• 2 Evaluating approaches to care that are inclusive, accessible, and sustainable are important to optimize women's health and reduce disparities. (ahrq.gov)
  • Hung's career has focused on researching rural health disparities and women's health. (scrippsnews.com)
  • With support from the Women's Health Research Institute, Dr. Laura Schummers is studying the unprecedented way Canada has made the medical abortion drug mifepristone available across Canada, including in remote communities - and the world is taking note. (bcwomensfoundation.org)
  • But while Canada was late in making the drug available (some 30 years after 60 other countries) the way we offer it is "quite unique globally," says Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Laura Schummers , who as a recipient of a Women's Health Research Institute (WHRI) catalyst grant. (bcwomensfoundation.org)
  • Betsy, who also serves as an advisory council member for the Alliance for Women's Health & Prevention (AWHP), sat down with us to share more about The Grange, her work, and her commitment to women's preventive health, especially as it impacts those living in rural communities. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • That's why I'm happy to be a part of the Alliance for Women's Health and Prevention. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • Most women's health care centers are in urban centers, where they serve large populations packed in small places. (businessnc.com)
  • We have teams of subspecialists who go into towns outside of Charlotte, giving patients access to them either virtually or within a relatively short distance," says Suzanna Fox, enterprise service line leader for women's health and deputy chief physician. (businessnc.com)
  • This study makes it clear that we need tools or interventions specifically designed to prevent heart failure in rural populations, particularly among Black men living in these areas. (nih.gov)
  • Almost 69% were Black adults recruited from community health centers that care for medically underserved populations. (nih.gov)
  • We look forward to future studies testing interventions to prevent heart failure in rural populations as we continue to fight heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. (nih.gov)
  • These are examples of health disparities: differences in access to health care, quality of health care, or health outcomes experienced by different populations. (kendallhealth.org)
  • 25 Given this context, questions remain about how to best promote access and equity while streamlining health care delivery for populations 26 with unacceptable, ongoing disparities in health outcomes. (ahrq.gov)
  • Includes action items related to AD/ADRD data tracking, care, and supports for underserved populations, including rural and tribal communities. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Bringing Women of Understudied, Underrepresented, and Underreported Populations into Focus. (nih.gov)
  • To apply for this administrative supplement, projects must include a focus on one or more NIH-designated health disparity populations, which include African American or Black, Hispanic or Latina, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander communities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities. (nih.gov)
  • Health care is distributed unevenly in the United States and minority populations often receive less care than others, or care of lesser quality. (va.gov)
  • The uptake of HPV vaccination is lower among rural populations. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • The outbreak, compounded by the financial strain the fallout from COVID-19 has wrought on health care providers across the country, has many experts worried that the pandemic could hasten the closure of rural hospitals providing critical care to underserved populations. (facingsouth.org)
  • Many have populations with social disparities and sparse access to specialized health care for pregnant women," says James deVente, an East Carolina University associate professor and Vidant Medical Center's director of obstetrics. (businessnc.com)
  • This has remained true for vulnerable, minority populations in America, as blacks and Hispanics continue to make gains in life expectancy even while experiencing significant health disparities. (dailyyonder.com)
  • As emergency medicine physicians, we treat patients across the spectrum of race, class, geography and socioeconomic status - and we know firsthand how devastating the loss of access to health care can be to vulnerable populations. (dailyyonder.com)
  • We explain why repeal of the fundamental components of the ACA, commonly called Obamacare, will be uniquely disastrous for the health of rural populations. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Although the goal is to reduce duplication of services while providing high-quality care, these were designed with large, urban populations in mind - as they rely on a high-volume patient population. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Psychiatrists who choose to practice in rural areas are faced with many challenges, including impoverished populations, stigmatization of mental health conditions, reduced access to treatment, and provider shortages. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • His path to NIH was guided by his unique experiences and partnerships, which prepared him to lead NIMHD in its mission to reduce health disparities and improve the health of minority and disadvantaged populations. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Lighthouse Studies at Peer Point's mission is to conduct research that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention among a wide variety of populations with special emphasis on disadvantaged urb. (bvs.br)
  • HCHDS is dedicated to the elimination of disparities in health and health care among racial and ethnic populations, socioeconomic groups, and geopolitical categories such as urban, rural, and suburban. (bvs.br)
  • Questions for Danielle Davis, Health Statistician and Lead Author of " Urban-rural Differences in Visits to Office-based Physicians by Adults With Hypertension: United States, 2014-2016 . (cdc.gov)
  • Why did you decide to research urban-rural differences in visits to office-based physicians by adults with hypertension? (cdc.gov)
  • Identifying urban-rural differences in HIV care outcomes is crucial for addressing HIV-related dis- parities among Black persons with HIV infection. (cdc.gov)
  • By analyzing urban-rural differences related to family planning in the understudied center of our country, we hope to highlight areas for clinical improvement, contribute to the literature on rural health care and disparities, and provide the methodological groundwork for additional nationwide studies. (societyfp.org)
  • Results of a study examining the differences in use of preventive cancer screenings between patients with or without early-onset Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), and comparing use of the screenings in rural versus urban areas. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Features demographics and statistics on differences in service use and clinician visits around diagnosis, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • it builds the networks needed to deliver care to the most vulnerable - often the most remote - population groups and it offers the best approach to addressing disparities between population groups (disparities based, for example, on male-female sex differences or urban-rural and central-distal location). (who.int)
  • Both these differences are key to conquering urban-rural disparities and creating equitable abortion access, says Schummers, in that women needn't travel further than their family doctor and can take the medication at their convenience in the comfort of their own home. (bcwomensfoundation.org)
  • In spite of the gender differences, educational initiatives for HPV vaccination and prevention are sorely lacking for both male and female Black college students. (medscape.com)
  • These differences in smoking prevalence underscore the need to examine smoking prevalence and behaviors in rural communities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To the authors knowledge, little is known regarding rural‐urban differences in residential proximity to cancer specialists. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Despite measures that have been taken to reduce disparities between middle-income and poor citizens, vast differences still exist. (wikipedia.org)
  • Differences between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties in cancer incidence might reflect differences in risk factors such as cigarette smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity, whereas differences in cancer death rates might reflect disparities in access to health care and timely diagnosis and treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite differences in health many cases is lacking. (who.int)
  • The purpose of this paper was to assess sex differences in the intellectual function of early school-aged children in rural China. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Multilevel analyses were used to assess sex differences in intellectual functioning in 7-10-year-old children in rural China. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is no evidence to suggest sex differences in the general intelligence of early school-aged children in rural China. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, in this paper, we aim to assess sex differences in the intellectual functioning of early school-aged children in rural China, where sons are preferred. (biomedcentral.com)
  • He also oversees his lab at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), where his research explores health differences among racial and ethnic groups and how social factors such as migration and the environment affect health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Policies that support family physician training in cesarean sections and facilitate credentialing of trained family physicians could reverse the trend of closing obstetric units in rural communities and reduce disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. (jabfm.org)
  • Maternal and infant outcomes in rural communities are generally worse than in urban areas 5 , 6 due to the need to travel further distances to receive prenatal care and to deliver. (jabfm.org)
  • Primary outcomes - LARC, EC, and abortion referral access - will be modeled separately in multivariable regression models to assess the impact of geography (rural vs. urban) along with other covariates. (societyfp.org)
  • 29 Yet, research has not definitively addressed whether telehealth increases access to care nor whether it results in similar or better outcomes compared with in-person care for reproductive health and IPV in women. (ahrq.gov)
  • Harris D, Aboueissa A, Baugh N, Sarton C. Impact of rurality on maternal and infant health indicators and outcomes in Maine. (rrh.org.au)
  • These results show that, while rural women face significant demographic and behavior challenges, their access to prenatal care, the care they receive while pregnant, and the outcomes of their pregnancies are similar to those of urban women. (rrh.org.au)
  • For far too many mothers, complications related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum can lead to devastating health outcomes - including hundreds of deaths each year. (whitehouse.gov)
  • The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to cutting the rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, reducing the disparities in maternal health outcomes, and improving the overall experience during and after pregnancy for people across the country. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Through enhanced federal partnerships with state and local maternal health data collection entities, communities, hospitals, and researchers will have access to better data to they can analyze poor outcomes during pregnancy and make improvements to support healthy pregnancies. (whitehouse.gov)
  • The three-year project comparing data between Ontario and BC, is also examining how the drug has impacted health system costs and other abortion-related outcomes. (bcwomensfoundation.org)
  • Furthermore, it is not the case that rural-urban migration necessarily leads to better access to healthcare even for sons: some forms of migration may actually have an overall negative effect on child health outcomes. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Study methods included on-site observation of routine care in various rural provider settings, consultations with physicians, insurers and patients, claims based analysis, and mapping of cancer outcomes and healthcare service points. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • The theme of World AIDS Day 2021, "Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone's Voice," aligns directly with the goals of BWLI's research which will be used to inform the work of healthcare providers across the country and ultimately impact health outcomes for Black women in a positive way. (alabamanow.com)
  • The Black Women's Learning Institute's mission is to improve health outcomes for Black women across the lifespan. (alabamanow.com)
  • Health outcomes for Georgia patients lag accordingly, with the state ranked among the worst 10 states for most measures. (ajc.com)
  • Vidant's Enhancing Community Health Care Outcomes program uses online conferencing platforms to provide comprehensive patient care. (businessnc.com)
  • Initiatives such as Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) out of the University of New Mexico use technology to create knowledge networks and communication between rural health care providers and university partners. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Exposure to high levels of chemical contamination can cause various health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The partnership centers around advancing evidence-based and emerging practices to support public health practitioners with a focus on the health, wellness and social disparities that affect Black women across their lifespan. (alabamanow.com)
  • BWLI focuses specifically on the health and social disparities that affect Black women. (alabamanow.com)
  • We sought to describe the characteristics and distribution of cesarean section-providing family physicians who may provide critical services in maintaining obstetric access in rural hospitals. (jabfm.org)
  • NEW YORK , Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NYC based organizations, Black Women's Learning Institute (BWLI) and national research organization NDRI- USA partnered this year to bridge the gap between research and practice in public health. (alabamanow.com)
  • The Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP) and the Geography and Geospatial Science Working Group (GeoSWG) are proud to announce the Place & Health 2021 conference. (cdc.gov)
  • To register for the conference and view the most current agenda, visit Place & Health 2021 . (cdc.gov)
  • During grad school, I worked on a project with the Baltimore City Health Department where I learned about racial disparities in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. (cdc.gov)
  • Explores CNS health disparities in rural and low-income communities and among racial and ethnic minority groups, such as American Indian and Alaska Native tribal nations. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Identifying and addressing racial bias in maternal health: Piloting a virtual training for midwives. (utah.edu)
  • Conclusion: Hearing disability disparities in the U.S. exist for males, selected racial/ethnic groups, impoverished (Appalachia) and low-density rural geographic areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Ending these subsidies will likely exacerbate racial and urban-rural inequities. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • At the end of the study period, the researchers found that living in rural America was associated with an increased risk of heart failure among both women and Black men, even after adjustment for other cardiovascular risk factors and socioeconomic status. (nih.gov)
  • Lower socioeconomic status is generally associated with poorer health, regardless of rurality of residence 6 , and greater distance to primary care has been associated with later diagnosis of serious health conditions in rural Maine, USA 7 . (rrh.org.au)
  • Researchers said a multitude of factors may be at play, including structural racism, inequities in access to health care, and a dearth of grocery stores that provide affordable and healthy foods, among others. (nih.gov)
  • Talk with your health care provider about what tests are best for you. (kendallhealth.org)
  • Many new immigrants face cultural barriers to health care, including language barriers. (kendallhealth.org)
  • Patient navigators are people who speak the patient's language and guide them through the health care system. (kendallhealth.org)
  • As an increasing number of rural hospitals close their maternity care units, many of the approximately 28 million reproductive-age women living in rural America do not have local access to obstetric services. (jabfm.org)
  • 7 , 8 Women living in rural counties without maternity services have higher rates of preterm birth, births in hospitals without obstetric services, out-of-hospital births, newborn morbidity and mortality as well as lower prenatal care use compared with those living in counties with maternity services. (jabfm.org)
  • Rural women face general and reproductive health care disparities, which have previously been described. (societyfp.org)
  • We focused on Title X clinics as front-line providers of reproductive health care to women in both rural and urban geographies. (societyfp.org)
  • Methodology: With IRB approval, we conducted key informant interviews with Title X regional program consultants and clinic managers in rural and urban clinics to gain an understanding of barriers and facilitators of reproductive health care. (societyfp.org)
  • In 2016, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) partnered with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) under a cooperative agreement to support the Women's Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI) to develop evidence-based guidelines for women's preventive health care services. (ahrq.gov)
  • Currently, the services informed by the WPSI guidelines are covered without cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1 resulting in a range of preventive services available to women, including contraception, counseling for sexually transmitted infections (STI), and screening for interpersonal violence (IPV), among others. (ahrq.gov)
  • Implementation of these services is guided by health equity to ensure "quality preventive health care for women at every stage of life. (ahrq.gov)
  • Thus, shared decision making and patient preferences are central to care models that can improve efficacy, patient and clinician satisfaction, and help reduce health disparities. (ahrq.gov)
  • 9-11 "Telehealth" includes services that utilize information and telecommunications technology in health care delivery for a specific patient involving a clinician across distance or time, such as remote real-time clinical visits and remote monitoring. (ahrq.gov)
  • 27 , 28 Updating the approach to preventive services and reproductive health care to include remote counseling, monitoring, and telehealth may present opportunities to close the gap on these disparities. (ahrq.gov)
  • Discusses the benefits of telehealth services for residents and staff of rural long-term care facilities. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Features a New Hampshire skilled nursing facility providing telemental health services, and a Virginia geriatrician helping long-term care facilities address COVID-19 via Project ECHO educational sessions. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Rural residents may face health challenges related to geographic barriers to care, physician shortages, poverty, lower educational attainment, and other demographic factors. (rrh.org.au)
  • In maternal and child health, these disparities may be evidenced by the health risks and behaviors of new mothers, the health of infants born to these mothers, and the care received by both mothers and infants. (rrh.org.au)
  • Compared to mothers from more urban areas, rural mothers were not sure they were pregnant until a later gestational age but received prenatal care just as early and were just as likely to receive prenatal care as early as they wished. (rrh.org.au)
  • People who live in rural communities face a range of challenges that may have an impact on their access to the healthcare system including longer travel distance and time to receive healthcare 1 , shortages of primary care providers 2 , 3 , hospitals undergoing financial stresses 2 , and greater risk of being uninsured 4 . (rrh.org.au)
  • Each component of a health system should be held accountable - both internally, with reference to its duties and roles, and also to the public it serves - for performing to consistently high standards, including standards of clinical care, and for continually striving to improve performance. (who.int)
  • Doctors link the increase to expanding maternal care deserts and a widening gap in access, endangering women and infants. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Moms and babies are intertwined, if you think about it, in their health care, right? (scrippsnews.com)
  • Dr. Elizabeth Cherot is the president and CEO of March of Dimes , a nonprofit working to improve health care access and treatment for women and infants. (scrippsnews.com)
  • With nowhere to turn, many women find themselves having to commute long distances for care. (scrippsnews.com)
  • We actually found that among all the rural counties in the United States, those counties that have higher proportion of African-American reproductive-age women have much higher likelihood of experiencing of losing their local maternity care units,' Hung said. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Maternal care deserts are also popping up around urban counties as well. (scrippsnews.com)
  • For those unsure what the options are, Cherot recommends talking to a health care professional you trust and notes that there are organizations out there that can lend a hand. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Our multidisciplinary staff works in partnership with host-country experts, organizations, and governments to make quality, accessible health care a reality for children, women, and men around the world. (rhsupplies.org)
  • These experiences motivated her to pursue a career centered on providing primary care and partnering with communities to address health inequities. (glfhc.org)
  • Hechose a career in primary care because he believes it is the best way for him to use his scientific education to join the struggle against societal injustice, racism, wealth disparities, and the degradation of the environment. (glfhc.org)
  • Ensuring women giving birth are heard and are decisionmakers in accountable systems of care. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Rural health care facilities will have more staff and capabilities to provide maternal care through increased funding from the expanding the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program and more robust training for rural health care providers. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Through the No Surprises Act, women are now protected from certain unexpected medical bills, which may occur during pregnancy, postpartum care, and/or delivery. (whitehouse.gov)
  • More providers will be trained on implicit biases as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate care, so that more women are listened to, respected, and empowered as a decisionmaker in their own care. (whitehouse.gov)
  • It's also putting us centre stage as all eyes are on how this huge change affects our reproductive health care, she says. (bcwomensfoundation.org)
  • College students from minority communities and communities of color are less likely to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine compared with individuals in the White community, with Black women significantly less likely than Black men to plan to receive the vaccination, according to results from a small study presented at the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Virtual Conference. (medscape.com)
  • The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. (ama-assn.org)
  • She cares about families, health care, and the safety of our citizens. (feministmajority.org)
  • Fight for the women of Missouri and the women of our country, both documented and undocumented, in our mission to hold on to our reproductive rights and access to health care. (feministmajority.org)
  • Remember that our state has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country and inadequate prenatal care facilities for both rural and urban women. (feministmajority.org)
  • Right now in Missouri mothers are suffering, expecting mothers are dying, and health care is a necessity we cannot afford to lose. (feministmajority.org)
  • Health care access is important, but it is not the only factor. (va.gov)
  • Provider and health care system factors may also play a role. (va.gov)
  • As the nation's largest health care system, VA offers a unique opportunity to understand the complex reasons why health care disparities may occur. (va.gov)
  • And third, general improvement in the quality of care sometimes reduces disparities, but not always. (va.gov)
  • The authors suggest that partnerships between VA and Veterans can provide essential new insights into ways to eliminate health care disparities and ways to transfer new approaches into treatment settings where they are most needed. (va.gov)
  • I.A.A is passionate about creating social change and has over two years of experience in nonprofit leadership with a focus on smallholder farmer empowerment, defending indigenous minority rights, education, health care and community development. (fiohnetwork.org)
  • Population-based surveys provide important information about cancer-related health behaviors across the cancer care continuum. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Rural health advocates have long argued that the federal government's policies around rural health care do not match the reality on the ground. (facingsouth.org)
  • The threat to health care access presented by the closure of rural hospitals is not months or years away - it's already here. (facingsouth.org)
  • [6] In addition to allocating less of its GDP to health care than its Latin American counterparts, Peru also demonstrates inequalities in the amount of resources that are set aside for poor and non-poor citizens. (wikipedia.org)
  • This blog explains the factors that contribute to Latino health disparities, such as poverty, culture, poorer quality of life, and increased health-care costs. (globalpolicysolutions.org)
  • 16. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women. (netce.com)
  • Georgia's Legislature is once again brainstorming legislation to address the state's rural health care crisis. (ajc.com)
  • That makes Georgia worse than the national average for needy areas short of primary health care providers, according to federal data assembled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. (ajc.com)
  • The legislators have repeatedly created health care study committees and passed some legislation. (ajc.com)
  • Dr. Vikas Saini, the president of the Massachusetts-based Lown Institute, which advocates for health of communities, calls the rural doctor shortage a major issue that reaches beyond Georgia, especially since rural residents tend to need more health care than urban ones. (ajc.com)
  • Health care for women and children has improved by leaps and bounds. (businessnc.com)
  • Medical advances are reshaping health care for women, too, adding years and quality to their lives. (businessnc.com)
  • We are constantly evolving and re-inventing ourselves when it comes to personalized care for women," says Pam Oliver, executive vice president of Winston-Salem-based Novant Health and president of Novant Health Physician Network. (businessnc.com)
  • Greenville-based Vidant Health has been instrumental in providing care for women in rural communities east of Interstate 95. (businessnc.com)
  • Angela Still, a Vidant Health administrator in women's care, assembled an outreach team to learn how to become an effective tertiary care hospital for women in rural regions. (businessnc.com)
  • The health of rural America is failing, and a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without adequate replacement could prove disastrous. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Further, dwindling industry in these communities limits access to both employment and to health care. (dailyyonder.com)
  • They have been more likely to have had inadequate access to affordable health care for years. (dailyyonder.com)
  • However, health care in rural areas under the ACA has also faced major challenges. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Health care markets are now more integrated, focused on moving away from free-for-service and towards coordinated care and value-based payment models. (dailyyonder.com)
  • A bundled payment is a reimbursement method for health care providers, hospitals or other care facilities in which the care provider receives payment for all services to treat a given condition. (dailyyonder.com)
  • WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee , issued the following statement on the House plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. (senate.gov)
  • The House GOP health plan is yet another misguided, ill-conceived attempt to shift health care costs to the millions of hardworking, middle-class Americans who rely on the affordable, comprehensive coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (senate.gov)
  • This inadequate bill breaks the president's and Republicans' promises to ensure access to high-quality health care. (senate.gov)
  • Millions of women nationwide would be put at risk of having no place to go for basic primary and preventive health care The American people deserve better from their elected officials. (senate.gov)
  • 1Lebanese Health Care Management Association, Beirut, Lebanon (Correspondence to N.M. Kronfol: [email protected]). (who.int)
  • As a consequence, it is fre- tration of dentists in the cities of the health care systems of the Arab coun- quently the case that patients choose to Arab region severely limits access in tries. (who.int)
  • Regulations on health baskets covered only to a certain extent and and co-payment for health care. (who.int)
  • Long waiting lists encour- health care constitutes a key challenge services that are actually accessible. (who.int)
  • age patients to seek care in the private for health systems throughout the Arab The enforcement of legal regulations in sector. (who.int)
  • Common exclusions disorders, little co-morbidity and high disproportionately affected by barriers from the health basket educational status, while mentally re- to accessing health care [1]. (who.int)
  • Cost sharing can also health care, particularly for vulnerable there is wide coverage offered in the be substantial for a range of services that people. (who.int)
  • Despite its many challenges, rural psychiatry can be particularly rewarding because it allows an opportunity to provide much-needed care and the ability to be at the forefront of helping to close gaps in health care disparities.The privilege of being a true community resource and the ability to improve overall community mental health give meaningful purpose to the work of a rural psychiatrist. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • However, the ability to offer a reliable source of mental health care and the opportunities to become involved in community solutions mean that the rewards of rural psychiatry can far outweigh any challenges. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Accessibility of mental health care in rural areas continues to be an ongoing concern. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Availability of a range of health care options is another limitation in rural areas. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Because of these disparities, rural providers are more likely to report that the lack of access to referral resources is a major challenge in providing care. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Patient concerns about the acceptability of mental health care may also influence the experiences of rural psychiatrists. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Given that uninsured individuals are less likely to receive preventive care and treatment for major health and chronic conditions, health disparity gaps will likely widen without extending the PTCs into 2023. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • Insurance churn can result in worsening adherence and overall health, increased emergency department use, and interruptions in physician care. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • Additionally, if more people lose financial support, we may see more disparities in behavioral health and substance abuse due to financial distress and worsening access to care. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • Volume of Care for Primary Care Physicians in Integrated vs Independent Practices Through the COVID-19 Pandemic' was published in JAMA Health Forum in September 2023. (press-news.org)
  • Cuellar was funded by the National Institute of Health Care Management. (press-news.org)
  • Traditional birth attendants and malaria (9%), AIDS (3%), measles (1%) of births were delivered by caesarean relatives are the major providers of de- and neonatal causes (33%), while being section with wide disparities between livery care in rural areas [11]. (who.int)
  • The Lipitz Center is committed to improving the health and quality of life for people with complex health care needs by conducting research and disseminating new knowledge. (bvs.br)
  • According to the Office of Minority Health, some of the uses for the new MH SVI include identifying communities of limited English-proficient individuals that may need assistance in other languages during outreach efforts and identifying medically under-resourced communities that need improved health care infrastructure and access. (cdc.gov)
  • We did not expect to find a difference of this magnitude in heart failure among rural communities compared to urban communities, especially among rural-dwelling Black men," said Véronique L. Roger, M.D., M.P.H., the study's corresponding author and a senior investigator with the Epidemiology and Community Health Branch in NHLBI's Division of Intramural Research. (nih.gov)
  • In one study, they had community health workers deliver home-based screening tests to women in underserved communities. (kendallhealth.org)
  • Although few in number, family physicians who provide cesarean sections as primary surgeon disproportionately serve rural communities and counties without obstetrician/gynecologists, suggesting that they provide access to obstetric services in these communities. (jabfm.org)
  • Approximately 28 million reproductive-age women in the United States live in rural communities but more than half of rural counties do not have hospital-based obstetric services. (jabfm.org)
  • 3 In particular, remote rural regions and majority black rural communities are more likely to lack in-county obstetric services. (jabfm.org)
  • The root causes may be different from those in Michigan's urban communities , but the results are the same: Michigan's African-American and American Indian babies are three times likelier than white babies to die in their first year of life. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • While hard to document, anecdotal evidence also points to increasing Hispanic infant deaths among rural migrant communities due to fear when family members are undocumented. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • For American Indians, Latinos, and a handful of African-Americans in the rural communities, social injustice inequities certainly top the list (of mortality causes),' Biery says. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • She says hospitals and health centers in many rural communities have been scaling back on services for women and their babies amid money woes. (scrippsnews.com)
  • In rural communities, young people were more likely to use a gun - no coincidence, according to the study authors, since suicide rates in urban communities dropped alongside a decline in urban gun ownership. (time.com)
  • more than half of rural communities in the U.S. don't have a local mental-health worker like a psychiatrist or psychologist. (time.com)
  • Those who do have access to mental-health resources may be reluctant to use them because of stigma, and self-reliance is often seen as virtue in rural communities, the study says. (time.com)
  • This maternal health crisis is particularly devastating for Black women, Native women, and women in rural communities who all experience maternal mortality and morbidity at significantly higher rates than their white and urban counterparts. (whitehouse.gov)
  • When asked about the most predominant factors that lead to disparities between the Black and White communities in terms of HPV vaccine uptake, Mathis-Gamble cited the "taboo" nature of HPV, resulting in a lack of discourse about virus prevention between Black parents and their children. (medscape.com)
  • Moreover, communities of color, and in the context here, young Black men and women, have so many legitimate reasons not to trust information and vaccines offered by the healthcare system due to past unethical treatment and experimentation," added Moen, whose research specialties include STIs and social determinants of health. (medscape.com)
  • In some provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, abortion providers are only in urban centers, despite 35-40% of the population living in rural or remote communities. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • The Women's Foundation of Oregon's 2016 Count Her In report is founded on the intersectionality of key challenges across multiple communities of women. (oregon.gov)
  • i) helping to create "sustainable economic development in rural communities in Cameroon, (ii) empower and train youths and women-owned producer cooperatives, and (iii) educate Cameroonians about the importance of organic farming and organic food. (fiohnetwork.org)
  • Rural hospitals in the South are more likely to serve poorer communities, which makes them more reliant on public health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid to keep their doors open. (facingsouth.org)
  • Of the 740 Southern hospitals that reported a negative net income to the CMS in 2017, 13 in rural communities closed over the next two years. (facingsouth.org)
  • Our partnership is centered around advancing evidence-based and emerging promising practices to support public health practitioners working with communities. (alabamanow.com)
  • As President of the National Grange , Betsy Huber has spent her decades-long career focused on improving all aspects of life for people in rural communities. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • AWHP: Can you talk a bit about the work The Grange is doing to ensure Americans living in rural communities have access to healthcare? (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • This dramatic increase in insurance is translating into improved health for these communities. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Geographical isolation and the small size of rural communities can contribute to specific ethical dilemmas that arise involving confidentiality, patients' rights, patient-provider relationships, and distribution of limited resources. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • it is likely that this is because there are fewer therapists in rural communities. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Many rural communities do not have detoxification services, and if they are available, they are less likely to offer medical monitoring in addition to social models of substance use treatment. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Telehealth can also be used in SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment) initiatives to expand access to substance use treatment in rural communities. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Qualitative studies on the manifestation of stigma around mental health in rural communities describe the importance of "rural gossip networks" and the impact of increased "social visibility" in small communities. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • 5 Surveys conducted among rural residents also suggest that the perceived effectiveness of mental health treatment can influence the acceptability and the likelihood of help-seeking and that individuals in rural communities are less likely to view mental health treatment as helpful. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., served in the medical and research communities for decades before becoming the second Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) in 2015. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic led to rapid adoption of telehealth as a strategy to provide health services while reducing the risk of coronavirus exposure. (ahrq.gov)
  • 29-32 The pandemic has highlighted existing health disparities and placed a spotlight on a concerning rise in incidence of IPV against women and girls. (ahrq.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Analysing the characteristics of people reporting not having had COVID-19 can support public health decision-makers in designing better interventions and facilitating the implementation of effective prevention and control measures to prepare for and respond to a possible future pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • We're also doing a lot of work around mental health, which has come to the forefront since the start of the pandemic. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • The "Ever-Evolving Pandemic," while exposing the nation's enormous health disparities, has also led to significant policies increasing the number of insured Americans. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • Over 80% of women complain of declines in cognition during pregnancy. (whri.org)
  • The resulting data will greatly aid in our understanding of how pregnancy affects the brain of women and has the potential to improve the mental health of women in British Columbia and beyond to ensure each child and mother thrives. (whri.org)
  • To determine the impact of rurality on maternal and child health in Maine, USA, 11 years of data (2000-2010) for the state of Maine from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) project were analyzed. (rrh.org.au)
  • average BMI 26.1 for isolated rural women vs 25.3 for urban women) and were more likely to smoke but less likely to drink alcohol (both before and during pregnancy). (rrh.org.au)
  • These results highlight areas where focused pre-pregnancy and prenatal education may improve maternal and child health in rural Maine. (rrh.org.au)
  • Objectives Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM) is a group of pregnancy complications in which a woman nearly dies. (medrxiv.org)
  • Preventing unintended pregnancy and helping all women be their healthiest, both before, during, and after pregnancy (and regardless of pregnancy) is key to addressing maternal child health disparities. (utah.edu)
  • States are encouraged to extend Medicaid coverage from two months to one year postpartum, so that women do not lose or have changes in their coverage during or soon after pregnancy. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Providers will be trained on mental health during pregnancy, and women will have access to a national, confidential, 24-hour, toll-free hotline if they are experiencing mental health challenges. (whitehouse.gov)
  • A 2019 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. (ama-assn.org)
  • Physical violence against U.S. women around the time of pregnancy, 2004-2007. (netce.com)
  • Women in rural regions can get a high-risk pregnancy consultation, for example, without leaving their hometown. (businessnc.com)
  • These children were born to women involved in a double-blind, cluster randomised controlled trial of prenatal micronutrient supplementation that aimed to determine the effect of micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on birth weight. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Current screening recommendations propose that all women should be screened early in pregnancy, whereas women with elevated risks for congenital syphilis should be screened again later in pregnancy. (cdc.gov)
  • 2 A further 3% or 53 rural counties lost access to in-county obstetric services between 2014 and 2018. (jabfm.org)
  • survey nationally with a focus on Louisville, KY and Baton Rouge, LA . According to America's Health Rankings (2018), these two cities represent a population of Black women known to be vulnerable to higher rates of serious health issues. (alabamanow.com)
  • I think the take home message for this report is visits by adults who lived in large metro suburban areas was lower than visits by adults who lived in small-medium metro areas and rural areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Visits by men with hypertension was higher than visits by women overall, in large metro suburban areas, small medium metro areas, and rural areas. (cdc.gov)
  • The same pattern was observed in large metro urban and large metro suburban areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Ghanaian women in rural and urban areas face slightly different challenges. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hispanic/Latino Persons -- California, 2007-2017 percentage of late-stage diagnoses (25.2%) than did those in 240 Trends in Use of Telehealth Among Health Centers urban (21.9%) and metropolitan (19.0%) areas. (cdc.gov)
  • The increased mortality rate from traffic injury in rural areas can be attributed to the increased probability of death given that a person has been injured, possibly due to challenges faced by emergency medical response systems. (nih.gov)
  • Adults living in rural areas of the United States have a 19% higher risk of developing heart failure compared to their urban counterparts, and Black men living in rural areas have an especially higher risk - 34%, according to a large observational study supported by the National Institutes of Health. (nih.gov)
  • the remainder lived in urban areas. (nih.gov)
  • However, Black men living in rural areas had the highest risk of all - a 34% higher risk of heart failure compared to urban-dwelling Black men. (nih.gov)
  • The study showed white women living in rural areas had a 22% increased risk of heart failure compared to white women in urban areas, and Black women had an 18% higher risk compared to Black women in urban areas. (nih.gov)
  • Finding an association between living in rural areas and an increased incidence of heart failure is an important advance, especially given its implications for helping to address geographic-, gender-, and race-based disparities," said David Goff, M.D., Ph.D., director of NHLBI's Division of Cardiovascular Sciences. (nih.gov)
  • People living in rural areas develop lung cancers more often than those in urban areas. (kendallhealth.org)
  • 1 An increasing number of rural areas are losing access to hospital obstetric services. (jabfm.org)
  • This research was further centered on Midwestern and Near-Western states (HHS Regions V, VII, and VIII), which contain clinically underserved areas, both urban and rural, that are not frequently studied. (societyfp.org)
  • Michigan's beautiful rural areas have an ugly secret: high infant mortality and poor maternal health, fueled in part by substance abuse, lack of access to healthy food, and dwindling birthing hospitals and OB-GYNs. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • In Michigan's rural areas, more pregnant women smoke cigarettes and abuse opioids than pregnant women in urban areas. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • Features statistics on rates of preventive Pap smears and mammograms, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Includes discussions about challenges of the disease for patients, providers, and caregivers in rural areas. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Compared to mothers from more urban areas, rural mothers were younger (10.5% of mothers from isolated rural areas were teenagers compared to 6.2% of mothers from urban areas), less well educated, less likely to be married, and more likely to live in lower income households (39.6% of isolated rural mothers had household incomes ≤US$20 000/year vs 28.8% of urban mothers). (rrh.org.au)
  • The previous 10 years strategic plan, had made some progress in the areas of health and development, however a lot remains to be acheived. (who.int)
  • According to a 2022 report by March of Dimes, 'areas where there is low or no access affect up to 6.9 million women and almost 500,000 births across the U.S. (scrippsnews.com)
  • People who live in rural areas have less access to mental-health services, more stigma surrounding help-seeking and freer access to guns than their urban counterparts. (time.com)
  • Monitoring results revealed that the nutritional and health status of Chinese people has continued to improve over the past years, and the disparity between urban and rural areas is gradually narrowing," Liu said. (ecns.cn)
  • The pills, which have been used safely in over 60 countries for decades, have the potential to address historical gaps in abortion access in remote and rural areas. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) rates are higher in rural areas. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • This engaging, informative conversation addresses many of the health and wellness issues raised by the BWLI survey while providing sound advice and guidance for viewers in Louisville and surrounding areas. (alabamanow.com)
  • Rural health has continued to become a bigger issue - especially the disparities present between those living in urban and rural areas. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • AWHP: What would you say are the primary areas of concern impacting access to healthcare for women in rural America? (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • In rural areas, the distances to healthcare treatment centers are significant, and it is more difficult to find a doctor, particularly a specialist who is within a reasonable travel distance. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • There is also the consideration of transportation - in rural areas there usually is no public transportation, so you must have access to a car. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • Statistics show people living in rural areas are older and sicker than those in urban areas. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • Suicide rates are much higher in rural areas compared to those in urban areas, so it's a very pressing issue. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • [2] Health workers and access to healthcare continue to be concentrated in cities and coastal regions, with many areas of the country having few to no medical resources. (wikipedia.org)
  • In rural areas, it was found that less than half of women had skilled attendants with them during delivery, compared to nearly 90% of urban women. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many of the same solutions that would make a difference in rural areas would make a difference for people who are struggling in urban areas. (ajc.com)
  • A December 2016 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that for the first time in 20 years, life expectancy in the United States has declined , particularly in small cities and rural areas, where people are dying at much higher rates . (dailyyonder.com)
  • This drop in life expectancy in rural areas is linked to higher rates of chronic illness, obesity, drug overdose, alcoholism, mental illness and suicide. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Previous reports have shown that persons living in nonmetropolitan (rural or urban) areas in the United States have higher death rates from all cancers combined than persons living in metropolitan areas. (cdc.gov)
  • During the most recent 5-year period for which data were available, nonmetropolitan rural areas had lower average annual age-adjusted cancer incidence rates for all anatomic cancer sites combined but higher death rates than metropolitan areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Because the House bill continues Republican attacks on Planned Parenthood the 10 Planned Parenthood health centers in Maryland will be at risk of shuttering their doors to the thousands of patients they serve in urban, rural and medically underserved areas. (senate.gov)
  • In rural areas [11]. (who.int)
  • Moreover, societal issues, such as homelessness, that have important implications for mental health appear to have patterns and solutions in rural areas that are different from those in urban areas. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • For example, in rural areas, homelessness can be a direct consequence of economic changes within the community, and it is more likely to affect women and children. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Certainly, these systemic issues are not the only ones found in rural areas. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Gender disparities in China are concentrated in poor rural areas and among poor households. (biomedcentral.com)
  • underweight confers an additional risk urban and rural areas [12]. (who.int)
  • Among providers whose practice consisted of at least 10% STI visits and who used telehealth (n = 488), the majority were female and OB/GYNs practicing in suburban areas of the South. (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, as they usually live far from the central urban areas, they are more exposed to violent episodes 6 . (bvsalud.org)
  • In Central Appalachia, a region plagued by multiple health inequities, smoking rates have remained high over the last several decades [ 7 ], yet a detailed epidemiologic description of smoking behavior in this population is missing. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cessation of Medicaid continuous enrollment and premium tax credits for Exchange will contribute to health inequities in myriad ways. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • Their newly launched initiative, Mother Infant Health and Equity Improvement Plan (MIHEIP ), has as its vision 'Zero preventable deaths. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • The major challenges are to apply an effective health system reform, find alternative ways of funding, reduce the burden of diseases, promote healthy life styles, develop and retain human resources and introduce advanced technology while assuring equity, quality and accessibility. (who.int)
  • In a 2014 article , three senior VA investigators reviewed the Veteran Health Administration's efforts relating to health equity research. (va.gov)
  • It provides details on strategic health-equity efforts. (globalpolicysolutions.org)
  • Governments are urged to address the health inequalities that result from these obstacles and promote equity, solidarity and fairness through social policies that enhance social and national development. (who.int)
  • The Biden administration has made health equity a priority, from The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI)'s new strategy to Biden's appointment of health disparities advisor, Marcella Nunez-Smith . (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • This year's theme is health equity . (cdc.gov)
  • The conference will feature recorded opening remarks from CDC Director and ATSDR Administrator Dr. Rochelle Walensky, as well as the following speakers: National Center for Environmental Health and ATSDR Director Dr. Patrick Breysse, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Associate Director Dr. Christopher Reh, and Department of Health and Human Services Advisor for Health Equity and Climate Arsenio Mataka. (cdc.gov)
  • This newly customized version of the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index applies a health equity lens to research, strategic planning, program design, and evaluation for response and recovery of disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • It was surprising to see a significantly higher percentage of hypertension in non-Hispanic Black adults in Large metro urban and large metro suburban counties in comparison to non-Hispanic White and Hispanic adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Those who provided cesarean sections were more likely to be male (odds ratio (OR) = 1.573, 95% confidence limits (CL) 1.246-1.986), and work in rural health clinics (OR = 2.157, CL 1.397-3.330), small rural counties (OR = 4.038, CL 1.887-8.642), and in counties without obstetrician/gynecologists (OR = 2.163, CL 1.440-3.250). (jabfm.org)
  • Between 2004 and 2014, 9% or 179 rural counties lost access to in-county obstetric services due to hospital or maternity ward closures. (jabfm.org)
  • But it's not just rural counties that are suffering. (scrippsnews.com)
  • In 2013, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) revised and updated their Urban-Rural Classification Scheme of Counties, based on population density, to examine health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • 94% of Missouri women live in counties without abortion services, resulting in costly transport and time obstacles. (feministmajority.org)
  • Nearly 200 rural hospitals across the South are in counties that have already seen at least one death from COVID-19 and have budgets in the red, according to a Facing South analysis of data reported to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2017. (facingsouth.org)
  • And with revenues plummeting, the in-the-red rural hospitals that are not in counties with large COVID-19 outbreaks are still not protected from the disease or its fallout. (facingsouth.org)
  • Rural counties have a lot of patients on Medicare and Medicaid, as well as patients without insurance at all. (ajc.com)
  • Nonmetropolitan rural counties had higher incidence of and deaths from several cancers related to tobacco use and cancers that can be prevented by screening. (cdc.gov)
  • One thousand seven hundred forty four early school-aged offspring of women who had participated in a prenatal supplementation trial with different combinations of micronutrients and continued to reside in two rural counties in China were followed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These can be based on ethnicity, gender, geography, or other things that put certain groups at a disadvantage," says Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo, an expert in minority health at the University of Miami. (kendallhealth.org)
  • Dr. Pérez-Stable shared highlights from his career and discussed advancing the science of minority health and health disparities with NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. (medlineplus.gov)
  • How did you first become interested in minority health and health disparities? (medlineplus.gov)
  • My interest in minority health began in my third year as a resident when all of the residents in my year were asked to do a talk [on a topic of our choice]. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health has launched a new collaboration with GRASP called the Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index , known as the MH SVI . (cdc.gov)
  • This project illustrates how the CDC/ATSDR SVI can be customized and is the first of what is expected to be a series of collaborations between GRASP and the HHS Office of Minority Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Using a geographic information system, each questionnaire response was assigned a rurality tier (urban, suburban, large rural town, or isolated rural community) based on the rural-urban commuting area code of the town of residence of the mother. (rrh.org.au)
  • The geographic and demographic realities of rural life may also interact around health-related issues. (rrh.org.au)
  • While limited research has examined geographic disparities in SMM risks, exploration of spatial patterning of SMM risks could identify hotspots of risk and shed insight on the contextual factors driving these clusters. (medrxiv.org)
  • This study demonstrates how geographic information systems software, specifically ArcGIS, can be used to develop bivariate choropleth maps to inform resource allocation and public health interventions. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • I refuse to retreat in the battle to eliminate health disparities. (senate.gov)
  • The second goal of HP2010 is to eliminate health gets were set for the year 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • The second goal of HP2010 is to eliminate health these subgroups are to be eliminated. (cdc.gov)
  • Women's groups and activists in Ghana are demanding gender policies and programmes to improve the livelihood of women. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, the government has a ministry dedicated to women, and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection focuses on policy formation on issues that pertain specifically to women and children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Subramanian revealed concerning data highlighting a significant gender disparity in sterilisation procedures in Tamil Nadu over the last two and a half years. (chennaionline.com)
  • Includes information on metro versus nonmetro caregiver relationship to patient, gender, age, education, marital status, types of caregiving, and amount of time caregiving, utilizing data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • This article assesses the impact of rural-urban migration on gender disparities in children's access to healthcare in China and India. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Based on fourteen months of fieldwork with rural migrant families in Shenzhen (China) and Mumbai (India), this article argues that where migration improves access to healthcare, it may increase rather than decrease the gender gap in treatment of child illness in the short term, as resources are concentrated on the treatment of sons. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • For these two reasons, development strategies focusing on large-scale rural-urban migration should not be seen as a short-term solution to problems of gender inequity in child health. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Department of Health and Human Services agencies for each of the following domains: race and ethnicity, involved in the HP2010 initiative was convened to discuss gender, family income level, and education level. (cdc.gov)
  • The keynote address will be delivered by Nancy Krieger , PhD. Dr. Krieger is a professor of Social Epidemiology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director of the Harvard School of Public Health Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Identified barriers include: rural location of clinics, patient transportation, patient knowledge, cost of contraceptives, decrease in available Title X funding, and clinician training and availability. (societyfp.org)
  • Before the 2017 introduction of the medical abortion drug mifepristone, 96 percent of abortions in Canada were performed surgically at less than 100 mostly-urban clinics. (bcwomensfoundation.org)
  • Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics. (ama-assn.org)
  • The above table notes the number of medical abortion providers located in standalone sexual health and/or abortion clinics. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • This study investigated the perceptions and practices of cervical and colorectal cancer prevention in Rural Health Clinics. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • An online survey was administered to all Rural Health Clinics in South Carolina. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Risk factors and unhealthy behaviors among reproductive-age women directly impact more than one life. (utah.edu)
  • Purpose: The goal of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators - at both the clinic and provider levels - to providing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), emergency contraception (EC), and abortion referrals to rural women, including adolescents, compared to their urban counterparts. (societyfp.org)
  • and social determinants of health including transportation barriers, food insecurity, and trauma. (ahrq.gov)
  • 33-37 Intervention efforts for IPV must consider limitations in accessing the usual channels of support, particularly as many women have been unable to leave abusive or unstable environments due to stay at home mandates and increasing hardship, likely resulting in increased rates of IPV 38-40 and creating new barriers to reporting. (ahrq.gov)
  • yet, people who live outside of Canada's urban centers face barriers in accessing the time-sensitive service. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • However, formal legal entitlements Similar problems also apply to mental ties may increase with the current trend do not necessarily mean that barriers do health services. (who.int)
  • Within weeks of starting medical school she found her true calling was maternal and child health, and spent the majority of the next 3 years thinking she would become an OB/GYN. (glfhc.org)
  • Virtual health technologies, also considered telehealth services, may include mobile health applications (apps) or devices that collect patient-generated health data and interventions provided over the internet, such as screening questionnaires and education. (ahrq.gov)
  • One of the hardest realities about drug use is that even if we screened every woman, there were no local resources for interventions. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • Ondersma is developing a unique app to educate women about the risks of substance abuse and the interventions available to them, designed for use during a woman's first obstetrician appointment. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • Thus, interventions targeting reproductive-age women have the potential for impact beyond the woman herself, with both short and long-term consequences for the woman and her family. (utah.edu)
  • En 2007, le gouvernement a lancé le programme pour la santé de la mère, du nouveau-né et de l'enfant, afin de favoriser l'accès à des interventions d'un bon rapport coût-efficacité et fondées sur des données factuelles, de renforcer les capacités des systèmes de santé de district, d'autonomiser les communautés, de former davantage de sages-femmes communautaires qualifiées et d'encourager le recours aux services essentiels. (who.int)
  • Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate HPV disproportionally affects Black women and gay men . (medscape.com)
  • The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • The minister acknowledged achievements in maternal and infant health, presenting awards for excellence in family welfare initiatives within the state's healthcare system. (chennaionline.com)
  • This manuscript examines the sociodemographic characteristics associated with women meeting these recommendations. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Increasing access to and coverage of comprehensive high-quality maternal health services, including behavioral health services. (whitehouse.gov)
  • View past recordings from the Behavioral health integration (BHI) Overcoming Obstacles webinar series. (ama-assn.org)
  • Presented by the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Collaborative, this BHI webinar series will enable physicians to integrate BHI in their practices. (ama-assn.org)
  • This fact sheet identifies existing initiatives targeting colorectal cancer screening in rural South Carolina. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Persistent rural‐urban disparities for colorectal and cervical cancers raise concerns regarding access to treatment providers. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Controls for COVID-19 Prevention in Non-Health and viral load results received during January 2017-September 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • The study, one of the first to look at the link between living in rural America and first-time cases of heart failure, underscores the importance of developing more customized approaches to heart failure prevention among rural residents, particularly Black men. (nih.gov)
  • Traditionally, preventive services for women are either integrated into well woman visits 6 , 7 focusing on screening and prevention, or offered opportunistically in the context of managing health conditions. (ahrq.gov)
  • 16 Digital health platforms for IPV services 17-19 have demonstrated acceptability and feasibility for violence prevention and decision support for those in abusive relationships. (ahrq.gov)
  • Many cancer cases and deaths could be prevented, and public health programs can use evidence-based strategies from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) to support cancer prevention and control. (cdc.gov)
  • Carter Blakey, and Omar Passons (Office of Disease Prevention and Health also be measured for subgroups of the population. (cdc.gov)
  • In general, research in the Dana Center focuses on improving knowledge of risk factors for ocular disease and public health approaches to the prevention of these diseases and their ensuing visual impa. (bvs.br)
  • Despite declining rates of smoking across the United States, smoking remains a persistent challenge in Central Appalachia, which continues to face marked disparities in education funding and tobacco control policies that have benefitted much of the rest of the nation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The combination of the Mifepristone and Misoprostol pills (sold together in Canada under the brand Mifegymiso) is the World Health Organization gold standard for medical abortion. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • Overall, the risk of heart failure was about 19% higher in rural residents than their urban counterparts. (nih.gov)
  • I decided to take this knowledge and look at hypertension in the US population as a whole to see how hypertension differed by urban-rural residences. (cdc.gov)
  • Deaths/injury was by far the most important determinant in the county-to-county variation in deaths/population, and accounted for the greatest portion of the rural/urban disparity. (nih.gov)
  • improving health by both raising its overall level and reducing inequalities in its distribution · enhancing the responsiveness of the health system to the legitimate expectations of the population · assuring fairness in financial contribution. (who.int)
  • Abstract Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population Sector's Population Sector wishes to carry out a diverse program of activities aimed at providing a secure supply of contraceptives for the country. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Lead author Kayla Mathis-Gamble, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, of the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, said the findings were surprising considering the female population has been targeted for years with education on preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). (medscape.com)
  • Women made up 8.7 percent of the Veteran population in 2017, and 34.4 percent of those women were minorities. (va.gov)
  • However, due to small rural sample sizes, varying sampling methods, and/or other study design or analytical concerns, there are challenges in using population-based surveys for rural cancer control research and practice. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Five sectors administer healthcare in Peru today: the Ministry of Health (60% of population), EsSalud (30% of population), and the Armed Forces (FFAA), National Police (PNP), and the private sector (10% of population). (wikipedia.org)
  • [2] As a result, coverage has increased to over 80% of the Peruvian population having some form of health insurance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Much is made of rural population declines and professionals such as doctors leaving with everyone else. (ajc.com)
  • Taken as a whole, Medicaid expansion through the ACA has resulted in critical gains toward improving rural population health by expanding insurance coverage and stabilizing rural hospitals. (dailyyonder.com)
  • ABSTRACT This paper reviews some of the main obstacles encountered by the population (or rather by different social groups) in accessing health services in Arab countries. (who.int)
  • Ces obstacles peuvent être d'ordre social, culturel, administratif, organisationnel ou financier et avoir un impact sur la population en fonction du sexe et de l'ethnie à des degrés divers. (who.int)
  • An expansion of cover- have occurred over the past 3 decades, the case of fertility treatments, in some age of dental health services is needed to several subsets of the population in cases, women travel to countries where improve oral health. (who.int)
  • This report discusses the tech disparities among subgroups of the population. (cdc.gov)
  • The techniques that are disparities among segments of the population (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Today, the White House released the Biden-Harris Administration's Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis , a whole-of-government approach to combatting maternal mortality and morbidity. (whitehouse.gov)
  • NIH is funding research looking at ways to reduce health disparities. (kendallhealth.org)
  • Background: There is a paucity of research on access to and provision of family planning services in the rural United States, and specifically little attention has been paid to rural adolescents and their family planning needs. (societyfp.org)
  • Health research is essential to discover new treatments for these problems. (whri.org)
  • The purpose of this project is to consolidate the BC Women's Hospital (BCWH) Preemie Biobank initiative, the first Biobank in Canada dedicated to the collection of biological cord blood and placental tissues for research related to preterm birth and health problems in premature babies. (whri.org)
  • The results of this study will also provide guidance on how to improve the acquisition of high quality biological specimens for innovative research, from the perspective of health providers. (whri.org)
  • In the long-term, we hope that this study will enhance our ability to positively impact the health of premature babies through discovery research. (whri.org)
  • This research includes preclinical, clinical, behavioral, and translational studies to address health disparities among groups of women in the U.S. that are understudied, underrepresented, and underreported in biomedical research. (nih.gov)
  • Much research has shown widespread discrimination against girl children in both countries, including in health investments, contributing to the well-known problem of Asia's 'missing' women. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Chart by Olivia Paschal with data from the Sheps Center for Health Services Research. (facingsouth.org)
  • I don't tend to be a doom and gloom person," said Michael Topchik, the national leader for the Chartis Center for Rural Health, a research and consulting group. (facingsouth.org)
  • BWLI Co-Director and expert in the field of HIV/AIDS research, Lisa Frederick , says "Black women are still disproportionately affected by HIV especially in our southern regions like Louisville and Baton Rouge yet the conversations around HIV have stopped. (alabamanow.com)
  • We listen and protect Black women by translating research into practice. (alabamanow.com)
  • BWLI and NDRI- USA share a goal of building community and practitioner relationships to bridge the gap between research and practice in public health. (alabamanow.com)
  • He talked about NIMHD's unique role within NIH, how the landscape for health disparities research changed with COVID-19, and what he's most excited about moving forward. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The Institute is dedicated to the protection of public health through education, service, and research in risk policy. (bvs.br)
  • The Welch Center is a multidisciplinary research center which work promotes the health of the public by generating the knowledge required to prevent disease and its consequences. (bvs.br)
  • We're partnering with the organization Rural Minds which provides mental health information and resources for those living in rural America. (womenshealthandprevention.org)
  • Rural America already lags in life expectancy and other measurements of health. (dailyyonder.com)
  • This shocking trend is driven in part by increasing mortality rates for white, working-class Americans, many of whom live in rural America. (dailyyonder.com)
  • The repeal of Medicaid expansion and collapse of the individual insurance market, which could occur as part of repeal of the ACA, could threaten strides the country has made in advancing the health of rural America. (dailyyonder.com)
  • In 2017, the number of women elected to Parliament grew, and 37 women were elected. (wikipedia.org)
  • Until 2017, 96% of abortions were performed surgically in fewer than 100 (primarily urban) facilities. (whri.org)
  • In November 2017, Health Canada changed the language in their product monograph from "physicians only" to "health professional. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • Cervical cancer is among the deadliest cancers in women, but learning more about the high-risk human papilloma virus combined with administering pap tests in younger women has probably saved more women's lives than any other test in the history of medicine," he says. (businessnc.com)
  • UNICEF's top priority in Africa is to accompany governments, and their partners, in their efforts to reduce child mortality, to accelerate child survival and development, and to reduce maternal mortality and improve the health of women. (who.int)
  • Many doctors' offices or hospitals don't have the resources to hire a full-time navigator to help reduce disparities, she explains. (kendallhealth.org)
  • Highlights the proceedings of a workshop on strategies to reduce health disparities relating to central nervous system (CNS) disorders. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • What Can Be Done to Reduce Disparities? (medscape.com)
  • Helping women with children to optimize their health also supports them in caring for their families while potentially influencing the health of their children. (utah.edu)
  • In the USA, the mortality rate from traffic injury is higher in rural and in southern regions, for reasons that are not well understood. (nih.gov)
  • Lynette Biery, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Family Health Services, notes that clusters of higher infant mortality are found in the Upper Peninsula, the northern Lower Peninsula, and southwest Michigan, near the Indiana border. (rapidgrowthmedia.com)
  • Peru's relatively high maternal mortality can be attributed to disparities such as these. (wikipedia.org)
  • Current progress in PMTCT still shows that about half of all pregnant women in Africa need to receive ARV prophylaxis to prevent MTCT and that the majority of these women receive the least effective treatment. (who.int)
  • Only a small proportion of pregnant women receive ART for their health. (who.int)
  • We will recruit 15 women pregnant for the first time and 15 age- and education-matched non-pregnant women. (whri.org)
  • All women will be assessed at 3 time points: for pregnant women at 12, 24, and 37 weeks since last menstrual period, and for control women at 3-month intervals. (whri.org)
  • This strategy comes on a time the health system is facing many challenges resulting from the high burden of communicable diseases, recent increasing burden of non communicable diseases, the economic constraints, poverty, the civil conflict that has been going on for decades and the climatic factors related to floods and drought. (who.int)
  • Session moderator Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, College Park, told Medscape Medical News in an email that people in circumstances of discrimination, poverty, and other social determinants of health may often feel that certain messages aren't relevant for them because these messages aren't tailored to their cultural/social context. (medscape.com)
  • The law introduces a mandatory health insurance system as well, automatically registering everyone, regardless of age, who living in extreme poverty under Integral Health Insurance (Seguro Integral de Salud, SIS). (wikipedia.org)
  • Poverty, reduced rates of health insurance, long travel distances, and a shortage of public transportation create potential obstacles. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • PRAMS is a national public health surveillance system that uses questionnaires to survey women who had delivered live infants in the previous 2-4 months. (rrh.org.au)
  • Dr. Peiyin Hung is an assistant professor in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. (scrippsnews.com)
  • During her working years she followed a lifelong passion for public health and completed an MPH from the University of New England. (glfhc.org)
  • The problem of suicide and the issue of firearms are very complex public health concerns," writes Rivara. (time.com)
  • This study aimed to analyse the characteristics of no-COVID-19 respondents and the associated factors to better understand which may have conditioned not having had the disease as guidance to help in the design of better public health strategies. (bvsalud.org)
  • While HIV remains a major public health issue that affects millions of people worldwide, the survey revealed the top three health concerns were high blood pressure, depression, and breast cancer. (alabamanow.com)
  • Co-Director and leading public health expert Hanna Tessema states, "We provide platforms and facilitate critical conversations about the health issues that most affect us. (alabamanow.com)
  • The Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration and the American Rescue Plan Act enabled policy changes that expanded enrollment in Medicaid and Health Exchange plans. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • and will feature a full day of presentations, posters, and lightning talks focused on the evolving role of geospatial science and technology in public health. (cdc.gov)
  • Poor follow-up of HIV - exposed infants, lack of access to early infant HIV diagnosis, and lack of testing services for sick children when they come into contact with health delivery systems are some of the challenges. (who.int)
  • Action plan outlining 6 goals for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the challenges facing people with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their families and to minimize the burden of AD/ADRD. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • With the rising prospective of peace the media is now suitable for different stakeholders to work in collaboration in order to deliver major improvements in health services throughout Sudan. (who.int)
  • Researchers from Broward College and Florida International investigated whether non-HPV-vaccinated Black college students are aware that the vaccine can be administered at student health services centers on campus. (medscape.com)
  • Access to health services shouldn't depend on your postal code or income bracket! (actioncanadashr.org)
  • In general, Peru's poorest citizens are subject to unhealthy environmental conditions, decreased access to health services, and typically have lower levels of education. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today, the survival rate is close to 90%," says Nicholson, a pediatric hematology oncologist who is now president of children's services and pediatrics chairman at Charlotte-based Atrium Health. (businessnc.com)
  • Additionally, 1.25 million Maryland Medicaid enrollees will no longer have access to essential health benefits like mental health and substance abuse treatments, pediatric dental services, or maternity coverage. (senate.gov)
  • most countries continue to face difficul- "donor anonymity is guaranteed is guar- ties utilizing the range of health services anteed for sperm and egg donations" Mental health available. (who.int)
  • However, dental services mental health patients would greatly tend to be limited to diagnosis, filling benefit from, such as individual psycho- and extraction. (who.int)
  • Half of the worldwide and health survey (PDHS) 2006-2007 about 70% of private sector services are deaths in children under five years occur indicates that 39% of births were as- urban based [17]. (who.int)
  • 4]. These deaths are attributed largely based, while 68% occurred in periph- planning (FP) services, mainly in urban to diarrhoea (22%), pneumonia (21%), eral rural settings. (who.int)
  • Weddington (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). (cdc.gov)
  • Join the AMA Women Physicians Section in honoring physicians who have offered their time, expertise and support to advance women in medicine. (ama-assn.org)
  • The World Health Organization recommends that all physicians, nurses, and midwives be allowed to prescribe the abortion pill. (actioncanadashr.org)
  • there really is major disparity in rural settings in terms of physicians," he said. (ajc.com)
  • E) Incidence by percentage with female head of household. (cdc.gov)
  • 22. Tjaden P, Thoennes N. Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. (netce.com)
  • Traumas of the maxillofacial complex represent one of the most important health problems worldwide, especially because of the high incidence and the diversity of facial lesions 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The Rural Colon and Cervical Cancer Environmental Scan used a mix of quantitative and qualitative techniques to identify opportunities for improving cancer screening uptake, follow-up of abnormal screening results, and timeliness and quality of treatment received among rural residents in South Carolina. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Dr. Grace Ma, a health disparities researcher at Temple University, leads a team working to overcome disparities in hepatitis screening and treatment among recent Asian immigrants. (kendallhealth.org)