Health promotion and disease prevention
Completed Projects
Active Living for Rural Youth
Research center:
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Topics:
Children,
Health promotion and disease prevention
This project will investigate how and where rural youth in Maine are physically active, and will help to define the built and natural environmental factors that support and limit physical activity of youth in rural communities. We will assess whether current theories that model the determinants of physical activity are appropriate for rural communities and rural residents.
Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancer Screening in Rural America: Does Proximity to a Metropolitan Area Matter?
Research center:
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Health disparities,
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Minority health
The study compared cancer screening rates among various levels of rural versus urban Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System respondents and among white respondents versus those from racial/ethnic minority groups.
Chronic Disease Management in Rural Areas
Research center:
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Chronic diseases and conditions,
Health promotion and disease prevention
Creating an Integrated Health Outreach System to Isolated Colonia Residents in Hidalgo County, Texas
Research center:
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Funders:
Bureau of Primary Care,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Topics:
Border and international health,
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Public health
Evaluating Colonias and the Use of Promatoras on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Research center:
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Border and international health,
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Public health
Evaluation of the RWJ/HRSA Demonstration Project
Research center:
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Topics:
Border and international health,
Health promotion and disease prevention
This project will evaluate intervention activities to determine the impact of the demonstration project by monitoring communication patterns between promotoras and residents as well as promotoras and providers at various levels in the health delivery systems used by residents.
Financing Rural Public Health Activities in Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Research center:
Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Chronic diseases and conditions,
Health care financing,
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Public health
This project describes the federal-state funding streams for selected local public health activities in the area of chronic disease prevention and health promotion, and assesses potential barriers to program implementation in less populated, local areas of a state.
Implementing Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations
in Rural Settings
Research center:
Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Funder:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Topics:
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Health services,
Physicians
As part of a larger effort to evaluate the integration and delivery of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations in different types of health plans through site visits and key informant interviews, Walsh Center staff conducted one site visit with a rural health plan to identify specific barriers and opportunities inherent to providing clinical preventive services to rural residents in rural settings.
Role of English Proficiency and Area of Residence in the Use of Adult Preventive Health Services Among Latino Subgroups
Research center:
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Cultural competency,
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Hispanics,
Minority health
This project will examine whether and how language and residence influence the utilization of preventive health services by Latino adults.
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document for Rural Areas
Research center:
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Healthy People 2010 (Rural),
Public health
This project identified and examined approximately one dozen high priority objectives for rural health as a subset of the hundreds of objectives defined within Healthy People 2010 including, Access to Quality Health Services (Insurance, Primary Care, and EMS); Cancer; Diabetes; Heart Disease and Stroke; Maternal, Infant, and Child Health; Mental Health and Mental Disorders; Nutrition and Overweight Concerns; Oral Health; Substance Abuse; and Tobacco Use.
Research and practice literatures associated with each of the selected objectives were investigated by the project research teams and summarized along with associated models for practice. View the models for practice and literature reviews on the Rural Health People 2010 website at http://srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/.
Rural Healthy People 2010: Expansion Project
Research center:
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Healthy People 2010 (Rural),
Physical abuse and domestic violence,
Public health
The purpose of this expansion project is to build on the findings of Rural Health People 2010 by concentrating on the 13th and 14th highest ranking rural priority areas (Immunization and Infection Diseases; Injury and Violence Prevention) and their associated models for practice.
View the models for practice and literature reviews on the Rural Health People 2010 website at http://srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/.
Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors Among Minority Group Members: A National Rural and Urban Study
Research center:
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Health disparities,
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Minority health
