Kathleen Call, PhD

Phone: 612.624.3922
E-mail: callx001@tc.umn.edu

Rural Health Research Center
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware Street, SE, Box 729
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Completed Projects

Out-of-Pocket Spending by Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, Lead researcher
Research center: Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Topics: Health care financing, Health disparities, Medicare

Publications

• Influence of Rural Residence on the Use of Preventative Health Care Services
  Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Kathleen Thiede Call, Jill Klingner
  Research center: Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health promotion and disease prevention, Rural statistics and demographics
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 34
  Date: 11 / 2000
  Study of the utilization of specific preventive health care services by rural women and men, and to assess the impact of rural residence, the availability of health care providers and technology, demographic factors, and health insurance status on the likelihood of obtaining the following preventive health care services: blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, colon cancer screening, Pap smears, mammograms, flu shots, and pneumonia vaccinations.
• Response of Local Health Care Systems in the Rural Midwest to a Growing Latino Population
  Author(s): Michelle Casey, Lynn Blewett, Kathleen Call
  Research center: Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Cultural competency, Hispanics, Minority health
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 48
  Date: 08 / 2003
  Reports on the case studies of rural communities in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, documenting successful strategies that could be adopted by other communities facing challenges to their local rural health care system in meeting the needs of a growing Latino population. High rates of uninsurance for Latinos, along with language and cultural barriers to care, have contributed to difficulties accessing health care in these communities.