Rural health disparities 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/disparities/ Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius released a statement today on African - American History Month. http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17269 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:50 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17269 Daily Yonder tells how the White House has added "rural issues" and "Native American issues" to a list of nearly a score of items administration officials will talk about (via Twitter) in the days after the President's State of the Union Address. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-native-americans-now-white-house-schedule/2012/01/23/3710 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:09:11 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-native-americans-now-white-house-schedule/2012/01/23/3710 Located in Iowa City, this center focuses on evaluating rural health programs and piloting new strategies to help Veterans overcome barriers to access and quality. -- Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/resource-centers/central/index.asp Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:03:23 CST http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/resource-centers/central/index.asp 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 11:54:36 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/IncomePovertyWelfare/PovertyGeography.htm Provides estimates of hospital admission rates for rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, tracks the proportion of patients who receive adequate outpatient care post discharge, and assesses subsequent readmissions to the hospital. It also explores the potential for race-based disparities in care for diabetes. -- South Carolina Rural Health Research Center http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report/Handling%20the%20handoff%20September%202011.pdf Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:58:49 CST http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report/Handling%20the%20handoff%20September%202011.pdf Brochure providing information about the Affordable Care Act and how it will apply to rural Americans. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.healthcare.gov/news/brochures/rural-america/rural-america.pdf Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:57:29 CST http://www.healthcare.gov/news/brochures/rural-america/rural-america.pdf Outlines NRHA's main rural health concerns for the next decade as they prepare to draft the Rural Healthy People 2020 companion document to Healthy People 2020. -- National Rural Health Association http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/download.cfm?downloadfile=37F1DE3E-3048-651A-FEA203DE7ED16E47&typename=dmFile&fieldname=filename Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:51:09 CST http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/download.cfm?downloadfile=37F1DE3E-3048-651A-FEA203DE7ED16E47&typename=dmFile&fieldname=filename Toolkit for community action in order to support community efforts in the goal of ending health disparities and promoting health equity. -- HHS Office of Minority Health http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/Toolkit/NPA_Toolkit.pdf Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:37:06 CST http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/Toolkit/NPA_Toolkit.pdf Tuscaloosa AL April 19, 2012 -- Institute for Rural Health Research at the University of Alabama http://cchs.ua.edu/irhr/conference/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:21:43 CST http://cchs.ua.edu/irhr/conference/ Provides a common set of goals and objectives for public and private sector initiatives and partnerships to help racial and ethnic minorities - and other underserved groups - reach their full health potential. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/templates/content.aspx?lvl=1&lvlid=33&ID=286 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:44:52 CST http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/templates/content.aspx?lvl=1&lvlid=33&ID=286 Includes data on Medicaid's coverage of Hispanic Americans, the program's impact on their access to care, impacts of the recent recession, and the coming expansion of Medicaid under health reform on enrollment in Medicaid among Hispanic Americans. Also has a chart showing state-by-state data on health insurance coverage of Hispanic Americans. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8189.pdf Mon, 23 May 2011 10:19:12 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8189.pdf Includes data on Medicaid's coverage of black Americans, the program's impact on their access to care, impacts of the recent recession, and the coming expansion of Medicaid under health reform on enrollment in Medicaid among black Americans. Also has a chart showing state-by-state data on health insurance coverage of black Americans. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8188.pdf Mon, 23 May 2011 10:16:06 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8188.pdf Examines how geographic access to emergency departments, measured by driving time, changed from 2001 to 2005. Results showed that rural communities and vulnerable populations, such as Hispanics, have poorest access. -- AcademyHealth http://www.academyhealth.org/files/HCFO/HCFONovemberFindingsBrief2010.pdf Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:36:27 CST http://www.academyhealth.org/files/HCFO/HCFONovemberFindingsBrief2010.pdf Comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr10/nhdr10.pdf Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:59:35 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr10/nhdr10.pdf A demonstration program that seeks to improve fill rates of rural training track (RTT) family medicine residency programs, increase the sustainability of existing RTT programs, and help new RTT programs get started. -- Office of Rural Health Policy http://www.raconline.org/rtt/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:57:20 CST http://www.raconline.org/rtt/ Presents national data on disparities in mortality, morbidity, behavioral risk factors, health-care access, preventive health services, and social determinants of critical health problems in the United States by using selected indicators. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/other/su6001.pdf Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:08:53 CST http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/other/su6001.pdf Mission is to mobilize and connect individuals and organizations across the country to create a Nation free of health disparities, with quality health outcomes for all people. http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:57:43 CST http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/ Discusses the higher rates of mortality, chronic disease, and disability found in rural Americans when compared to urban residents and the special challenges that may impair the health status of rural residents. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June10/Findings/RuralPopulationsDisease.htm Mon, 24 May 2010 14:19:50 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June10/Findings/RuralPopulationsDisease.htm Discusses health care access and health status inrural areas, where the population is older, has lower education and income levels, and is more likely to be living in medically underserved areas. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB57/EIB57.pdf Wed, 12 May 2010 15:42:53 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB57/EIB57.pdf Provides a brief overview of racial and ethnic health disparities and unveils the Departmentof Health and Human Services Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. -- HHS Office of Minority Health http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/HHS/HHS_Plan_complete.pdf Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:02:20 CST http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/HHS/HHS_Plan_complete.pdf Captures the status of health disparities in our country and proposes 20 strategies for their elimination. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=31 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:53:21 CST http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=31 Presents research that examines the difference between rural residents receiving bariatric surgery to combat obesity and their urban counterparts. Describes how Medicare and Medicaid play a role in access to care. -- Muskie School of Public Service Institute for Health Policy http://www.springerlink.com/content/8xp0856211114u2w/fulltext.pdf Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:50:19 CST http://www.springerlink.com/content/8xp0856211114u2w/fulltext.pdf Reports that the Unites States is spending vastly more on health care in some rural areas than in others without any indication that the increased spending results in better health. http://www.dailyyonder.com/print/2405 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:41:51 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/print/2405 Reports that rural residents were more likely than urban residents to have a usual source of health care, particularly among the uninsured. Despite this, rural adults were somewhat less likely to receive certain preventive care services compared to urban adults. -- Maine Rural Health Research Center http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb/Rural-Urban-Health-Care-Access.pdf Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:05:39 CST http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb/Rural-Urban-Health-Care-Access.pdf Study examines variation in the practice patterns of individual general surgeons and how they differ between rural and urban areas of North Carolina. -- American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute http://acshpri.org/documents/Kingetal..pdf Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:01:20 CST http://acshpri.org/documents/Kingetal..pdf A fact sheet discussing the expansion of the pediatric surgical workforce with an increase in the number of subspecialists whereas growth in the general pediatric workforce has remained flat. Urban and rural data are compared. -- American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS3.pdf Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:08:06 CST http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS3.pdf Describes the uneven distribution of surgeons across the United States, with more surgeons located in urban centers and fewer in rural communities. -- American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS2.pdf Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:47:29 CST http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS2.pdf Details health insurance coverage in rural America. Includes how rural citizens get insurance coverage and how it differs from urban America, reviews research that explores obstacles in attaining health insurance, addresses the problem of underinsurance, and explores the impact of inadequate financing for health care and its effects on the community. -- Center for Rural Affairs http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Causes-and-Consequences-of-Rural-Uninsured.pdf Tue, 05 May 2009 11:41:22 CST http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Causes-and-Consequences-of-Rural-Uninsured.pdf Discusses the current state of health care in rural areas and the need for health care reform. Covers the use and cost of insurance and health care for farm and ranch operators, poverty and unemployment rates, health disparities, and the state of health care provider workforce in rural America. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://healthreform.gov/reports/hardtimes/ruralreport.pdf Mon, 04 May 2009 10:38:38 CST http://healthreform.gov/reports/hardtimes/ruralreport.pdf Examines the differences in health care access, use, and expenses between urban and rural areas. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/data/meps/chbook13up.htm Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:34:19 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/data/meps/chbook13up.htm