What is Rural? resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/ruraldef/ Details the National Center for Health Statistics development of the 2006 NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties. Provides examples of how the scheme can be used to describe differences in health measures by urbanization level. -- National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_154.pdf Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:57 CST http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_154.pdf Discusses the population dispersion prevalent among nonmetro Hispanics. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December11/Findings/RuralAmerica.htm Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:02:30 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December11/Findings/RuralAmerica.htm Presents data and findings about rural America from the 2010 Census and American Community Survey. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/research_notes/rural_research_note_rurality_10_31_11.pdf Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:49:26 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/research_notes/rural_research_note_rurality_10_31_11.pdf Highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2011 edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, education, and population trends. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB85/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:45:12 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB85/ Provides a summary of the conditions and trends in rural income, poverty, and welfare. Includes statistics comparing metro and non-metro poverty rates. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/IncomePovertyWelfare/PovertyGeography.htm Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:54:53 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/IncomePovertyWelfare/PovertyGeography.htm Initial report from the 2010 Census identifying population change in rural and metro areas. Includes statistics on the increased diversity and ethnicity in the U.S. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://www.prb.org/pdf11/reports-on-america-2010-census.pdf Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:20:13 CST http://www.prb.org/pdf11/reports-on-america-2010-census.pdf Provides access to the products of the Rural Futures Lab, which aims to ensure a successful future for rural America through papers, profiles, and case studies focusing on food systems, renewable energy, entrepreneurship, disability, and health systems. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.ruralfutureslab.org/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:46:07 CST http://www.ruralfutureslab.org/ Provides searching for Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) by region, state, county, designation status, and type of service- primary medical care, dental, and mental health. Includes date of latest designation status. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:24:57 CST http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/ Provides searching for Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) by state, county, or MUA five digit ID number. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://muafind.hrsa.gov/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:24:19 CST http://muafind.hrsa.gov/ An online, interactive mapping tool that captures a broad range of demographic, economic, and agricultural data on rural areas across the United States. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/ Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:38:16 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/ Written testimony before the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture given during the public hearing to review the various definitions of rural applied by programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Fluharty_HouseAg_Feb2011.pdf Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:09:58 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Fluharty_HouseAg_Feb2011.pdf Reports on population loss through net outmigration in nonmetropolitan counties and the characteristics of those counties. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR107/ERR107.pdf Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:05:45 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR107/ERR107.pdf Discusses the outmigration from nonmetropolitan counties between 1988 and 2008 and the underlying causes and potential policy solutions. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December10/Features/RuralPopulation.htm Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:00:18 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December10/Features/RuralPopulation.htm Highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2010 edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, and demographics. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB68/EIB68.pdf Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:58:05 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB68/EIB68.pdf Reviews the methodologies utilized in the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and the Medically Underserved Area (MUA) designations, identifies federal programs that use these designations to allocate resources, describes proposals to consolidate and improve these designations, and discusses the Affordable Care Act provision to harmonize the two designations. -- National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/BP75_HPSA-MUA_06-04-2010.pdf Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:19:34 CST http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/BP75_HPSA-MUA_06-04-2010.pdf Illustrates the importance of understanding the various definitions of rural, by showing the differences in state poverty rates when the two definitions of rural are employed. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Poverty%20and%20Definition%20of%20Rural.pdf Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:07:34 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Poverty%20and%20Definition%20of%20Rural.pdf Lists contact information for each state's Primary Care Office (PCO). PCOs represent the needs of the underserved populations and the providers who serve them. These offices can provide information on Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver programs, loan repayment programs, and recruitment and retention. -- Bureau of Primary Health Care http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/hpsas/primarycareoffices.html Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:51:24 CST http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/hpsas/primarycareoffices.html Provides by State county-level data tables that include population and population change data, and FIPS codes. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/population/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:08:13 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/population/ Describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most difficult rural areas to count, and highlights what organizations are doing to ensure an accurate census count in rural America. -- Carsey Institute http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB_Ohare_Census_2010.pdf Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:53:30 CST http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB_Ohare_Census_2010.pdf Provides an overview of various definitions of rural and how they align withprogrammatic definitions used by government agencies and other funding sources. -- Housing Assistance Council http://hac.nonprofitsoapbox.com/storage/documents/ruraldefinition.pdf Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:10:00 CST http://hac.nonprofitsoapbox.com/storage/documents/ruraldefinition.pdf Map showing the frontier counties in the United States. -- North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center) http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/maps/Frontier_counties07.pdf Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:49:28 CST http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/maps/Frontier_counties07.pdf Provides statistics on aging and rural diversity, demographic and social characteristics, health status, poverty, social security income, economic assets, and rural implications. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/population/ Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:01:05 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/population/ An analysis of the migration shift of baby boomers that indicates a propensity to migrate to nonmetro counties as people reach their fifties and sixties and projects a shift in migration among boomers toward more isolated settings, especially those with high natural and urban amenities and lower housing costs. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/ERR79_ReportSummary.pdf Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:16:31 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/ERR79_ReportSummary.pdf Annual update of the USDA-ERS series that concentrates on social and economic conditions in rural America with references to the effects of the major recession on rural populations. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB59/EIB59.pdf Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:54:10 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB59/EIB59.pdf A set of maps that display the nine rural definitions. Maps allow the user to compare the geographic coverage provided by different definitions for each State. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/maps.htm Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:52:07 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/maps.htm Presents the results from a survey that examines issues facing rural Americans focusing on economic changes, challenges, and realities; migration and demographic changes; religion, trust, and civil institutions; environment, natural resources, and energy; infrastructure and changing populations. -- Carsey Institute http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/Report_PlaceMatters.pdf Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:05:07 CST http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/Report_PlaceMatters.pdf Provides a demographic and economic profile for nonmetropolitan counties in the United States. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Nonmetro2.pdf Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:47:28 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Nonmetro2.pdf A 1998 technical issues paper prepared for the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration. This publication describes the two major methods of defining rurality, as well as principal variations used in federal policy. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/pubs/report/ruralit.pdf Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:34:08 CST http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/pubs/report/ruralit.pdf Discusses how population redistribution makes defining Rural America increasingly difficult. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Population/Rural.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:31:34 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Population/Rural.htm A Web search page that determines if a community is rural according to the Office of Rural Health Policys (ORHP) definition. -- Office of Rural Health Policy http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/RuralAdvisor/RuralHealthAdvisor.aspx Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:32:32 CST http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/RuralAdvisor/RuralHealthAdvisor.aspx