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Health Outcomes Among Children
and Families Living in Rural Communities Conference webcast
The Center for information Technology at National Institutes of Health will videocast Health Outcomes Among Children
and Families Living in Rural Communities Conference, December 1-2, 2011. You can click on the picture below or
this link
http://videocast.nih.gov/FutureEvents.asp to the NIH VideoCasting and Podcasting Website for these seminars.
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The SC Rural Health Research Foundation recently sent four of our graduate students and one research assistant professor to the American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
Students Deshia Leonhirth, MBA; Jordan Mitchell, MBA; Kristin Schuller, MHA; and Samuel Towne, MPH, CPH attended and participated in the poster presentations to include
the topics of HIV, Maternal and Child Health, and Home Health.
In addition, Jessica Bellinger, PhD, participated in a Cancer Forum session and served with Elena Ong as an
organizer for an invited Women's Caucus session.
See more on Dr. Bellinger’s panel below.
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Dr. Jessica Bellinger, Program Chair of the Women's Caucus, organized an APHA special invited session, "Women's
Health in All Policies," with Elena Ong, a Caro Executive Fellow. Moderated by Adriane Casalotti, Health & Women's
Policy Advisor, Office of Congresswoman Lois Capps, the panelists were Avra Siegel of the White House Council on Women and Girls; Marcia Greenberger, JD,
National Women's Law Center; Heidi Hartmann, PhD, Institute for Women's Policy Research; and Alina Salganicoff,
PhD, Kaiser Family Foundation.
L-R: Kim Dauner (WC Policy Chair), Sarah Gareau (WC Co-Chair), Jessica Bellinger (WC Program Chair, Session Organizer),
Alina Salganicoff (Vice President & Director of Women's Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation),
Adriane Casalotti (Health & Women's Policy Advisor, Office of Congresswoman Lois Capps), Marcia Greenberger
(Co-President, National Women's Law Center), Heidi Hartmann (President, Institute of Women's
Policy Research), Elena Ong (Session Organizer).
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"Higher Risk Of Death In Rural Blacks And Whites Than Urbanites Is Related To Lower Incomes, Education, And Health Coverage” - Health Affairs October 2011
The South Carolina Rural Health Research Center at the Arnold School of Public Health, the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce the publication
of “Higher Risk Of Death In Rural Blacks And Whites Than Urbanites Is Related To Lower Incomes, Education, And Health Coverage” in the October 2011 issue of Health Affairs. The authors on this article are Dr. Janice C. Probst, Dr. Jessica D. Bellinger, Dr. Katrina M. Walsemann, Dr. James Hardin, and Dr. Saundra H. Glover.
This article which documents research into rural disparities in mortality is funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
The following link will direct you to the article’s abstract on Health Affairs’ website:
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/10/1872.
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Health Status in the Delta: Comparisons to other urban and rural U.S. Residents
In this Fact Sheet we examined geographic differences in health behaviors, access to care, receipt of appropriate preventative services, and quality of diabetes care among residents in the Delta region. We compared their findings to non-delta urban and non-delta rural.
Data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System was linked with the 2008 Area Resource File for the analysis.
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to download the Fact Sheets. |
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Jordan Mitchell, Health Services Policy and Management/PhD:
Jordan's dissertation, "Association between Clinical Decision Support Systems and Healthcare Disparities" has been funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ). This dissertation encompasses two major health services research topics, being health information technology along with health disparities. By integrating
health information technology research with examinations of healthcare quality disparities, this dissertation will offer an innovative direction for addressing disparities
in care based on race and area of residence. His dissertation committee consists of: Dr. Janice Probst (chair), Dr. Amy Martin, Dr. Kevin Bennett, Dr. Saundra Glover, and
Dr. James Hardin. Jordan plans to defend his dissertation in February, and graduate in May.
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" New! "Handling the Handoff: Rural and Race-Based Disparities in Post Hospitalization
Follow-up Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes"
Diabetes is one of
the most common chronic diseases, affecting an estimated 23.6 million people in
the United States (7.8% of the total population). Rural African American
and Hispanic residents with diabetes are less likely to exhibit good control
of their condition, putting them at greater risk for the consequences of
this disease, such as kidney failure, blindness and amputation.
Effective outpatient care is key to diabetes management.
Absence of such care, conversely, may play a role in poorer diabetes control in
rural areas. The present report uses information regarding Medicare beneficiaries
with diabetes to examine the provision of care in rural America. It provides
estimates of hospital admission rates for rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes,
tracks the proportion of patients who receive adequate outpatient care post discharge,
and assesses subsequent readmissions to the hospital. It also explores
the potential for race-based disparities in care for diabetes.
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Click here
to download the executive
summary, or
here to download the
full report. |
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
In memoriam
The faculty and staff of the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center mourn the passing of Rosemary McKenzie, minority health liaison and program
services manager at the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). Rosemary had been part of the South Carolina family since our Center
was founded in 2000. As an advocate for rural minority health, Ms. McKenzie served on our national advisory workgroup from 2000 until her recent
death. Her passion for populations often lost in the majority white demographics of rural America kept us honest and engaged. Over the years,
we used Rosemary's guidance as we developed our multiple presentations for the annual NRHA
Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health conferences, as well as for NRHA's annual conference.
We remember Rosemary as a spirited, stylish woman whose energy lit up every room she entered.
If the Father's house has many mansions, we are assured that she is lighting those up, as well.
Picture: Rosemary at a meeting in the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, 2004.
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"New!" "Diet, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity:
An Urban and Rural Comparison."
Previous research found that rural children, paradoxically, were more likely to be overweight or
obese and more likely to be physically active than urban children.
The current report expands on prior work by using information from the 1999-2006 NHANES.
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Click here
to download the executive
summary, or
here to download the
full report. |
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"New!" Is Your Hospital’s
Board Prepared to Govern?
Rural Acute Care Hospital
Boards Of Directors:
Education and Development
Needed.
We found that many rural
chairs and CEOs lacked full
confidence in their board’s
ability to conduct its
oversight and governance
functions effectively.
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Click here
to download the executive
summary, or
here to download the
full report. |
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Dr. Jan Probst leads the
Alma Mater at the hooding
ceremony for the Arnold
School of Public Health held
on May 6th, 2010. Over the
years one of the
University's most revered
tradition has arisen of
raising the right hand, with
fingers cupped, when the
phrase "Here's A Health,
Carolina" occurs, as if
offering a toast.
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see the larger photo. |
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Rural residents lag in
preventive services use; Lag
increases with service
complexity. This research
brief describes the receipt
of preventive services among
rural adults and explores
the factors that are related
to disparities in
utilization.
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Click here to
see the preventive services
policy brief. |
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The South Carolina Rural
Health Research Center is
pleased to announce an
on-line email process for
subscription to the SC Rural
Health Research Center List
Serve. To subscribe: send an
email with no subject and no
signature to listserv@listserv.sc.edu.
The body of the email should
read SUBSCRIBE SCRHRC-L
yourfirstname yourlastname.
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see the details. |
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New! “Health Disparities: A
Rural-Urban Chartbook,” is
now available for download.
This chartbook presents
information on health,
health behavior, and
preventive services use
indicators across rural
America, with detailed
information for white,
African American, Hispanic,
American Indian, and
Asian/Pacific Islander
populations.
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Click here
to download the executive
summary, or
here to download the
Health Disparities Chartbook. |
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New! The SCRHRC has started
a blog to keep folks
informed of news and events
that might not be “big”
enough for a formal release.
If you wish to track our
goings-on and thoughts, and
add your own commentary,
visit
http://scrhrc.blogspot.com/.
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Although children’s dental
health in the U.S. has
improved over recent
decades, a subset of
children continues to suffer
dental disease severe enough
to constitute a public
health problem. SCRHRC is
publishing a Chartbook about
this issue. |
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to download the executive
summary, or
here to download
the Oral Health Chartbook. |
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The National Rural Health
Association has named SCRHRC
scientist Dr. Janice Probst
its 2008 Outstanding
Researcher. |
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see the details. |
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Dr. Amy Brock Martin has
been named 2008 Rural
Educator of the Year and
president-elect of the S.C.
Rural Health Association. |
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see the details. |
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As the nation's first report
on obesity and physical
inactivity among rural
youth, the Center's study
shows that children living
in rural areas are more
likely to be overweight or
obese than their urban
peers. |
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Click here to
see the details.
Click here to download
the executive summary, or
here to download
the Obesity Chartbook. |
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Documentary film-making: Dr.
Amy Martin, Deputy Director
of the SC Rural Health
Research Center,
collaborated with Susan
Hogue, instructor in Media
Arts in the College of Arts
and Sciences, University of
South Carolina, to bring a
new look to rural studies. |
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the documentary. |
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Special guests: Dr. Oscar
Lovelace, a family physician
from Newberry County SC,
spoke on emerging rural
health issues at the SCRHRC
Annual Rural Health Grand
Rounds on September 27, 2006.
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to view the picture. |
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Dean of the Arnold School of
Public Health, Dr. Donna
Richter, shakes hands
with Cocky, the USC Mascot
and this year’s Special
Guest at the Annual Open
House. |
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photo gallery. |
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Maps of simulated
"Katrina-level" hurricane
event damage in South
Carolina were created from
hurricane wind models using
ArcGIS 9.1. |
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to view the maps. |
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Dr. Janice Probst, Center
Director, and Jessica
Bellinger, a graduate
student staffer, contributed two
presentations to the
Leadership Summit on
Eliminating Racial and
Ethnic Disparities in
Health, sponsored by the
Office of Minority Health,
USDHHS.
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We are now providing an Online
Report Request System!
You can choose either paper
or electronic copy for the
full report you need. we will
send out the requested
report to you via postal
mail (paper copy) or email
(electronic copy) within
7~10 days. |
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This service had been
stopped. |
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USC President Dr. Andrew
Sorensen visits the South
Carolina Rural Health
Research Center for our open
house, and sings with the
GameChords, USC’s own
barbershop quartet. |
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Special guests: USC
President Dr. Andrew
Sorensen, Dr. Michael
Samuels, Dean Donna Richter,
and more joined us for Open
House on September 19, 2005.
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photo gallery. |
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Dr. Samuels lectures at the
first of the Rural Health
Grand Rounds educational
series, being initiated by
the SCRHRC. The topic: "The
History, Evolution, Current
Status and Issues of
Community Health Centers". |
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presentation PowerPoint
file. |
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