Johnna S. Beane

Email: johnna.beane@hsc.wvu.edu

Health Affairs Institute
West Virginia University
405 Capitol St, Suite 514
Charleston, WV 25301

Publications - (7)

Promotion and Protection of Rural Miner Health: Are the Resources in Place? (Final Report)
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 06/2013
This report shows that mining areas in the United States, compared to non-mining areas, have on average better supplies of safety net providers, hospitals, and practicing primary care physicians. However, the study results support the need to examine the availability of safety net provider types in selected geographic areas where mining is done.
The Rural H1N1 Experience: Lessons Learned for Future Pandemics
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 06/2013
This report describes the rural H1N1 experience, including comparisons of rural versus urban H1N1 vaccination rates, and describes rural H1N1 incidence, care patterns, and mortality.
Agricultural Health Training for Rural America
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02/2013
This report locates agricultural health programs and courses and describes collaborations that exist between clinicians and agriculture-related agencies.

Environmental Workforce Characteristics in the Rural Public Health Sector
Policy Brief
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 12/2011
This project analyzed the environmental workforce characteristics of the rural public health sector to inform policy relative to coordination of rural environmental health services.
Environmental Workforce Characteristics in the Rural Public Health Sector (Final Report)
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 12/2011
This project analyzed the environmental workforce characteristics of the rural public health sector to inform policy relative to coordination of rural environmental health services.

Key Environmental Health Competencies for Rural Primary Care Providers
Policy Brief
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05/2010
Providing healthcare that considers environmental determinants of health, environmental impact on health, and outcomes attributed to environmental issues is complex because of the need for providers to be competent not only in social and health sciences, but also in environmental health concepts.
Key Environmental Health Competencies for Rural Primary Care Providers (Final Report)
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Date: 03/2010
The purpose of this study was to develop a set of basic environmental health competencies that are needed by all rural primary care providers to direct healthcare and education policy.