Publications, reports, and other documents on rural health and human services topics from a variety of sources, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/ Presents data from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health which indicates that 17%of youths aged 12 to 17 used cigarettes in the past year, 32.9 % used alcohol, and 13.2% used marijuana. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/parents/parents.pdf Wed, 07 May 2008 10:03:59 CST http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/parents/parents.pdf Findings and lessons from an evaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Entrepreneurship Initiative, 1997-2005. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.energizingentrepreneurs.org/content/cr_11/2_000272.pdf Tue, 06 May 2008 14:59:38 CST http://www.energizingentrepreneurs.org/content/cr_11/2_000272.pdf Provides recommendations for state-level agencies in the prevention of youth suicide in rural America. Covers data and surveillance, screening, gatekeeper training, and survivor issues. -- Suicide Prevention Resource Center http://www.sprc.org/library/ruralyouth.pdf Tue, 06 May 2008 10:44:49 CST http://www.sprc.org/library/ruralyouth.pdf Examines the ways in which the social, economic, and physical environments of Latino immigrant communities affect health and contribute to health disparities. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/052504_jc_disparities_healthbrief_4.pdf Mon, 05 May 2008 15:36:38 CST http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/052504_jc_disparities_healthbrief_4.pdf Addresses children's oral health outcomes in Georgia and gives rural and urban data. -- Georgia Health Policy Center http://aysps.gsu.edu/ghpc/files/Policy_Brief_OralHealth.pdf Mon, 05 May 2008 15:23:20 CST http://aysps.gsu.edu/ghpc/files/Policy_Brief_OralHealth.pdf Presents a fundamentally new model of payment for primary care, replacing encounter-based imbursement with comprehensive payment for comprehensive care. -- Society of General Internal Medicine http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/medicalhomes/pdf/Fundamental_Reform_of_Payment.pdf Mon, 05 May 2008 09:01:16 CST http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/medicalhomes/pdf/Fundamental_Reform_of_Payment.pdf Reports on the federal proposal to consolidate the criteria and process for designating Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MAU/Ps) and its impact on North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/pco/pdf/042808HPSA_Impact.pdf Fri, 02 May 2008 08:16:08 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/pco/pdf/042808HPSA_Impact.pdf Describes the prevalence of evidence-based safe medication practices, including the use of voluntary medication error reporting, in small rural hospitals. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/IssueBrief2008-1.pdf Thu, 01 May 2008 09:30:40 CST http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/IssueBrief2008-1.pdf Describes the 2005 supply and distributionof physicians in rural areas. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC%20FR116%20PB%20040908.pdf Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:10 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC%20FR116%20PB%20040908.pdf Addresses reasons why rural physicians needto become involved in solving rural health problems, and how they can effectively provide needed clinical leadership regardless of previous leadership roles. -- North Carolina Institute of Medicine http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/jan-feb-06/Crane.pdf Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:17:30 CST http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/jan-feb-06/Crane.pdf Focuses on leadership development to emphasize that throughout rural organizations and communities, there are individuals who may not be formally designated as leaders, but who can and do exercise leadership. -- North Carolina Institute of Medicine http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/jan-feb-06/Size.pdf Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:48:19 CST http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/jan-feb-06/Size.pdf Reports on the demographics of the general homeless population in the U.S. -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2ndHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:21:35 CST http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2ndHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf Describes the socioeconomic conditions underwhich migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States live. Health consequences resulting from occupational hazards andfrom poverty, substandard living conditions, migrancy, language and cultural barriers, and impaired access to health care are described. -- http://phsj.org/files/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Worker%20Health/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Workers%20-%20JHCPU.pdf Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:26:20 CST http://phsj.org/files/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Worker%20Health/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Workers%20-%20JHCPU.pdf Highlights issues and statistics regarding the health of migrant women that are in the United States as seasonal farm workers. -- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health http://208.106.144.52/pdf/MgrntFrmwkrs-4.pdf Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:12:25 CST http://208.106.144.52/pdf/MgrntFrmwkrs-4.pdf Outlines the history of health issues in the Federated States of Micronesia from the 1800s through 2000. -- http://www.micsem.org/pubs/counselor/frames/healthmicfr.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:01:04 CST http://www.micsem.org/pubs/counselor/frames/healthmicfr.htm Addresses the health disparities and unique challenges associated with the delivery of health care and improving the health of the people in the Pacific Island Territories. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t040225a.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:07:48 CST http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t040225a.html Provides statistics on health disparities among Pacific Islanders as well as examines their tobacco use in relation to the Healthy People 2010 objective. -- HHS Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/Health%20Disparities%20Among%20Pacific%20Islanders.pdf Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:39:23 CST http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/Health%20Disparities%20Among%20Pacific%20Islanders.pdf Discusses economic impact of hospitals to communities, including rural communities. -- American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/2008/twapr2008econcontrib.pdf Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:26:37 CST http://www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/2008/twapr2008econcontrib.pdf Describes the barriers to participation of leaders of color in local and national public policy development and the strategies that can be used to remove the barriers to benefit low-income communities of color and the nation. -- PolicyLink http://www.policylink.org/pdfs/LeadershipForPolicyChange.pdf Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:14:42 CST http://www.policylink.org/pdfs/LeadershipForPolicyChange.pdf Offers data, maps, and graphs on the average monthly participation in the federal Food Stamp Program along with the average monthly benefit per participant. -- North Dakota State Data Center http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/ebriefs/EB17_3Press.pdf Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:53:11 CST http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/ebriefs/EB17_3Press.pdf Results of a study to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs. Executive summary is available as a PDF. -- Institute of Medicine http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12089 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:24:22 CST http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12089 Reports on the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use on the lives and families of North Dakotans and the economy of the state. -- North Dakota Department of Human Services http://www.nd.gov/dhs/info/pubs/docs/mhsa/2007-03-nd-epidemiological-profile.pdf Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:33:53 CST http://www.nd.gov/dhs/info/pubs/docs/mhsa/2007-03-nd-epidemiological-profile.pdf Second of a series on homelessness in America. Provides data on the number, characteristics, and patterns of shelter use among homeless persons in urban, suburban and rural environments. -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2ndHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:28:58 CST http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2ndHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf Presents findings from the State Health Policies Aimed at Promoting Excellent Systems project, undertaken by the National Academy for State Health Policy, with support from The Commonwealth Fund. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=676496 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:24:47 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=676496 Highlights the actions states have already taken to establish medical homes for children and youth and provides additional policy options for states.consideration. -- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org/pubs/ISSUEREPORTMedicalHomesforChildren72104.pdf#search=%22medical%20homes%22 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:19:31 CST http://www.astho.org/pubs/ISSUEREPORTMedicalHomesforChildren72104.pdf#search=%22medical%20homes%22 Addresses the inequity issue in the United States health care delivery system while stressing the importance of the patient centered medical home model for primary care. -- National Academy for State Health Policy http://www.nashp.org/Files/briefing_PCMH_reimbursement.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:07:58 CST http://www.nashp.org/Files/briefing_PCMH_reimbursement.pdf Reports on new models for medical home primary-care case management programs. -- National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn511c.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:48:54 CST http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn511c.htm Describes the principles set in place by the AAP, AAFP, ACP, and AOA that characterize the Patient Centered Medical Home. -- Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative http://www.pcpcc.net/node/14 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:14:20 CST http://www.pcpcc.net/node/14 Provides a quality improvement framework for health care organizations seeking to promote culturally appropriate care, provide equitable access for individuals with limited English proficiency and reduce health care disparities. -- National Committee for Quality Assurance http://www.ncqa.org/Portals/0/HEDISQM/CLAS/CLAS_toolkit.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:06:51 CST http://www.ncqa.org/Portals/0/HEDISQM/CLAS/CLAS_toolkit.pdf Presents emergency succession planning tools, guidance for executive directors on how and when to depart an organization, and suggestions for board members on how to be proactive in assuring that an organization is sustainable over time. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation http://www.aecf.org/~/media/PublicationFiles/Building%20Leaderful%20Organizations.pdf Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:11:10 CST http://www.aecf.org/~/media/PublicationFiles/Building%20Leaderful%20Organizations.pdf