Violence and Abuse in Rural America – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Violence and Abuse in Rural America.
Exploring the Rural Context for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Discusses adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how they may impact rural health. Provides policy recommendations focused on the rural dimensions of ACEs. Addresses categories of ACEs, prevalence in rural areas and for Native populations, federal efforts to address ACEs, and the opioid epidemic. Covers the role of school-based healthcare programs to increase access to pediatric specialty services or linking children to needed non-medical services. Profiles a committee site visit focused on a model ACEs program in New York in Appendix A.
Date: 08/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Discusses adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how they may impact rural health. Provides policy recommendations focused on the rural dimensions of ACEs. Addresses categories of ACEs, prevalence in rural areas and for Native populations, federal efforts to address ACEs, and the opioid epidemic. Covers the role of school-based healthcare programs to increase access to pediatric specialty services or linking children to needed non-medical services. Profiles a committee site visit focused on a model ACEs program in New York in Appendix A.
Date: 08/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Together We Can Be Bully Free: CAH and Law Enforcement Address Peer Victimization through School-Based Program
Highlights an anti-bullying program developed by Union General Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Union Parish, Louisiana. Describes how the hospital and local law enforcement collaborate to teach elementary, middle, and high school students about the negative effects bullying and how to model positive social behavior.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights an anti-bullying program developed by Union General Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Union Parish, Louisiana. Describes how the hospital and local law enforcement collaborate to teach elementary, middle, and high school students about the negative effects bullying and how to model positive social behavior.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, HealthâRelated Quality of Life, and Chronic Disease Risks in Rural Areas of the United States
Discusses a study on the correlation between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult chronic disease and poor physical and mental health among rural people. Breaks down data by age, race, and education, among other factors. Compares prevalence of ACEs rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Amy Chanlongbutra, Gopal K. Singh, Curt D. Mueller
Citation: Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2018, 7151297
Date: 07/2018
Type: Document
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Discusses a study on the correlation between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult chronic disease and poor physical and mental health among rural people. Breaks down data by age, race, and education, among other factors. Compares prevalence of ACEs rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Amy Chanlongbutra, Gopal K. Singh, Curt D. Mueller
Citation: Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2018, 7151297
Date: 07/2018
Type: Document
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Leveraging Research and Philanthropy to Reduce Crime and Violence in the Mississippi Delta
Explores how foundations fund public safety projects, focusing on Phillips County, Arkansas and Coahoma County, Mississippi. Features background on violence and crime in rural areas, including a description of the research literature. Proposes a framework for selecting and implementing violence prevention and intervention on the community level.
Author(s): Jessica Saunders, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Samuel Peterson
Date: 2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Explores how foundations fund public safety projects, focusing on Phillips County, Arkansas and Coahoma County, Mississippi. Features background on violence and crime in rural areas, including a description of the research literature. Proposes a framework for selecting and implementing violence prevention and intervention on the community level.
Author(s): Jessica Saunders, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Samuel Peterson
Date: 2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Confronting Adverse Childhood Experiences to Improve Rural Kids' Lifelong Health
Highlights a western North Carolina school district and a Native American tribe in Wisconsin that are working to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Provides an overview of the impact ACEs have on health and provides data on ACE exposure among rural adults.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights a western North Carolina school district and a Native American tribe in Wisconsin that are working to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Provides an overview of the impact ACEs have on health and provides data on ACE exposure among rural adults.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Hate Crime Victimization, 2004-2015
Describes hate crime violence rates using the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey. Table 9 notes the region and location of residence of violence hate crime victims between 2011 and 2015.
Author(s): Madeline Masucci, Lynn Langton
Date: 06/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
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Describes hate crime violence rates using the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey. Table 9 notes the region and location of residence of violence hate crime victims between 2011 and 2015.
Author(s): Madeline Masucci, Lynn Langton
Date: 06/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
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Rural Community Violence: An Untold Public Health Epidemic
Policy brief examining the prevalence and nature of violent crime in rural communities across the U.S. Discusses the problem in a public health context. Also provides a series of policy recommendations aimed at reducing violence in rural areas.
Author(s): Brandy Dawson
Date: 04/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief examining the prevalence and nature of violent crime in rural communities across the U.S. Discusses the problem in a public health context. Also provides a series of policy recommendations aimed at reducing violence in rural areas.
Author(s): Brandy Dawson
Date: 04/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Risk Factors for Smoking in Rural Women: The Role of Gender-Based Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.
Author(s): Julianna Nemeth, Amy Bonomi, Bo Lu, Richard Lomax, Mary Wewers
Citation: Journal of Women's Health, 25(12), 1282-1291
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.
Author(s): Julianna Nemeth, Amy Bonomi, Bo Lu, Richard Lomax, Mary Wewers
Citation: Journal of Women's Health, 25(12), 1282-1291
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
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Infusing Technology Into Perinatal Home Visitation in the United States for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring the Interpretive Flexibility of an mHealth Intervention
A qualitative interpretive study exploring perinatal home visitors' and women's observations and experiences of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE) at rural and urban sites using mHealth technology or a home visitor paper-based method.
Author(s): Loraine J Bacchus, Linda Bullock, Phyllis Sharps, et al.
Citation: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(11), e302
Date: 11/2016
Type: Document
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A qualitative interpretive study exploring perinatal home visitors' and women's observations and experiences of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE) at rural and urban sites using mHealth technology or a home visitor paper-based method.
Author(s): Loraine J Bacchus, Linda Bullock, Phyllis Sharps, et al.
Citation: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(11), e302
Date: 11/2016
Type: Document
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Domestic Violence Enhanced Perinatal Home Visits: The DOVE Randomized Clinical Trial
Examines results from the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE) intervention to determine its effectiveness in reducing perinatal intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women in home visiting programs. Includes participants' demographic information, and compares urban and rural locations on study enrollment across time.
Author(s): Phyllis Sharps, Linda Bullock, Jacquelyn Campbell, et al.
Citation: Journal of Women's Health, 25(11), 1129-1138
Date: 11/2016
Type: Document
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Examines results from the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE) intervention to determine its effectiveness in reducing perinatal intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women in home visiting programs. Includes participants' demographic information, and compares urban and rural locations on study enrollment across time.
Author(s): Phyllis Sharps, Linda Bullock, Jacquelyn Campbell, et al.
Citation: Journal of Women's Health, 25(11), 1129-1138
Date: 11/2016
Type: Document
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