Website Search Results for: outdoor
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Date: Sep 2022
Presents a study comparing sun exposure for people living in rural versus urban areas. Looks at sun exposure from leisure time activities and outdoor work for both rural and urban people.
...outdoor work for both rural and urban people. --- View more Incidental Sun Exposures as a Source...
Date: 2012
Describes the development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS) survey instrument to measure perceptions of rural environments for physical activity. Includes definitions, characteristics, and items on each of the seven RALPESS factors: church facilities, town center connectivity, indoor areas, around your home/neighborhood, town center physical activity resources, school grounds, and outdoor areas.
...outdoor areas. --- View more Development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS...
Date: Aug 2021
Study examining trail audit methods and the potential benefits of the Spatial-temporal Trail Audit Tool (STAT) for rural communities looking to assess and improve trail systems to motivate outdoor physical activity. Describes the process of creating geospatial videos of 2 trails in Ohio by attaching a camera to a bicycle. Discusses the importance of physical activity and trails to rural population health.
...outdoor physical activity. Describes the process of creating geospatial videos of 2 trails in Ohio...
Date: Aug 2023
Discusses citizen relocation to the northern forest region, consisting of counties in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Describes motivations for relocation during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as opportunities for outdoor recreation and access to rural spaces.
...outdoor recreation and access to rural spaces. --- View more A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers...
Date: 2023
Summary of a National Academies' Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop in June 2023 discussing health equity for heat-related climate change. Highlights challenges with data gathering, recent policy changes, capacity building, and partnerships. Includes discussion of rural specific challenges, occupational health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access.
...outdoor workers, and healthcare access. --- View more Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned...
Date: Nov 24, 2021
When Henry County Medical Center (HCMC) and the community of Paris, Tennessee, wanted to combat behavioral and mental health challenges in their community, they used the technical assistance and resources provided by the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) program to address their needs. - The Rural Monitor
...Outdoor events such as Yoga in the Park provided needed stress relief and made connecting...
Date: Jan 9, 2019
Rural Americans of all ages often go without eye healthcare, a gap that has obvious consequences: blindness and low vision. National associations and an FQHC administrator talk about how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. - The Rural Monitor
...outdoor time and more screen time. That outdoor time can be critical for eye development...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
Describes the process the city of Winnemucca, Nevada is using toward becoming age-friendly community in order to support older adults aging in place.
...outdoor spaces adequate transportation affordable housing social events with senior inclusion civic participation opportunities health...
Reviewed: Jul 8, 2024
The North Carolina Innovative Approaches initiative works with families of CYSHCN and other community leaders to make systems changes in the state's healthcare system.
...outdoor recreation for CYSHCN and their families and encourages improved accessibility of trails and outdoor...
Date: Sep 20, 2023
The health impacts of extreme heat events are being felt by both urban and rural populations. But experts say the factors contributing to urban and rural susceptibility may differ significantly — and some of the most promising strategies for mitigating the impacts in urban areas may not be as useful in sparsely populated rural counties. - The Rural Monitor
...outdoor workers, athletes, and those with chronic health conditions are disproportionately impacted by heat," said...