Frontier resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/frontier/ 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/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:32:45 CST http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/RuralAdvisor/ Printable map that shows the location of frontier counties nationwide. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/maps/#frontier Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:03:16 CST http://www.raconline.org/maps/#frontier Provides tables, maps and methods to help the user identify and define rural. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/ruraldefinitions/ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:49:30 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/ruraldefinitions/ Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of frontier health, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000062/ Wed, 02 May 2007 13:18:12 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000062/ Update on a definition of frontier developed in 1997 that uses a weighted matrix to determine which areas are considered frontier. Discusses the use of the matrix in cooperation with the states. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://www.frontierus.org/documents/consensus.htm Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:51:11 CST http://www.frontierus.org/documents/consensus.htm An expert panel report to the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Provides an overview of current frontier definitions and describes the process used to develop a new frontier area definition that could be applied to telehealth programs. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health http://ruralhealth.und.edu/pdf/FrontierDefinition_May06.pdf Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:10:05 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/pdf/FrontierDefinition_May06.pdf Reports on the mental and behavioral health needs of Americans living in rural and frontier areas with a focus on barriers, policy strategies, and best practices. -- National Association for Rural Mental Health http://www.narmh.org/pages/Rural%20and%20Frontier.pdf Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.narmh.org/pages/Rural%20and%20Frontier.pdf State and regional maps that use Rural Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) data to show levels of rurality. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ruca-maps.php Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ruca-maps.php Discusses how Rural Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes, travel times and distances can be used together to create needed definitions of remote and isolated areas. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ruca-travel-dist.php Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ruca-travel-dist.php Describes a federally-funded program in rural frontier Oregon providing coordinated support forvictims of domestic violence. Discusses the special challenges of funding a social service program in a frontier community. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://www.frontierus.org/documents/WallowaCountyprog.pdf Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.frontierus.org/documents/WallowaCountyprog.pdf Describes the Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCAs), a method of defining rural areas. Includes an overview of RUCAs and downloadable RUCA data, as well as information on the history of this definition. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ Update on the status of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration program. Includes information on the history of the program, legislation, contacts and websites for additional information. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://www.raconline.org/pdf/FESCbrief.pdf Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/FESCbrief.pdf Overview of programs and issues related to the use of technology and distance education to train community health workers (CHWs) in frontier areas. Includes examples of successful programs. -- Office of Rural Health Policy http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/TrainingFrontier.asp Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/TrainingFrontier.asp Provides findings from three case studies of frontier communities with seasonal population variations: Skagway, Alaska; Quartzsite, Arizona; and Lake City/Hinsdale County, Colorado. Discusses the experiences of these communities in meeting the health care needs of the permanent local population and seasonal residents and visitors. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/SeasonalPopulation.asp Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 CST http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/SeasonalPopulation.asp Provides information on paid and volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers in frontier and rural areas. Discusses challenges facing volunteer EMS systems and provides examples of different types of programs from several states. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/FrontierEMS.asp Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 CST http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/FrontierEMS.asp Maps on topics of interest to frontier. Includes maps showing frontier counties, federal lands, mining dependent areas and farming dependent areas. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://www.frontierus.org/maps.htm Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.frontierus.org/maps.htm Describes the impact that seasonal population changes have on the provision of health services in rural and frontier areas. -- National Center for Frontier Communities http://www.frontierus.org/seasonal.htm Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.frontierus.org/seasonal.htm A zip-code based list of rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) codes, based on 2004 ZIP codes and 2000 Census commuting data. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ruca-data.php Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ruca-data.php An updated list of rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) codes. RUCA codes classify U.S. census tracts using measures of population density, urbanization, and daily commuting. The most recent RUCA codes are based on data from the 2000 decennial census. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/RuralUrbanCommutingAreaCodes/ Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/RuralUrbanCommutingAreaCodes/ A source of data/information on United States population, housing, economy and geography. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en Identifies counties with fewer than seven people persquare mile. -- North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center) http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/maps/front04.pdf Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/maps/front04.pdf Facts and data about the people, business and geography of each state and county. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/ Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/