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71. MedlinePlus and the Challenge of Low Health Literacy: Findings From the Colonias Project - Resources
Date: Jan 2007

Describes the Colonias Project, a health literacy outreach project using promotoras in low-income Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border.

...Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border. --- MedlinePlus and the Challenge of Low Health Literacy...

72. Early Effects of COVID-19 on Physical Activity and Screen Time Use among Elementary School Students in Columbus, New Mexico - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Presents the results of an online survey among parents of students attending Columbus Elementary School in Columbus, New Mexico, a rural Hispanic colonia on the US-Mexico border, to identify and measure changes in their children's physical activity and screen time use during the initial stages of COVID-19. Discusses the significance of home and community and other considerations supporting physical activity for children in the event of a future public health threat.

...Hispanic colonia on the US-Mexico border, to identify and measure changes in their children...

73. Cancer-Related Disparities and Opportunities for Intervention in Northern Plains American Indian Communities - Resources
Date: May 2011

Discusses behavioral trends associated with cancer risk and cancer screening from 1997-2006 among American Indians (AI) in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Examines disparities between the AI population and non-Hispanic White population in the Northern Plains and AI populations in other regions. Includes breakdowns by sex, age, education, income level, employment status, rural-urban classification, lifestyle factors, and screening for specific types of cancer.

...Hispanic White population in the Northern Plains and AI populations in other regions. Includes breakdowns...

74. Mental Health Disorders Among Delivery Inpatient Stays by Patient Race and Ethnicity, 2020 - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Reports on the number and rate of delivery stays with a mental health disorder diagnosis by patient race and ethnicity for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, White, and Hispanic populations. Includes data by location of patient residence for large metropolitan, small metro, and nonmetro areas.

...Hispanic populations. Includes data by location of patient residence for large metropolitan, small metro, and nonmetro...

75. Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services: Evidence Summary - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Summarizes research on achieving health equity in preventive services including screening, counseling, medication, and management for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in adult patients by identifying the effects of impediments and barriers that create disparities, and the effectiveness of strategies and interventions to reduce them. Study reports barriers that resulted in or explained a disparity in preventive service, and the effectiveness of the clinician-patient relationship, health information technology, and health system intervention. Studies included African American, Hispanic, Korean and Chinese American, and rural and low-income patients.

...Hispanic, Korean and Chinese American, and rural and low-income patients. --- Achieving Health Equity in Preventive...

76. Mitigating Cancer Disparities Through an Innovative Navigation Program - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Describes the development and implementation of a population health navigation program to reduce barriers to cancer care in underserved communities in Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina. Provides data on rural program participants, including barriers to cancer care access, program impact on transportation needs and food insecurity, and rates of participation in clinical cancer research. Also covers Black, Hispanic, and adolescent and young adult program participants.

...Hispanic, and adolescent and young adult program participants. --- Mitigating Cancer Disparities Through an Innovative Navigation...

77. Health Equity and COVID-19: The Impact of Rural Residence on COVID-19 Disparities - Resources
Date: May 2021

Policy brief discussing rural health disparities, social determinants of health, access to care, and COVID-19 impacts in rural Georgia. Compares rural and urban COVID-19 case and death rates, distribution of cases by race, and disparities in Black and Hispanic rural counties. Offers policy recommendations to address disparities.

...Hispanic rural counties. Offers policy recommendations to address disparities. --- Health Equity and COVID-19: The Impact...

78. Vital Signs: Trends in HIV Diagnoses, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

Reports on trends in HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs. Figure 1 shows data for urban and rural White, African American, and Hispanic people from 2008-2014.

...Hispanic people from 2008-2014. --- Vital Signs: Trends in HIV Diagnoses, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention...

79. The U.S. Rural Mortality Penalty is Wide and Growing - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Policy brief examining rural-urban differences in mortality rates among non-Hispanic White people from 1990-2018. Features statistics with breakdowns by age group, sex, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan location, cause of death, and mortality rate per 100,000 people.

...Hispanic White people from 1990-2018. Features statistics with breakdowns by age group, sex, metropolitan...

80. COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States: A Rapid National Assessment - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Uses nationally representative survey results to assess COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults in the U.S. Features data and statistics on vaccine hesitancy for various groups, including African American, Hispanic, and rural residents, those with children at home, and others.

...Hispanic, and rural residents, those with children at home, and others. --- COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy...