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491. Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity
Date: 2023

Report explores the role of federal policy in creating or perpetuating racial, ethnic, and tribal health inequities. Discusses how past and current federal policies, directly related to healthcare or not, affect the health and well-being of racial and ethnic minorities, including American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

...cultural competency · Health disparities · Racial and ethnic groups · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

492. Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care Services
Date: 2021

Provides guidance to help healthcare and transportation agencies work together to increase transportation services and improve health outcomes. Discusses the effect of limited transportation services on healthcare access and cost in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Includes case studies and examples of collaborative efforts between transportation and healthcare organizations.

...Engineering, and Medicine Tagged as Access · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Transportation...

493. National Trends in Drinking Water Quality Violations
Date: Feb 2018

Examines patterns in health-related violations in the Safe Drinking Water Act by analyzing data from 17,900 community water systems from 1982-2015. Identifies vulnerability factors in communities and water systems. Includes a rural and urban comparison of total violations by water system, and provides county-level information on violation hot spots and spatial trends in community water systems.

...Tagged as Environmental health · Infrastructure · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Wisconsin...

494. Income and Rural–Urban Status Moderate the Association Between Income Inequality and Life Expectancy in US Census Tracts
Date: Mar 2023

Examines how income inequality and life expectancy (LE) are impacted by socioeconomic status (SES) and rural versus urban status at the census-tract level. Utilizes 2010-2015 data to examine the relationship of LE to SES, urbanicity, and other sociodemographic factors. Presents the data through descriptive statistics, figures, and graphs.

...Health, Population and Nutrition, 42, 24 Date 03/2023 Type Document Tagged as Income · Population health · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

495. Health is Primary: Charting a Path to Equity and Sustainability
Date: Nov 2023

Examines factors driving the downward trends in primary care, including fewer clinicians practicing primary care, fewer available appointments, lower spending on primary care, and fewer adults reporting that they have a usual source of primary care. Features a literature review, supply and demand analysis, and recommendations for potential solutions. Mentions rural throughout.

...Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Physicians · Primary care · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

496. Chronic Diseases and Associated Risk Factors Among Adults in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Date: Jan 2022

Highlights a study on the prevalence of chronic diseases in Puerto Rico before Hurricane Maria and the level of support available to patients before and after the storm. Bases conclusions on 2 studies conducted in 2015 and 2019. Breaks down data by participant characteristics, such as age, employment, and rurality of residence, among other measures.

...Health disparities · Hispanic or Latino · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Obesity and weight control · Social determinants...

497. Associations of Medical Debt With Health Status, Premature Death, and Mortality in the US
Date: Mar 2024

Results of a study of 2,943 counties, to examine whether medical debt in collections is associated with population health at the county level. Includes county-level maps showing rates and median amounts of medical debt as of 2018, and statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan or nonmetropolitan areas.

...Health disparities · Mental health · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

498. Introduction to Multi-Sector Intersections and Collaborations to Advance Health Equity
Date: 2018

Illustrates how state and local public health departments can partner with non-public health governmental sectors - agriculture, economy, education, environment, housing, justice, and transportation - to promote improving health for all people.

...health for all people. Date 2018 Type Document Organization Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Tagged as Access · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Schools · Social determinants...

499. HIV Prevention and Treatment Challenges in Rural America
Date: May 2020

Provides an overview of the prevalence of HIV and access to HIV prevention and treatment services in rural communities. Discusses challenges to providing and accessing HIV prevention and treatment efforts in rural areas, including the lack of local healthcare services, the cost of care, and HIV-related stigma. Describes federal programs that support HIV prevention and treatment services in rural areas. Offers policy recommendations to address these barriers and to reduce rural HIV disparities.

...Health and Human Services Tagged as Access · HIV and AIDS · Health workforce supply and demand · Policy · Social determinants...

500. Advancing System and Policy Changes for Social and Racial Justice: Comparing a Rural and Urban Community-based Participatory Research Partnership in the U.S.
Date: Feb 2017

Examines two community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships, one serving African Americans in rural Missouri and the other African American and Latinos in the urban South Bronx. The CBPR partnerships focused on health inequities related to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Discusses the historical context of racial and social injustice, social justice partnership strategies, and the role of CBPR.

...Health, 16(1), 17 Date 02/2017 Type Document Tagged as Black or African American · Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Health disparities · Research methods and resources · Social determinants...