Florida Resources
Science by the Slice: Rural Community Health Science, Policy, and the Future: Episode 1
Video podcast episode highlighting the 2024 State of the Science Meeting from the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety featuring 3 speakers at the meeting. Discusses culturally sensitive health interventions, solutions to healthcare gaps for rural areas, health for farmworkers, and the role of Cooperative Extension while highlighting examples in Florida and Mississippi. Transcript in the video description.
Date: 08/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
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Video podcast episode highlighting the 2024 State of the Science Meeting from the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety featuring 3 speakers at the meeting. Discusses culturally sensitive health interventions, solutions to healthcare gaps for rural areas, health for farmworkers, and the role of Cooperative Extension while highlighting examples in Florida and Mississippi. Transcript in the video description.
Date: 08/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
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2022-24 Florida Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Report
Results of a survey of 14,427 physician assistants (PAs) who renewed their Florida licenses in 2022 and 2024. Features statistics including number of Florida PAs whose primary practice locations were rural clinics or rural hospitals.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Results of a survey of 14,427 physician assistants (PAs) who renewed their Florida licenses in 2022 and 2024. Features statistics including number of Florida PAs whose primary practice locations were rural clinics or rural hospitals.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Florida
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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With New EMS Quality Measures, Florida Aims to Have a National Impact on Rural Care
Features the Feasible, Actionable, Impactful and Relevant (FAIR) EMS Measurement Project, an initiative by the Florida Department of Health which developed rural-relevant EMS quality measures for use in the state and nationally.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features the Feasible, Actionable, Impactful and Relevant (FAIR) EMS Measurement Project, an initiative by the Florida Department of Health which developed rural-relevant EMS quality measures for use in the state and nationally.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Spatial and Temporal Analysis of HIV Clinical Outcomes in Florida Reveals Counties with Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities During 2012-2019
Analyzes health and treatment disparities among White, Hispanic, and Black people with HIV in Florida, covering viral suppression and immune reconstitution, impact of social and ecological factors, geographic variation, and changes over time. Utilizes 2012-2019 Florida Department of Health Ryan White program enrollee data. See Supplemental Table 1 for county-by-county data on risk of non-suppression among Black versus Non-Black people with HIV.
Author(s): Shannan N Rich, Yiyang Liu, Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 749
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes health and treatment disparities among White, Hispanic, and Black people with HIV in Florida, covering viral suppression and immune reconstitution, impact of social and ecological factors, geographic variation, and changes over time. Utilizes 2012-2019 Florida Department of Health Ryan White program enrollee data. See Supplemental Table 1 for county-by-county data on risk of non-suppression among Black versus Non-Black people with HIV.
Author(s): Shannan N Rich, Yiyang Liu, Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 749
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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CommHIT Shoots for the Moon
Features a Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network grantee, CommHIT, that is assisting Florida partners with workforce development initiatives. Describes its workforce development efforts focused on community health workers (CHWs) and community paramedics, as well as cybersecurity and other technology-related trainings.
Author(s): Brendan Stermer
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features a Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network grantee, CommHIT, that is assisting Florida partners with workforce development initiatives. Describes its workforce development efforts focused on community health workers (CHWs) and community paramedics, as well as cybersecurity and other technology-related trainings.
Author(s): Brendan Stermer
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Determinants of Disparities of Diabetes-Related Hospitalization Rates in Florida: A Retrospective Ecological Study Using a Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression Approach
Analyzes the determinants related to diabetes hospitalizations in Florida according to ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) level. Utilizes 2016 to 2019 data to examine socioeconomic, demographic, healthcare-related, and built environment characteristics that correlate with diabetes-related hospitalizations. Includes state maps showing diabetes hospitalizations according to specific determinants, including rurality.
Author(s): Jennifer Lord, Agricola Odoi
Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics, 23(1)
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes the determinants related to diabetes hospitalizations in Florida according to ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) level. Utilizes 2016 to 2019 data to examine socioeconomic, demographic, healthcare-related, and built environment characteristics that correlate with diabetes-related hospitalizations. Includes state maps showing diabetes hospitalizations according to specific determinants, including rurality.
Author(s): Jennifer Lord, Agricola Odoi
Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics, 23(1)
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
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2023 Florida Physician Workforce Annual Report
Presents a summary of results from Florida physician workforce surveys completed between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023. Features statistics on demographics and practice characteristics, and includes a section on the Florida Office of Rural Health. Appendices D-1 and D-2 feature tables showing number of practicing physicians and the percent increase or decrease by county by year from 2014-2023, with breakdowns by rural or nonrural county.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Presents a summary of results from Florida physician workforce surveys completed between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023. Features statistics on demographics and practice characteristics, and includes a section on the Florida Office of Rural Health. Appendices D-1 and D-2 feature tables showing number of practicing physicians and the percent increase or decrease by county by year from 2014-2023, with breakdowns by rural or nonrural county.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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FY 2023: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Florida Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Florida in Fiscal Year 2023. Lists grant and cooperative agreement recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Florida in Fiscal Year 2023. Lists grant and cooperative agreement recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Florida Rural Counties
Map with shadings showing rural counties, defined as those with populations of 75,000 or fewer and those with populations of 125,000 or fewer that are contiguous to counties with populations of 75,000 or fewer.
Date: 02/2023
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Map with shadings showing rural counties, defined as those with populations of 75,000 or fewer and those with populations of 125,000 or fewer that are contiguous to counties with populations of 75,000 or fewer.
Date: 02/2023
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Last Updated: 10/4/2024