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Website Search Results for: social determinants of health

1161 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 651 - 660:

651. 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."

...Shanoor Seervai 02/2019 Commonwealth Fund Health disparities · Income · Poverty · Primary care · Social determinants of health...

652. Geographic Information Systems and Chronic Kidney Disease: Racial Disparities, Rural Residence and Forecasting - Resources
Date: 2013

Provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS) concepts and techniques. Examines how GIS techniques have been used to study socioeconomic factors that contribute to chronic kidney disease. Explores rural residence in relation to planning for renal services geographically.

...Health conditions · Research methods and resources · Social determinants of health · Technology for health and human...

653. Advancing Health Equity and Access Using Telemedicine: A Geospatial Assessment - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Highlights a study on the effectiveness of a virtual urgent care (VUC) program in expanding healthcare access and addressing health equity in rural populations in North Carolina. Compares rural versus urban areas and breaks down data by rates of poverty, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, and broadband access, among other measures.

...Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · North Carolina...

654. A Decade Undone: Youth Disconnection in the Age of Coronavirus - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

Features a report on young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school or working. Full report details demographic information such as race and ethnicity, sex, and living arrangements. Also compares disconnection among rural and urban youth.

...health · Rural-urban differences · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · State-by-state data · State...

655. Assessing Neighborhood Deprivation Reveals Rural-Urban Disparities in CGM Access Among Children With Type 1 Diabetes - Resources
Date: May 2025

Examines disparities in access to continuous glucose monitor (CGM) technology in rural versus urban and high deprivation versus low deprivation areas, utilizing 2016-2023 pediatric endocrine patient encounter data for a region including parts of Missouri and Kansas. Highlights interactions between rurality, deprivation, access, and neighborhood demographics.

...Diabetes · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Kansas · Missouri...

656. 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...

657. Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Describes accomplishments of the Health Resources and Services Administration's initiative to strengthen, expand, and accelerate work to address maternal mortality and maternal health disparities, especially in underserved areas. Mentions rural throughout.

...health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Mortality · Networking and collaboration · Social determinants of health · Women...

658. Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care Services - Resources
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.

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

659. Staff Training and Education – RHIhub Aging in Place Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019

Overview of staff education, skills and qualities specific to aging in place in rural communities, including healthcare and long-term care experience and experience working with older adults.

...health improvement Demonstrating cultural competency Addressing social determinants of health For more information about education...

660. Disparities in Geographic Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation among Socially Vulnerable Communities - Resources
Date: Oct 2025

Examines geographic and social disparities regarding access to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) care. Analyzes the relationship between CR access and social vulnerability, focusing on county CR availability, population size, distance to CR services, percentage without health insurance, and more. Includes metro versus rural county comparisons and discusses the role of rurality in CR access.

...10/2025 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Specialty care...