This project will examine the degree to which counties with a high need for diabetes education, defined by high diabetes prevalence, have such education available. Findings will be linked to a related study that will examine the availability of dialysis for end stage renal disease, a severe outcome of poorly addressed diabetes.
Lead Researcher: Janice C. Probst, PhD
Funded: September 2022
Anticipated Completion Date: June 2024
This mixed-methods study aims to understand awardees' experiences in building and maintaining cohesive networks for Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS)
Lead Researchers: Peiyin Hung, PhD, MSPH and Nabil Natafgi, PhD, MPH, CPH
Funded: September 2023
Anticipated Completion Date: August 2024
This project will assess changes in Medicare per-beneficiary spending across rural and urban counties from 2007 to 2020. It will examine differences in rural versus urban per-beneficiary spending on hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, physician, and post-acute care after the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Lead Researchers: Peiyin Hung, PhD, MSPH and Theodoros Giannouchos, PhD
Funded: September 2022
Anticipated Completion Date: August 2024
In 2021, approximately 8.6 million rural adults faced mental health challenges while millions of rural adolescents battled major depressive episodes. This study examines disparities in mental health services uptake and variation in mental health care settings across racial-ethnic and rural-urban subpopulations before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lead Researcher: Peiyin Hung, PhD, MSPH
Funded: September 2023
Anticipated Completion Date: August 2024
The primary aim of this project is to use data examining health care infrastructure, chronic disease prevalence, and the socioeconomic environment to create a metric for classifying rural counties based on needs and resources.
Lead Researcher: Gabriel Benavidez, PhD, MPH and Elizabeth Crouch, PhD
Funded: September 2023
Anticipated Completion Date: August 2024
We will compare turnover rates across nursing homes based on rurality, staff workload, ratio across different types of nursing personnel, and quality score. Using descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses, we will:
- Examine whether turnover is greater in rural or in urban counties.
- Test whether nursing homes with the lowest quartiles for nurse to resident hours have higher nursing turnover rates.
- Examine whether that relationship is the same in rural and urban counties.
- Compare the ratio of registered nurse time to other nursing staff time.
- Examine the racial composition of the county and patients and the association with nursing staff turnover.
Lead Researcher: Elizabeth Crouch, PhD
Funded: September 2023
Anticipated Completion Date: August 2024
The purpose of this project is to document the recent trends of mental health care access and quality in urban and rural communities and to assess the intersectionality of residence rurality and race/ethnicity on disparities in mental health care access and quality.
Lead Researcher: Peiyin Hung, PhD
Funded: September 2021
Anticipated Completion Date: August 2024