Poverty

Completed Projects

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Assessment of the Area Deprivation Index in Rural Areas
The Area Deprivation Index (ADI) was created by University of Wisconsin researchers to provide a score for neighborhoods based on their level of disadvantage. This study characterized differences in ADI in rural vs urban areas, summarized the existing literature on ADI, and described expert considerations for utilizing the ADI for future policy.
Research center: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Frontier health, Poverty, Rural statistics and demographics, Social determinants of health
Housing as a Social Determinant of Rural Health
The purpose of this project was to identify rural/urban and within-rural differences in housing quality and its relationship to health and disability status, especially for individuals living in poverty. We also identified rural-specific housing issues and innovative policy solutions to address housing challenges in order to improve rural health.
Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Disabilities, Environmental and agricultural health, Poverty, Public health, Rural statistics and demographics, Social determinants of health

Rural Family Physicians' Ability to Address Patients' Social Drivers of Health Needs
This project examines how practice-level and community-level characteristics are associated with a family physician's assessment of their practice's ability to address patients' social needs.
Research center: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
Topics: Physicians, Poverty, Social determinants of health
The Direct Care Workforce in Rural Areas
In this study, we measured the supply of long-term care services and supports (LTSS) direct care workers relative to older adult populations in rural and urban areas and measure employer and industry turnover among LTSS direct care workers. We also explored how compensation levels – including wages and employer-based health insurance – are related to and predict worker turnover in the LTSS direct care workforce in rural and urban areas.
Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Aging, Allied health professionals, Health services, Home health, Long-term care, Post-acute care, Poverty, Rural statistics and demographics, Social determinants of health, Workforce

Rural Socioeconomic Risk and Resiliency Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes
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.
Research center: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Environmental and agricultural health, Poverty

Effect of Safety Net Providers on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalization Rates in Rural Counties
This project will determine if the presence of a community health center or rural health clinic in a county reduces ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations for children, working age adults, and older adults.
Research center: University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Chronic diseases and conditions, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Health services, Poverty, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)

Uninsurance and Welfare Reform in Rural America
This project used widely accepted databases to examine the recent history of uninsurance rates in the U.S., focusing on the low-income population that could be eligible for welfare. Additionally, the project concentrated on how welfare reform has impacted the health insurance coverage of welfare recipients and other low-income persons over the period when welfare reform was phased in.
Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Topics: Poverty, Uninsured and underinsured

Access to Physician Care for the Rural Medicare Elderly
This study described where Medicare beneficiaries in five states obtain their health care, how far they travel for that care, and the mix of physician specialties from which they obtain ambulatory care. Special attention was paid to beneficiaries who have dual Medicare-Medicaid status, who reside in poorer income areas, and who live in designated Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Aging, Chronic diseases and conditions, Health services, Medicare, Physicians, Poverty