This section includes rural health research focused on: Age
Papers published since 2020 are included and the list is updated three times a year (April, August and December). The title of publications is italicized. The author(s) affiliated with the UM System is bolded.
Age
The perfect storm: perceptions of influencing adults regarding Latino teen pregnancy in rural communities, Barral RL, Brindis CD, Hornberger L, Trent M, Sherman AK, Ramirez M, Finocchario-Kessler S, Ramaswamy M. Matern Child Health J. 2023. DOI:10.1007/s10995-023-03627-2
Tags: Latinx, adolescents, reproductive health
Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about contraception among rural Latino adolescents and young adults, Barral RL, Cartujano B, Perales J, Ramirez M, Cowden JD, Trent ME, Ramaswamy M, Kessler SF. Journal of Rural Health. 2020;36(1):38-47. DOI:10.1111/jrh.12390 https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12390
Tags: Latinx, adolescents, young adults, contraception, reproductive health
Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest, Canada KE, Givens A, Huebner BM, Garcia-Hallett J, Taylor E, Inzana V, Edwards D, Jr., Peters CM, Plunkett Cafourek D. Vaccine X. 2023;13:100270. DOI:10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100270
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100270
Tags: vaccination, correctional staff, incarcerated adults, vaccine hesitancy
Evidence and potential drivers of neglected parasitic helminth and protist infections among a small preliminary sample of children from rural Mississippi, Cepon-Robins TJ, Mallott EK, Recca IC, Gildner TE. Am J Hum Biol. 2023:e23889. DOI:10.1002/ajhb.23889 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23889
Tags: parasitic infections, children
Rural-urban differences in changes and effects of tobacco 21 in youth e-cigarette use, Dai H, Chaney L, Ellerbeck E, Friggeri R, White N, Catley D. Pediatrics. 2021;147(5). DOI:10.1542/peds.2020-020651
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-020651
Tags: smoking cessation, electronic cigarette, adolescents
Active vs traditional methods of recruiting children for a clinical trial in rural primary care clinics: a cluster-randomized clinical trial, Darden PM, 2nd, Davis AM, Lee JY, Bimali M, Simon AE, Atz AM, Lim CS, Phan TT, Roberts JR, McCulloh RJ, Pyles L, Shaffer M, Snowden JN. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(11):e2244040. DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44040 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9709648/
Tags: recruitment, children, clinical trial, primary care
Rationale and design of integrating a parents first obesity intervention with a pediatric weight management intervention for rural families - Evaluating the ripple effect, Davis AM, Befort CA, Lancaster BD, Tuck C, Polivka BJ, Carlson JA, Fleming K, Romine RS, Dean K, Murray M. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023:107140. DOI:10.1016/j.cct.2023.107140 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107140
Tags: obesity, children, adults, weight management, weight loss
Rationale and protocol for a cluster randomized, cross-over trial of recruitment methods of rural children in primary care clinics: A feasibility study of a pediatric weight control trial in the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network, Davis AM, Darden PM, Snowden J, Simon AE, McCulloh RJ, Bimali M, Lee J. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021;107:106476. DOI:10.1016/j.cct.2021.106476 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8429100/
Tags: obesity, children, recruitment, clinical trail
Perceptions of risk for dating violence among rural adolescent males: an interpretive analysis, Emezue CN, Dougherty DS, Enriquez M, Bullock L, Bloom TL. Am J Mens Health. 2022;16(5):15579883221126884. DOI:10.1177/15579883221126884 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9619278/
Tags: adolescents, dating violence, dialectics, risk perception
Rural young males' acceptance & receptiveness to technology-based interventions for dating violence prevention: A qualitative descriptive study, Emezue CN, Enriquez M, Dougherty DS, Bullock LFC, Bloom TL. J Adolesc. 2021;92:137-151. DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.08.012
Tags: adolescents, dating violence, technology, qualitative research
Explaining behavioral health differences in urban and rural sexual minority adolescents: A longitudinal investigation of minority stress in a diverse national sample of sexual minority adolescents, Goldbach JT, Parra LA, O'Brien RP, Rhoades H, Schrager SM. J Rural Health. 2023;39(1):262-271. DOI:10.1111/jrh.12706
https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12706
Tags: adolescent, behavioral health, LGBT
Racial inequities across rural strata in acute stroke care and in-hospital mortality: national trends over 6 years, Hammond G, Waken RJ, Johnson DY, Towfighi A, Joynt Maddox KE. Stroke. 2022;53(5):1711-1719. DOI:10.1161/strokeaha.121.035006 a href="https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035006">https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035006
Tags: adolescent, mortality, patient discharge
Associations between geographic residence and US adolescent and young adult cancer stage and survival, Johnson KJ, Wang X, Barnes JM, Delavar A. Cancer. 2021;127(19):3640-3650. DOI:10.1002/cncr.33667
https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33667
Tags: adolescent, cancer, young adult, survivorship, geography
An age-friendly health system, Lundy J, Hayden D, Pyland S, Berg-Weger M, Malmstrom TK, Morley JE. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021;69(3):806-812. DOI:10.1111/jgs.16959 https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16959
Tags: cognitive dysfunction, cognitive stimulation therapy, exercise, frailty, geriatric syndromes, nutrition, older adults, primary care, sarcopenia
Parenting pre-teens during COVID-19 in a rural midwestern community: an interpretive phenomenological study, Oerther S, Oerther DB. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. 2022. DOI:10.1007/s40653-022-00507-9
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9760552/
Tags: COVID-19, generation Z, parenting, parents, pre-teen, quarantine
Factors associated with lack of care engagement among older, rural-dwelling adults living with HIV in the United States, Petroll AE, Quinn KG, John SA, Nigogosyan Z, Walsh JL. J Rural Health. 2022. DOI:10.1111/jrh.12732
https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12732
Tags: HIV, adherence, engagement, older adult
Barriers to aging in place for rural, institutionalized older adults: a qualitative exploration, Quinlan C, McKibbin C, Cuffney C, Brownson R, Brownson C, Clark J, Osvold L. Clin Gerontol. 2022;45(5):1167-1179. DOI:10.1080/07317115.2020.1820651
Tags: older adult, aging, aging in place, skilled nursing facility
Lawnmower injuries in children: A national 13-year study of urban versus rural injuries, Shah R, Talwar D, Schwend RM, Sponseller P, Aoyama JT, Ganley TJ. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2020;28(9):e387-e394. DOI:10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00233 https://doi.org/10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00233
Tags: lawnmower, disparities, pediatric
Age-friendly rural planning, Spivak J. Planning Magazine. 2020;86(11):27-30.
https://www.planning.org/planning/2020/dec/age-friendly-rural-planning/
Tags: older adults, aging in place
Facilitators and barriers to pediatric clinical trial recruitment and retention in rural and community settings: A scoping review of the literature, Watson SE, Smith P, Snowden J, Vaughn V, Cottrell L, Madden CA, Kong AS, McCulloh R, Stack Lim C, Bledsoe M, Kowal K, McNally M, Knight L, Cowan K, Yakes Jimenez E. Clin Transl Sci. 2022;15(4):838-853. DOI:10.1111/cts.13220 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9010274/
Tags: pediatric, children, clinical trials
Rural-urban disparities in mortality and geriatric assessment among older adults with cancer: The cancer & aging resilience evaluation (CARE) registry, Fowler ME, Kenzik KM, Al-Obaidi M, Harmon C, Giri S, Arora S, Stephenson C, Khushman M, Outlaw D, Bhatia S, Williams GR. J Geriatr Oncol. 2023;14(4):101505. DOI:10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101505
Tags: geriatric assessment, health disparities, cancer
Urban-rural hospitalization rates for pediatric mental health, McDaniel CE, Hall M, Markham JL, Bettenhausen JL, Berry JG. Pediatrics. 2023. DOI:10.1542/peds.2023-061256 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-061256
Tags: adolescent, mental health
Rural family satisfaction with telehealth delivery of an intervention for pediatric obesity and associated family characteristics, Nguyen L, Phan TL, Falini L, Chang D, Cottrell L, Dawley E, Hockett CW, VanWagoner T, Darden PM, Davis AM. Child Obes. 2023. DOI:10.1089/chi.2022.0210
Tags: pediatric, obesity, telehealth
The impact of rural status on pediatric chronic kidney disease, Swanson MB, Weidemann DK, Harshman LA. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023:1-12. DOI:10.1007/s00467-023-06001-0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182542/
Tags: health services accessibility, kidney failure, pediatrics
Global rural health disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: State of the science, Wiese LAK, Gibson A, Guest MA, Nelson AR, Weaver R, Gupta A, Carmichael O, Lewis JP, Lindauer A, Loi S, Peterson R, Radford K, Rhodus EK, Wong CG, Zuelsdorff M, Saidi LG, Valdivieso-Mora E, Franzen S, Pope CN, Killian TS, Shrestha HL, Heyn PC, Ng TKS, Prusaczyk B, John S, Kulshreshtha A, Sheffler JL, Besser L, Daniel V, Tolea MI, Miller J, Musyimi C, Corkey J, Yank V, Williams CL, Rahemi Z, Park J, Magzamen S, Newton RL, Jr., Harrington C, Flatt JD, Arora S, Walter S, Griffin P, Babulal GM. Alzheimers Dement. 2023. DOI:10.1002/alz.13104
Tags: community engagement, health disparities, Alzheimer's, dementia
Recruitment and reach in a school-based pediatric obesity intervention trial in rural areas, Forseth B, Lancaster B, Olalde M, Befort CA, Swinburne Romine RE, Dreyer Gillette ML, Dean KM, Nelson EL, Davis AM Front Public Health. 2023;11:1181757. DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1181757 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10267303/
Tags: RE-AIM evaluation framework; pediatric; implementation science; obesity
Team-focused implementation strategies to improve implementation of mental health screening and referral in rural Children's Advocacy Centers: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomized hybrid type 2 trial, McGuier EA, Aarons GA, Wright JD, Fortney JC, Powell BJ, Rothenberger SD, Weingart LR, Miller E, Kolko DJ. Implement Sci Commun. 2023;4(1):58. DOI:10.1186/s43058-023-00437-z a https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10214641/
Tags: child maltreatment; Children’s Advocacy Centers; implementation strategies; mental health screening
Social participation of adults aging with long-term physical disabilities: A cross-sectional study investigating the role of transportation mode and urban vs rural living, Desai RH, Hollingsworth H, Stark S, Putnam M, Eyler A, Wehmeier A, Morgan K. Disabil Health J. 2023;16(4):101503. DOI:10.1016/j.dhjo.2023.101503
Tags: Aging, built environment, disability, social participation
Area deprivation and rurality impact overall survival and adjuvant therapy administration in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), Pothuri V, Zárate Rodriguez JG, Kasting C, Leigh N, Hawkins WG, Sanford DE, Fields RC. HPB (Oxford).2023;25(12):1545-1554. DOI:10.1016/j.hpb.2023.08.005
Tags: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), adjuvant therapy, area deprivation
