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Website Search Results for: social determinants of health

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591. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System - Resources
Date: 2020

Examines how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, including those living in rural areas. Makes recommendations for clinical settings on screening for negative health impacts related to social isolation and developing interventions to help address this issue.

...Medicine Healthcare facilities · Mental health · Older adults · Population health · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health...

592. Promoting Health and Cost Control in States: How States Can Improve Community Health & Well-Being Through Policy Change - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Focuses on how states can support health at a population level through evidence-based policies and collaboration. Covers healthy and affordable housing, how to foster healthy behaviors, promoting healthy living through built environments, economic opportunities, and the connection between health and learning. Summarizes the evidence for each policy recommendation and offers case examples. Addresses rural throughout.

...Trust for America's Health Policy · Social determinants of health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

593. Psychosocial Factors, Stress and Sleep Among Rural Appalachian Kentucky Residents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Results of a study examining whether psychosocial factors were associated with perceived stress and self-reported sleep deficiency, among 318 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in 6 counties in rural Appalachian Kentucky. Features demographics and statistics on the association between perceived stress and sleepiness, and depression with perceived stress.

...Appalachia · Diabetes · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Kentucky...

594. Health Workforce Issues in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Populations - Resources
Date: Jul 2022

Rapid response policy brief providing an overview of the Indian Health Service (IHS), and discussing tribally-operated health services and access to health services and insurance outside of tribal or IHS networks. Describes the representation of AI/AN populations within the healthcare workforce and offers recommendations and strategies to strengthen the health workforce providing care for AI/AN populations.

...forgiveness for health careers · Medicaid · Scholarships for health careers · Social determinants of health · Tribal communities...

595. Rural Health Information Hub's Partners - About RHIhub

Learn more about the Rural Health Information Hub's partners.

...health and social determinants of health and rural wealth creation, mobility, and inequality. RUPRI's national...

596. Associations Between Social Vulnerability and Providing Evidence-Based Diabetes Prevention and Management Activities in South Carolina, 2019 - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines the abilities of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in South Carolina to implement evidence-based diabetes prevention and management activities in counties with high burden of heart disease, diabetes, and associated social vulnerabilities. Includes a state map showing location of RHCs and FQHCs and data on associations between social vulnerability measures and diabetes prevention and management activities.

...disease · Diabetes · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Rural Health Clinics · Social determinants of health · South Carolina...

597. Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity - Resources
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.

...Engineering, and Medicine Access · Culture · Health disparities · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...

598. Social Deprivation and Multimorbidity Among Community-Based Health Center Patients in the United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Analyzes the relationship between social deprivation and multimorbidity in U.S. adults. Examines electronic health record (EHR) data from 816,921 patients for morbidity and social indicators, such as demographics, poverty, insurance coverage, education, income, and rurality.

...Huguet, et al. Preventing Chronic Disease, 21 09/2024 Health conditions · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

599. Study Finds Link Between Food Insecurity and Chronic Illness in Rural Texas - News
Date: Sep 10, 2026

Highlights recent research in Texas finding a connection between food insecurity and chronic illness. Discusses how non-medical drivers of health can lead to poor health outcomes and common barriers to affordable and nutritious foods such as transportation. Describes how community-based organizations can use the findings to make decisions about resource allocation. Source: The Daily Yonder.

...faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Social determinants of health · Transportation · Texas...

600. Associations of Social Deprivation and Oncology Physician Network Vulnerability With Acute Care Utilization in the SEER-Medicare Population - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Discusses the socioeconomic factors that correlate with acute care utilization among cancer patients, as well as the effect of regional specialist scarcity. Draws from Medicare data on patients with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer who have visited emergency departments or had non-elective hospitalizations and explores correlating social and regional factors, such as sex, rurality, social deprivation index score, and proximity to an oncology physician, among others.

...care services · Population health · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Specialty care · Statistics and data...