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1381. Demand for Broadband in Rural Areas: Implications for Universal Access - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Reports on the characteristics of demand for fixed broadband among households and small businesses in rural areas and how they affect private sector infrastructure investments. Discusses the role of schools and libraries as providers of broadband service and training to rural residents, and how broadband enabled services, such as telemedicine, may encourage rural households and small businesses to adopt the technology. Highlights federal programs and policies that may increase or impede broadband demand, and offers options for the U.S. Congress to consider as it addresses rural broadband demand.

...Congressional Research Service Broadband · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1382. Rural Michigan Farmers' Health Concerns and Experiences: A Focus Group Study - Resources
Date: 2021

Interviewed 14 members of the Michigan Farm Bureau in 2019 to explore their healthcare system experiences. Overall themes discussed include formal healthcare, well-being and health supports, health insurance, and virtual healthcare. Data show basic demographics of participants in addition to their access to internet, cell phones, and virtual healthcare.

...Farmers and farmworkers · Health insurance · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Michigan...

1383. Telemedicine and the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare: An Empirical Analysis of Illinois Counties - Resources
Date: Jul 2023

Examines the impact of telemedicine on reducing carbon emissions in Illinois. Provides metro versus nonmetro estimates as well as county-level estimates of carbon emissions savings in both outpatient and hospital settings.

...Affairs County-by-county data · Environmental health · Hospitals · Outpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Telehealth · Illinois...

1384. The Complex Geographies of Telelactation and Access to Community Breastfeeding Support in the State of Ohio - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Study examining face-to-face and virtual breastfeeding support options in Ohio, comparing access in urban and rural areas. Explores potential for telelactation services to increase access for rural mothers, noting the barrier of broadband service access. Offers maps that represent spatial data on breastfeeding support access and that identify locations where breastfeeding support interventions would have the most impact.

...Broadband · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women · Ohio...

1385. Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Critical Gaps in Rural Internet Access for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: A Call for Partnership with Medical Libraries - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Highlights the challenges of reaching migrant and seasonal farmworkers with public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discuses migrants' lack of broadband internet as an inhibitor to migrants' ability to access both healthcare and public health information.

...Association, 108(4), 651-655 10/2020 Agricultural health and safety · Broadband · COVID-19 · Migrants · Public health · Telehealth...

1386. Digital Prosperity: How Broadband Can Deliver Health and Equity to All Communities - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Examines the role broadband plays in impacting health and equity in rural and urban areas, and identifies policy reforms to reduce these barriers. Outlines how government and marketplaces influence access to broadband, and offers case studies demonstrating effective methods to develop more equitable outcomes.

...Lara Fishbane, Angela Siefer, Bill Callahan 02/2020 Brookings Institution Access · Broadband · Rural-urban differences · Telehealth...

1387. Defining Health Literacy - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Sep 14, 2022

Learn about health literacy, including the definitions and concepts of personal health literacy, organizational health literacy, digital health literacy, and linguistic competence.

...telehealth services, including being able to use the internet, write and read emails, and use specific...

1388. Improving Rural Health: State Policy Options for Increasing Access to Care - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

Discusses strategies from state legislatures and other stakeholders to increase access to healthcare in rural areas. Focuses on policies and policy options for state legislatures in three areas: improving health insurance coverage, safeguarding rural health facilities, and changing rural healthcare delivery. Features examples from Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

...Reimbursement and payment models · Scope of practice · Service delivery models · Telehealth · Colorado · Georgia · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin...

1389. Health Care Access in the Heartland: How to Improve Services in Rural America - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Outlines strategies policymakers and community leaders in rural America can use to improve healthcare access and services. Combines data analysis of county demographics and health data with focus groups in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Provides expert interviews to better understand healthcare access in rural communities.

...professionals · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Arkansas · Kansas · Kentucky · Missouri · Oklahoma · Tennessee...

1390. Connected Nation Texas Rural Hospital Survey Results - Resources
Date: May 2022

Presents results of a survey of 163 rural Texas hospitals on internet technology use, barriers to using online services for healthcare providers and patients, and ways to expand remote options for rural residents. Addresses internet connectivity and service, cybersecurity, and federal and state grant opportunities to support broadband expansion.

...Rural Health Broadband · Hospitals · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Texas...