Social Determinants of Health for Rural People – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Social Determinants of Health for Rural People.
Understanding Childcare Challenges in Rural America: Strategic Recommendations and an Action Framework
Provides an overview of challenges and barriers to early childcare in rural areas. Offers a roadmap for companies and organizations to identify and address childcare shortages in their communities, as well as state, local, employer, and facility-based recommendations. Features examples of emerging childcare models and initiatives implemented by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association members.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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Provides an overview of challenges and barriers to early childcare in rural areas. Offers a roadmap for companies and organizations to identify and address childcare shortages in their communities, as well as state, local, employer, and facility-based recommendations. Features examples of emerging childcare models and initiatives implemented by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association members.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2023 Webinar
A recorded webinar that discusses the Household Food Security in the United States in 2023 report focused on household food security, food expenditures, and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2022, with breakdowns for metro versus nonmetro location. Transcript available below description.
Author(s): Matthew P. Rabbitt
Date: 09/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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A recorded webinar that discusses the Household Food Security in the United States in 2023 report focused on household food security, food expenditures, and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2022, with breakdowns for metro versus nonmetro location. Transcript available below description.
Author(s): Matthew P. Rabbitt
Date: 09/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Poverty in the United States: 2023
Reports on poverty rates for 2022 and 2023, including changes in official poverty and changes in the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate. Includes statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Based on data from the 2024 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Author(s): Emily A. Shrider
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Reports on poverty rates for 2022 and 2023, including changes in official poverty and changes in the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate. Includes statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Based on data from the 2024 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Author(s): Emily A. Shrider
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Income in the United States: 2023
Reports on income levels for 2022 and 2023, along with the percent change from 2022 to 2023. Includes statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Based on data from the 2024 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Author(s): Gloria Guzman, Melissa Kollar
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Reports on income levels for 2022 and 2023, along with the percent change from 2022 to 2023. Includes statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Based on data from the 2024 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Author(s): Gloria Guzman, Melissa Kollar
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the U.S. 2024
Explores maternal healthcare access and provides county-level U.S. maps that show maternity care deserts, hospitals that offer obstetric (OB) care, distribution of OB providers, travel time to maternity care, chronic conditions of birthing people, social drivers of health, and more. Includes rural versus urban characteristics of the maternal health workforce as well as access and policy discussions specific to rural areas.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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Explores maternal healthcare access and provides county-level U.S. maps that show maternity care deserts, hospitals that offer obstetric (OB) care, distribution of OB providers, travel time to maternity care, chronic conditions of birthing people, social drivers of health, and more. Includes rural versus urban characteristics of the maternal health workforce as well as access and policy discussions specific to rural areas.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2023
Reports on household food security, food expenditures, and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2022. Includes food insecurity statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
Additional links: Statistical Supplement, Summary
Author(s): Matthew P. Rabbitt, Madeline Reed-Jones, Laura J. Hales, Michael P. Burke
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Reports on household food security, food expenditures, and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2022. Includes food insecurity statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
Additional links: Statistical Supplement, Summary
Author(s): Matthew P. Rabbitt, Madeline Reed-Jones, Laura J. Hales, Michael P. Burke
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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County Economic Status in Appalachia, FY 2025
Map showing levels of economic distress in Appalachian counties based on unemployment rates, income, and poverty levels. Includes interactive map, downloadable maps and data files, and data report.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
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Map showing levels of economic distress in Appalachian counties based on unemployment rates, income, and poverty levels. Includes interactive map, downloadable maps and data files, and data report.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
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Congruence Between County Dental Health Provider Shortage Area Designations and the Social Vulnerability Index
Provides visual comparisons of the relationship between Dental Health Provider Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2020 Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) designations on county-level U.S. maps. Includes table showing median county-level SVI score by HPSA designation, broken down by metro, nonmetro, and all county.
Author(s): Gabriel A. Benavidez, Elizabeth Crouch, Joni Nelson, Amy Martin
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Provides visual comparisons of the relationship between Dental Health Provider Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2020 Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) designations on county-level U.S. maps. Includes table showing median county-level SVI score by HPSA designation, broken down by metro, nonmetro, and all county.
Author(s): Gabriel A. Benavidez, Elizabeth Crouch, Joni Nelson, Amy Martin
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine for Sepsis Is Used Less Frequently in Communities with High Social Vulnerability
Examines the relationship between provider-to-provider emergency department-based telehealth consultation (tele-ED) and the prevalence of sepsis in counties with elevated social vulnerability index (SVI) scores. Analyzes 2016-2019 data from 1191 patients treated in rural, Midwestern EDs, with breakdowns according to patient, provider, hospital, and county characteristics. Discusses the relationship between SVI scores and tele-ED use.
Author(s): Kevin J. Tu, J. Priyanka Vakkalanka, Uche E. Okoro, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Examines the relationship between provider-to-provider emergency department-based telehealth consultation (tele-ED) and the prevalence of sepsis in counties with elevated social vulnerability index (SVI) scores. Analyzes 2016-2019 data from 1191 patients treated in rural, Midwestern EDs, with breakdowns according to patient, provider, hospital, and county characteristics. Discusses the relationship between SVI scores and tele-ED use.
Author(s): Kevin J. Tu, J. Priyanka Vakkalanka, Uche E. Okoro, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Loneliness and Social Isolation Are Common in Rural America. Is "Social Infrastructure" the Solution?
Discusses structural factors that contribute to social isolation in rural areas. Features programs in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Alaska that are finding ways to build connection into rural communities.
Author(s): Brendan Stermer
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses structural factors that contribute to social isolation in rural areas. Features programs in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Alaska that are finding ways to build connection into rural communities.
Author(s): Brendan Stermer
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Additional resources are available related to this guide. See the full list of resources by topic for:
- Educational attainment
- Employment and unemployment
- Environmental health
- Health literacy
- Housing and homelessness
- Income
- Infrastructure
- Poverty
- Racial and ethnic groups
- Social determinants of health
Last Updated: 11/13/2024