Minority health

Publications

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• Access to Care among Rural Minorities: Children
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity Moore, Karin Willert Roof, Elizabeth G. Baxley, Michael E. Samuels
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Children, Minority health, Poverty
  Date: 11 / 2002
  Profiles the characteristics of non-metro children, their health insurance coverage, and their health care visits. Recommends a multi-faceted approach to ensure that non-metro children obtain appropriate levels of health care. Facets including retaining and expanding provision of care to indigent and low-income families, expanding insurance coverage, and addressing rural poverty.
• Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children (Appendix - Methods, Data Sources, and Detailed Tables)
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity Moore, Karin Willert Roof, Elizabeth G. Baxley, Michael E. Samuels
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Children, Health disparities, Minority health
  Date: 11 / 2002
  Appendix of report on rural minority children and the factors affecting their health insurance coverage and health services use.
• Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Older Adults
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Charity G. Moore, Joette Gdovin
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Health disparities, Minority health, Poverty
  Date: 10 / 2002
  Profiles health status of, and use of physicians by, non-metro older adults. Programmatic recommendations based on the findings: maintain programs that encourage providers to practice in non-metro areas, pay particular attention to the problems of the near-poor African-American elderly, and foster coalitions linking providers with voluntary community-based organizations to increase support services to elderly non-metro populations.
• Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Older Adults (Appendix - Methods, Data, and Detailed Tables)
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Charity G. Moore, Joette Gdovin
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Health disparities, Minority health, Poverty
  Date: 10 / 2002
  Appendix of report on health status and health services use among poor and minority older adults in non-metro areas.
• Access to Care among Rural Minorities: Working Age Adults
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Charity G. Moore
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health services, Minority health, Poverty
  Date: 01 / 2003
  Examines the prevalence of health insurance and the use of physician services in rural areas. Findings include that rural minorities are handicapped by poverty and lack of education; low income and low education levels in non-metro areas translate into jobs that do not offer health insurance; and although non-metro adults were less likely to have insurance than metropolitan residents, they were not less likely to see a physician, with some exceptions.
• Access To Dental Care For Rural Low Income And Minority Populations
  Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, David Born
  Research center: Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Dental health, Minority health, Poverty
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 54
  Date: 09 / 2004
  Using data from the 1999 National Health Interview Survey, this study examines the relationships between rural residence, income, race/ethnicity, and access to dental care. The study confirms that rural-urban disparities in access to dental care persist, and finds significant differences by race/ethnicity and income within rural populations in utilization of dental care, affording needed dental care, and dental insurance.
• Access to Specialty Health Care for Rural American Indians: Provider Perceptions in Two States
  Author(s): Laura-Mae Baldwin, Waler B. Hollow, Susan Casey, L. Gary Hart, Eric H. Larson, Kelly Moore, Ervin Lewis, David C. Grossman
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Health services, Minority health, Physicians
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 78
  Date: 10 / 2004
  Examines access to specialty services among rural Indian populations in Montana and New Mexico, based on a survey sent to primary care providers addressing access to specialty physicians, perceived barriers to access, and access to nonphysician clinical services. Report available upon request by contacting rhrc@fammed.washington.edu.
• Chronic Disease and Functional Limitation Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
  Author(s): Leander McDonald, Richard Ludtke, Kyle Muus
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Chronic diseases and conditions, Minority health
  Citation: Journal of Native Aging and Health, November-December 2005
  Date: 2005
  Reports the results of an analysis of chronic disease's effect on functional limitation from a survey of 7,107 Native elders representing 143 tribes from 77 sites.
• Chronic Disease in American Indian/Alaska Native Elders
  Author(s): Patricia L. Moulton, Leander R. McDonald, Kyle J. Muus, Alana D. Knudson, Richard L. Ludtke
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Chronic diseases and conditions, Minority health
  Citation: The IHS Primary Care Provider, 30(5), 53-54
  Date: 2005
  Describes the prevalence of chronic diseases among Native American elders.
• Demand For Medical Services Among Previously Uninsured Children: The Roles of Race and Rurality
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Children, Health insurance and the uninsured, Medicaid and S-CHIP, Minority health
  Date: 2003
  Fact sheet examining the use of medical services over nearly two years among newly insured and continuously insured children, ages six through twelve, in the CHIP and Medicaid programs in South Carolina and West Virginia.
• Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease among Rural African Americans
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: African Americans, Chronic diseases and conditions, Minority health
  Date: 02 / 2003
  Investigates the association of race and rural residence on rates of diagnosis of diabetes and cardiovascular disease and indicators of good medical control among people with diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Finds that rural African Americans with diagnosed diabetes have significantly higher rates of problems associated with diabetes than do urban whites; that rural and urban African Americans are more likely than rural and urban whites to have undiagnosed diabetes; that rural African Americans with diagnosed hypertension are more likely than urban whites to still have elevated diastolic blood pressure; and that rural African Americans have the highest prevalence of undiagnosed diastolic hypertension. The study documents the need to improve access to health care services in rural areas. Executive summary available online.
• Disability Burdens among Older Americans Associated with Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Rural and Urban Areas
  Author(s): James N. Laditka, Sarah B. Laditka, Bankole Olatosi, Keith T. Elder
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Disabilities, Minority health, Women
  Date: 09 / 2005
  No prior research has investigated differences in disability-free and disabled life expectancy associated with rural or urban residence. This report addresses this gap, and identifies differences in healthy life expectancy that may signal important policy needs. The authors examined total life expectancy, disability-free life expectancy, and disabled life expectancy, comparing people in rural and urban areas. These expectancy measures for subgroups of rural and urban areas were compared, distinguished by sex, race (white and African American) and educational attainment. The authors found that among a cohort of Americans aged 65 to 69 in 1982, in seven of the eight subgroups, individuals in rural areas lived longer lives than those in urban areas. Rural as compared to urban people lived (a) more disability-free years, (b) more disabled years, and (c) a notably greater percentage of their lives with a disability. There were striking differences among the high and low education groups, with individuals with more education living substantially longer, less disabled lives. Women lived longer, more disabled lives than men. For most subgroups, African Americans lived shorter, more disabled lives than whites. Executive summary available online.
• Effects of Race and Poverty on Perceived Stress Among Rural Women
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity G. Moore, Elizabeth G. Baxley
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Mental health, Minority health, Poverty, Women
  Citation: Coward RT, Davis LA et al, Eds., Rural women's health: Mental, behavioral and physical issues. p. 197-215. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company
  Date: 2005
  
• Emergency Department Use by Medically Indigent Rural Residents (Fact Sheet)
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Emergency medical services (EMS), Hospitals and clinics, Minority health
  Date: 2004
  An estimated 211 million emergency department visits were made across the United States during 1999 - 2000, 37 visits per 100 persons per year. Just under a quarter of these, 43 million visits, were made to rural emergency departments.
• Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Health insurance and the uninsured, Minority health
  Date: 10 / 2007
  Policy brief reporting findings from a study assessing health insurance coverage and access to health care among American Indian and Alaska Native elders (Native elders), using data from a national survey that included more than 8,300 Native elders.
• Health Risks Factors Among American Indians and Alaska Native Elders
  Author(s): Leander McDonald, Richard Ludtke, Kyle Muus
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Minority health
  Citation: Journal of Native Aging and Health, July-August 2006, 1(2), 17-24
  Date: 2006
  Chronic disease rates are higher among American Indian and Alaska Native elders although they exercise more and have higher rates of participation in multiple exercise activities. Research concerning the relationship between chronic disease and health risk factors is limited for American Indian and Alaska Native elder populations. This paper indicated results of an analysis of the effect of risk factors on chronic disease from a survey of 9,296 Native elders, representing 171 tribes from 88 sites. The sampling design employed systematic random sampling for larger tribes, with smaller tribes (fewer than 200) interviewing all or the majority of their elders. The data suggest that smokers, drinkers, and non-exercisers are at increase risk for chronic disease.
• Hypertension, Diabetes, Cholesterol, Weight, and Weight Control Activities Among Non Metro Minority Adults
  Author(s): P. Daniel Patterson, Charity G. Moore, Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Chronic diseases and conditions, Health disparities, Minority health, Obesity
  Date: 12 / 2002
  The 1998 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) included a detailed examination of preventive health problems and behaviors. This report uses data from the 1998 NHIS to examine the prevalence of selected problems among rural populations, with an emphasis on rural minorities. ?Rural? was defined, following NHIS guidelines, as living in a non-MSA county.
• Impact of Health Insurance Coverage on Native Elder Health: Implications for Addressing the Health Care Needs of Rural Native American Elders
  Author(s): Alana Knudson, Mary Wakefield, Kyle Muus, Jacque Gray, Leander McDonald, Richard Ludtke, Gestur Davidson
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Health insurance and the uninsured, Minority health
  Report Number: Final Report No. 6
  Date: 10 / 2007
  Examines health insurance coverage and access to health care among American Indian and Alaska Native elders (Native elders) -- defined as 55 years or older. Young elders, 55 to 64 years of age, are most likely to be uninsured with one-third reporting having no insurance, while 15% of older elders, 65 years of age and over, report they are uninsured. Uninsured Native elders are about twice as likely as insured Native elders to indicate they have no regular provider. In addition, one out of 10 Native elders report they were not able to get care when they needed it during the preceding 12 months. Reasons cited for not getting health care when it was needed included long waiting times, transportation problems, and cost. The authors conclude it is essential to develop policies that address the financial, geographical, and cultural aspects that negatively impact access to culturally appropriate healthcare. Full report available on request by contacting aknudson@medicine.nodak.edu.
• Impacts of Multiple Race Reporting on Rural Health Policy and Data Analysis
  Author(s): Randy Randolph, Rebecca Slifkin, Lynn Whitener, Anna Wulfsberg
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Health policy, Minority health
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 73
  Date: 05 / 2002
  Examines some of the impacts to rural health analysis of new federal policy that allows people to choose one or more race categories when classifying themselves. Implementation of the new policy in the 2000 Census yields 63 possible combinations of race classification. Report also presents data on the number of persons choosing more than one race, discusses ways that analysts can handle the issues surrounding multiple race data, and compares several methods for bridging the change from the old single-race system to the new multiple-race system. Among its findings: rural Americans were less inclined to identify themselves as more than one race than were urban Americans; rural western residents were the only ones more inclined to choose multiple races than the rural average; and rural residents of Hawaii, Alaska, and Oklahoma were the most likely to identify with multiple races while those of Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina were the least likely to do so.
• Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Implications for North Dakota Tribes
  Author(s): Francine McDonald
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Legislation and regulation, Minority health
  Date: 11 / 2004
  Policy brief providing an overview of health care issues facing American Indians in North Dakota, with discussion of the impact of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
• Minorities in Rural America: An Overview of Population Characteristics
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 01 / 2002
  Presents an overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations and addresses the following questions: Where do rural minorities live? How is the rural minority population distributed across ages and sexes? What is the economic structure of rural, minority communities? What health resources are available in rural, minority communities? Findings pertaining to each minority group are presented in separate chapters. Based on the findings, the authors make several recommendations regarding issues ranging from program participation to infrastructure to research.
• Minorities in Rural America: Appendix A Description of Method and Supporting Tables Tables Ordered by Chapter
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 2002
  Appendix of a report that gives an overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations.
• Minorities in Rural America: Appendix B Map Supplement
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 2002
  Appendix to report on overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations. Maps.
• Minorities in Rural America: Appendix C Economic Patterns in Non-Metro America
  Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels, Kristen P. Jespersen, Karin Willert, R. Suzanne Swann, Joshua A. McDuffie
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 2002
  Appendix to report on an overview of demographic and economic statistics pertaining to rural minority populations. Focuses on economic status and health services infrastructure.
• More Culturally Sensitive Neuropsychological Tests (and Normative Data) Needed
  Author(s): F. Richard Ferraro, Leander R. McDonald
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Cultural competency, Minority health
  Citation: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 19(2), 53
  Date: 2005
  Discusses the need for culturally sensitive tests and normative data regarding the Native elder population.
• Mujer y Corazon: Community Health Workers and their Organizations in Colonias on the U.S.-Mexico Border
  Author(s): Marlynn L. May, Ricardo B. Contreras, Linda Callejas, Elvia Ladezma
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Border and international health, Hispanics, Minority health, Workforce
  Report Number: Policy Brief
  Date: 10 / 2004
  Reports the results of a study that analyzed the Community Health Worker (CHW) organizations and practices to learn how they work and why they are key resources in colonias for improving the health of the communities. The study also examined the relationships of the CHW with and their impact on the communities they serve, finding variation programmatically, structurally, and geographically. A full report is also available.
• Mujer Y Corazon: Community Health Workers and Their Organizations in Colonias on the US-Mexico Border: An Exploratory Study
  Author(s): Marlynn L. May, Ricardo B. Contreras, Linda Callejas, Elvia Ledezma
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Border and international health, Hispanics, Minority health, Workforce
  Date: 08 / 2004
  Reports the results of a study that analyzed the Community Health Worker (CHW) organizations and practices to learn how they work and why they are key resources in colonias for improving the health of the communities. The study also examined the relationships of the CHW with and their impact on the communities they serve, finding variation programmatically, structurally, and geographically. A policy brief is also available.
• National Trends in the Perinatal and Infant Health of Rural American Indians (AIs) and Alaska Natives (ANs): Have the Disparities Between AI/ANs and Whites Narrowed?
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Children, Maternal and child health, Minority health, Women
  Date: 09 / 2007
  Brief overview of findings from a study examining trends in prenatal care receipt, low-birthweight rates, neonatal and postneonatal death rates, and cause of death among rural American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and whites between 1985 and 1997.
• Prevalence and Trends in Smoking: A National Rural Study
  Author(s): Mark P. Doescher, J. Elizabeth Jackson, Anthony Jerant, L. Gary Hart
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health promotion and disease prevention, Minority health, Substance abuse
  Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 22(2), 112-118
  Date: 2006
  Reports the results of a study to estimate the prevalence of and recent trends in smoking among adults by type of rural location and by state.
• Prevalence of Chronic Disease Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
  Author(s): Patricia Moulton, Leander McDonald, Kyle Muus, Alana Knudson, Mary Wakefield, Richard Ludtke
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Chronic diseases and conditions, Minority health
  Date: 10 / 2005
  Examines chronic disease prevalence and functional limitations among American Indian/Alaska Natives by rurality, gender, age, health care access, and health behaviors. Includes policy recommendations.
• Prevalence of Health Related Behavioral Risk Factors Among Non-Metro Minority Adults
  Author(s): P. Daniel Patterson, Charity G. Moore, Janice C. Probst, Michael E. Samuels
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health promotion and disease prevention, Minority health, Substance abuse
  Date: 08 / 2003
  Data on tobacco use, seat belt use, and alcohol consumption among rural minority adults. Includes recommendations and detailed data tables.
• Proximity of Rural African American and Hispanic/Latino Communities to Physicians and Hospital Services
  Author(s): Donald E. Pathman, Thomas R. Konrad, Robert Schwartz
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: African Americans, Health services, Hispanics, Minority health, Physicians
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 72
  Date: 06 / 2001
  Assesses how local physician concentrations and distances to hospitals differ for rural communities of varying African American and Hispanic/Latino compositions. Uses data at the town-area level for nine southern and six western states to compare town-areas with low, medium, and high proportions of African Americans and Hispanics on their local physician-to-population ratios and distances to nearest hospital offering each of four levels of services. Among the findings are that rural Hispanics, but not African Americans, face longer travel distances to physicians, and both groups face longer distances to some types of hospital services than do non-minority rural individuals.
• Proximity of Rural Black and Hispanic/Latino Communities to Physicians and Hospital Services
  Author(s): Donald E. Pathman, Thomas R. Konrad, Robert Schwartz
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: African Americans, Health services, Hispanics, Hospitals and clinics, Minority health, Physicians
  Date: 05 / 2001
  This brief reports the findings of a study of how the African American and Hispanic/ Latino composition of rural communities relates to local physician concentrations, and relates to distances to hospitals offering various levels of services.
• Race and Place: Urban-Rural Differences in Health for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  Author(s): Rebecca T. Slifkin, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Thomas C. Ricketts,
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: AIDS and HIV, Chronic diseases and conditions, Health disparities, Health promotion and disease prevention, Minority health
  Date: 03 / 2000
  This findings brief investigates urban-rural disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in six health areas: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations.
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Potentially Avoidable Delivery Complications Among Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries in South Carolina
  Author(s): Sarah Laditka, James Laditka, Janice C. Probst
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: African Americans, Health disparities, Maternal and child health, Medicaid and S-CHIP, Minority health, Women
  Citation: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10(4), 339-50
  Date: 2006
  Examined access to health care during pregnancy for mothers insured by Medicaid as well as the risks of potentially avoidable maternity complications among rural and urban hospital deliveries for groups of mothers defined by race or ethnicity. Within groups defined by race or ethnicity, unadjusted rates for potentially avoidable maternity complications did not differ significantly by hospital location. Holding other factors constant, potentially avoidable maternity complications were less common in rural hospitals than in urban hospitals. In rural hospitals, African Americans had notably higher risk for potentially avoidable maternity complications than did non-Hispanic whites. The authors conclude that providers and policymakers should work to reduce the risks of potentially avoidable maternity complications for African American women in rural areas who are insured by Medicaid.
• 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.
• Rural Minority Children
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Children, Health insurance and the uninsured, Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 2003
  Fact sheet providing data on rural minority children's health insurance coverage, health care use, poverty and education.
• Rural Minority Children's Access To And Timeliness Of Immunizations: 1993-2001
  Author(s): Arch G. Mainous III, Terrence E. Steyer, Mark E. Geesey
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Children, Health promotion and disease prevention, Minority health
  Date: 11 / 2003
  The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of pediatric health care provided to rural minorities using timeliness of immunization receipt as a marker for quality. Findings include: 1) Children living in rural areas are less likely to receive newly recommended vaccines within the first two years after introduction of the recommendation.; 2) There are no significant differences in the percentages of children up-to-date with their immunizations between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics living in urban and rural areas.; 3) By 2001 lack of health insurance was the strongest predictor for children not receiving their immunizations in a timely manner.; 4) When using national surveys, there is significant year-to-year variation in the percentage of children who are up-to-date with their immunizations. Executive summary available online.
• Rural Minority Elders
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Health insurance and the uninsured, Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 2003
  Fact sheet providing data on health status, health insurance coverage, education and income of rural elders.
• Rural Minority Working Age Adults
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: African Americans, Health insurance and the uninsured, Hispanics, Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
  Date: 2003
  Holding demographic considerations equal, rural residents are less likely to report having health insurance than urban residents. African Americans, Hispanics and persons of other race are all less likely to be insured than whites. The factors placing rural minorities at risk for lacking insurance include low income and low education.
• Rural Residence and Hispanic Ethnicity: Doubly Disadvantaged for Diabetes?
  Author(s): Richelle J. Koopman, Arch G. Mainous III, Mark E. Geesey
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Chronic diseases and conditions, Hispanics, Minority health
  Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 22(1), 63-8
  Date: 2006
  Reports the results of a study to determine whether living in a rural area and being Hispanic confers special risks for diagnosis and control of diabetes.
• Suicide in North Dakota: A Dialogue Across State and Tribal Boundaries
  Author(s): Garth Kruger, Jacque Gray
  Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Mental health, Minority health
  Report Number: Policy Brief
  Date: 10 / 2005
  Compared nationally, North Dakota ranks 13th in the nation for suicide (14.4 suicides per 1000,000 people). This policy brief looks at three broad areas in addressing this preventable tragedy: 1) an understanding of factors associated with suicide; 2) information about specific trends such as race, gender, location, and costs; 3) an awareness of suicide prevention strategies that address these factors through public policy and community action.
• Trends in Uninsurance among Rural Minority Children
  Author(s): Amy Martin, Janice C. Probst, Charity G. Moore, Daniel Patterson, Keith Elder
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: African Americans, Children, Health insurance and the uninsured, Hispanics, Minority health, Poverty
  Date: 10 / 2005
  Disparities in health insurance coverage for both minority and rural children persist, with children who are simultaneously minority race/ethnicity and living in rural areas being particularly disadvantaged. Using twenty-one years of data from the National Health Interview Survey to explore trends in health insurance and health services utilization for children between 1980 and 2001, and focusing on non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic African American, and Hispanic children, the authors found that rural children have been consistently less likely to have insurance than urban children, and minority status adds to the disparity. Several factors consistently influenced the odds that a child would lack health insurance, measured in 1980, 1986, 1994 and 2001. Compared to urban white children, rural white children and Hispanic children, both urban and rural, were more likely to lack insurance. Factors consistently associated with lack of health insurance, such as poverty, low education, and non-parental households, have been more prevalent among minority children since 1979, and remained so in 2001. Rural disadvantages for minority children are marked. Executive summary available online.
• Trends in Uninsurance Among Rural Minority Children (Fact Sheet)
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Children, Health insurance and the uninsured, Minority health
  Date: 2005
  Describes childhood disparities found in health insurance, health care utilization, and factors related to acquiring health insurance.
• Use of Preventive Services Among Hispanic Sub-Groups: Does One Size Fit All?
  Author(s): Myriam E. Torres, Jessica D. Bellinger, Janice C. Probst, Nusrat Harun, and Andrew O. Johnson
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Cultural competency, Health promotion and disease prevention, Hispanics, Minority health
  Date: 07 / 2007
  The Hispanic population, the largest and fastest growing minority group in the nation, is generally under-served with regard to health services. This executive summary includes results from the exploration of the use of preventive health services among Mexicans, Puerto-Ricans, Cubans, and “other” Latinos (persons from all other Spanish-speaking countries such as Spain, Central and South America) and examined how the use of preventive services was influenced by nation of origin and by rural versus urban residence.
• Use of Preventive Services Among Hispanic Sub-Groups: Does One Size Fit All? (Fact Sheet)
  Author(s): Myriam E. Torres, Jessica D. Bellinger, Janice C. Probst, Nusrat Harun, and Andrew O. Johnson
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Cultural competency, Health promotion and disease prevention, Hispanics, Minority health
  Date: 2007
  This Fact Sheet provides key facts on preventive health services provided to rural Hispanics.

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