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Rural Health
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 15 percent of Americans live in a rural area, and those individuals are at increased risk for certain health conditions. Some rural areas have characteristics that put residents at higher risk of death—such as long travel distances to specialty and emergency care, or exposures to specific environmental hazards. In addition, rural-dwelling Americans tend to have higher rates of cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity. Rural residents also have higher rates of poverty, less access to healthcare, and are less likely to have health insurance. All of these factors can lead to poor health outcomes. For Veterans dwelling in rural areas, those existing health concerns are compounded by experiences unique to military service. HSR&D research into rural health comprises everything from lack of access to care, to telehealth services, to social work outreach and suicide prevention.
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Citations
(5 of more than 643 RURAL focused publications)
- Weaver A, Landry C, Zhang A, McQuown L, Hahn J, Harrington M, Tucker KM, Holzworth J, Buys T, Smith FN, Grogan-Kaylor A, Pfeiffer PN, Kilbourne AM, Himle JA. Study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of Raising Our Spirits Together, an entertaining, group-based technology-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, tailored for rural adults and delivery by clergy. Contemporary clinical trials communications. 2022 Oct 1; 29:100952.
- Chary A, Hawkins J, Flood D, Martinez B, Colom M, Austad K. Medical students' experiences of compulsory rural service in Guatemala: a qualitative study. Rural and remote health. 2022 May 1; 22(2):6582.
- Goree JH, Hayes C, Petersen E, Curran G. Lack of Neuromodulation Knowledge Among Rural Family Medicine Residents: A Call for Implementation Research. Journal of pain research. 2022 Apr 21; 15:1183-1189.
- Gilmartin HM, Battaglia C, Warsavage T, Connelly B, Burke RE. Practices to support relational coordination in care transitions: Observations from the VA rural Transitions Nurse Program. Health care management review. 2022 Apr 1; 47(2):109-114.
- Carrel MA, Clore GS, Kim S, Goto M, Perencevich EN, Sarrazin MV. Delays and declines in seasonal influenza vaccinations due to Hurricane Harvey narrow annual gaps in vaccination by race, income and rurality. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2022 Mar 16; 1-7.
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Publication Briefs
(5 of more than 43 RURAL focused publication briefs)
- Receipt of Video Tablets among Rural Veterans Associated with Increased Use of Mental Health Care and Less Suicidal Behavior
This study sought to evaluate the association between the escalated distribution of VA’s video-enabled tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic and rural Veterans’ mental health service use and suicide-related outcomes. Findings showed that receipt of a video tablet was associated with the increased use of mental healthcare via video and increased psychotherapy visits across all modalities. Tablets al...
Date: April 6, 2022
- Changes in the Association between Race and Urban Residence with COVID-19 Outcomes among Veterans
This study examined whether key sociodemographic and clinical risk factors for COVID-19 infection and mortality changed between February 2020 and March 2021 among more than 9 million Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare. Findings showed that strongly positive associations of Black race, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) race, and urban residence with COVID-19 infection, mortality, and case fatal...
Date: October 21, 2021
- Veterans Do Not Always Receive Appropriate Continuation of OUD Medications During Surgical Hospitalizations
This study sought to describe practice patterns of perioperative buprenorphine use within VA – and patient outcomes up to 12 months following surgery. Findings showed that the majority of VA surgical patients in this study who received buprenorphine for opioid use disorder experienced a dose hold at some point during the perioperative period despite a trend in clinical guidelines recommending bupr...
Date: September 20, 2021
- Treatment Disparities for Vulnerable VA Patient Populations with Opioid Use Disorder
This study examined the association between vulnerable populations, facility characteristics, and receipt of medications for opioid use disorder (OUD). Findings showed that since the last national study of VA patients (using FY2012 data), the prevalence of receipt of medications for OUD increased overall from 33% to 41%; however, vulnerable patient populations – including women, older, Black, rura...
Date: August 18, 2020
- Patient Satisfaction with VA Virtual Care Delivered by Video-Enabled Tablet
In 2016, VA’s Offices of Rural Health and Connected Care developed a pilot initiative to distribute video-enabled tablets to Veterans who did not have the necessary technology and who had a geographic, clinical, or social barrier to in-person healthcare. During this pilot, 5,000 tablets were distributed to 6,745 patients at 86 VA facilities, with approximately half of the tablet recipients living ...
Date: April 15, 2020
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Studies
( 5 of more than 34 RURAL focused projects
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| Project No. |
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Funding Start |
| SDR 21-001
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Addressing Social Determinants of Health Among Rural Veterans |
Gurewich , Deborah |
2022-09-01 |
| CDA 20-261
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Understanding Community-based Mental Healthcare for Rural Veterans with Military Sexual Trauma |
Boykin, Derrecka |
2022-04-01 |
| COR 19-490-A
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Project Life Force-Rural Veterans (PLF-RV) "Suicide-Specific" Safety Planning Group Intervention over Telehealth for Rural Veterans and Veterans who do not seek VA Care: Pilot Implementation |
Goodman, Marianne |
2021-10-01 |
| C19 20-398
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COVID-19 Impact on Biopsychosocial Factors of Loneliness in Rural Older Veterans and Caregivers |
Padala, Prasad |
2020-08-01 |
| CDA 18-192
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Veteran Engagement Implementation Strategies to Prevent Rural Veteran Suicide |
Woodward, Eva |
2020-07-01 |
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Cyberseminars
The most recent "Rural" seminars are displayed.
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Presenter(s) |
| 12/15/2021 |
A Novel Gap Staffing Metric for Primary Care Providers and Implications for Urban and Rural Areas
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O'Shea, Amy
Kaboli, Peter
Haraldsson, Bjarni
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| 10/13/2021 |
Cultivating Equitable Research Through Partnership with the Growing Rural Outreach through Veteran Engagement (GROVE) Center
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Korshak, Lauren
Facundo, Ray
Fehling, Kelty
Wendleton, Leah
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| 9/23/2021 |
Advancing Access to Care Through Partnered Research with the Office of Rural Health
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Gurewich, Deborah
Lovejoy, Travis
Ward, Michael
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| 6/15/2021 |
An Evaluation of Firearm Injuries among Rural versus Urban Veterans: Data Validity and Early Findings
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Carlson, Kathleen
Lovejoy, Travis
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| 4/7/2021 |
Rural Suicide Prevention: Reviewing the evidence and gaps
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Mohatt, Nate
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