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Rural Health Research Center Publications
Tools
AARP Policy & Research: Topics in Long-Term Care
Database
Provides long-term care information, research results and policy insights about access to health care, finances, benefits, services, Medicare, insurance, and more.
Am I Rural?
Web site
Helps determine whether a specific location is considered rural based on various definitions of rural, including definitions that are used as eligibility criteria for federal programs. Definitions covered include Rural Urban Commuting Areas (RUCAs), Core Based Statistical Areas, Rural Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Urban Influence Codes (UICs).
Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum
Web site
Assists community-institutional partnerships in using or planning a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to improving health. It can be used by partnerships that are just forming as well as mature partnerships.
Directory of Rural Health Contacts: Rural Research Centers
Web site
Lists contact information for research centers that engage in rural health research.
HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress)
Database
Offers a searchable database of ongoing health services research and public health projects.
RAC Maps
Web site
National maps on a variety of rural health and human services topics. Maps can be customized to focus on a specified state or county and to show additional labels, boundaries and data, for use in grant applications, reports and other publications.
Rural Health Disparities Information Guide
Web site
Information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to rural health disparities.
Rural Health Research and Policy Centers
Web site
Overview of the purpose of the rural health research centers program. Includes information on funded research centers and research underway by the rural health research centers.
Rural Health Research Center Projects for Fiscal Year 2007
Web site
Provides a list of the research centers as well as their projects for 2007.
Rural Health Research Gateway
Web site
Provides access to all of the research and findings of the Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Health Research Centers. Covers current and completed research projects and publications resulting from those projects. Includes information about the research centers and individual researchers.
Rural Health Resource Directory
Database
Directory of consultants, organizations and speakers throughout the United States who provide services to rural healthcare organizations. Searchable by state, organization type and service.
User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Web site
Provides tips on filtering the millions of health-related Web pages through the health subsets of major search engines and using quality electronic finding tools developed by the U.S. government to do an initial screen of Websites for further examination, and includes a set of guidelines developed for evaluating the content of health-related Websites.
What is Rural? Information Guide
Web site
Resources, information and frequently asked questions on the various definitions used to identify rural areas in the United States.
Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Bridging Rural Health Research and Policy: Dissemination Strategies
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Timothy D. McBride, Andrew F. Coburn, Rebecca T. Slifkin, Mary K. Wakefield, A. Clinton MacKinney
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Rural Health Panel
Describes five strategies for effective dissemination and expanded use of rural health
services research and discusses the infrastructure needed to enhance rural health research dissemination.
Date: 08 / 2007
Bridging the Health Divide: The Rural Public Health Research Agenda
Sponsoring organization: University of Pittsburgh Center for Rural Health Practice
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.
Date: 04 / 2004
Challenges and Opportunities in Rural America: Looking at the Data and Listening to Practitioners
Author(s): Cynthia M. Duncan, Priscilla Salant, Chris Colocousis
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Reviews trends and conditions in rural America; summarizes interviews with a range of experienced and forward looking practitioners about the major forces shaping rural America today; and examines progressive, innovative strategies being used by practitioners across the country to improve the lives of rural people.
Date: 03 / 2006
Characteristics and Roles of Rural Health Clinics in the United States: A Chartbook
Author(s): John A. Gale, Andrew F. Coburn
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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.
Date: 01 / 2003
Community-Based Research Framework
Author(s): John J. Green
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
Discusses community-based research as a way to impact public policy more quickly.
Journal citation: Perspectives: On Poverty, Policy, and Place Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages: 14-16
Date: 2004
Federal Funding for Health Services Research
Sponsoring organization: Coalition for Health Services Research
Overview of federal health services research
expenditures by federal agency.
Date: 12 / 2005
HIPAA and Health Services Research: Can They Co-Exist?
Sponsoring organization: Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
Discussion with researchers regarding HIPAA and its effect on the health services research community.
Journal citation: HCFO News & Progress Pages: 3
Date: 01 / 2004
Improving Knowledge Transfer among Health Researchers and Decisionmakers at the Border: An Expert Meeting
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Summary of a June 26, 2007 meeting to identify ways to improve the translation and dissemination of U.S.-Mexico border health research produced in the United States so as to maximize its use by decisionmakers in health policy and practice.
Date: 06 / 2007
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 1
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, Betty J. Dabney, Alicia M. Dorsey, eds.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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.
Date: 2003
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 2
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, Betty J. Dabney, Alicia M. Dorsey, eds.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Detailed literature reviews and associated references for the top rural health concerns addressed in Vol. 1 of Rural Healthy People 2010.
Date: 2003
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 3
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, eds.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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.
Date: 02 / 2005
Services in Rural and Frontier Communities
Author(s): Beth Stroul, Joyce Sebian
Sponsoring organization: National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
Summarizes issues and challenges related to services in rural and frontier communities, and identifies effective service delivery strategies for local systems of care.
Date: 07 / 2006
Spotlight on Rural Research: A Hungry Irony
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Discusses research stating that some U.S. households are unable to acquire enough food for all household members due to money or other resources for food. Mentions USDA food assistance programs that are available.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume 10 Issue 4
Date: 04 / 2004
Supporting the Rural Health Care Safety Net
Author(s): Barbara A. Ormond, Susan Wall Wallin, Susan M. Goldenson
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
Reports on the challenges facing rural health care safety net providers. Includes case studies from rural communities in five states - Alabama, Minnesota, Mississippi, Texas, and Washington.
Date: 03 / 2000
Toward More Effective Use of Research in State Policymaking
Author(s): Jack A. Meyer, Tanya T. Alteras, Karen Adams
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Offers a conceptual framework to support effective use of health services research in state health policymaking. Provides practical lessons and communication strategies. Includes a case study of Massachusetts' health care reform legislation.
Date: 12 / 2006
Journals
Research Activities
Includes announcements of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, their products and projects, and summarizes research findings from studies supported by the Agency.
Organizations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Federal government
Sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakers - patients and clinicians, health system leaders, purchasers, and policymakers - make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
Center for the Advancement of Health (CFAH)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Translates to the public evidence-based research on health, health care, prevention and chronic disease management, with an emphasis on how social, behavioral and economic factors affect illness and well-being.
Community Information Resource Center (CIRC)
Academic/Research
Addresses the spatial and temporal dimensions of issues impacting rural America, by incorporating Internet-based geographic information systems, remote sensing technologies, and other data visualization and analytic tools. CIRC's principle goal is to rapidly transform data and static reports into interactive visualization and analytic tools (maps) for local decision support.
Part of the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).
Maine Rural Health Research Center (MRHC)
Academic/Research
One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Works to inform health care policymaking and the delivery of rural health services, focusing on rural health care financing and system reform, rural long term care, and rural mental health.
Native American Research Centers on Health (NARCH)
Academic/Research
Federally-funded research centers that conduct research and research training responsive to the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research
Academic/Research
Conducts research and analysis related to improving health care delivery in rural areas. Focuses on special populations among rural residents, including the elderly, children, minorities, mentally ill, under and uninsured, and new immigrants whose needs for assistance are unique.
NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Academic/Research
One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on changes in Medicare payments to rural providers,
access to care for rural residents, and rural public health infrastructure.
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Academic/Research
One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Works to identify rural health problems through policy-relevant analyses, geographic and graphical presentation of data, and information dissemination. Focuses on rural hospitals and healthcare delivery organizations and access.
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
State/regional organization
Initiates and facilitates rural development research and education programs to improve the social and economic well-being of rural people in the North Central region. One of four regional rural development centers in the nation.
Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC)
Academic/Research
Conducts research on issues of access to transportation and housing, employment and self-employment, independent living services, health and wellness facilities, and inclusion in community planning and activities of people with disabilities. Provides information and training to rural communities on disabilities.
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Academic/Research
One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on rural health care financing/system reform, rural systems building, and meeting the health care needs of special rural populations.
Rural Health Resource Center (RHRC)
National organization
Provides technical support for the State Offices of Rural Health and their flex coordinators for the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, focuses on rural practice opportunities for healthcare providers in Minnesota and the surrounding region, does performance improvement with hospitals across the country, and develops the Rural Health Resource Directory of rural consultants and speakers found throughout the United States.
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center (SCRHRC)
Academic/Research
Focuses on investigating persistent inequities in health status within the population of the rural U.S., with an emphasis on inequities stemming from socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and access to healthcare services. One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
Southwest Rural Health Research Center (SRHRC)
Academic/Research
Conducts and disseminates policy-relevant research on critical rural health issues, with a focus on: meeting and understanding the needs of rural underserved and special populations; eliminate or reduce health disparities; and maintain and build rural health systems.
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center (UMRHRC)
Academic/Research
Undertakes national projects focusing on quality of rural health care and other rural health issues by combining expertise with the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center and the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health. UMRHRS is one of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Academic/Research
Focuses on rural mental health issues. One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center (WWAMI RHRC)
Academic/Research
One of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on training and supply of rural health care providers, availability and quality of care for rural women and children, and access to high-quality care for vulnerable and minority rural populations. Based in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Terms & Acronyms
Cooperative Agreement An agreement between a funding agency and grantee which allows the funder some control. These are often used by the government to conduct extramural clinical trials.
Fellowship Financed research post, given to a post graduate student, providing study facilities and privileges in return for teaching services.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) A committee of physicians, statisticians, researchers, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of study participants are protected. All clinical trials in the U.S. must be approved by an IRB before they begin. Every institution that conducts or supports biomedical or behavioral research involving humans must, by federal regulation, have an IRB that initially approves and periodically reviews the research so as to protect the rights of people.
Research Grants Grants administered by the federal government to support investigation aimed at the discovery of facts, clinical trials, revision of accepted theories, or applications of new or revised theories. Research grants for individuals are usually referred to as fellowships.
Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Established by ORHP to perform policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care.
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