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: 2004
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
2004 Rural Transportation Survey Findings: Regional Development Organizations and State Transportation Agencies Establish Collaborative Processes for Developing Rural Transportation Plans
Discusses results of a 2003 survey of regional transportation planning. Includes a list of transportation needs in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Development Organizations
Date: 01 / 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
2006 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 & Medicaid Services
Date: 2006
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
An Analysis of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disparities & Access to Treatment Services in the Appalachian Region (Final Report)
Presents an analysis of disparities in mental health status and substance abuse prevalence, as well as access to treatment services, in the 410 county Appalachian region comprising all or parts of 13 states.
Author(s): Zhiwei Zhang, Alycia Infante, Michael Meit, Ned English, Michael Dunn, Kristine Harper Bowers
Date: 08 / 2008
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 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 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 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: 04 / 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: The University of Alabama Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Format: HTML
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
Cancer Health Disparities
Cancer statistics for African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. Includes information on NCI research activities related to cancer health disparities.
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
Date: 04 / 2003
Format: HTML
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: HTML
The Changing Delta: 1990-2000
Updates and describes changes in the socio-economic status of the Mississippi Delta between the 1990 and 2000 Censuses. Includes tables, graphs, and maps.
Author(s): T.M. Kersen
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center
Date: 07 / 2002
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
Collaboration: Modern Relationships Between Rural Community Health Centers and Hospitals
Discusses successful models of collaboration between health care providers in rural communities. Includes examples of collaborations in five rural communities in South Dakota, Vermont, Michigan, Ohio, and Arkansas.
Author(s): Michael E. Samuels, Shelly Ten Napel
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 2005
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): M. Viswanathan, 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: PDF
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
Creating Partnerships, Improving Health: The Role of Community-Based Participatory Research
Provides background information on community-based participatory research.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2003
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
Report 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: 04 / 2006
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
Developing Coordinated Transportation Systems for Older Persons: The Leadership Role of State Units on Aging
An overview of transportation coordination and its implications for State Units on Aging (SUAs), including a discussion of the major challenges states are facing now; a look at past and present federal initiatives for developing coordinated transportation systems; and a look at the leadership role SUAs play in successful transportation strategy.
Author(s): Greg Link
Date: 11 / 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
The Disenfranchised Poor: Rural Low-Income Women and Health Care Decisions
Examines factors affecting health care decisions of rural low-income women, including health insurance status, transportation and other issues.
Author(s): Eun-Jin Kim, Loren V. Geistfeld, Sharon B. Seiling
Sponsoring organization: American Council on Consumer Interests
Journal citation: Consumer Interests Annual Volume: 49 Date: 2003
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 Costs of Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992-2002
Addresses the consequences of using illicit drugs, as well as societal costs pertaining to the enforcement of drug laws. Includes statistics and data.
Sponsoring organization: White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Date: 12 / 2004
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
Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas: How Can States Ensure Their Effectiveness?
Discusses challenges in providing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in rural areas and methods state governments can use to improve rural EMS.
Author(s): Tim Henderson, Jerry Coopey
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
Journal citation: NCSL Rural Health Brief Date: 08 / 2000
Format: HTML
Emergency Medical Services in Rural Illinois
Results of ten community forums held between January and September 2004 throughout Illinois, which focused on rural emergency issues and solutions.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Rural Health Association
Date: 02 / 2005
Format: PDF
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
Evaluating State DOT Rural Planning Practices
This report provides a description of how transportation planning and programming is performed in rural areas, focusing in particular on the role of state departments of transportation (DOTs) and regional planning organizations (RPOs). The report also highlights some best practices in state DOT rural planning and programming, and identifies topic areas that are particularly challenging and warrant improvement.
Sponsoring organization: RuralTransportation.org
Date: 12 / 2003
Format: PDF
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 & 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
Federal Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Training Grants: Their Importance in Improving Access to the Health Workforce in Arkansas, Minnesota and Texas
Examines the importance of Titles VII and VIII funding to health professions training programs in addressing health workforce goals and needs in three states.
Author(s): Tim Henderson, Anna Scanlon
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
Date: 2002
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
The Financial Status of Small Rural Hospitals in the Delta: A Follow-Up Analysis
Measures the financial performance of small rural hospitals in the Delta across a range of areas including profitability, liquidity, capital structure, asset efficiency, volume, payer mix, and cost efficiency.
Author(s): Ira Moscovice
Date: 06 / 2007
Format: PDF
Find Your Funding: A Catalogue for Rural Health Network Resources
Provides funding information on rural health topics, including information on grantwriting, sources of funding information, and information on health professional scholarships.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
Date: 2001
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 & 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 Departments Take Action: A Compendium of State and Local Models Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Model state and local programs addressing health disparities. Topics addressed include chronic disease prevention, health professional training, community assessment and development, general health promotion, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
Health Departments Take Action: Case Studies of State and Local Models Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Highlights seven programs that address racial and ethnic health disparities.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Date: 2003
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: HTML
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