Links & Resources: Publications

(Mental Health) Resources
Provides a listing of resources available to reduce the stigma of mental illness in rural areas as well as around the entire country.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
2-1-1, 5-1-1, and Human Services Transportation
Provides an assessment of the potential roles of the 211 and 511 telephone services in coordinating the scheduling of human services transportation. Includes background information on each service, followed by a discussion of the differences that are relevant for the one-stop scheduling concept. Reviews the unique qualities of each system, regarding customer bases and missions, information content, and overall approach.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: Word
2003 National Survey on Drug Use & Health: Results
Presents a survey which is the primary source of information on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. The survey interviews approximately 67,500 persons each year.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
2003 Oral Health Report Card - Keep America Smiling: Oral Health in America
Discusses the 2003 oral health report card for the United States.
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health America
Date: 05 / 2003
Format: PDF
2004 Grant Opportunities Notebook
Includes grant information on the following areas: At-Risk Children and Youth, Economic Development, Health, Substance Abuse, and significant Block and Formula Grants. Also included is information on the Compassion Capital Fund, how to be a grant reviewer, how to make a Freedom of Information request, and web resources for organizations interested in federal funding.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: PDF
2004 Report on Illinois Poverty: An Analysis of Rural Poverty
Overview of the status of the rural poor in Illinois. Includes statistics on population, employment, income, and housing by county.
Author(s): Illinois Poverty Summit
Date: 01 / 2009
Format: PDF
2004 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Overview of key issues and trends affecting health and human service delivery in rural communities. Detailed information on the coordination of behavioral health and primary care, access to oral health care, and access to human services for the elderly.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
2005 Grant Opportunities Notebook
Provides information for 2005 federal funding opportunities for faith-based and community organizations, including information on approximately 40 grants in the following areas: Community Development, At-Risk Children and Youth, Senior, Health, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health programs.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
The 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes chapters focused on collaborations in rural communities, rural access to obstetrical services, obesity in rural communities, and rural welfare reform. Includes recommendations to address these issues.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
2006 Alabama Local Economic Development Survey
Results of Alabama economic development survey, providing a wealth of information about economic development planning, organization, practices, and needs in Alabama's communities.
Sponsoring organization: Auburn University Economic & Community Development Institute
Format: PDF
2007 CMS Statistics
Summary information about health expenditures and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs. Includes data on populations served by Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare providers, and expenditures.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 2007
Format: PDF
50-Year Decline in the Child Population in Rural Areas
Discusses changes in child population in rural versus urban areas, using the updated OMB definitions for metropolitan, micropolitan and rural areas.
Author(s): Kelvin Pollard, Mark Mather
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 07 / 2003
Format: HTML
Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children (Appendix - Methods, Data Sources, and Detailed Tables)
Appendix of report on rural minority children and the factors affecting their health insurance coverage and health services use.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity Moore, Karin Willert Roof, Elizabeth G. Baxley, Michael E. Samuels
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: PDF
Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children (Report)
Examines rural minority children and the factors affecting their health insurance coverage and health services use. Includes policy recommendations and statistical information.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity Moore, Karin Willert Roof, Elizabeth G. Baxley, Michael E. Samuels
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: PDF
Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Older Adults (Appendix - Methods, Data, and Detailed Tables)
Appendix of report on health status and health services use among poor and minority older adults in non-metro areas.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Charity G. Moore, Joette Gdovin
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10 / 2002
Format: PDF
Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Older Adults (Report)
Examines health status and health services use among poor and minority older adults in non-metro areas. Findings included: A greater proportion of non-metro than metropolitan elders report limitations in their ability to carry out activities of daily living (44% versus 37%). Government programs (Medicare and Medicaid) are the principal source of insurance for non-metro minority elders.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Charity G. Moore, Joette Gdovin
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10 / 2002
Format: PDF
Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Working Age Adults
Describes access to health care among working age adults of rural minorities. Data from the 1997 - 1998 National Health Interview Survey were used to examine health insurance coverage and recent physician visits among rural working age adults. Low income and low levels in the non-metro areas translated into jobs that did not offer health insurance. Non-metro minorities were particularly disadvantaged, with rates of uninsurance ranging from 47% among the Hispanic population to 30% among non-metro African Americans.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Charity G. Moore
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01 / 2003
Format: PDF
Access to Care for the Uninsured: An Update
Information from the Kaiser 2003 Health Insurance Survey on health care access for the uninsured. Includes statistics on barriers to health care, consequences of lack of health care, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 09 / 2003
Format: PDF
Access to Dental Care for Rural Low Income and Minority Populations
Examines the relationships between rural residence, income, race/ethnicity, and access to dental care, based on data from the 1999 National Health Interview Survey.
Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, David Born
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09 / 2004
Format: PDF
Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas: The Supporting Role of State EMS Agencies
Reports on a survey of state EMS directors regarding access to rural EMS, programs and initiatives by state EMS agencies that target rural and volunteer EMS providers, integration initiatives by rural EMS providers, issues in medical direction for rural EMS, and anticipated effects of the new Medicare fee schedule on rural EMS providers.
Author(s): Astrid Knott
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02 / 2002
Format: PDF
Access to Obstetrical Services in Rural Communities
Chapter from the 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues. Discusses the availability of prenatal, obstetric and neonatal care in rural communities. Includes information on workforce, malpractice insurance and other issues that impact rural access to OB services.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
Access to Oral Health Services for Low-Income People: Policy Barriers and Opportunities for Intervention for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Highlights the results of a study on policy barriers to oral health care for low-income people.
Author(s): Shelly Gehshan, Tara Straw
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
Date: 10 / 2002
Format: PDF
Accounting for Impact: Economic Development Spending in Kentucky
State program efforts face growing economic challenges, including the decline of traditional industries like tobacco and coal; the rising interstate competition for jobs; the new realities of global economic restructuring; and the limits brought on by a state budget crisis.
Author(s): Jason Bailey, Justin Maxson
Sponsoring organization: Mountain Association for Community Economic Development
Date: 09 / 2005
Format: PDF
Action Plan for Halting the Alarming Trend of Childhood Obesity
Overview of the growing problem of childhood obesity. Discusses the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's work to address this issue.
Author(s): Flora Davis
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Journal citation: Advances Issue: 2 Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Addressing Mental Health Workforce Needs in Underserved Rural Areas: Accomplishments and Challenges
Reviews efforts to address mental health workforce needs in underserved rural areas. Includes a history of federal efforts to address rural mental health workforce needs. Discusses Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (MHPSA) designations.
Author(s): Donna C. Bird, Patricia Dempsey, David Hartley
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10 / 2001
Format: PDF
Addressing Oral Health Needs: A How To Guide
Provides communities and organizations ideas in addressing oral health needs.
Sponsoring organization: Community Catalyst
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Addressing the Nursing Shortage: Impacts and Innovations in Frontier America
Discusses the nursing shortage and how it affects rural and frontier communities. Includes strategies to address the shortage and maps of hospital nurse shortage areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: HTML
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Describes what federally funded programs have accomplished in understanding medical errors and implementing programs to improve patient safety over the last five years. This compendium is sponsored jointly by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Department of Defense (DoD)-Health Affairs. The 140 articles in the 4-volume set cover a wide range of research paradigms, clinical settings, and patient populations.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: HTML
Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options
Discusses the challenge of providing transportation to an aging population and the increasing need for public transit and pedestrian-friendly options for those no longer able to drive. Includes a section on rural and small-town issues.
Author(s): Linda Bailey
Sponsoring organization: Surface Transportation Policy Project
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Rural South
A Fact Sheet regarding statistics and data on AIDS in the rural south.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Alabama Chartbook of Regional Disparities in Mortality
Addresses the increasing interest in health disparities and rural regions in Alabama.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Alabama Rural Health Report: Selected Indicators of Rural Health Status in Alabama
Presents information on several of the major factors which are related to rural health care in Alabama.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Journal citation: Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Date: 03 / 2003
Format: PDF
Alabama State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Alabama's health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Alternative Approach to Defining Rural for the Purpose of Providing Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Defines rural and access appropriately for emergency medical services. Includes maps.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Resource Center Technical Assistance and Services Center
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
Annual Report 2005: Fresh Ideas for Rural Development
Discusses the Southern Governors' Association's vision and leadership for the South.
Sponsoring organization: Southern Governors' Association
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Are Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses a Solution to Rural Mental Health Workforce Shortages?
Discusses the role advanced practice psychiatric nurses (APPNs) could play in providing mental health services to rural areas. Includes information on prescription authority and collaboration requirements for each state, as well as state distribution of APPNs.
Author(s): David Hartley, Valerie Hart, Nancy Hanrahan, Stephenie Loux
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
Arkansas State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Arkansas' health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Arkansas Year 2000 Statewide Oral Health Needs Assessment Survey: Findings and Conclusions
Results of a statewide needs assessment survey on children's oral health in Arkansas.
Author(s): L.D. Mouden
Date: 05 / 2000
Format: PDF
Around the Country: Alabama Getting Kids and Moms to the Doctor
Discusses Alabama's Kid One program.
Author(s): Erica Hauck
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 1
Date: 10 / 2003
Format: HTML
Around the Country: Alabama Horses Helping People Heal
Discusses the Serendipity Therapeutic Horse Farm in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Issue: Spring Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Around the Country: Arkansas A Unique Partnership
Discusses a partnership between Arkansas' Corning Ware Healthcare Inc. and the Lawrence Health Services to become the nation's first partnership between a FQHC and a CAH. Provides service to the underserved and uninsured people in the state's northeast corner.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Issue: Spring Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Around the Country: Missouri New Center Examines Health Care Disparities
Discusses a partnership between the University of Missouri Center for Health Policy and Washington University in St. Louis. Includes information on the establishment of a center that will focus on racial and ethnic health care disparities within the state's rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Issue: Spring Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
At A Tipping Point: Transforming Medicine with Health Information Technology: A Guide for Consumers
This report written for healthcare stakeholders illustrates how health information technology is a powerful tool for quality improvement, provided it is part of a larger strategy to improve quality and make healthcare more affordable and accessible.
Sponsoring organization: Verizon Foundation
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
At the Razor's Edge: Building Hope for America's Rural Poor
Outlines the causes of rural poverty and delineates some strategies that can move rural areas on the path of social and economic stability.
Author(s): Leif Jensen
Sponsoring organization: Rural Sociological Society
Journal citation: Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Date: 2006
Format: PDF
Availability and Use of Capital by Critical Access Hospitals
Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in meeting their capital needs. Discusses efforts to obtain capital, sources of capital, uses of capital, technical assistance resources, and current capital needs. Includes information on state capital programs available to CAHs.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Barriers to Mental Health Access for Rural Residents
Overview of challenges rural residents' face in accessing mental health services.
Author(s): Bonnie Braun
Sponsoring organization: Maryland Family Policy Impact Seminar
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Behavioral Health Care Needs of Rural Women
Discusses rural women's behavioral needs, including the needs of adolescents, women with HIV/AIDS, depression, and other special populations. Includes recommendations to improve services.
Author(s): Pamela L. Mulder, Sylvia Shellenberger, Regina Streiegel, Pamela Jumper-Thurman, Caroline E. Danda, Mary Beth Kenkel, Madonna G. Constantine, Samuel F. Sears, Jr., Melissa Kalodner, Angela Hager
Sponsoring organization: American Psychological Association
Format: PDF
Best Practices in Service Delivery to the Rural Elderly
Examines national programs that serve the rural elderly effectively and offers recommendations on how to extend these programs to underserved communities. Identifies unaddressed health problems affecting rural elders, including: inadequate nutrition, obesity and unrecognized illnesses such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and depression. Also identifies successful programs and their characteristics.
Author(s): Richard J. Ham, R. Turner Goins, David K. Brown
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia University Center on Aging
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Beyond the Interstate: The Crisis in Rural Alabama
Discusses the problems facing rural Alabama, as well as possible solutions for rural leadership, capacity building and more.
Author(s): Larry Lee, Joe A. Sumners, Auburn University Economic Development Institute
Date: 01 / 2003
Format: PDF
Births Occurring Outside the Mother's County of Residence: The Impact of Decreasing Obstetric Services in Rural Alabama Hospitals
A mini-study comparing rural versus urban experiences. This study looks at trends and the current situation involving counties without hospitals which provide obstetric service. In 1980, 46 rural counties had hospitals which provided obstetric service. This number had decreased to 23 in 2004. Nearly 62 percent of all babies born to rural county residents are delivered outside of the county of residence.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
Black Belt Fact Book
Presents important Alabama information on such subjects as population, vital statistics, crime, mental health, health care practitioners, health care facilities, education, income, poverty, and housing for Alabama's Black Belt counties.
Sponsoring organization: University of Alabama Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Black Male: Why the Mid South Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disparities Facing its Black Men and Boys
Describes the status of black males ages 16-44 in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to raise awareness to the disparities and difficulties that they are experiencing. This age group tends to reflect large numbers facing multiple disparities including poverty, low graduation rates, high unemployment, poor health, and high incarceration rates, among others.
Author(s): Chris Crothers, Tim Murphy, Bill Rankin
Sponsoring organization: Foundation for the Mid-South
Format: PDF
Blueprint for the Rural South
Describes the goals to strengthen the capacity of the region’s 29 land-grant institutions to address critical contemporary rural development issues impacting the well-being of people and communities in the rural South.
Author(s): Lionel J. Beaulieu
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 07 / 2007
Format: PDF
BMI - Body Mass Index: BMI for Children and Teens
Information on how body mass index (BMI) is used in children and teenagers. Includes an example of a BMI-for-age calculation for a child.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Format: HTML
Bridging the Health Divide: The Rural Public Health Research Agenda
Reports the results of a meeting rural public health experts held September 22-23, 2003, in Pittsburgh, PA. Describes the state of the rural public health infrastructure. Lists priority research questions for rural public health topics such as health care access, health disparities, preparedness, and environmental issues.
Sponsoring organization: University of Pittsburgh Center for Rural Health Practice
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
Bringing Excellence to Substance Abuse Services in Rural and Frontier America
Collection of papers describing ways in which rural and frontier America is addressing alcohol and other drug abuse and the problems that accompany the abuse. 1996 Award for Excellence papers from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NRIADA).
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 1997
Format: HTML
Brushing Up on Children's Oral Health in Louisiana: A Policy Brief
Documents the barriers children and families must face when trying to access oral health services.
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Building Culturally and Linguistically Competent Services to Support Young Children, Their Families, and School Readiness
Provides guidance, tools, and resources that will assist communities in building culturally and linguistically competent services, supports, programs, and practices related to young children, their families.
Author(s): Kathy Seitzinger Hepburn
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 05 / 2004
Format: PDF
Care Mobile to Serve Seven East Kentucky Counties
Discusses a partnership between the University of Kentucky Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine and the Ronald McDonald Charities to bring dental care to underserved children.
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky State Office of Rural Health
Journal citation: Kentucky - Rural Health Update Pages: 6
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
CDBG Revitalizes Towns and Small Cities in Kentucky
Discusses how CDBG has been an integral part of creating sustainable change in the small rural communities throughout Kentucky.
Author(s): Sara Morgan
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
Journal citation: Rural Voices Volume: 11 Issue: 01 Pages: 8-9
Date: 2006
Format: PDF
Cesarean Section Rates in Rural Hospitals
Examines delivery patterns in rural hospitals and compares the C-section rate in rural hospitals to that in urban hospitals using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).
Author(s): Sandra Greene, George Holmes, Rebecca Slifkin, Victoria Freeman, Hilda Ann Howard
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Changes in the Older Population and Implications for Rural Areas
Presents data on changes in the age distribution and socioeconomic status of the older population by rural-urban residence and examines the implications for resources, services, and programs in rural areas.
Author(s): Carolyn C. Rogers
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 02 / 2000
Format: PDF
Characteristics and Roles of Rural Health Clinics in the United States: A Chartbook
Offers an updated, comprehensive picture of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program and the operations of RHCs. Covers characteristics of RHCs, staffing and recruitment, location, and more.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Andrew F. Coburn
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01 / 2003
Format: PDF
Chartbook #13: Health Care in Urban and Rural Areas, Combined Years 1998-2000
Examines the differences in health care access, use, and expenses between urban and rural areas. Counties are classified along the urban-rural continuum according to whether they are metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and, if not, their proximity to an MSA. An MSA is a large population nucleus with a high degree of economic and social interaction. The categories along the continuum are metro (counties in an MSA), near-metro, near-rural, and rural.
Author(s): Sharon L. Larson, Steven R. Machlin, Alice Nixon, Marc Zodet
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: HTML
Chartbook of Major Indicators: Conditions Placing Children in the South at Risk
Chartbook of statistics on economic, health and education for children in the South.
Sponsoring organization: Southern Institute on Children and Families
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
Child Poverty in Rural America
Overview of the status of rural children, with child poverty data for the nation and each state. Discusses reasons for high levels of child poverty and what can be done to address the problem. Includes examples of counties in Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana and Texas with high child poverty rates.
Author(s): William P. O'Hare, Kenneth M. Johnson
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Journal citation: PRB Reports on America Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Date: 03 / 2004
Format: PDF
Childhood Obesity - Advancing Effective Prevention and Treatment: An Overview for Health Professionals
Presents an overview of pediatric overweight and discusses this condition along with possible solutions.
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: PDF
Childhood Overweight: What the Research Tells Us
Facts and statistics on childhood obesity. Includes information on physical activity in school, nutrition in school, and the health consequences of obesity.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Children and Poverty in the Rural South
Discusses the disproportionate share of Southern rural children living in poverty. Includes historical perspective on the economy and access to education in the South, particularly for African American, Latino and Native American children and families. Discusses policy considerations for improving the status of children in the rural South.
Author(s): Rosalind P. Harris, Julie N. Zimmerman
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 11 / 2003
Format: PDF
Children with Mental Disorders: Making Sense of Their Needs and the Systems That Help Them
Examines the nature, severity, and prevalence of mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders among children, as well as the types of services that could help them.
Author(s): Jane Koppelman
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
Children's Dental Care Access in Medicaid: The Role of Medical Care Use and Dentist Participation
Reports on children's dental care use in the Alabama and Georgia Medicaid programs and strategies for improving access to dental care.
Author(s): Karen VanLandeghem, Janet Bronstein, Cindy Brach
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Children's Oral Health in Mississippi: Addressing a Silent Epidemic
Provides background on the most common dental problems children face and current efforts in Mississippi to improve oral health. Includes maps of Mississippi counties indicating the location of pediatric dentists and dentists who accept Medicaid.
Author(s): L.H. Southward, N.G. Mosca, S.L. Silberman, N.P. Eklund, D.K. Curtis, C. Lane
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 11 / 2003
Format: PDF
Children’s Oral Health in Georgia: Progress and Opportunities
Addresses children's oral health outcomes in Georgia and gives rural and urban data.
Author(s): Glenn M. Landers, Linda Koskela, Thomas E. Duval
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
Date: 05 / 2007
Format: PDF
Chronic Disease Management in Rural Areas
Describes a study of six chronic disease management programs throughout the United States. Discusses issues related to chronic disease management in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05 / 2004
Format: PDF
Chronic Disease Management in Rural Areas: A Research Update
Discusses rural implementation of chronic disease management. Includes a list of benefits and barriers related to disease management.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Chronic Disease Management Systems (Registries) in Rural Health Care
Discusses the types of Chronic Disease Management Systems (CDMSs) used by a sample of 14 state organizations and 19 local rural clinics in Maine, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Anne Skinner, Roslyn Fraser-Maginn, Keith J. Mueller
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 05 / 2006
Format: PDF
City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book
The City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book uses 10 key measures of child well-being to track the conditions of children living in the rural (non-metropolitan) portion of each state as well as 71 large cities across the country.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Collaborations to Enhance Community and Population Well-Being
Chapter from the 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues. Discusses ways the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can support collaborations among community organizations and local rural leaders to improve the well-being of rural communities and residents. Includes examples of successful rural collaborations.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
Combating Methamphetamine Laboratories and Abuse: Strategies for Success
Discusses the benefits of forming partnerships with local and state agencies to help combat methamphetamine use.
Author(s): Tom McEwen
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Community Assessment, Agenda Setting, and Choice of Broad Strategies
Contains information about how to assess community needs and resources (e.g. conducting listening sessions, analyzing problems) how to get issues on the public agenda (e.g., gaining public support), and how to choose broad strategies to promote community health and development (e.g., building coalitions).
Format: HTML
A Community Based Framework for Understanding Problems and Exploring Alternatives: Connecting Underemployment, Poverty and Access to Health Care in the Mississippi Delta
Discusses community-based research as a framework for better understanding views of poverty and exploring alternative intervention programs that are innovative and diverse. Includes examples of regional assets, barriers, social and health issues identified in the Mississippi Delta region using this research approach.
Author(s): John J. Green, Albert B. Nylander
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
Date: 02 / 2006
Format: PDF
Community Inclusion Driver Strategy: Assisting People with Disabilities Living in Rural Areas in Finding Personal Transportation
Describes the Community Inclusion Driver (CID) strategy for providing transportation to people with disabilities in rural areas. CID is an arrangement that brings together a person with a disability, a transportation provider, and an independent driver in a negotiated agreement to provide transportation services.
Sponsoring organization: Easter Seals
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
Community Involvement of Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey
Describes the ways in which Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are engaged with their communities. Discusses CAHs involvement in community needs assessment, outreach and formal health promotion programs, relationships with other community organizations, free or reduced cost health care, and hospital activities in support on special populations.
Author(s): Stephanie Poley, Rebecca Slifkin
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Community-Based Participatory Research Conference Summary
Summary of a conference on community-based participatory research.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 11 / 2001
Format: HTML
Community-Based Participatory Research: Assessing the Evidence
An evidence-based report that addresses the following research questions: What defines community-based participatory research; how has CBPR been implemented to date with regard to the quality of research methodology and community involvement; what is the evidence that CBPR efforts have resulted in intended outcomes; and what criteria and processes should be used for review of CBPR in grant proposals?
Author(s): Viswanathan M, Ammerman A, Eng E, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
Community-Based Participatory Research: Implications for Public Health Funding
Addresses challenges that arise during use of community-based participatory research and makes a case for increasing support of CBPR as an important tool for action-oriented and community- driven public health research.
Author(s): M. Minkler, A.G. Blackwell, M. Thompson, H. Tamir
Sponsoring organization: American Public Health Association
Journal citation: American Journal of Public Health Volume: 93 Issue: 8 Pages: 1210-1213
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Community-Based Research Framework
Discusses community-based research as a way to impact public policy more quickly.
Author(s): John J. Green
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
Journal citation: Perspectives: On Poverty, Policy, and Place Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 14-16
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Comparing Patient Safety in Rural Hospitals by Bed Count
Determines how patient safety rates, offered services, and patient mix vary by bed count among rural hospitals.
Author(s): Stephenie L. Loux, Susan M.C. Payne, Astrid Knott
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
A Comparison of the Seventeen Approved Katrina Waivers
Updates a summary and comparison of seventeen states' approved Medicaid waivers related to Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 01 / 2006
Format: PDF
Compendium of Recommendations by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health
A list of recommendations, arranged by broad subject area, made by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services in its reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Format: HTML
Connecting Rural Communities: Volunteering and Neighboring
A monograph on the nature and practice of volunteering in rural America. Includes some of the effective strategies and solutions to address local needs and connect families to critical resources.
Author(s): Mary Conley
Sponsoring organization: Points of Light Foundation
Date: 2005
Format: HTML
Coordinated Human Service Transportation: State Legislative Approaches
A guide to human service transportation coordination for state legislators. This report tracks state efforts to coordinate a range of specialized transportation programs that are available to people who have difficulty accessing traditional transportation modes because of age, disability, poverty or other disadvantage.
Author(s): Matt Sundeen, James B. Reed, Melissa Savage
Sponsoring organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology: Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 132
Assesses the evidence base regarding benefits and costs of health information technology (HIT) systems in various healthcare settings. Widespread implementation of HIT has been limited by a lack of knowledge about what types of HIT and implementation methods will improve care and manage costs for specific health organizations.
Author(s): Paul Shekelle, Sally C. Morton, Emmett B. Keeler
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 04 / 2006
Format: PDF
Crisis in the Countryside
Discusses how networking and telemedicine will be indispensable tools for rural health care organization of the future.
Author(s): M. Michele Hood
Sponsoring organization: Catholic Health Association of the United States
Journal citation: Health Progress Date: 04 / 2004
Format: HTML
Crossroads and Connections: Strategies for Rural Alabama
Describes the challenges facing rural Alabama communities. Includes strategies for addressing rural development issues which may be of interest to rural communities in other states.
Author(s): Joe A. Sumners, Larry Lee, Auburn University Economic Development Institute
Format: PDF
Curing the Crisis in Nursing Education: A Master Plan for Tennessee
Discusses nursing workforce shortage issues in Tennessee.
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Current State of Transportation for People with Disabilities in the United States
Developed to provide a better understanding of access to transportation and mobility for people with disabilities, including access to traditional public transportation systems, private transportation services, alternative transportation initiatives, and the pedestrian environment; to identify transportation barriers as well as promising practices and models; and to develop recommendations in keeping with the goals of the New Freedom Initiative to expand transportation opportunities for people with disabilities.
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Disability
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program
Provides data, including some rural-specific statistics, on various aspects of the Medicare program. Covers beneficiary demographics, quality and access, national health care spending, and data for specific provider settings. Includes a chapter on Medicare drug spending.
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Date: 06 / 2006
Format: PDF
Deadly Harvest
Discusses how meth has become the most dangerous drug problem in small-town rural America.
Author(s): Jim Patrico
Journal citation: Progressive Farmer Date: 09 / 2003
Format: HTML
Delta RHPI Project Helps Small Hospitals
Discusses how the Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project helped a hospital in rural Arkansas.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Date: 11 / 2004
Format: HTML
Delta States Initiative Report
Provides a summary of ORHP's Delta States Initiative and details activities conducted by the Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program and the Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 05 / 2004
Format: PDF
Demographic and Economic Profile: Missouri
Presents demographics, economics, and research on Missouri. Includes statistics and data, maps, charts, and graphs.
Author(s): Kathleen K. Miller
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Date: 11 / 2008
Format: PDF
Dental Care: Improving Access and Quality
Highlights dental care research sponsored by AHRQ.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 07 / 2003
Format: PDF
Dentists (General and Pediatric, 2003)
Compares rural Alabama dental areas to urban Alabama dental areas, the state as a whole, and the U.S.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
Diabetes in America
An assessment of epidemiologic, public health, and clinical data on diabetes and its complications in the United States.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Date: 1995
Format: PDF
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Updated every five years, this document contains new guidelines regarding good dietary habits, promoting health, and reducing risk for major chronic diseases.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Directory of Funding Sources for Community-Based Participatory Research
Compilation of funding opportunities that utilize community-based participatory research.
Author(s): S.D. Seifer, J. Kauper-Brown, A. Robbins
Sponsoring organization: Northwest Health Foundation
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
Directory of Rural Health Networks: Profiling Network Information Technology Use
Profiles of selected rural health networks funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Includes information on each network's current use of information technology (IT) and future plans for IT.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Brandi Shay, Sue Nardie, J. Patrick Hart, Dianne Harrop, Donadea Rasmussen
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Disparities in Health Coverage, Access, and Quality: The Impact of Citizenship Status and Language on Low-Income Immigrants
Examines roles of race/ethnicity, citizenship, and language on insurance coverage, access to care, and quality of care, with a particular focus on the low-income Latino population.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina: Issues and Options for Medicare Beneficiaries
Identifies issues and challenges for individuals on Medicare affected by the hurricane and offers options for addressing these problems. This issue brief focuses on subgroups of the Medicare population, including beneficiaries in traditional Medicare, those enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, and dual eligibles and nursing home residents.
Author(s): Nora Super, Brian Biles
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 11 / 2005
Format: HTML
Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence
Discusses the role of the built environment, including buildings, roads, parks, and other structures that physically define a community, in physical activity.
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Drug Abuse in America: Rural Meth
Provides an overview of methamphetamine abuse and production in the United States. Focuses on problems specific to rural areas.
Author(s): Pilar Kraman
Sponsoring organization: Council of State Governments
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: PDF
Drug Endangered Children
Discusses the harmful conditions methamphetamine labs pose for children exposed to them. Contains statistics and data.
Sponsoring organization: Carnevale Associates
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
E-Health and the Elderly: How Seniors Use the Internet for Health Information
Reports and interprets key findings from a national survey of older Americans that was conducted to determine how seniors use the Internet for health information.
Author(s): Victoria Rideout, Tricia Neuman, Michelle Kitchman, Mollyann Brodie
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Economic and Health Costs of Diabetes
Summarizes findings from AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project using hospital care data to determine how diabetes-related complications impact health status, hospitalizations, and economic costs.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Economic Base Assessment of Sumter County, Alabama
Provides a detailed economic assessment of Sumter County, including data on population, poverty levels, and types of industry.
Date: 08 / 2001
Format: PDF
The Economic Impact of the Critical Access Hospital Program on Illinois Communities
Analyzes the economic impact of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in Illinois on their communities. Includes information about profitability, employment, and capital expenditures.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Date: 06 / 2006
Format: PDF
Effects of State Dental Practice Laws Allowing Alternative Models of Preventive Oral Health Care Delivery to Low-Income Children
Examines state dental practice laws and the extent to which they encourage alternative models of delivering preventive oral health care.
Author(s): Lea Nolan
Sponsoring organization: George Washington Department of Health Policy
Date: 01 / 2003
Format: PDF
Effects of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 on Health Workforce Development in the States
Describes how WIA resources have been used by state and local workforce investment boards to develop the health care workforce. Describes characteristics of WIA that can be used to support health workforce development.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: HTML
EMSC Five-year Plan: 2001-2005
Serves as a National blueprint for those charged with ensuring the futures of our Nation's children. Includes numerous goals and objectives.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 2000
Format: PDF
Enhancing Public Hospitals Reporting of Data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care
Discusses the ability of hospitals with large minority populations to use existing quality-of-care measures to reduce racial/ethnic disparities.
Author(s): B. Siegel, M. Regenstein, K. Jones
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Date: 01 / 2007
Format: PDF
Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives
Contains information on developing a plan for evaluation, methods for evaluation, and using evaluation to understand and improve the initiative.
Format: HTML
An Evaluation Framework for Community Health Programs
For use by community organizations and community health workers to enhance their understanding of evaluation and to build their capacity to participate in evaluation efforts of their programs.
Author(s): Q.E. Baker, D.A. Davis, R. Gallerani, V. Sanchez, C. Viadro
Date: 06 / 2000
Format: PDF
Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax
Fact sheet detailing expected health and economic outcomes of an increase in the cigarette tax in Mississippi.
Author(s): R. McMillen
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Fact Sheets About Farmworkers: HIV/AIDS
Brief information and statistics about HIV/AIDS and the migrant farmworker population.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
Format: PDF
Factors that Influence Students in Choosing Rural Nursing Practice: A Pilot Study
Discusses nursing shortages which continue globally and are especially critical in rural and remote communities.
Author(s): Angeline Bushy, Beverly Leipert
Journal citation: Rural and Remote Health Volume: 5 Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Facts About Medicare Prescription Drug Plans
Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit, with answers to common questions Medicare beneficiaries may have about the program.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 10 / 2005
Format: PDF
Facts on Mental Illness
Discusses a research report done by Texas A&M SW Rural Health Research Center on mental health and disorders. Includes information on the categories of mental illness as well as statistics and data.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Family Economic Security for Rural Americans
Overview of the challenges facing rural families. Discusses economic opportunities, housing, health care, transportation and other issues that impact rural families. Identifies and compares issues in five regions of the U.S.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
Female Physician Recruitment Secrets for Rural Communities
Lists the top 10 things a woman physician should know about rural medical practice as well as tips for rural communities in recruiting and retaining female physicians.
Sponsoring organization: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Fifty Years of Demographic Change in Rural America
Overview of population and other statistics for rural versus urban areas in the United States.
Author(s): Allison Tarmann
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 01 / 2003
Format: HTML
Filling the Gaps: Oral Health in America
2001 oral health report card
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health America
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Financial Indicators for Critical Access Hospitals
Discusses the development of a set of financial indicators for the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program. Includes discussion of the potential usefulness of different types of indicators. Also provides indicator medians for CAHs for 1998-2003.
Author(s): George H. Pink, G. Mark Holmes, Cameron D'Alpe, Lindsay A. Strunk, Patrick McGee, Rebecca Slifkin
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care
Discusses possible demonstration projects which address key aspects of the health care delivery system.
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 2002
Format: HTML
Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health
A framework written by the CDC that comprises steps in program evaluation practice and standards for effective program evaluation.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Journal citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) Volume: 48 Issue: RR-11 Date: 09 / 1999
Format: PDF
From Promise to Practice: Improving Life in the South Through Telemedicine
Recommendations from a task force to foster growth of telehealth and the improvement of healthcare.
Sponsoring organization: Southern Governors' Association
Date: 09 / 1999
Format: PDF
Future Uncertain for Rural Pharmacies
Discusses the economic problems facing rural pharmacies, problems with insurance payments, lack of pharmacists willing to work in rural areas, competition from Internet and mail-order businesses.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Journal citation: Rural Health News Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Date: 2002
Format: HTML
Gaps in Prevention and Treatment: Dental Care for Low-Income Children
Examines variations in the receipt of dental care of children in various states.
Author(s): Genevieve Kenney
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
Date: 04 / 2000
Format: PDF
Geographic Variation in Medicare Per Capita Spending: Should Policy-makers be Concerned?
Examines the research on geographic differences in Medicare per capita spending. Discusses the causes of geographic differences in spending, quality of health care received, and policy implications.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
Grantee Sustainability in the Rural Health Outreach Grant Program
Describes a study of the post-grant experiences of 99 Rural Health Outreach Grant recipients. Focuses on the extent to which programs were able to maintain or expand services after their grants ended and characteristics that helped programs succeed in the post-grant period.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Astrid Knott, Ira Moscovice
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 12 / 2003
Format: PDF
Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid
Contains information on clinical practice, evolving technologies, and recommendations in dental care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
Health and the Economic Well-Being of Rural Families
Discusses the need for rural-specific policies to address the health care and economic needs of rural families.
Author(s): Jean W. Bauer, Bonnie Braun, Patricia Hyjer Dyk
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Family Relations
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: PDF
Health Care Experiences
Discusses the 2002 National Survey of Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation, examining the experiences of Latinos with health insurance and the health care system.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: PDF
Health Care Hits the Road
Discusses the challenges in providing home health services and hospice in rural Kentucky.
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Rural Health Association
Journal citation: Kentucky - Rural Health Update Pages: 3
Date: 05 / 2006
Format: PDF
Health Care in Rural America
Discusses issues related to health insurance coverage and health care costs of rural people. Includes information on the rural uninsured and undersinsured and discusses possible solutions to provide health insurance coverage to the rural uninsured and underinsured.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
Health Care Quality: The Rural Context
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines the current state of the debate over health care quality and patient safety and how it affects rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: HTML
Health Care Workforce Distribution and Shortage Issues in Rural America
NRHA Policy Brief. Discusses the health care labor shortage as it impacts rural areas. Makes policy recommendations.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 03 / 2003
Format: PDF
Health Care Workforce in Ten States: Education, Practice and Policy
Comprehensive assessment of how a variety of workforce issues impact health care accessibility in a set of representative states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Tim Henderson
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
Date: 2001
Format: HTML
Health Centers and Rural Clinics: State and Federal Implementation Issues for Medicaid's New Payment System
Reviews states' implementation of the prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicaid payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes recommendations for CMS on guidance and oversight for states.
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
Health Centers: Competition for Grants Has Grown and Efforts to Measure Performance Have Increased
Overview of how Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) grants are awarded and how FQHCs are monitored under the federal Consolidated Health Centers program.
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy
Overview of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts to develop a national health information technology (IT) strategy. Includes some information on rural health IT activities.
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
Health Insurance Access in Rural America
Policy brief providing an overview of health insurance access in rural areas, with statistics comparing urban to rural health insurance coverage. Includes NRHA recommendations to address the challenges of rural health insurance access.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: PDF
Health Insurance Coverage in Rural America: Chartbook
Information on rural-urban differences in health insurance coverage and differences in socio-economic and employment characteristics of those living in rural versus urban counties.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller, Andrew F. Coburn, Stephenie L. Loux, Catherine Hoffman, Timothy D. McBride
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 09 / 2003
Format: PDF
Health Literacy in a Rural Clinic
Describes findings of a study assessing the health literacy of people seeking care in a rural health clinic in the southeastern United States.
Author(s): Felecia G. Wood
Sponsoring organization: Rural Nurse Organization
Journal citation: Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
Information on HPSAs, which may have shortages of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers and may be urban or rural areas, population groups or medical or other public facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Healthy Community Design: Success Stories from State and Local Leaders
Discusses the role community leaders can play in supporting active living. Includes profiles of successful community, state and regional efforts that encourage exercise.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
Heart Disease Mortality (2000-2002)
Compares rural Alabama areas to urban Alabama areas, the state as a whole, and the U.S. on heart disease mortality.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America (Full Report)
Covers some of the economic and social losses to the country of maintaining so many people without health insurance.
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America (Report Brief)
Covers economic and social losses to the country of maintaining so many people without health insurance. Also explores the potential economic and societal benefits that could be realized if everyone had health insurance on a continuous basis.
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Hispanic Health Needs Assessment
Provides communities with tools to self-identify critical health issues and priorities through existing public health data systems as well as community surveys. Written for Hispanic communities, it could be adaptable to other minority communities.
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
A History of the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program
Describes the history of the Outreach Grant Program, which has had a significant impact on the health and welfare of many rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 2004
Format: HTML
HIV Infection and AIDS: An Overview
Defines HIV and AIDS. Provides a broad overview of the symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Date: 10 / 2007
Format: HTML
HIV/AIDS Among African Americans
Contains a variety of facts and information on HIV/AIDS and African Americans.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
Date: 01 / 2006
Format: PDF
HIV/AIDS Among Women
Provides data about the impact of HIV and AIDS among women, including young women and minority women.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: PDF
HIV/AIDS Among Youth
Provides data on the impact of HIV and AIDS among young people.
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
HIV/AIDS in Rural America
Of the estimated 860,037 Americans diagnosed with AIDS through 2003, 52,375 live in rural areas with fewer than 50,000 people. About 7.6 percent of AIDS cases reported in 2003 were in rural areas, up from 5 percent in 1995.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Format: PDF
HIV/AIDS in Rural America: Disproportionate Impact on Minority and Multicultural Populations
Overview of the impact of AIDS and HIV in rural areas. Summarizes the epidemiology of AIDS/HIV, including its impact on rural minority groups. Discusses the challenges rural areas face in preventing AIDS. Includes policy recommendations.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
Contains information about U.S. AIDS and HIV case reports, including data by state, metropolitan statistical area, mode of exposure to HIV, sex, race/ethnicity, age group, vital status, and case definition category.
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Holding the Needle on True North: Leading the Quest for Quality Care
2004 Annual Report for the RWJ Foundation, which outlines the Foundation's commitment to the promise of better health and health care for all Americans. Includes reviews of funding areas of interest, a list of grants, statistical highlights and financial statements.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
How Race/Ethnicity, Immigration Status, and Language Affect Health Insurance Coverage, Access to and Quality of Care Among the Low-Income Population (Full Report)
Discusses the roles that race, language and citizenship status play in insurance coverage, access to health care and quality of health care, particularly for the low-income Latino population.
Author(s): Leighton Ku, Timothy Waidmann
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
How to Establish a Rural Health Clinic in Louisiana
Provides information and guidance to organizations interested in becoming Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) in the state of Louisiana.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health
Date: 04 / 2007
Format: Word
Hurricane Katrina: Health Impacts in Louisiana and the Federal Response to the Loss of Health Coverage
Discusses Hurricane Katrina's impact on health and human services.
Author(s): Marsha Lillie-Blanton
Date: 02 / 2006
Format: PDF
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Reflection: Looking Back While Moving Forward
Concentrates on the status of the region a year after Katrina and Rita hammered the Mid South Gulf States. The issue focuses on Foundation for the Mid South's views of the recovery effort, the insights of leaders from the region, and keeping the disasters in the public's attention.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation for the Mid-South
Date: 08 / 2006
Format: PDF
iDelta: Information Technology in the Delta
Identifies opportunities and current activities in the Delta Regional Authority (240 counties and parishes in parts of eight southern states) that utilize high-speed Internet access. Includes a literature review and highlights current utilization of broadband.
Author(s): Sandra Johnson, Scott Doron, Linda Hoke, Charity Pennock
Sponsoring organization: Delta Regional Authority
Date: 02 / 2007
Format: PDF
Illinois State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Illinois' health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Impact of Federal Programs on Transportation for Older Adults
Overviews federal programs and activities with the greatest direct impact on transportation and mobility for older adults. Includes discussion of Section 5311: Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas, and other programs that address rural transportation needs for the elderly. Access to the full report and report brief are available.
Author(s): David Koffman, David Raphael, Richard Weiner
Sponsoring organization: AARP
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
The Impact of Wildlife Recreation on Farmland Values
Wildlife recreation - hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching - appears to be an increasingly important past time for many Americans as people continue to increase their spending on wildlife recreation. Land lease and ownership expenditures by wildlife recreation participants are rising and appear to be capitalized into farmland values. This paper analyzes the impact of hunting lease rates on farmland values in Texas. The results indicate that counties with higher wildlife recreation income streams have higher land values.
Author(s): Jason Henderson, Sean Moore
Sponsoring organization: Regional, Public and Community Affairs Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
Improving Oral Health: Promise and Prospects
Reviews barriers to dental care, opportunities and challenges of public financing sources and safety net programs for dental care for low-income children and families.
Author(s): Jennifer Ryan
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Improving the Oral Health Status of all Americans: Roles and Responsibilities of Academic Dental Institutions
Examines the role of academic dental institutions in addressing the oral health needs of all Americans.
Sponsoring organization: American Dental Education Association
Date: 03 / 2003
Format: PDF
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004
Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey. Includes state level data.
Author(s): C. DeNavas-Walt, B.D. Proctor, C.H. Lee
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey. Includes state level data.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Date: 08 / 2008
Format: PDF
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008
Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Date: 09 / 2009
Format: PDF
Indicators of Access to Early Childhood Services in the Mississippi Delta
Provides maps and data about access to child care in the Delta Counties of Mississippi.
Author(s): Elizabeth F. Shores, Erin Barbaro, Michael C. Barbaro, Michelle Flenner, Lynn Bell
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
Date: 05 / 2007
Format: PDF
Innovation, Demand, and Investment in Telehealth
This report focuses on the innovation, demand and investment in telehealth in the United States at the end of 2003.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Commerce
Date: 02 / 2004
Format: PDF
Inside the Black Box of High-Performing High-Poverty Schools
Highlights the best practices in eight Kentucky schools overcoming the barriers of poverty with high performance. Researchers discovered several characteristics among these schools: 1) high expectations for all students with a strong emphasis on quality instruction, 2) routine internal student assessment tools to supplement state exams and 3) a collaborative decision making process that engages all teachers.
Author(s): Patricia J. Kannapel, Stephen K. Clements
Sponsoring organization: Ford Foundation
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
Interim Report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Report to the President covering unmet needs and barriers to access for mental health services. Includes discussion of gaps in mental health services for children and adults, levels of unemployment for adults with serious mental illness, and need to raise national priority for mental health and suicide prevention.
Sponsoring organization: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Date: 10 / 2002
Format: HTML
International Medical Graduates and the Primary Care Workforce for Rural Underserved Areas
An analysis of primary care IMGs compared to U.S. medical graduates working in rural underserved areas.
Author(s): Kenneth S. Fink
Journal citation: Health Affairs Volume: 22 Issue: 2 Pages: 255-262
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: PDF
Inventory of Health and Human Services Programs Affecting Rural Areas
Describes federal health and human services programs that impact rural communities
Author(s): Roslyn Fraser
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
Is There Still a Nursing Shortage?
Describes current trends in recruitment and employment of registered nurses (RNs). Discusses the changing nurse workforce and policy implications for the future.
Author(s): Peter I. Buerhaus, Douglas O. Staiger, David I. Auerbach
Journal citation: Health Affairs Volume: 22 Issue: 6 Pages: 191-198
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
A Journey to Success: Establish 340B Pharmacy Services in a Rural Community Health Center
Describes the experiences of the Southern Ohio Health Services Network and of pharmacist Jim Fethe in establishing a pharmacy service in their rural community health center using the 340B Drug Pricing program.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
Kentucky State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Kentucky's health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Key Facts: Latinos and HIV/AIDS
Comprehensive data on the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on Latinos in the United States. Includes an overview and epidemic profile, as well as data on major trends, access to and use of health services, and perceptions of HIV/AIDS.
Author(s): Sonia Ruiz, Jennifer Kates, Claire Oseran Pontius
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 07 / 2003
Format: PDF
Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity & Medical Care
Chartbook on racial/ethnic disparities in health, health insurance coverage, and health care access and quality. Includes data and literature review.
Author(s): Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Osula Evadne Rushing, Sonia Ruiz
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: HTML
KYHealth Choices Medicaid Reform: Key Program Changes and Questions
Kentucky obtained a state plan amendment for its Medicaid program, becoming one of the first states to utilize new options available through the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 07 / 2006
Format: PDF
Lands of Opportunity: Bringing Telecommunications Services to Rural Communities
Created to help educate rural communities about the benefits afforded by basic and advanced telecommunications services and how these services can foster distance learning, e-commerce, e-government, telemedicine, and overall economic development. Three key regions were targeted where the needs are particularly acute: the Appalachian Region; the Delta Region; and Alaska Native Villages.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
Leading Causes of Death Among Children in Mississippi
Presents the leading causes of death for children under age 18 in Mississippi. Data are broken down by age category, and comparisons are made between the Mississippi, its surrounding states, and the United States as a whole. The report also includes a discussion of prevention strategies to reduce the number of child deaths.
Author(s): R. Cossman
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
Life-Saving Message for Hispanic/Latino Communities
Latino-Americans are the least likely of five racial/ethnic groups to have a regular source of health care.
Journal citation: California - Rural Health Advocate Volume: 2 Issue: 8 Date: 04 / 2003
Format: HTML
List of Rural Counties and Designated Eligible Census Tracts in Metropolitan Counties
Contains a list of non-Metro counties by state as well as Census tracts located within metropolitan counties that are considered rural for purposes of ORHP's Rural Health Care Grant programs.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Literacy Skills are Strongest Predictor of Health Status in United States
Discusses a study by the Partnership for Clear Health Communication.
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
Journal citation: Michigan - Michigan Rural Health Quarterly Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 9
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
A Look at the Mid South Delta Region: A Glimpse of Its Assets, Socioeconomic Complexion, and Emerging Opportunities
Offers a brief overview of the potential that exists to improve the social and economic conditions in the Mid South Delta Region.
Author(s): Bo Beaulieu, Marcus Littles
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 03 / 2009
Format: PDF
Louisiana Interagency Task Force on the Future of Family Medicine
Looks at physician workforce needs as related to family physicians in Louisiana. Discusses workforce needs in rural areas.
Date: 10 / 2006
Format: PDF
Louisiana State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Louisiana's health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Louisiana’s Proposed Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Project: Estimating the Numbers of Uninsured and Projected Medicaid Costs
Analyzes the composition and medical costs of the uninsured in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
Author(s): Stephen Zuckerman, Jack Hadley
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 07 / 2007
Format: PDF
Low-Skill Employment and the Changing Economy of Rural America
Reports trends in rural low-skill employment in the 1990s and their impact on the rural workforce. The share of rural jobs classified as low-skill fell by 2.2 percentage points between 1990 and 2000, twice the decline of the urban low-skill employment share, but much less than the decline of the 1980s.
Author(s): Robert Gibbs, Lorin Kusmin, John Cromartie
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 10 / 2005
Format: PDF
Making the Grade on Women's Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card 2004
Assesses women's health using 34 health status indicators and 67 health policy indicators on a state-by-state basis. Includes an overview of women's health disparities based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, and other facts.
Sponsoring organization: National Women's Law Center
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Mayersville, Mississippi: A Study on Improving Access to Benefits and Services for Low-Income Families in the Rural South
Children and families in economically depressed rural communities should be a top priority for policymakers who feel strongly that every child should have an opportunity to succeed in life. In the fall of 1998, the Southern Institute on Children and Families set out on a journey to learn more about the challenges rural families face when distances are far and resources are limited.
Author(s): Sarah C. Shuptrine
Sponsoring organization: Southern Institute on Children and Families
Date: 06 / 1999
Format: HTML
Measures and Methods: Four Tenets for Rural Economic Development in the New Economy
Presents four methods and measures for promoting effective economic development. Strategies include innovation, capital investments, environmental development, and generating networks of personal contacts. Describes examples from North Dakota, North Carolina, Nebraska, Virginia, and Arkansas.
Author(s): Anita Brown-Graham, William Lambe
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Date: 11 / 2008
Format: PDF
Medicaid Non-emergency Transportation: National Survey 2002-2003
Discusses and analyzes a survey of non-emergency medical transportation programs throughout the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Identifies their current range, diversity, funding, and service delivery.
Author(s): Gail Stefl, Mark Newsom
Sponsoring organization: American Public Human Services Association
Date: 12 / 2003
Format: PDF
Medical Malpractice Insurance
Discusses the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance which is affecting access to healthcare and adversely impacting the quality of that care, prompting urgent calls for medical liability reform.
Author(s): Robert P. Hartwig, Claire Wilkinson
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Medicare and Prescription Drugs, Fact Sheet
Discusses prescription drug coverage among the Medicare population, characteristics of beneficiaries who lack drug coverage and implications of being without coverage. Includes current data on prescription drug use and spending.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: PDF
Medicare Chart Book, Third Edition
More than 80 charts and tables with data on the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries. Includes rural-specific and state-specific data for selected topics.
Author(s): Juliette Cubanski, Molly Voris, Michelle Kitchman, Tricia Neuman
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Medicare Claims Processing Manual: Chapter 9 - Rural Health Clinics / Federally Qualified Health Centers
Describes the differences between Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers. Identifies the rules and regulations for processing Medicare claims.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 10 / 2009
Format: PDF
Medicare Data Compendium, 2003
Historic, current, and projected data on Medicare enrollment and Medicaid recipients, expenditures, and utilization. Includes key statistics about CMS programs and health care spending.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Format: HTML
Medicare Fact Sheet: Medicare Drug Premiums Will Be Lower Than Expected Consumer Choice, Competition Will Help Beneficiaries
Discusses the Medicare prescription drug coverage including background information and average monthly premium information.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
Medicare Guide to Rural Health Services Information for Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians
Offers Medicare providers, suppliers, and physicians rural health information and resources including Ambulance Services, CAH's, FQHC's, HPSA, Home Health, Hospice, Medicare, Prescription Drug Plan, Quality Improvement, RHC's, Sole Community Hospital, Swing Bed, and Telehealth.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 04 / 2007
Format: PDF
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Fact Sheet)
Provides information and data about the Medicare Drug Benefit, including a breakdown of the standard benefit and updates on additional low-income assistance.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 02 / 2008
Format: HTML
Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX) State Rural Health Plan
Details the plan being submitted to the Mississippi Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) for the state's Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. The plan contains information related to Mississippi’s demographic, economic, health status, and health facilities and systems characteristics. In addition, the plan includes an overview of the state’s health workforce, emergency medical services, critical access hospitals, and the Flex Program Strategic Planning Process and FLEX Program Objectives.
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Office of Rural Health
Date: 12 / 2008
Format: PDF
Meeting the Child Nutrition Challenges Facing Rural Areas
Policy brief discussing barriers rural children face to accessing child nutrition programs and steps that could be taken to make child nutrition programs work better for rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Food Research and Action Center
Format: PDF
Mental Health Encounters in Critical Access Hospital Emergency Rooms: A National Survey
Survey indicates patients with mental health issues represent a significant proportion of the visits to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) emergency rooms. Investigates the types of cases that present with mental health problems, as well as the resources available to emergency room staff in CAHs for addressing such problems.
Author(s): David Hartley, Erika Ziller, Stephenie Loux, John Gale, David Lambert, Anush Yousefian
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09 / 2005
Format: PDF
Mental Health, United States, 2002
Describes the current development of mental health statistics in 21 chapters organized in five sections: Looking Back, Looking Forward, Supporting Good Decision Making, Population Dynamics, Insurance for Mental Health Care, Status of Mental Health Services, and National Mental Health Statistics.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General that provides comprehensive coverage of issues relevant to the mental health of racial and ethnic minorities.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
Meth a Growing Menace in Rural America: Production and Use of Highly Addictive Drug has Exploded
Brief article and audio file discuss the increasing problem of meth use in rural America.
Sponsoring organization: National Public Radio
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: Audio
Methamphetamine: Abuse and Addiction
Provides an overview of this drug, including statistics and data. Discusses the rising use of methamphetamines in rural areas throughout the U.S.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Date: 01 / 2002
Format: PDF
Minorities in Rural America (Report)
An overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations. Description of rural minorities by location, age and sex. Description of rural minority communities' economic structure and health resources. Includes health policy recommendations.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Minorities in Rural America: Appendix A Description of Method and Supporting Tables Tables Ordered by Chapter
Appendix of a report that gives an overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Minorities in Rural America: Appendix B Map Supplement
Appendix to report on overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations. Maps.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Minorities in Rural America: Appendix C Economic Patterns in Non-Metro America
Appendix to report on an overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations. Focuses on economic status and health services infrastructure.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Mississippi Health Assessment, 2004
A state-level report card based on the Leading Health Indicators from Healthy People 2010. Includes information regarding health status, utilization of health services, health beliefs, satisfaction with health care services, and health care reimbursements.
Author(s): R. McMillen, N. White, D. Gill, W. Frese
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
Mississippi State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Mississippi's health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Mississippi State of the Heart Report: 2000
Summary of cardiovascular disease in Mississippi, including data by race and county.
Author(s): A.D. Penman, D. Johnson
Date: 03 / 2000
Format: PDF
Mississippi Stroke Report: 2000
Statistics on stroke incidence and mortality by race, gender, and county of residence.
Author(s): A.D. Penman, D. Johnson
Date: 08 / 2000
Format: PDF
Mississippi Vital Statistics: 2003
Provides vital statistics for the state and counties in one report.
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Mississippi's Physician Labor Force: Current Status and Future Concerns
Results of a 2002 survey of Mississippi physicians that describes their basic demographics, comparing Mississippi physicians to physicians nationally. Provides policy recommendations based on survey results.
Author(s): J.S. Cossman
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 10 / 2003
Format: PDF
Mississippi's Uninsured
Fact sheet describing the medically uninsured population in Mississippi.
Author(s): H. Costello
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
Missouri State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Missouri's health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net, Book II: A Data Book for States and Counties
Detailed statistics on the health care safety net. Includes county-level data for each state on the demand and financial support for the safety net, as well as information on the structure of the safety net and the community context as it relates to a need for safety net services.
Author(s): John Billings, Robin M. Weinick
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Most Low-Education Counties Are in the Nonmetro South
Overview of low-education counties, where at least one of every four adults age 25-64 has not completed high school. Discusses poverty and employment in rural, low-education counties.
Author(s): Robert Gibbs
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Journal citation: Amber Waves Date: 06 / 2005
Format: HTML
A Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States
This statistical sourcebook provides key facts about obesity, showing how prevalent obesity has become and examining the factors that contribute to the patterns of unhealthy eating and insufficient physical activity that are at the heart of this epidemic.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Charleston, West Virginia, September 7-9, 2003
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included the following topics: partnerships for health professions education, mental health, oral health, and senior services.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 09 / 2003
Format: HTML
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Jackson, Wyoming, September 18-20, 2005
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included the following topics: family caregiver support for rural elderly, pharmacy assistance, and health information technology initiatives.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 09 / 2005
Format: HTML
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Tupelo, Mississippi, September 12-14, 2004
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included a panel discussion discussing an overview of health and human services issues in Mississippi.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 09 / 2004
Format: HTML
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, March 20-22, 2005
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included discussions on health information technology, Medicare and pharmacy issues, and support for rural caregivers.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: HTML
National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older
Developed as a guide for organizations, associations and agencies to plan strategies to help people age 50 and older increase their physical activity.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 03 / 2001
Format: PDF
National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health
Discusses expanding plans, activities, and programs designed to promote oral health and prevent disease, especially those who are vulnerable because of special oral health care needs.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 05 / 2003
Format: HTML
National Drug Threat Assessment 2009
Addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the United States. Covers the trafficking and abuse patterns associated with substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs.
Sponsoring organization: National Drug Intelligence Center
Date: 12 / 2008
Format: PDF
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2003
The report includes a broad set of performance measures that can serve as baseline views of differences in the use of services.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 07 / 2003
Format: PDF
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2004
Comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Includes a section on health disparities experienced in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005
Comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care. Covers health care quality and health care access issues. Includes a section on health disparities experienced in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2004
Measures the state of health care quality and summarizes changes in health care quality in the Nation. This is the second annual National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR). Data in the 2004 report provide insight into opportunities for improvement in care.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2005
A comprehensive national overview of the quality of health care in the United States. Includes measures of effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness. Compares trends in health care quality over the past three years.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006
A comprehensive national overview of the quality of health care in the United States. Includes measures of effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 12 / 2006
Format: PDF
Networking for Rural Health, Shared Services: The Foundation of Collaboration
Describes sharing and collaboration among rural health networks. Networks bring together rural providers and possibly other agencies, employers, or community organizations to address health care problems that could not be solved by any single entity working alone.
Author(s): Anthony Wellever, Christina Folz
Sponsoring organization: AcademyHealth
Date: 09 / 2001
Format: PDF
The New Architecture of Rural Prosperity (Executive Summary)
Makes recommendations to improve rural economic development, including the inclusion of community-building activities as a part of economic development and a regional focus on managing economic development activities.
Sponsoring organization: Southern Growth Policies Board
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
New Data Reveal Widespread Disparities in U.S. State Poverty Rates
Discusses state poverty rates. New poverty estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey indicate that about 13 percent of people nationwide were living in poverty in 2005.
Author(s): Mark Mather
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 08 / 2006
Format: HTML
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Subcommittee on Rural Issues: Background Paper
Report on issues relating to rural mental health accessibility, availability, and acceptability. In-depth discussion of rural mental health challenges, with policy recommendations. Includes a comparison of rural and urban mental health realities.
Sponsoring organization: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid Population Growth
This report focuses on the growth of the Latino population in six Southern states - Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These states registered fast rates of Hispanic population growth between the censuses of 1990 and 2000 and continue to outpace the national average in the most recent census estimates.
Author(s): Rakesh Kochhar, Roberto Suro, Sonya Tafoya
Sponsoring organization: Pew Hispanic Center
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
Not Invested Here
A progress report on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development in the South. It provides updates on data for 50 benchmarks and 10-year targets of each of the Southern Growth member states and includes state-by-state data and summaries of activity on education, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Author(s): S. Doron, J. Clinton, K. Barlow
Sponsoring organization: Southern Growth Policies Board
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
Number of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) per State
Data by state listing the total number of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for each state, and the number of CAHs in each state with a Psychiatric DPUs (Distinct Part Units) and with Rehabilitation DPUs.
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 08 / 2007
Format: Excel
Obesity in Rural Communities
Chapter from the 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues. Discusses the impact of the obesity epidemic on rural communities. Includes a brief overview of food insecurity in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Discusses some economic policies that have been considered to address the growing obesity problem and the limitations of addressing this complex problem with policies that focus on the food market.
Author(s): Fred Kuchler, Elise Golan, Jayachandran N. Variyam, Stephen R. Crutchfield
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Journal citation: Amber Waves Date: 06 / 2005
Format: HTML
Obesity: Combating a Rural Epidemic
Describes how rural Americans are eating more and getting bigger. Mentions several research articles as well as statistics stating that rural populations are getting more and more obese and facing the health care challenges that come along with obesity and overweight.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Date: 04 / 2004
Format: HTML
Office of Rural Health Policy FY 2007 Annual Report
Contains the annual report of the federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) for Fiscal Year 2007. Includes information on ORHP's budget, policy activities, special projects, grant programs, and staff.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 07 / 2008
Format: HTML
Older Americans 2004: Key Indicators of Well Being
Describes the overall status of the U.S. population age 65 and over. Covers 37 key indicators to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. It is divided into five subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. Provides Federal statistics from over a dozen national data sources to monitor several important areas in the lives of older Americans.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General
Alerts Americans to the full meaning of oral health and its importance to general health and well-being.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 09 / 2000
Format: HTML
Oral Health in Arkansas
Provides an overview of the state of oral health in Arkansas.
Author(s): M.M. Phillips. L.D. Mouden, R. Sledge
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
Oral Health: Dental Disease is a Chronic Problem Among Low-Income Populations
Analyzes dental health and data from four national health surveys.
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 04 / 2000
Format: PDF
Oral Health: Factors Contributing to Low Use of Dental Services by Low-Income Populations
Discusses the high level of oral diseases affecting vulnerable populations.
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 09 / 2000
Format: PDF
Overweight and Obesity in the South: Prevalence and Related Health Care Costs Among Population Groups
Results of a study used to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Southern regions. Displays data by age, gender, race/ethnicity, income, and education level.
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Journal citation: Food Assistance of the South Issue: 13 Date: 07 / 2007
Format: PDF
Parrish's Capstone Rural Health Center: Providing Much Needed Health Care in an Educational Gold Mine
Discusses the Capstone Rural Health Center in Parrish, Alabama.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Journal citation: Alabama - Rural Remedy Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 4
Date: 03 / 2003
Format: PDF
Participatory Evaluation
A policy brief explaining participatory evaluation, its benefits, and its challenges.
Author(s): A. Zukoski, M. Luluquisen
Date: 04 / 2002
Format: PDF
Participatory Research in Rural Primary Care
Discusses the role that the participatory research model could play in rural health research. Includes an example of participatory research used to help translate asthma guidelines into primary care in rural Minnesota practices.
Author(s): Barbara P. Yawn
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Medical Association
Journal citation: Minnesota Medicine Volume: 87 Date: 09 / 2004
Format: HTML
Perceptions Regarding Electronic Health Record Implementation Among Health Information Management Professionals in Alabama: A Statewide Survey and Analysis
Summarizes results of a study that assessed the factors, benefits, and barriers associated with implementing an electronic health records system in Alabama hospitals.
Author(s): Shannon H. Houser, Lucretia A. Johnson
Date: 05 / 2008
Format: PDF
Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty: People or Place Based?
Examines the impact of economic conditions on persistent poverty counties compared to other counties. Discusses place-based economic development.
Author(s): Mark D. Partridge, Dan S. Rickman
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Persistent Poverty and Place: How Do Persistent Poverty Dynamics and Demographics Vary Across the Rural-Urban Continuum?
Discusses the connection between rurality and poverty, with rural-urban comparison data for persistent poverty counties, household income, unemployment rates. Includes information on the types of counties that have moved out of the "persistent poverty" status in the 2000 U.S. Census.
Author(s): Kathleen K. Miller, Bruce A. Weber
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 11 / 2003
Format: PDF
Pharmacist Workforce: A Study of the Supply and Demand for Pharmacists
Describes the shortage of pharmacists, increasing demand for pharmacy services, and potential impact of the pharmacist shortage on patient care. Includes a section on demand for pharmacists in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 12 / 2000
Format: PDF
Physician Incomes in Rural and Urban America
Reports on the findings of a Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) that the average physician incomes in rural and urban areas do not differ significantly, even after accounting for differences in physician work effort, specialty, and other physician and practice characteristics.
Author(s): James D. Reschovsky, Andrea Staiti
Sponsoring organization: Center for Studying Health System Change
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: HTML
Physician Workforce: Supply Increased in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas but Geographic Disparities Persisted
Describes the change in supply of physicians from 1991 to 2001. Includes data nationally and by state on physicians in nonmetropolitan areas and on the number of specialists versus generalists. Includes list of Health Resources and Services Administration programs that address the supply and distribution of health professionals, with 1991 and 2001 expenditures for each program.
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 10 / 2003
Format: PDF
Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas
Provides information needed by rural planners, city and county engineers, stakeholders, local officials, and other decisionmakers involved with developing rural transportation plans. Includes a discussion of "rural," the variety of jurisdictions involved in rural transportation planning, including transit, samples of successful transportation planning, and a directory of national and state transportation-related websites.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Highway Administration
Date: 01 / 2004
Format: HTML
Policy Options for a Changing Rural America
Discusses changing rural demographics and the resulting different policy needs. Includes information on the rural economy, industry and employment.
Author(s): Leslie A. Whitener
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Journal citation: Amber Waves Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Poverty Among Rural and Inner City U.S. Children Higher Than Average
Child poverty is well above the national average in both large cities and rural areas of the United States.
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: HTML
Poverty and Place: A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature
Overviews rural poverty research, with summary of the findings on rural poverty issues. Includes discussion of the challenges facing researchers in this field and recommendations for future rural poverty research.
Author(s): Bruce Weber, Leif Jensen
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
Practical Evaluation of Public Health Programs
Workbook that describes why program evaluation is important and how to conduct effective evaluations.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Format: PDF
Preparing for Medicare Part D: An Opportunity for State Offices of Rural Health and State Rural Health Associations
Discusses how state offices of rural health and state rural health associations have an inherent interest in helping beneficiaries access necessary health care services, including prescription medications. Implementation of Part D creates an opportunity to help beneficiaries through leadership, by connecting beneficiaries and those who serve them to resources that will help them react appropriately to changes in the program.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Lisa Bottsford
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Journal citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
Prescription Drug Spending and Coverage Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries in 2003
Examines out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs by noninstitutionalized rural Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older. Includes information on supplemental insurance coverage among rural and urban Medicare beneficiaries.
Author(s): Craig Caplan, Normandy Brangan
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: Final Report
A study by the President's Commission to study the mental health service delivery system, and to make recommendations that would enable adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbance to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities.
Sponsoring organization: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Date: 07 / 2003
Format: HTML
Prevalence of Health Related Behavioral Risk Factors Among Non-Metro Minority Adults
Provides data on tobacco use, seat belt use, and alcohol consumption among rural minority adults. Includes recommendations and detailed data tables.
Author(s): P. Daniel Patterson, Charity G. Moore, Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Preventing Childhood Obesity
Details the factors influencing childhood obesity and provides policy recommendations for addressing obesity in children.
Author(s): E. Serrano, R. Cox
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
Promising Policies: Addressing Obesity in Mississippi
A policy brief about obesity in Mississippi that includes a listing of websites with information on obesity and related illnesses.
Author(s): E. Jones, M. Currier, S. McNeil, A. Bell, L. Thompson, S. Byrd
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
Promoting Healthy Weight Families: An Employer Analysis of the Causes of Overweight Among Youth and Promising Solutions to the Problem
Discusses ways employers can help families achieve healthy weight goals and be a part of the solution to the growing epidemic of child and adolescent obesity.
Sponsoring organization: National Business Group on Health
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
Provider System for Children's Mental Health: Workforce Capacity and Effective Treatment
Describes the shortage of qualified providers to address children's mental disorders, including shortages in rural areas. Also discusses evidence-based care in children's mental health.
Author(s): Jane Koppelman
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
Public Health Worker Shortages: Trends Alert
Discusses results of a survey done with human resource directors in state public health offices regarding public health workforce issues.
Author(s): Melissa Taylor Bell
Sponsoring organization: Council of State Governments
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: PDF
Public Reporting of Hospital Quality in Rural Communities: An Initial Set of Key Issues
Policy brief addressing rural health care quality, with a focus on rural hospital quality reporting. Includes policy recommendations.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
Public Transportation on the Move in Rural America
Identifies what rural public transportation is and discusses its usage and importance in rural areas. Examines the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and its importance to rural America.
Author(s): Dennis M. Brown
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 07 / 2008
Format: HTML
Putting Rural Services on the Map
Discusses the benefits of maps, particularly visual data, and mapping technology. Includes information on RUPRI/CARES, GIS, and map projects that other states are undertaking.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Date: 09 / 2004
Format: HTML
Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health Care (Executive Summary)
Summary of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report that examines the quality of health care in rural America. Includes key findings on rural health care quality and patient safety, as well as recommendations.
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: PDF
Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health Care (Full Report)
Examines the quality of health care in rural America. Includes recommendations to improve health care quality and safety in rural communities. Addresses workforce, information technology, finance and other factors that impact rural health care quality.
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: HTML
Race and Place: Urban-Rural Differences in Health for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
This findings brief investigates urban-rural disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in six health areas: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Slifkin, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Thomas C. Ricketts,
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Date: 03 / 2000
Format: PDF
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health 2010: Addressing Disparities in Health 2007
This brief report documents racial and ethnic disparities in health, and describes some of the programs associated with the CDC's REACH 2010 efforts to eliminate these disparities.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 2007
Format: PDF
Recruiting Physicians for Rural Settings
Discusses effective strategies rural communities can use to recruit and retain physicians.
Author(s): Brian McCartie
Sponsoring organization: Catholic Health Association of the United States
Journal citation: Health Progress Date: 04 / 2004
Format: HTML
Recruitment and Retention of a Quality Health Workforce in Rural Areas, Introduction: Defining the Issues and the Principles of Recruitment and Retention
Overview of the issues endemic to health care workforce recruitment and retention in rural areas. First in a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Regional Commissions Meeting Summary, Washington, DC, July 27-28, 2006
Summary of a July 2006 meeting of the leadership of the Federal Regional Commissions to discuss common health and social service issues and to share their specific strategies for improving access to quality health care in their regions. The commissions include the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Denali Commission, and US-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC), and the meeting was hosted by the Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 11 / 2006
Format: HTML
Reinventing the Wheel: 2003 Report on the Future of the South
Presents a new model of leadership to strengthen the South's capacity to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities. Introduction is available free online. Full report available for $10. For more information, (919) 941-5145.
Author(s): Jim Clinton, Carol Conway, Linda Hoke
Sponsoring organization: Southern Growth Policies Board
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Report of the CDC Division of Oral Health
Discusses the CDC's Oral Health Program.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 09 / 2003
Format: PDF
Report on the Health Care Safety Net in Missouri
Monitors the health care safety net in Missouri by updating the existing indicators and developing new indicators to capture its demand, support, structure, and environment. Provides the baseline information to help devise an early warning system for the safety net to stay intact.
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Foundation for Health
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized Medicare Program, 2005
Examines issues affecting the Medicare program. Addresses Part D, Medicare's new outpatient prescription drug benefit, with some coverage of rural issues. Includes overview of the Medicare Advantage program. Discusses the effects of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) provisions in the MMA.
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2005
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report. Includes discussion of strategies to improve care, including pay for performance and information technology.
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2007
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report.
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Date: 03 / 2007
Format: PDF
Rescuing the Health Workforce: Options for State Action
Discusses projected health workforce shortages nationwide, causes of the shortage in health care workers, and strategies used in several states to address the problem.
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Date: 01 / 2004
Format: PDF
Research Agenda on Poverty in America's South
Introduces the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research and discusses research topics relevant to Southern poverty.
Author(s): James P. Ziliak
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
Journal citation: Insights on Southern Poverty Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Resources for Improving Mental Health Services for Low-Income Children
Resources for improving mental health services for low-income children that includes contacts, publications, and electronic resources. Also, some state initiatives are listed and described.
Author(s): Kelley O'Dell
Sponsoring organization: Finance Project
Date: 10 / 2001
Format: HTML
RUBAN: Bridging Economically Isolated Rural and Urban Communities
Through demographic analysis and case studies, the report demonstrates that rural and urban coalitions for families and children can be critical contributors to advancing family-friendly state policy.
Author(s): Kim Burnett, Jason Gray
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Rural America at a Glance, 2004
Overview of social and economic conditions in rural areas, including statistics on housing, employment, federal funding in rural areas, population, and more.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 09 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural America at a Glance, 2007
Overview of social and economic conditions in rural areas, including statistics on employment, poverty, population, and more.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 10 / 2007
Format: PDF
Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future
Contains goals to meet the needs of rural communities, resources already in place, what needs to be done, and what needs to be funded to make EMS work in rural communities.
Author(s): McGinnis, K.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Children At A Glance
Describes demographic, social, and economic characteristics of rural children in families. Includes information on child poverty, health insurance status, and participation in food assistance programs.
Author(s): Carolyn Rogers
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
Rural Children Lag in Early Childhood Educational Skills
Reports that young rural children begin elementary school well behind their urban and suburban peers in reading and math skills.
Author(s): Charles Dervarics
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: HTML
Rural Dental Care: A Long-Term Concern
Discusses new research of the relationship of oral health and numerous other health problems.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Journal citation: Alabama - Rural Remedy Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 6
Date: 09 / 2003
Format: PDF
Rural Emergency Medical Service: A Silent Concern
Discusses providing emergency medical services in Rural Alabama.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Journal citation: Alabama - Rural Remedy Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Date: 03 / 2003
Format: PDF
Rural EMS: Financing Preparedness
Discusses how low-volume and high-fixed costs affect rural providers. Discusses the need to keep EMS organizations running and connected with medical help.
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy
Journal citation: Capital Area Rural Health Roundtable Notes Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-4
Date: 06 / 2001
Format: PDF
Rural Health Care and the Internet: Issues and Opportunities for Using Interactive Communications to Improve Rural Health Care Services
Overview of rural telehealth applications, policy issues, and funding opportunities. Includes brief descriptions of rural telemedicine projects around the country, with a detailed look at a project in Arizona. Report based on a July 14, 2000 meeting discussing the information needs of health-care providers in rural America.
Author(s): Neal I. Neuberger, Mary Ella Payne, Mary Wakefield
Sponsoring organization: Capital Area Rural Health Roundtable
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
Rural Health Care Delivery: Connecting Communities Through Technology
Discusses technology options for rural health care, including remote patient monitoring, video teleconferencing, other telehealth applications. Discusses funding, reimbursement, and regulatory issues. Includes case studies.
Author(s): Fran Turisco, Jane Metzger
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: PDF
Rural Health Care Universal Service Support Program
Describes the rural health care telecommunications support program, with an overview of the history and implementation of the Universal Service program.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Health Clinics Technical Assistance Conference Call Transcript, 12/15/04
Transcript of a December 15, 2004 technical assistance call discussing Rural Health Clinic (RHC) billing issues.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: HTML
Rural Health Clinics Technical Assistance Conference Call Transcript, 3/16/05
Transcript of a March 16, 2005 technical assistance call discussing electronic medical records in rural health clinics.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: HTML
Rural Health Clinics Technical Assistance Conference Call Transcript, 6/8/2005
Transcript of a June 8, 2005 technical assistance call discussing the annual evaluation for rural health clinics.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: HTML
Rural Health Services Funding: A Resource Guide
Contains information on rural health grantsmanship, federal and state funding sources, publications, agencies, foundations, corporations, directories, guides, and glossary. Updated December 2005.
Author(s): Beth Blevins, Susan Marder
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
Rural Healthy People 2010: Educational and Community Based Programs in Rural Areas
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on education and community based programs.
Author(s): Larry Gamm, Graciela Castillo, Lisa Williams
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Educational and Community Based Programs in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on educational and community-based programs.
Author(s): Larry Gamm, Graciela Castillo, Lisa Williams
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 1
Brief overviews of the top rural health concerns and objectives associated with Healthy People 2010 focus areas, references to key literature about these concerns, and descriptions of models for practice that rural communities can draw upon to achieve key Healthy People 2010 objectives.
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, Betty J. Dabney, Alicia M. Dorsey (editors)
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 2
Detailed literature reviews and associated references for the top rural health concerns addressed in Vol. 1 of Rural Healthy People 2010.
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, Betty J. Dabney, Alicia M. Dorsey (editors)
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 3
Addresses several rural health concerns and objectives not covered in Volumes 1 and 2 of Rural Healthy People 2010. Includes overviews, literature reviews, and accompanying models for practice for four rural health topics.
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison (editors)
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
Rural Healthy People 2010: Access to Quality Health Services in Rural Areas - Emergency Medical Services
Addresses rural emergency medical services issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on access to quality health services.
Author(s): Cortney Rawlinson, Paul Crews
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Access to Quality Health Services in Rural Areas - Emergency Medical Services: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural emergency medical services issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on access to quality health services.
Author(s): Cortney Rawlinson, Paul Crews
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Cancer in Rural Areas
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on cancer.
Author(s): Annie Gosschalk, Susan Carozza
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Cancer in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on cancer.
Author(s): Annie Gosschalk, Susan Carozza
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Diabetes in Rural America
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on diabetes.
Author(s): Betty Dabney, Annie Gosschalk
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Diabetes in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on diabetes.
Author(s): Betty Dabney, Annie Gosschalk
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Heart Disease and Stroke in Rural America
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on heart disease and stroke.
Author(s): Miguel Zuniga, D'Arcie Anderson, Kristie Alexander
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Heart Disease and Stroke in Rural America: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on heart disease and stroke.
Author(s): Miguel Zuniga, D'Arcie Anderson, Kristie Alexander
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health in Rural Areas
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on maternal, infant and child health.
Author(s): Jennifer Peck, Kristie Alexander
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on maternal, infant and child health.
Author(s): Jennifer Peck, Kristie Alexander
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Mental Health and Mental Disorders - A Rural Challenge
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on mental health and mental disorders.
Author(s): Larry Gamm, Sarah Stone, Stephanie Pittman
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Mental Health and Mental Disorders - A Rural Challenge: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on mental health and mental disorders.
Author(s): Larry Gamm, Sarah Stone, Stephanie Pittman
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Nutrition and Overweight Concerns in Rural Areas
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on nutrition and overweight.
Author(s): Tom Tai-Seale, Coleman Chandler
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Nutrition and Overweight Concerns in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on nutrition and overweight.
Author(s): Tom Tai-Seale, Coleman Chandler
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Substance Abuse - Trends in Rural Areas
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on substance abuse.
Author(s): Linnae Hutchison, Craig Blakely
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Substance Abuse - Trends in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on substance abuse.
Author(s): Linnae Hutchison, Craig Blakely
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: The State of Rural Oral Health
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on oral health.
Author(s): Pete Fos, Linnae Hutchison
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: The State of Rural Oral Health: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on oral health.
Author(s): Pete Fos, Linnae Hutchison
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use in Rural Areas
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on tobacco use.
Author(s): Stacey Stevens, Brian Colwell, Linnae Hutchison
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on tobacco use.
Author(s): Stacey Stevens, Brian Colwell, Linnae Hutchison
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
Rural KIDS COUNT Pocket Guide: Measures of Child Well-Being in the Nation's Rural Areas
Statistics on rural children addressing poverty, family structure, parental employment, housing affordability, and education. Includes data for the rural portion of each state and some information on state rankings for each topic.
Sponsoring organization: KIDS COUNT
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Kids Count! Sharing Stories and Statistics from Oklahoma and Arkansas
Details results of a project designed to document issues facing rural families in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Low-income Families Speak: Living in Rural Louisiana
Describes some of the challenges to meet basic needs facing rural, low-income families in the Louisiana parishes of East Feliciana and Iberville.
Author(s): Frances C. Lawrence, Vicky Tiller, Jennifer J. Burczyk-Brown, Ann A. Berry
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Populations and Health Care Providers: A Map Book
Uses 2000 Census data to reassess and provide a visual picture of where rural people live, how the racial and ethnic nature of rural populations is changing, and whether the distribution of health care providers matches the population distribution.
Author(s): Randy Randolph, Katherine Gaul, Rebecca Slifkin
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Date: 09 / 2002
Format: HTML
Rural Poverty at a Glance
Overview of poverty trends and demographic characteristics of the rural poor, including education levels, race/ethnicity, poverty by region, and more. Provides data on the gap between urban and rural poverty rates.
Author(s): Dean Jolliffe
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Public Health
Policy brief on the challenges to providing adequate public health services in rural areas. Discusses rural public health infrastructure and workforce issues. Includes policy recommendations for improving rural public health.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Public Health: Issues and Considerations
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Overview of the rural public health infrastructure. Addresses public health leadership, workforce preparedness, support for safety net providers, the impact of managed care, telecommunications, and funding for rural public health.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 02 / 2000
Format: PDF
The Rural South: Listening to Families in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Describes results of 12 focus groups of low-income rural families in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. Topics addressed include economic opportunity, educational opportunity, transportation, out-of-school activities, child care, medical services, and more.
Author(s): Linda Tilly, Apreill Curtis Hartsfield, Lisa Parrish, Debra Miller, Valerie Salley, Linda O'Neal, Pam Brown, Edwina Chappell
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Youth Advocates
Date: 02 / 2004
Format: PDF
Rural Southern Children Falling Behind In Well-Being Indicators
Author(s): Kerri Rivers
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: HTML
Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge and Issues
Monograph of papers from a technical review held on April 26-27, 1994 at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Includes an overview of substance abuse issues in rural areas. In the 2007 NACRHHS Report, one of the recommendations is that this report get updated.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Date: 1997
Format: PDF
Rural Transportation at a Glance
Discusses several current characteristics of rural transportation. These include deregulation that affects freight traffic, car ownership rates, the gap in passenger transportation, and the quality of roads and bridges.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
Scope of Services Offered by Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey
Examines how Critical Access Hospital (CAH) services have changed over time, based on 2000, 2002 and 2004 survey data. Discusses the role of network affiliations in service changes and reasons for reported service expansions.
Author(s): David Hartley, Stephenie Loux
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Senior Transportation: Toolkit and Best Practices
Provides information about the varied transportation needs of older people, how community and public transportation providers are meeting those needs, and means and resources for improving and creating senior transportation service.
Author(s): Jane Hardin, Scott Bogren, Wendy Chamberlain, Charles Dickson
Sponsoring organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 05 / 2003
Format: PDF
Serving Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Results of a Community Health Center Survey
Discusses the challenges of serving people with limited English proficiency (LEP) at health care safety net organizations.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 06 / 2008
Format: PDF
Serving Rural America: U.S. Department of Transportation Program Guide
Provides information about Department of Transportation programs that are targeted to or have special uses for rural America. Discusses the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) as well as specific DOT funded programs.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Highway Administration
Date: 2002
Format: HTML
Social Marketing and Institutionalization of the Initiative
Contains information on conducting a social marketing effort (e.g., promoting awareness, interest and behavior change), and planning for the long-term sustainability of the effort.
Format: HTML
Social Support: Key to Psychological Well-Being Among Rural, Low-Income Mothers
Discusses factors that affect a mother's psychological well-being, based on a national study of rural, low-income families.
Author(s): Jokena C. S. Islam
Sponsoring organization: Maryland Family Policy Impact Seminar
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Solutions for America: Inventing Civic Solutions
A how-to guide on launching and sustaining successful community programs in rural America.
Sponsoring organization: Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Southern Rural Development Center: 2008 Annual Report: From Blueprint to Action
Discusses that the Southern Rural Development Center is one of four regional centers coordinating rural development research and extension education programs.
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 01 / 2009
Format: PDF
Speaking Truth, Creating Power: A Guide to Policy Work for Community-Based Participatory Research Practitioners
Describes using community-based participatory research in community policy and advocacy work.
Author(s): C. Ritas
Sponsoring organization: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Date: 06 / 2003
Format: PDF
Starting a Rural Health Clinic: A How-To Manual
Detailed guide describing the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program. Includes instructions on how to determine eligibility and financial feasibility of RHC status and how to apply to become an RHC. Includes a sample RHC policies and procedures manual.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
State and Community Models for Improving Access to Dental Care for the Underserved - A White Paper
Identifies five access-to-care model programs for states as they consider how to strengthen their public programs to improve access to dental care for underserved populations.
Sponsoring organization: American Dental Association
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
State Efforts to Improve Children's Oral Health
Discusses what states are doing to improve oral health for children, education programs, access to care, and workforce issues.
Author(s): Brendan Krause
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: PDF
State Employee Wellness Initiatives
An issue brief which highlights wellness and prevention programs that several governors have implemented in their states in the last few years.
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
State Licensure Laws and the Mental Health Workforce - Executive Summary
This study examines licensure statutes and administrative rules for social workers, psychologists, professional counselors and marriage and family therapists in all states with at least ten percent of the population living in rural areas (total of 40 states).
Author(s): David Hartley, Erika C. Ziller, David Lambert, Stephenie L. Loux, Donna C. Bird
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05 / 2002
Format: PDF
State of Decay: The Oral Health of Older Americans
Examines older adults' lack of access to good oral care. Gives a D to the oral health report card for older Americans.
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health America
Date: 09 / 2003
Format: PDF
State of the Health Workforce in Rural America: Profiles and Comparisons
Overview of rural health care workforce issues. National and state-by-state data on the health care workforce, with rural-urban comparisons and interstate comparisons. Also includes data on rural health care facilities.
Author(s): Eric H. Larson, Karin E. Johnson, Thomas E. Norris, Denis M. Lishner, Roger A. Rosenblatt, L. Gary Hart
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
State of the States: Bridging the Health Coverage Gap
Discusses how states have coped with difficult financial pressures and, in so doing, built new relationships and crafted innovative medical coverage strategies. These strategies included the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) demonstration initiative, Pharmacy Plus 1115 waivers, new partnerships with the private sector, new funds available through the federal Trade Act of 2002, and the Health Resources and Services Administration's State Planning Grant program.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 01 / 2003
Format: PDF
State Profiles - Louisiana: Reforming the Health Care System
Detailed profile of the state's health care system. Covers demographics, expenditures and financing, health status, utilization and quality of services, health care providers, Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance coverage, and key trends.
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
State Profiles - Mississippi: Reforming the Health Care System
Detailed profile of the state's health care system. Covers demographics, expenditures and financing, health status, utilization and quality of services, health care providers, Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance coverage, and key trends.
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
State Responses to Health Worker Shortages: Results of 2002 Survey of States
Describes how states are responding to health workforce shortages. Includes state-by-state information on responses to non-physician shortages.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: PDF
Stats for Scaredy-Cats: A How-To Guide for Rural Data Users
Discusses basic statistical techniques for use in writing grant proposals, analyzing reports, and evaluating programs.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Status of the Rural Health Clinic Program
Office of Inspector General report discussing the location status of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes statistics on the number of RHCs in locations that do not have current shortage designations and RHCs in areas no longer considered rural. Includes historical overview of the RHC location requirements and recommendations for improvement.
Author(s): Daniel R. Levinson
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
Stigma as a Barrier to HIV Prevention in the Rural Deep South
Discusses how the stigma of HIV can be a barrier to prevention methods in the Deep South.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Stigma of Mental Illness
Discusses mental health and it's stigmas, myths, and misconceptions, especially in rural areas.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged
Examines strategies for initiating or improving coordination of local and regional publicly funded transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged.
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Strengthening Rural Families: America's Rural Children
Overview of the social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the 14 million children who live in rural America.
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 09 / 2004
Format: PDF
Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 1999
Presents statistics on selected health measures for children under 18 years of age.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 07 / 2003
Format: PDF
Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
Identifies obesity and overweight as a national public health issue and discusses strategies to address this problem.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 2001
Format: HTML
Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis --- United States, 1988--1994 and 1999--2002
Findings indicate that the dental caries status of permanent teeth has improved since the 1988-1994 survey. Despite this improvement, disparities remain for ethnic/racial minorities, low income populations, and those with lower education levels.
Author(s): Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar, Laurie K. Barker, María Teresa Canto, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Journal citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) Volume: 54 Issue: SS-3 Pages: 48
Date: 08 / 2005
Format: PDF
A Systems Development Guide for Emergency Medical Services: A Systematic Approach to Funding and Administration
Details EMS funding and administration. Contains chapters on planning the emergency medical services system; basic life support; advanced life support; first responders; organization of an EMS; estimating costs of an EMS system; funding options; example of EMS system case studies; effective administration; available resources & services; references; and appendices.
Author(s): Cheryl F. St. Clair, Kirk D. Christie, Sarah Trzebiatowski, Gerald A. Doeksen
Sponsoring organization: Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Telehealth Funding Guide
Lists federal agencies that fund telehealth projects, with program descriptions and contacts for more information.
Sponsoring organization: Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: HTML
Telemedicine Mental Health Services Guide
Overview of the critical success factors to be considered when developing telemental health services.
Sponsoring organization: Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Tennessee State Health Workforce Profile - Full Report
In-depth report on Tennessee's health workforce. Includes data on population, health status, health services employment, and employment by professions.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
Tips & Strategies for Developing Strong Community-Based Participatory Research Proposals
Contains suggestions for ways to strengthen grant proposals and a list of resources for finding funding opportunities.
Author(s): Sarena D. Seifer
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services (Executive Summary)
A stand-alone executive summary of the TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program report that provides information, instructions, and lessons learned from rural communities that have implemented coordinated transportation services.
Author(s): Jon E. Burkhardt
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
Transportation in Rural America Issues for the 21st Century
Discusses contemporary transportation issues in Rural America regarding the impact of deregulation, the devolution of Federal responsibilities to State and local governments, and increased traffic growth and how they have affected the economic development of rural areas. The advantages and disadvantages regarding the current trends are provided.
Author(s): Eileen S. Stommes, Dennis M. Brown
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Journal citation: Rural America Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Pages: 2-10
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
Transportation Needs in Rural Communities
Discusses transportation issues facing low-income workers in rural areas. Lists funding sources for providing transportation, organizations and contacts, publications, and examples of successful programs in several states.
Author(s): Pamela Friedman
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: HTML
Trends in National and Regional Economic Distress: 1960-2000
Assesses national and regional socioeconomic conditions directly prior to agencies such as ARC, and then examines how various regions in the U.S. have fared since that time.
Author(s): Lawrence E. Wood
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
U.S. Counties by Rural-Urban Continuum Codes in 2003
Lists rural-urban continuum codes assigned by the USDA's Economic Research Service to indicate the degree of rurality in each county. Ordered by state and then county. Includes county population in 2000.
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
The Uninsured in America, 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized under Age 65
Provides data on the uninsured under age 65 and identifies groups at risk of lacking health insurance. Includes statistics and data.
Author(s): Jeffrey Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
Uninsured in Rural America
Fact sheet with statistics on health insurance coverage in rural areas and information on barriers to health care access in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: PDF
Universal Health Symbols Provide Direction for Many in Hospitals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hablamos Juntos worked with the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) to develop and test 28 health symbols. These new symbols remove language barriers and provide better access to care.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: HTML
Update on the Demography of Rural Disability, Part One: Rural and Urban
Discusses the definitions of rural and disability. Includes statistics on rural and urban people with disabilities.
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Update on the Demography of Rural Disability, Part Two: Non-Metropolitan and Metropolitan
Discusses metropolitan and non-metropolitan county definitions and provides references, statistics, and documents on people with disabilities.
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: HTML
Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural America (Executive Summary)
Describes a study which had three main purposes: (1) to explore the prevalence of violence-related exposures and drug use among rural teens, (2) to investigate the effects of race and gender on the risk of exposure to violence and drug use, and (3) to compare the policies and mental health care services of rural and urban schools.
Author(s): Michael D. Mink, Charity G. Moore, Andy Johnson, Janice C. Probst, Amy Martin
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 03 / 2005
Format: PDF
Welfare Limits Mean Increased Hardship for Rural Ohio Families
Study of low-income rural Appalachian Ohio families finds that time limits on cash welfare benefits have coincided with gains in employment and a distressing rise in their levels of hunger and homelessness.
Author(s): Paola Scommegna
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: HTML
Welfare Reform in Rural Communities
Chapter from the 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues. Overview of the impact of welfare reform in rural communities. Discusses barriers including transportation, child care, and the rural labor market. Includes policy recommendations to help address the challenges specific to rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Date: 04 / 2005
Format: PDF
The Well-Being of Rural, Low-Income Families in the Context of Welfare Reform
Describes the findings of a multi-state study of rural, low-income families and the impact of welfare reform.
Author(s): Jean W. Bauer, David R. Imig, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Sharon Seiling
Sponsoring organization: Rural Sociological Society
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Why is Rural Important? Enrolling Rural Children in CHIP and Medicaid
Discusses the Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and need for outreach to enroll rural children in the program. Examples of state rural enrollment programs are given.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Format: HTML
Why Rural Matters 2005: The Facts about Rural Education in the 50 States
Analyzes the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states. Calls attention to the urgency with which policymakers in each state should address the problems of rural education. Includes statistics and data.
Author(s): Jerry Johnson
Sponsoring organization: Rural School and Community Trust
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
Women's Access to Care Fact Sheet: Medicaid Policy
Overview of state health policies related to Medicaid services for women, including prenatal care and more.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Women's Access to Care Fact Sheet: Private Insurance Coverage
Overview of state health policies related to private health insurance coverage, including screenings, contraceptives and other topics.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Women's Access to Care Fact Sheet: Reproductive Health Policy
Overview of state policies related to reproductive health services.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Women's Health Care in the United States: Selected Findings from the 2004 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Fact Sheet
Examines: (1) Disparities in care among women by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. (2) Disparities in health care for women compared with men. and (3) Trends and state variation in women's health care over time.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: HTML
Women's Health Care Utilization and Expenditures
Examines women's use of and expenditures for medical care in the United States. Includes statistics and data.
Author(s): Amy Taylor, Sharon Larson, Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
Women's Health Insurance Coverage
Provides statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women ages 18–64, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 10 / 2009
Format: PDF
Women's Health USA 2003
A collection of current and historical data on health challenges facing women.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Women's Health USA 2005
A collection of current and historical data on health challenges facing women. Includes a special population section on Border Health.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
Working More but Staying Poor
Highlights research results from a comprehensive portrait of working families living in poverty, both nationally and in the rural south, using data from the Annual Demographic Files of the Current Population Survey.
Author(s): Bradford Mills, Brian Whitacre, Christiana Hilmer
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
Date: 10 / 2005
Format: PDF
Working Toward Our Goal: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Discusses health care concerns for communities of color.
Author(s): Nathan Stinson
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
Young Children and the Rural Information Gap
Results of a study of a number of national data sets to determine the extent to which child well-being indicators can be determined for rural children. Includes suggestions for next steps to promote analysis and dissemination of child well-being indicators for rural young children.
Author(s): J. Capizzano, A. Fiorillo
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
Youth Indicators 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth
Focuses on American youth and young adults between the ages of 14 to 24 years old. Addresses family, schooling, work, community, and health. Includes statistics and data.
Author(s): Mary Ann Fox, Brooke A. Connolly, Thomas D. Snyder
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education Statistics
Date: 07 / 2005
Format: HTML


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