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621. Characterizing Social Insecurity in a Rural North Carolina Emergency Department
Date: May 2023

Results of a study exploring, characterizing, and quantifying the social insecurity profile of emergency department patients at a rural teaching hospital in southeastern North Carolina with a large Native American population. Uses data from a survey questionnaire administered in May and June 2018, focusing on food insecurity, transportation insecurity, and exposure to violence.

...services · Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Social determinants of health · Transportation · North Carolina...

622. Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia
Date: Sep 2022

Describes the financial needs and challenges of consumers in rural Appalachia. Features sections on consumer finance profiles, including a section on medical debt, and consumer distress and delinquencies. Appendix A includes state-level statistics for the 13 Appalachian states, including percent of rural people with medical debt in the state.

...Social determinants of health · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · Alabama · Georgia · Kentucky · Maryland...

623. Determinants of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation from 2008 to 2012
Date: Dec 2014

A discussion of the social and economic determinants of enrollment in the SNAP program. Includes data and statistics regarding economic variables, the effect of state policy on program use, demographics of the recipients, and length of use and re-entry into the program. Rural specific information included on pages A 33-34 and the food access table (A.29).

...Tagged as Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Social determinants of health...

624. Linking Local-Level Chronic Disease and Social Vulnerability Measures to Inform Planning Efforts: A COPD Example
Date: Aug 2023

Examines chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its relationship to community vulnerability. Utilizes multiple data sources to analyze the relationship between chronic disease and social vulnerability at the county and census-tract level, with a focus on socioeconomic factors, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing type and transportation. Includes U.S. maps showing prevalence of COPD and social vulnerability.

...Limited English proficient · People with disabilities · Poverty · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Transportation...

625. Shorter Time to Treatment Is Associated With Improved Survival in Rural Patients With Breast Cancer Despite Other Adverse Socioeconomic Factors
Date: Jan 2023

Analyzes the relationship between time to treatment initiation (TTI) and overall survival (OS) of cancer patients. Examines 1,205,031 women with breast cancer from 2004 to 2012 by socioeconomic and demographic information, with data further broken down by rural versus urban location.

...Tagged as Access · Cancer · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Women...

626. Impact of Social Vulnerability on Comorbid Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the United States
Date: Sep 2022

Examines racial and social disparities as related to cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Utilizes 2015-2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) database to analyze mortality rates and 2014-2018 data from the CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to estimate the respective county-level social vulnerability index (SVI). Includes demographic breakdowns of mortality rates according to age, sex, race/ethnicity, and large metropolitan, medium small metropolitan, or micropolitan/noncore (nonmetropolitan) location.

...Cancer · Cardiovascular disease · County-by-county data · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health...

627. Policy, Systems, and Environmental Strategies Generated by Stakeholders to Support Food Security in Rural Communities
Date: Dec 2023

Examines policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies in rural communities of Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, and Texas that address food insecurity. Provides recommendations based on interview data such as improving ease of program enrollment, providing more awareness of services, and making program use more hassle-free.

...application · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Social determinants of health · Arizona · Georgia · Kentucky · Michigan · Texas...

628. No Kid Hungry Focus Area Map
Reviewed: May 2024

An interactive county-level map that provides food insecurity information on under-resourced communities and number of children in need. Includes county-level data on students in poverty, food insecurity rates, social vulnerability index, and students eligible for free or reduce meals.

...youth · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Schools · Social determinants of health...

629. Food Insecurity in the Rural United States: An Examination of Struggles and Coping Mechanisms to Feed a Family among Households with a Low-Income
Date: Dec 2022

Analyzes the barriers and strategies of low-income rural families around food insecurity. Reports on interviews with 153 primary grocery shoppers about their experiences related to affordability and adequacy of meals, difficulty in obtaining food and managing household food needs, and more. Includes demographic information about participants as well as selected quotes relating to their food insecurity experiences.

...12/2022 Type Document Tagged as Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Social determinants of health...

630. Persistent Poverty Dynamics: Understanding Poverty Trends Over 50 Years
Date: Jul 2014

Reports on high-poverty counties, with a poverty rate of 20% or more, based on data from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, compared to 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census data. Includes comparison of rural (micropolitan and noncore) counties and metropolitan counties. Identifies counties with persistent and intermittent high poverty, as well as newly high poverty counties.

...County-by-county data · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...