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County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
Introduction: The USA has higher rates of preterm birth and incarceration than any other developed nation, with rates of both being highest in Southern states and among Black Americans, potentially due to rurality and socioeconomic factors.
Brooke E. E. Montgomery, George C. Pro, Don E. Willis, Nick D. Zaller   +3 more
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Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Rurality in Urban Suburb Town and Its Driving Factors Based on Land Use Transformation

Complexity, 2020
Rurality highlights the intrinsic differences between urban and rural communities. The comprehensive rurality evaluation index system is difficult to obtain indicators that reflect purely rural or urban characteristics; in addition, most of the data used
Zhiheng Yang, Chenxi Li
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Investigating Rurality as a Risk Factor for State and Trait Hopelessness in Hospitalized Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Rurality and hopelessness are each associated with increased mortality in adults with ischemic heart disease (IHD), yet there is no known research examining rurality as a risk factor for hopelessness in patients with IHD.
Deb Bomgaars, Gwenneth A. Jensen, Lynn L. White, Kristin M. Van De Griend, Angela K. Visser, Madison P. Goodyke, Anna Luong, Nathan L. Tintle, Susan L. Dunn   +8 more
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Spatial analysis of colorectal cancer outcomes and socioeconomic factors in Virginia

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) disparities vary by country and population group, but often have spatial features. This study of the United States state of Virginia assessed CRC outcomes, and identified demographic, socioeconomic and healthcare access
Esther J. Thatcher, Fabian Camacho, Roger T. Anderson, Li Li, Wendy F. Cohn, Pamela B. DeGuzman, Kathleen J. Porter, Jamie M. Zoellner   +7 more
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Community assets and relative rurality index

, 2022
<p>The CARR (Community assets and relative rurality index) index is a continuous, multidimensional measure of rurality based on the concept of sustainable development that integrates measures of environmental, social, and economic resources ...
Nelson, Katherine, Nguyen, Tuan
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Area Deprivation Index and Rurality in Relation to Lung Cancer Prevalence and Mortality in a Rural State

JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 2020
Background We sought to describe lung cancer prevalence and mortality in relation to socioeconomic deprivation and rurality. Methods We conducted a population-based cross-sectional analysis of prevalent lung cancers from a statewide all-payer claims ...
Kathleen M. Fairfield, Adam W. Black, Erika C. Ziller, Kimberly M. Murray, F. L. Lucas, L. Waterston, N. Korsen, Darlene Ineza, P. Han   +8 more
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A multilevel analysis of the effects of rurality and social deprivation on premature limiting long term illness [PDF]

, 2001
STUDY OBJECTIVE---To examine the geographical variation in self perceived morbidity in the south west of England, and assess the associations with rurality and social deprivation.DESIGN---A geographically based cross sectional study using 1991 census ...
Roderick, P., Diamond, I, Martin, D., Diamond, I., Barnett, SAL, Barnett, S., Roderick, P, Martin, D   +7 more
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Development of a national childhood obesogenic environment index in the United States: differences by region and rurality

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background Diverse environmental factors are associated with physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE) among youth. However, no study has created a comprehensive obesogenic environment index for children that can be applied at a large geographic ...
A. Kaczynski, J. Eberth, Ellen W. Stowe, Marilyn E. Wende, A. Liese, A. McLain, C. Breneman, M. Josey   +7 more
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Race and Rurality in the Global Economy [PDF]

, 2018
Issues of migration, environment, rurality, and the visceral "politics of place" and "space" have occupied center stage in recent electoral political struggles in the United States and Europe, suffused by an antiglobalization discourse that has come to ...
Northover, Patricia, Crichlow, Michaeline A., Giusti-Cordero, Juan   +2 more
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Food Acquisition Practices, Body Mass Index and Dietary Outcomes by Level of Rurality

Journal of Rural Health, 2020
Purpose: Rural residents are more likely to be obese than urban residents. Research on how people navigate their local food environments through food acquisition behaviors, such as food shopping and restaurant use, in different types of communities may ...
M. Kegler, Radhika Prakash, April K. Hermstad, Kate Anderson, R. Haardörfer, Ilana G. Raskind   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source