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.

Health Care Access

Bringing the lab bench to the field: Point-of-care testing for enhancing health research and stakeholder engagement in rural/remote, indigenous, and resource-limited contexts, Madimenos FC, Gildner TE, Eick GN, Sugiyama LS, Snodgrass JJ. Am J Hum Biol. 2022;34(11):e23808. DOI:10.1002/ajhb.23808
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23808

Tags: point of care testing, indigenous, rapid diagnosis

Imported Infections in Rural Mid-West United States - A Report from a Tertiary Care Center, Meyer A, Regunath H, Rojas-Moreno C, Salzer W, Christensen G. Missouri Medicine. 2020;117(2):89-94. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144708/

Tags: Midwest, geographic, infections

Rural infection preventionists' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from focus groups conducted with association of professionals in infection control & epidemiology (APIC) members, Rebmann T, Alvino RT , Mazzara RL, Sandcork J. Am J Infect Control. 2021;49(9):1099-1104. DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2021.06.008
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387088/

Tags: critical access hospital, disaster, obligation, personal protective equipment, social media, supply chain

Engaging rural communities to incorporate social determinants in developing strategies to improve access to health care in the Missouri Bootheel counties, Shrestha A, Stamatakis K, Ballard J, Burgess A, Baker E. Rural Remote Health. 2023;23(1):7678. DOI:10.22605/rrh7678 https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh7678 

Tags: healthcare access, mixed-methods research, social determinants of health, concept mapping

Rural health information technology and informatics workforce assessment: a pilot study, Clarke MA, Skinner A, McClay J, Hoyt R. Health and Technology. 2023;13(3):427-435. DOI:10.1007/s12553-023-00750-6

Tags: critical access hospital; health informatics

Commentary: Actionable Steps for Addressing Pediatric Pain in Rural and Underserved Communities: Disrupting Our Approach to Psychological Science and Care, Cunningham NR, Reid MR, Love SC, Connelly MA. J Pediatr Psychol. 2023. DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jsad054

Tags: dissemination and implementation, pain management, rural

Do patients living in rural areas report inferior 1-year outcomes after total knee arthroplasty? A Matched cohort analysis, Garlapaty AR, Rucinski K, Leary E, Cook JL. J Arthroplasty. 2023. DOI:10.1016/j.arth.2023.08.079

Tags: postoperative outcomes, rural, urban.

Show-Me Resilience: Assessing and Reconciling Rural Leaders' Perceptions of Climate Resilience in Missouri, Miller ZJ, O'Brien C, Canfield C, Sullivan L. Environ Manage. 2023;72(4):771-784. DOI:10.1007/s00267-023-01836-7

Tags: climate change, Rural resilience, social-ecological systems

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. DOI:10.1016/j.hpb.2023.08.005

Tags: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), neighborhood deprivation, rural impact, overall survival

MEASURE TWICE, CHANGE ONCE: USING SIMULATION TO SUPPORT CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN RURAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY, C. R. Kueny, A. Price and C. Canfield In: Advances in Health Care Management. 2024 Vol. 22. DOI 10.1108/S1474-823120240000022002 

Tags: case study, change management, radiation oncology, systems thinking