Advancing the Field of Rural Health Research: Moving Beyond Simply Documenting Rural vs Urban Differences
(Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 3, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Tyrone F. Borders Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
Issue Information
(Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 3, 2017 Category: Rural Health Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Support and Sabotage: A Qualitative Study of Social Influences on Health Behaviors Among Rural Adults
The Journal of Rural Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 88-97, Winter 2018. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 3, 2017 Category: Rural Health Source Type: research
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The Journal of Rural Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 88-97, Winter 2018. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 3, 2017 Category: Rural Health Source Type: research
Quality of Colonoscopy Performed in Rural Practice: Experience From the Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative and the Oregon Rural Practice ‐Based Research Network
ConclusionORPRN sites performed well on most colonoscopy quality measures, suggesting that high‐quality colonoscopy can be performed in rural settings. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 2, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jennifer L. Holub, Cynthia Morris, Lyle J. Fagnan, Judith R. Logan, LeAnn C. Michaels, David A. Lieberman Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Access to Transportation and Health Care Visits for Medicaid Enrollees With Diabetes
ConclusionsFindings underscore the importance of ensuring transportation to Medicaid populations with diabetes, particularly in the rural areas where the prevalence of diabetes and complications are higher and the availability of medical resources lower than in the urban areas. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 1, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Leela V. Thomas, Kenneth R. Wedel, Jan E. Christopher Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Community Paramedicine Applied in a Rural Community
ConclusionsThe CP program demonstrated a meaningful difference in the health of participants while reducing their health care utilization. CP patients reduced their ED and inpatient use, required less intensive care, had better health outcomes, and reduced health expenses to the community. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - January 1, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Kevin J. Bennett, Matt W. Yuen, Melinda A. Merrell Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Educating Physicians for Rural America: Validating Successes and Identifying Remaining Challenges With the Rural Medical Scholars Program
ConclusionsThe RMS Program, contrasted to other local programs of medical education, was effective in producing rural physicians. These results were comparable to benchmark programs in the Northeast and Midwest USA on which the RMS Program was modeled, justifying the assumption that model programs can be replicated in different regions. However, this positive effect was not shared by a disparate rural minority population, suggesting that models for rural medical education must be adjusted to meet the challenge of such communities for physicians. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: John R. Wheat, James D. Leeper, Shannon Murphy, John E. Brandon, James R. Jackson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Body Mass Index and Rural Status on Self ‐Reported Health in Older Adults: 2004‐2013 Medicare Expenditure Panel Survey
ConclusionsRural residents report lower self‐reported physical health status compared to urban residents, particularly older adults who are obese or underweight. No interaction was observed between BMI and rural status. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: John A. Batsis, Karen L. Whiteman, Matthew C. Lohman, Emily A. Scherer, Stephen J. Bartels Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Variation in Networks and Forms of Support for Care ‐Seeking Across the HIV Care Continuum in the Rural Southeastern United States
ConclusionIncreased understanding of the social support mechanisms that contribute to the HIV treatment behaviors of PLWH can fill knowledge gaps in research and inform the efforts of health care providers seeking to leverage various aspects of the social support toward improving the care retention, health, and wellness outcomes of PLWH. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Miranda Hill, Amber Huff, Neale Chumbler Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act and Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas
ConclusionsThe Medicaid expansion increased the probability of having “any insurance” for the pooled urban and rural low‐income populations, and it specifically increased Medicaid coverage more in rural versus urban populations. There was some evidence that the expansion was accompanied by some shifting from individual purchased insurance to Medicaid in rural areas, and there is a need for future work to understand the implications of this shift on expenditures, access to care and utilization. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Aparna Soni, Michael Hendryx, Kosali Simon Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Usual Care for Rural Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
ConclusionsFindings suggest that veterans diagnosed with PTSD who receive their mental health treatment in large and medium CBOCs are likely to receive medication management, and very few veterans received evidence‐based psychotherapy. There may be ways to increase access to evidence‐based psychotherapy by expanding the use of interactive video to connect specialty mental health providers with patients, hosted either in CBOCs or in home‐based care, and to offer more group‐based therapies. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Kathleen M. Grubbs, John C. Fortney, Tim Kimbrell, Jeffrey M. Pyne, Teresa Hudson, Dean Robinson, William Mark Moore, Paul Custer, Ronald Schneider, Paula P. Schnurr Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
The Effects of Hospital Characteristics on Delays in Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Appalachian Communities: A Population ‐Based Study
ConclusionsSome structural characteristics of hospitals (eg, for‐profit ownership) in the Appalachian region are associated with having shorter delays in diagnosing breast cancer. Researchers and practitioners must go beyond examining patient‐level demographic and tumor characteristics to better understand the drivers of timely cancer diagnosis, especially in rural and underserved areas. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Christopher J. Louis, Jonathan R. Clark, Marianne M. Hillemeier, Fabian Camacho, Nengliang Yao, Roger T. Anderson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Task ‐Sharing Approaches to Improve Mental Health Care in Rural and Other Low‐Resource Settings: A Systematic Review
ConclusionsApproaches to task sharing may improve reach and effectiveness of mental health care in rural and other low‐resource settings, though important questions remain. We recommend promising research directions to address these questions. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Theresa J. Hoeft, John C. Fortney, Vikram Patel, J ürgen Unützer Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Differences in Access to and Use of Electronic Personal Health Information Between Rural and Urban Residents in the United States
ConclusionsThe digital divide between rural and urban residents extends to HIT. Additional investigation is needed to determine whether the decreased use of HIT may be due to lack of Internet connectivity or awareness of these tools. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alexandra J. Greenberg, Danielle Haney, Kelly D. Blake, Richard P. Moser, Bradford W. Hesse Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
