Minnesota Resources

2024 Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota
Report examining economic opportunity, safety, health and wellness, and leadership equality among women and girls in Minnesota based on data from the American Community Survey, Minnesota Student Survey, and other sources. Highlights disparities in healthcare access, food security, and environmental health for rural populations.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, University of Minnesota, Women's Foundation of Minnesota
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The MN RIDE Pilot: Feasibility of a Synchronous, Remotely Delivered, Aerobic Exercise Training Program for Rural-Dwelling Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline
Evaluates the feasibility of implementing an aerobic exercise (AEx) telerehabilitation program in rural Minnesota for middle-aged and older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Assesses participant attendance, intensity adherence, adverse events, and satisfaction with the program. Discusses the potential of utilizing telerehabilitation programs for rural patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Author(s): Dereck L Salisbury, Wayne Warry, Joshua Fergen, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23(4), 8351
Date: 12/2023
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Defining the Clinical and Procedural Opportunities Available to Residents During Rural Rotations
Results of a study to determine the rate at which emergency medicine residents at a large academic hospital in Minnesota were exposed to certain clinical and procedural experiences (CPEs) while on rural rotations, compared with their usual academic training hospital. Features patient demographics and statistics on CPEs with breakdowns by rural emergency department (ED) patients and academic ED patients.
Author(s): Brandon Haefke, Daniel Scholz, James Homme, Derick Jones
Citation: Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training, 7(6), e10922
Date: 11/2023
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Financial Evaluation of Minnesota's Ground Ambulance Industry
Provides an overview of ground ambulance costs in Minnesota, with a focus on operational expenses, personnel costs, operational cost per transport, revenue sources, and financial sustainability of ambulance services. Reports on both statewide and regional costs.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
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Substance Use Among Rural Adolescents With Incarcerated Parents: Evidence From a State-Wide Sample
Presents a study on the potential correlation between parental incarceration and rural adolescent substance use. Draws data from the 2019 Minnesota Student Survey and breaks down findings by age, household substance use, and poverty, among other factors.
Author(s): Luke Muentner, Katie K. McLaughlin, Rebecca Shlafer
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(2), 338-347
Date: 11/2023
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Improving Maternity Care for Indigenous Populations
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Tina Pattara-Lau, M.D., maternal and child health consultant with the Indian Health Service Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, and Johnna Nynas, M.D., obstetrics and gynecology specialist at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. Describes common disparities and systemic barriers Indigenous people experience in maternity care and ways hospitals and healthcare organizations can address these challenges and provide culturally-focused care.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Experiences of Food Pantry Stakeholders and Emergency Food Providers in Rural Minnesota Communities
Describes the experiences of food pantry and emergency food providers to adequately support community needs in rural Minnesota. Utilizes focus group feedback from 37 participants to discuss issues like food pantry access, meeting shoppers' nonfood needs, sustainability of food pantry resources and services, service delivery models, networking with other community supports, and more.
Author(s): Patrick J. Brady, Kelly Kunkel, Aysegul Baltaci, Abby Gold, Melissa N. Laska
Citation: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 55(10), 710-720
Date: 10/2023
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Optimizing Inpatient Bed Management in a Rural Community-Based Hospital: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Provides an overview of a project aimed at maintaining appropriate hospital bed capacity within a hub-and-spoke healthcare system in rural, southwest Minnesota. Discusses project phases of discovery, planning, and implementation, as well as the strategy to increase capacity at the tertiary/hub medical center by utilizing beds at partner/spoke hospitals for less complex or acute inpatient stays.
Author(s): Brian N. Bartlett, Nadine N. Vanhoudt, Hanyin Wang, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 23, 1000
Date: 09/2023
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2023 Minnesota Adolescent Sexual Health Report
Highlights the rates of pregnancies and births among Minnesota adolescents from 1990-2021, and sexually transmitted infections from 2010-2022. Features sections on variations across demographic groups, adolescent sexual health and COVID-19, and geographic disparities between urban and rural areas, including a county-level map showing counties with the highest chlamydia and gonorrhea rates among adolescents.
Author(s): Jill Farris, H. Olson
Date: 06/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Minnesota Department of Health, University of Minnesota
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Minnesota Hospital Association 2023 Workforce Report
Provides an overview of Minnesota's healthcare workforce from 2019 to 2023, with interactive information on vacancies, hiring rates, and workforce demographics, including metro-area versus non-metro-area diversity rates in healthcare workers.
Date: 06/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Hospital Association
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