise exposure among youth 12-17 years of age in a school setting. Reports on frequency of exposure, provision of hearing protection devices, and whether prevention techniques were part of the curriculum. Includes data for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(48), 1822-1826 12/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

104. COVID-19 Vaccination Intent, Perceptions, and Reasons for Not Vaccinating Among Groups Prioritized for Early Vaccination — United States, September and December 2020 - Resources
Date: Feb 2021

Reports on intent to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among different groups and changes in intent between September and December 2020. Includes data for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(6), 217-222 02/2021 Centers for Disease Control...

105. Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks Linked to a Wedding Reception in Rural Maine — August 7–September 14, 2020 - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Reports on a COVID-19 outbreak that began at a rural Maine wedding reception and spread in the local community and to a long-term care facility and a correctional facility in other counties. Discusses the impact of noncompliance with CDC's recommended mitigation measures.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(45), 1686-1690 11/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

106. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Ethical Principles for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, 2020 - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Discusses four ethical principles that will inform the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations for the initial allocation of COVID-19 vaccine: maximizing benefits and minimizing harms; promoting justice; mitigating health inequities; and promoting transparency. Includes discussion of concerns for rural residents.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(47), 1782-1786 11/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

107. Telehealth Practice Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, July 11–17, 2020 - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Reports health center telehealth services based on a July 11–17, 2020 survey of Health Resources and Services Administration–funded health centers. Includes data for urban and rural locations. Discusses barriers that rural health centers face in expanding telehealth, including broadband access, lack of partners, and logistics.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(50), 1902-1905 12/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

108. COVID-19 Mortality Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons — 14 States, January–June 2020 - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Reports on age-adjusted COVID-19-associated mortality for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-Hispanic White populations, based on data from 14 states. Includes data by sex and by age group.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(49), 1853-1856 12/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

109. Factors That Might Affect SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Poultry Facility Workers — Maryland, May 2020 - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Looks at workplace-related, community, and household factors that might affect person-to-person SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with data for U.S.- and foreign-born workers at two Maryland poultry processing facilities.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(50), 1906-1910 12/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

110. Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States, February 24–April 21, 2020 - Resources
Date: May 2020

Identifies factors that contributed to the spread of COVID-19 in early 2020. Discusses transmission due to travel, large gatherings (including a funeral in rural Georgia), high-risk workplaces such as rural meatpacking facilities, densely populated areas, and unrecognized transmission related to limited testing and asymptomatic and presymptomatic spread.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(18), 551-556 05/2020 Centers for Disease Control...