Rural Health Equity Research Center
Research Products & Journal Articles
Browse the full list of research publications from this Rural Health Research Center.
Products – Freely accessible products include policy briefs, fact sheets, full reports, chartbooks, and interactive data websites.
Journal Articles – Articles in peer-reviewed journals may require a subscription or affiliation with a subscribing library. For these publications, Gateway lists the article citation, a brief summary, a link to additional information and access to the full-text of the article, if available.
2024
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Use of the Area Deprivation Index and Rural Applications in the Peer-Reviewed Literature
Policy Brief
Date: 03/2024
The Area Deprivation Index (ADI) was developed to capture area-level social deprivation for use in policy and research. In this literature review, researchers find that the use of the ADI in research is common.
2023
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State Priorities and Needs: The Role of Block Grants
Journal Article
Date: 11/2023
This study looks at state-level funding allocations for 5 federal block grant programs from 2015-2019, and associations with state-level measures of need that align with the purposes of each block grant program. -
The Relationship Between Experience With Mental Illness and Stigmatizing Attitudes and Beliefs
Policy Brief
Date: 08/2023
This policy brief documents the relationship between self-reported experience with any mental illness (whether first-hand or second-hand) and public stigma associated with mental illness. Differences in the prevalence of experience with mental illness by geography are also explored. -
Factors Associated With Lengths-of-Stay for Inpatients With Substance Use Disorders
Policy Brief
Date: 04/2023
This policy brief identifies factors associated with inpatient length-of-stay (LOS) for the treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs), and whether there are systematic differences in LOS for rural and urban residents. -
Rural and Urban Differences in Factors Associated With Inpatient Hospital Stays for Substance Use Disorder
Policy Brief
Date: 04/2023
Using 2018 all-payer claims data from seven states, this brief describes the lengths and costs of inpatient hospital stays for substance use disorders and examines whether there were differences between stays for rural and urban residents.
2022
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Examining the Burden of Public Stigma Associated With Mental Illness in the Rural United States
Policy Brief
Date: 09/2022
Stigma is a widely recognized barrier to receipt of health and mental health services. This policy brief documents the burden of public stigma associated with any mental illness in rural versus non-rural communities in the United States. Differences in stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs by rurality, gender, race and ethnicity, and age are examined.