Publications
RAC collects and facilitates access to documents, journals and other publications from many sources, including these:
Key publications identified in the past 30 days:
Development of the Rural Active Living Assessment Tools: Measuring Rural Environments
Author(s): Anush Yousefian, Erin Hennessy, M. Renee Umstattd, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Describes research performed that resulted in the development of Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools, which assess the ability of rural communities to be conducive to physical activity.
Date: 2010
Digital Nation: 21st Century America's Progress Toward Universal Broadband Internet Access
Sponsoring organization: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Reports on a survey of over 50,000 households and illustrates that while virtually all demographic groups have increased their adoption of broadband services, demographic disparities among groups have persisted over time. Persons with low incomes, seniors, minorities, the less-educated, non-family households, the non-employed, and persons in rural areas tend to lag behind other groups in home broadband use.
Date: 02 / 2010
National Rural Health Association Comments to Office of Minority Health’s National Plan for Action
Author(s): Dennis Berens
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
NRHA's response to the Office of Minority Health’s National Plan for Action includes suggested strategies to reduce health barriers and address health problems experienced by the minority population in rural areas.
Date: 02 / 2010
Pollution Sources and Mortality Rates Across Rural-Urban Areas in the United States (Final Report)
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Evan Fedorko, Joel Halverson
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Addresses potential pollution sources and corresponding health outcomes, with particular attention to hazards in rural settings.
Date: 02 / 2010
Pollution Sources and Mortality Rates across Rural-Urban Areas in the United States (Policy Brief)
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Evan Fedorko, Joel Halverson
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Addresses pollution sources and corresponding health outcomes, with particular attention to rural settings. Contains the policy brief.
Date: 02 / 2010
Potential Impact of Pay-for-Performance on the Financial Health of Critical Access Hospitals (Briefing Paper)
Author(s): Robert Town, Ira Moscovice
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Models the impact of different pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives on the financial health of Critical Assess Hospitals (CAHs).
Date: 12 / 2009
Potential Impact of Pay-for-Performance on the Financial Health of Critical Access Hospitals (Policy Brief)
Author(s): Robert Town, Ira Moscovice
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives likely reduce the financial status of CAHs already
in financial stress. However, P4P incentives are likely to have only a modest impact on the financial stability of CAHs.
Date: 02 / 2010
Rethinking Rural Human Service Delivery in Challenging Times: The Case for Service Integration
Author(s): Mario Gutierrez, Kathleen Belanger, Vaughn Clark, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Human Services Panel
Explains the need for a regionally integrated rural human services system in order to address challenges many rural social services agencies face in delivering human services.
Date: 02 / 2010
