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Website Search Results for: social determinants of health

1052 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 611 - 620:

611. Water and Wastewater in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: Twentieth Report of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board to the President and Congress of the United States - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Report discussing drinking water and wastewater needs along the U.S.-Mexico border. Offers recommendations regarding coordination of services for underserved and tribal communities, infrastructure funding, and long-term planning. Discusses issues specific to rural areas, colonias, and tribal communities such as climates risks, health disparities, and more. Lists federal funding sources.

...Health disparities · Infrastructure · Networking and collaboration · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...

612. Practicing Medicine in Rural America: Listening to Primary Care Physicians - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Reports on focus group research and interviews with primary care physicians regarding the challenges of serving rural, low-income patients. Highlights issues related to poverty, healthy food access, mental health, substance abuse, specialty care access, and transportation. Third post in the series "Listening to Primary Care Physicians for Low-Income Patients."

...Organization Commonwealth Fund Tagged as Health disparities · Income · Poverty · Primary care · Social determinants of health...

613. Income and Rural–Urban Status Moderate the Association Between Income Inequality and Life Expectancy in US Census Tracts - Resources
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.

...Tagged as Income · Population health · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

614. Health is Primary: Charting a Path to Equity and Sustainability - Resources
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.

...retention of health professionals · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

615. Introduction to Multi-Sector Intersections and Collaborations to Advance Health Equity - Resources
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.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Schools · Social determinants of health · Transportation...

616. Achieving Rural Health Equity and Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Proceedings of a workshop designed to explore impacts of economic issues, immigration, and racial inequities in healthcare in rural communities and to learn about asset-based approaches to addressing these challenges. Features statistics including average life expectancy at birth from 1969-2009 with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, U.S. maps showing levels of poverty and employment, and a chart showing numbers of rural hospital closures from 2005-2017.

...engagement and volunteerism · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

617. 2025 Annual Rural Health Voice Conference (Nov 19 - 20, 2025) - Events
Date: Nov 19, 2025

Summary information for the event 2025 Annual Rural Health Voice Conference, sponsored by Virginia Rural Health Association.

...Tagged as Access · Culture · Health disparities · Networking and collaboration · Policy · Social determinants of health · Virginia...

618. HIV Prevention and Treatment Challenges in Rural America - Resources
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 workforce supply and demand · Policy · Social determinants of health · Specialty care · State-by-state...

619. District Health Department #10 - Rural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jan 17, 2024

District Health Department #10's Dental Partnering for Heart Health program aimed to reduce risk of heart disease through partnerships with dental clinics and health clinics.

...health workers (CHWs) to screen for social determinants of health risk factors and help connect...

620. Health Extension Regional Offices (HEROs) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: May 21, 2024

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center created Health Extension Regional Offices (HEROs) whose agents link people in rural communities to local health and social services.

...Social Determinants of Health: Each HERO agent has convened stakeholders from different local community sectors...