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631. Prioritizing Actions to Improve HPV Vaccination with Rural U.S. Communities - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Poster describing the actions of the St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program to address low human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in rural communities. Details priority actions emerging from discussions of 24 subject matter experts, provides data on program engagement, and discusses next steps.

...Cancer Prevention Program to address low human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in rural communities. Details...

632. What We Know (and Don't Know) About Caregiving in Rural America - Resources
Date: Feb 2022

Webinar offering an overview of informal caregiving for rural residents. Describes the tasks associated with caregiving, rural caregiving data and available research, mental health, cancer related caregiving, and rural and urban comparisons. Includes North Carolina-based caregiving projects. Transcript available in the video description.

...cancer related caregiving, and rural and urban comparisons. Includes North Carolina-based caregiving projects. Transcript...

633. Data Sources & Tools Relevant to Rural Health - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Oct 14, 2024

A collection of major national rural-relevant statistical sources. Includes data sources focused on healthcare services, health status, demographics, and social determinants of health. For each source, identifies the topics covered, ease of use, geographic level of data, and update frequency.

...Cancer Profiles National Cancer Institute Cancer burden Screening and risk factors Demographic data Easy-to-use web-based...

634. Introducing K-DATA: Kentucky - Demographics, Analytics, Trends and Access (K-DATA) - Resources
Date: 2024

Reports on health and population in Kentucky. Includes coverage of state demographics, social determinants of health, healthcare workforce supply and distribution, Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), access to care, facilities, public health programs, nutrition, youth, people with disabilities, substance use disorder, cancer, diabetes, and characteristics of Kentucky's rural, urban, Delta, and Appalachian regions.

...cancer, diabetes, and characteristics of Kentucky's rural, urban, Delta, and Appalachian regions. --- Introducing K-DATA...

635. Beyond the Clinic Walls: Exploring the Potential of Mobile Health - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Explores the use mobile health services to increase access to care and highlights opportunities to close evidence gaps. Summarizes the research on mobile health delivery in primary, specialty, and emergency care. Discusses rural concerns including for breast cancer screening, dentistry, acute stroke response, behavioral crisis interventions, and community paramedicine.

...cancer screening, dentistry, acute stroke response, behavioral crisis interventions, and community paramedicine. --- Beyond the Clinic...

636. Opioid-Related Hospitalization and Its Association With Chronic Diseases: Findings From the National Inpatient Sample, 2011-2015 - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Results of a study examining whether opioid-related hospitalization is associated with cancer, stroke, obesity, asthma, liver or spinal disease, and arthritis. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural location.

...cancer, stroke, obesity, asthma, liver or spinal disease, and arthritis. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns...

637. Risk Factors for Smoking in Rural Women: The Role of Gender-Based Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.

...cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking...

638. Higher Risk of Melanoma-Related Deaths for Patients Residing in Rural Counties: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Study - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Analyzes the persistence of the rural mortality penalty (RMP) related to melanoma cancer. Utilizes 2000-2019 SEER Research-Plus-17-Registry data to examine disease characteristics, incidence, and mortality rates, with breakdowns by demographics, income, and rural versus urban location.

...cancer. Utilizes 2000-2019 SEER Research-Plus-17-Registry data to examine disease characteristics, incidence...

639. Study Protocol: Maintaining Preventive Care During Public Health Emergencies Through Effective Coordination - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Presents a qualitative study protocol that examines screening rates at VA medical centers during COVID-19 to determine strategies that provide continued care during public health emergencies. Discusses selection of sites, which will be based on rurality, COVID-19 patient caseload, and performance related to cancer and mental health screenings. Highlights the importance of care coordination teams in regard to specialty care.

...cancer and mental health screenings. Highlights the importance of care coordination teams in regard to specialty...

640. Investigating FIT Kit Completion for CRC Screening in Younger Adults in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Investigates demographic factors for 1,230 rural Nebraskans that influence the return of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) kit, a colorectal cancer screening tool that may be an inexpensive and convenient option for those with limited access to colonoscopies. Compares the study findings with national trends and discusses reasons and remedies for delays in return time for the kit.

...cancer screening tool that may be an inexpensive and convenient option for those with limited...