Environmental & agricultural health

Completed Projects

Environmental Workforce Characteristics in the Rural Public Health Sector
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health
Environmental risks to rural populations are understudied relative to urban areas despite increasing recognition that rural populations are potentially exposed to these risks from agricultural, mining, industrial or other sources. This project analyzes the environmental workforce characteristics of the rural public health sector to inform policy relative to coordination of rural environmental health services.

Key Environmental Competencies for Rural Primary Care Providers
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health
This study will develop, from existing single discipline standards, a competency guide that will address competencies that are essential for providing environmentally conscious care. The study will then systematically evaluate content validity, completeness and clarity of the competencies.

Rural Environmental Hazards Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Health promotion and disease prevention, Public health
This study will create a national inventory of potential environmental hazards for rural populations. Population health outcomes such as CDC mortality statistics will be examined to determine if poor health outcomes are related to greater exposures to potential hazards.

Rural Socioeconomic Risk and Resiliency Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Poverty
This study will create a national inventory of social and economic risks and resiliencies for every county in the nation, and relate those risks to health outcome data. The study will test whether rural areas with fewer risks and greater resiliencies are related to better health outcomes.

Toxics Release Inventory Sites and Population Health across Rural and Urban Areas
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health
Previous research has identified higher mortality rates in rural areas in association with exposure to pollution sources. This study conducts mortality outcome analyses specific to discharges from Toxics Release Inventory sites across the spectrum of rural to urban settings.

Water Quality Issues in Rural-Urban Areas: The Good (Fluoridation), the Bad (Chemical Pollutants) and the Ugly (Health Consequences)
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health
This study will investigate the availability of fluoridated water across urban-rural settings, and relate measures of fluoride availability to survey measures of dental health. The study will also investigate rural population exposure to chemical pollutants in surface water by measuring volumes and types of discharges from EPA-recognized water pollution sources, including sources located in rural areas and in upstream urban areas, and relating these measures to population health outcomes.

Topics Centers Researchers Other Resources Search		Environmental & agricultural health Completed Projects Environmental Workforce Characteristics in the Rural Public Health Sector Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health Environmental risks to rural populations are understudied relative to urban areas despite increasing recognition that rural populations are potentially exposed to these risks from agricultural, mining, industrial or other sources. This project analyzes the environmental workforce characteristics of the rural public health sector to inform policy relative to coordination of rural environmental health services. Key Environmental Competencies for Rural Primary Care Providers Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health This study will develop, from existing single discipline standards, a competency guide that will address competencies that are essential for providing environmentally conscious care. The study will then systematically evaluate content validity, completeness and clarity of the competencies. Rural Environmental Hazards Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Health promotion and disease prevention, Public health This study will create a national inventory of potential environmental hazards for rural populations. Population health outcomes such as CDC mortality statistics will be examined to determine if poor health outcomes are related to greater exposures to potential hazards. Rural Socioeconomic Risk and Resiliency Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Poverty This study will create a national inventory of social and economic risks and resiliencies for every county in the nation, and relate those risks to health outcome data. The study will test whether rural areas with fewer risks and greater resiliencies are related to better health outcomes. Toxics Release Inventory Sites and Population Health across Rural and Urban Areas Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health Previous research has identified higher mortality rates in rural areas in association with exposure to pollution sources. This study conducts mortality outcome analyses specific to discharges from Toxics Release Inventory sites across the spectrum of rural to urban settings. Water Quality Issues in Rural-Urban Areas: The Good (Fluoridation), the Bad (Chemical Pollutants) and the Ugly (Health Consequences) Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Environmental & agricultural health, Public health This study will investigate the availability of fluoridated water across urban-rural settings, and relate measures of fluoride availability to survey measures of dental health. The study will also investigate rural population exposure to chemical pollutants in surface water by measuring volumes and types of discharges from EPA-recognized water pollution sources, including sources located in rural areas and in upstream urban areas, and relating these measures to population health outcomes.