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Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)

Description
One of the Rural Health Research Centers currently funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on investigating persistent inequities in health status within the population of the rural U.S., with an emphasis on inequities stemming from socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and access to healthcare services.
Tagged as
Cancer · Conducting Research, Needs Assessment, and Evaluation · Rural Health Policy · South Carolina

Resources (132)

  • 2021 Rural Border Health Chartbook, 2021, view details
  • Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children, 11/2002, view details
  • Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Older Adults, 10/2002, view details
  • Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Working Age Adults, 01/2003, view details
  • Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs for Underserved Populations in South Carolina, 08/2020, view details
  • Access to Health Services Across Rural and Urban Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 03/2023, view details
  • Access to Hospital Maternity Care Units in Rural America, 06/2019, view details
  • Accommodation and Acceptability of Health Care by Non-Metropolitan/Metropolitan and Race/Ethnicity Status, 07/2023, view details
  • Area Deprivation Is Higher among Rural Counties — but Not All Rural Counties Are Deprived, 08/2015, view details
  • Assessing Change in the Primary Care Service Delivery Profile in South Carolina, 05/2018, view details
  • Assessing Geographic Variability in Key Indicators of Air Quality: A Rural vs. Urban Comparison of Pollution and Socio-Economic Factors, 03/2023, view details
  • Assessing Key Indicators of Rural versus Urban Water Quality, 08/2023, view details
  • Assessment of Barriers to the Delivery of Medicare Reimbursed Diabetes Self-Management Education in Rural Areas, 09/2004, view details
  • The Association of a Rural Hospital Closure with 30-Day Post Hospital Discharge Mortality from Selected Conditions, 05/2019, view details
  • Availability of Dialysis Facilities in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 08/2023, view details
  • Availability of Home Health Services in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 08/2022, view details
  • Availability of Hospital-Based Emergency Department and Trauma Services in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 09/2022, view details
  • Availability of Medicare-Certified Hospice Services in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 08/2022, view details
  • Availability of Nursing Homes in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 09/2022, view details
  • Availability of Pharmacies in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Areas, 08/2022, view details
  • Availability of Primary Care Safety Net Providers in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 08/2023, view details
  • Availability of Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Group Areas, 09/2022, view details
  • Cancer Surveillance and Access to Care in Rural America, 02/2020, view details
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccination Disparities in South Carolina, 08/2020, view details
  • Changes in Access to Nearest Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics Among Rural ZIP Codes That Did and Did Not Experience a Hospital Closure, 2006-2018, 10/2022, view details
  • Changes in Socioeconomic Mix and Health Outcomes in Rural Counties with Hospital Closures, 2005-2018, 09/2021, view details
  • Characteristics of Rural Medicaid Recipients, 2012, 35 States, 04/2018, view details
  • Characteristics, Utilization Patterns, and Expenditures of Rural Dual Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries, 11/2014, view details
  • Chartbook: Trends in Rural Children's Health and Access to Care, 01/2017, view details
  • Chartbook: Trends in Rural Children's Oral Health and Access to Care, 08/2017, view details
  • Colonoscopy Access and Utilization - Rural Disparities in the Carolinas, 2001-2010, 07/2016, view details
  • Colorectal and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Rural Health Clinics in South Carolina, 02/2022, view details
  • Community Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Presence Associated with Lower County-Level Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, 08/2009, view details
  • Comparison of Cancer Treatment Services Across Hospitals, 05/2022, view details
  • The COVID-19 Pandemic: Reversing 20 Years of Rural Mortality Improvement, 05/2022, view details
  • Demand For Medical Services Among Previously Uninsured Children: The Roles of Race and Rurality, 10/2002, view details
  • Dental Health and Access to Care Among Rural Children: A National and State Portrait, 03/2008, view details
  • Dental Sealant Utilization Among Rural and Urban Children, 03/2013, view details
  • Depression in Rural Populations: Prevalence, Effects on Life Quality, and Treatment-Seeking Behavior, 2005, view details
  • Development of a Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index, 08/2019, view details
  • Development of a Methodology for Assessing the Effect of a Lay Home Visitation Program for Rural High-Risk Women and Infants, 02/2004, view details
  • Development of a Research Agenda on the Issues of Access to Care and Reduction of Health Status Disparities of Rural African Americans in South Carolina, 01/2001, view details
  • Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Rural African Americans, 2003, view details
  • Diabetes & Hypertension among Rural Hispanics: Disparities in Diagnostics and Disease Management, 08/2004, view details
  • Dialysis Availability in Rural America, 01/2013, view details
  • Diet, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity: An Urban and Rural Comparison, 11/2010, view details
  • Differences in Case-Mix Between Rural and Urban Recipients of Home Health Care, 10/2014, view details
  • Differences in Medicare Service Use in the Last Six Months of Life among Rural and Urban Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries, 08/2017, view details
  • Diffusion of Preventive Innovation: Racial and Rural Differences in Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Practices, 05/2013, view details
  • Disability Burdens among Older Americans Associated with Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Rural and Urban Areas, 2005, view details
  • Disproportionate Burden of Cervical Cancer Survival by Race and Rurality in South Carolina, 2001-2016, 10/2020, view details
  • Early Alcohol Use, Rural Residence, and Adulthood Employment, 10/2005, view details
  • Educational Gaps a Barrier to Rural Nursing Practice, 05/2019, view details
  • Effects of Uninsurance during the Preceding 10 Years On Health Status among Rural Working Age Adults, 2005, view details
  • Emergency Department Use by Medically Indigent Rural Residents, 07/2003, view details
  • ESRD Facility Characteristics by Rurality and Risk of Closure, 11/2017, view details
  • Examining Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among South Carolina Adults, 11/2017, view details
  • Examining Rural-Urban Differences in the Availability of Hospital-Based Cardiac Services Between 2010-2020, 08/2023, view details
  • Factors Associated with Lung Cancer Screening in Urban vs. Rural Individuals at Risk for Lung Cancer, 2020, view details
  • Free Clinics in the Rural Safety Net, 2014, 09/2015, view details
  • Geographic and Ethnic Disparities among U.S.- Mexico Border Residents, 05/2022, view details
  • Handling the Handoff: Rural and Race-Based Disparities in Post Hospitalization Follow-up Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes, 09/2011, view details
  • Health Care Utilization Patterns of Rural Medicaid Recipients, 2012, 35 States, 04/2018, view details
  • Health Disparities: A Rural-Urban Chartbook, 06/2008, view details
  • HIV/AIDS in Rural America: Prevalence and Service Availability, 01/2013, view details
  • Home & Guns: Rural-Urban Differences in Firearm Storage, 05/2019, view details
  • Home Health Care Agency Availability in Rural Counties, 06/2014, view details
  • Hospital Transfers and Subsequent Hospitalizations among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, 11/2017, view details
  • Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: Asthma, Diabetes, and Congestive Heart Failure in South Carolina, 05/2003, view details
  • Hypertension, Diabetes, Cholesterol, Weight, and Weight Control Activities Among Non-Metro Minority Adults, 12/2002, view details
  • Identification of High-Need Rural Counties to Assist in Resource Location Planning, 05/2019, view details
  • Identification of High-Need Rural Counties to Assist in Resource Location Planning for Primary Care, 05/2019, view details
  • Identification of Rural Communities with Limited Access to Safety Net Health Care Providers, 2021, view details
  • Impact of Medicaid Managed Care, Race/Ethnicity, and Rural/Urban Residence on Potentially Avoidable Maternity Complications: A Five-State Multi-level Analysis, 12/2004, view details
  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Health Clinics' Operations and Cancer Prevention and Control Efforts, 11/2022, view details
  • Improving Rural Oral Health: Six States' Response to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Oral Health Strategic Framework, 08/2017, view details
  • Intensity of Service Provision for Medicare Beneficiaries Utilizing Home Health Services: A Closer Look at Cerebrovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Joint Replacement, 11/2014, view details
  • The Intersection of Residence and Area Deprivation: The Case of Hospitalizations from Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions among Children, 08/2015, view details
  • Investigating Rural Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Infrastructure: A Developmental Methodology for Measuring the Availability of EMS Resources, 08/2004, view details
  • The Involvement of Rural Health Clinic Practitioners in Cancer Treatment Decisions and Survivorship Care, 10/2022, view details
  • Is Your Hospital's Board Prepared to Govern? Rural Acute Care Hospital Boards of Directors: Education and Development Needed, 06/2010, view details
  • Looking Ahead: Rural-Urban Differences in Anticipated Need for Aging-Related Assistance, 06/2016, view details
  • Medicaid Managed Care and the Rural Exception: A Review of Issues and Perspectives from the Field, 05/2018, view details
  • Mental Health Risk Factors, Unmet Needs, and Provider Availability for Rural Children, 2005, view details
  • Minorities in Rural America, 2002, view details
  • Mode of Travel and Actual Distance Traveled For Medical or Dental Care By Rural and Urban Residents, 05/2006, view details
  • Overweight and Physical Inactivity among Rural Children Aged 10-17: A National and State Portrait, 05/2007, view details
  • Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Rural Nursing Practice, 08/2019, view details
  • Perceptions and Practices for Colorectal and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in Rural Health Clinics in South Carolina, 02/2022, view details
  • Post-discharge Rehabilitation Care Delivery for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries with Stroke, 09/2015, view details
  • Poverty, Stress, and Violent Disagreements in the Home Among Rural Families, 08/2005, view details
  • Prevalence of Health Related Behavioral Risk Factors Among Non-Metro Minority Adults, 08/2003, view details
  • Prevent or Treat: Availability of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Dialysis in High Need Rural Counties, 03/2024, view details
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences Across Rural Communities: Results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 05/2022, view details
  • Rates and Trends of Childhood Overweight/Obesity in the United States and South Carolina, 03/2022, view details
  • RN-to-BSN Programs: Challenges for Rural Nurse Education, 10/2019, view details
  • Roles of Race and Residence on the Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in South Carolina: Improving STD Prevention and Care Through Partnerships, 12/2022, view details
  • Rural and Minority Health Research Center: Annual Report 2020, 2021, view details
  • Rural and Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in South Carolina 1996-2016, 08/2020, view details
  • Rural Border Health Chartbook, 01/2013, view details
  • Rural Border Health Chartbook II, 10/2014, view details
  • Rural Children with 4+ Adverse Childhood Experiences Often Lack Positive Experiences, 07/2022, view details
  • Rural Differences in Characteristics and Utilization Patterns of Medicaid Recipients, 11/2017, view details
  • Rural Disparities in Access to Obstetric Services and Birth Outcomes the United States, 1996-2013, 2017, view details
  • Rural Health Clinic Colorectal Cancer Screening Toolkit - A Toolkit for Implementing Evidence-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions in Rural Health Clinics, 11/2022, view details
  • Rural Health Clinic Colorectal Cancer Screening Toolkit - A Toolkit for Implementing Evidence-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions in South Carolina Rural Health Clinics, 11/2022, view details
  • Rural Hospitals and Spanish Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency, 10/2005, view details
  • Rural Minority Children's Access to and Timeliness of Immunizations: 1993-2001, 11/2003, view details
  • Rural Registered Nurses: Educational Preparation, Workplace, and Salary, 10/2019, view details
  • Rural Residents Lag in Preventive Services Use; Lag Increases with Service Complexity, 06/2009, view details
  • Rural, Urban, and Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival among the Residents of South Carolina, 2001-2016, 10/2020, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences, 03/2022, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences: Results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 01/2022, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Child and Adolescent Access to and Receipt of Mental Health Services Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 09/2022, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 11/2022, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Among South Carolina Adults, 10/2017, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Hospital Payer Mix in 2017, 2020, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Medicare Service Use in the Last Six Months of Life, 08/2017, view details
  • Social Determinants of Health among Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, 07/2019, view details
  • Social Determinants of Health among Rural Asian and Pacific Islander Populations, 07/2019, view details
  • Social Determinants of Health among the Rural African American Population, 07/2019, view details
  • Social Determinants of Health among the Rural Hispanic Population, 07/2019, view details
  • Spatial Access to Hospital-Based Obstetric Units in Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Areas, 08/2022, view details
  • State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children: Medicaid Reimbursement to Non-Dental Clinicians for Fluoride Varnish and Dental Hygiene Supervision in Primary Care Safety Net Settings, 03/2012, view details
  • Through the Eyes of Rural Healthcare Providers: Perspectives of Changes to Practice Ownership and Management, 05/2020, view details
  • Transitions in Care among Rural Residents with Congestive Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia, 08/2017, view details
  • Trends in Uninsurance Among Rural Minority Children, 10/2005, view details
  • Urban-Rural Disparities in Residential Access to Colorectal and Cervical Cancer Care Specialists, 05/2019, view details
  • Use of Preventive Services Among Hispanic Sub-Groups: Does One Size Fit All?, 07/2007, view details
  • Variations in Affordability of Health Care by Non-Metropolitan/Metropolitan and Race/Ethnicity Status across Eight Geographically Dispersed States, 01/2023, view details
  • Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural America, 03/2005, view details
  • Vulnerable Rural Counties: The Changing Rural Landscape, 2000-2010, 07/2016, view details