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Cesarean and VBAC rates among immigrant vs. native-born women: a retrospective observational study from Taiwan Cesarean delivery and VBAC among immigrant women in TaiwanJung Chung Fu
Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung, ROC, Taiwan
BMC Public Health 10:548. 2010....
The relationship between workplace environment and job satisfaction among nursing assistants: findings from a national surveyJanice C Probst
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:246-52. 2010..Although this topic has been studied at the facility and state levels, it has not previously been addressed in a nationally representative sample...- Characteristics and recruitment paths of certified nursing assistants in rural and urban nursing homesJanice C Probst
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 204, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
J Rural Health 25:267-75. 2009..Most nursing home care is provided by certified nursing assistants (CNAs), but little is known about rural CNAs... - Association between community health center and rural health clinic presence and county-level hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an analysis across eight US statesJanice C Probst
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:134. 2009..We sought to clarify the contribution that CHCs and RHCs may make to the accessibility of primary health care, as measured by county-level rates of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) conditions... - Higher risk of death in rural blacks and whites than urbanites is related to lower incomes, education, and health coverageJanice C Probst
Department of Health Services Policy and Management in the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1872-9. 2011..Our study suggests that policies directed toward reducing differences related to education, poverty, and health insurance would go a long way toward eliminating the disparities in health status between urban and rural populations... - Effects of residence and race on burden of travel for care: cross sectional analysis of the 2001 US National Household Travel SurveyJanice C Probst
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 7:40. 2007..The purpose of our study was to quantify geographic and race-based differences in distance traveled and time spent in travel for medical/dental care using representative national data... - Urban-rural differences in overweight status and physical inactivity among US children aged 10-17 yearsJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Rural Health 24:407-15. 2008..Few studies have examined the prevalence of overweight status and physical inactivity among children and adolescents living in rural America... 
Missing the handoff: post-hospitalization follow-up care among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetesKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA
Rural Remote Health 12:2097. 2012..This care is more difficult in US rural areas due to lower physician and resource availability. The purpose of this analysis was to examine US urban-rural differences in 30 day post-discharge physician follow-up care...- Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescentsJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina USC, Columbia, SC, USA
Ethn Health 14:509-25. 2009..Little is known about how acculturation may influence participation in leisure-time physical activity and obesity among adolescents. The objective of this study was to examine these associations among Hispanic adolescents... - Update: health insurance and utilization of care among rural adolescentsJanice C Probst
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Rural Health 21:279-87. 2005..Adolescence is critical for the development of adult health habits. Disparities between rural and urban adolescents and between minority and white youth can have life-long consequences... - More may be better: evidence of a negative relationship between physician supply and hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditionsJames N Laditka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1148-66. 2005..Physician supply was not associated with ACSH in rural areas. CONCLUSIONS: Physician supply is positively associated with the overall performance of the primary health care system in a large sample of urban counties of the United States... - Racial and ethnic disparities in potentially avoidable delivery complications among pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries in South CarolinaSarah B Laditka
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:339-50. 2006..To examine race and ethnicity differences in accessibility and effectiveness of health care during pregnancy... - The impact of resident physician coverage on emergency department visits in South CarolinaKevin J Bennett
Department of Health Administration, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
South Med J 96:1195-202. 2003..This study examines emergency department (ED) visits to assess the potential impact on rural and minority patients if the practice of resident moonlighting was limited... - Postpartum screening for diabetes among Medicaid-eligible South Carolina women with gestational diabetesNathan L Hale
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Womens Health Issues 22:e163-9. 2012..To examine the rate of timely postpartum screening for diabetes among Medicaid-eligible women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)... - Disparities in dental insurance coverage and dental care among US children: the National Survey of Children's HealthJihong Liu
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Pediatrics 119:S12-21. 2007..We sought to understand disparities in dental insurance coverage and dental care among US children by race/ethnicity, urban/rural residence, and socioeconomic status... - Disparities in access to care among rural working-age adultsSaundra Glover
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Rural Health 20:193-205. 2004..The importance of resources such as education and employment points to the need to link health problems to area-specific rural economic development... - Race and ethnicity differences in reporting of depressive symptomsJanice C Probst
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 34:519-29. 2007..Practitioners should actively elicit descriptions of feelings and mood, especially with African Americans, and be prepared to treat or refer patients appropriately... - Receipt of cancer screening services: surprising results for some rural minoritiesKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Rural Health 28:63-72. 2012..It is unknown how race/ethnicity and rurality intersect in these disparities. The purpose of this analysis is to examine the cancer screening rates among minorities in rural areas... - Receipt of influenza and pneumonia vaccinations: the dual disparity of rural minoritiesKevin J Bennett
Arnold School of Public Health, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1896-902. 2010..To examine the receipt of age-appropriate influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccinations (PPV), with particular attention to rural minority persons... - Rural-urban differences in depression prevalence: implications for family medicineJanice C Probst
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, 220 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
Fam Med 38:653-60. 2006..We examined the prevalence of depression in rural versus urban areas... - Estimating uncompensated care charges at rural hospital emergency departmentsKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
J Rural Health 23:258-63. 2007..Due to federal law, emergency departments (ED) provide a gateway for uninsured and self-pay patients to gain access to treatment. It is unknown how much uncompensated care in rural hospitals is due to ED visits... - Person and place: the compounding effects of race/ethnicity and rurality on healthJanice C Probst
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1695-703. 2004..Linking public health planning to the education and economic development sectors will reduce racial/ethnic minority disparities while increasing overall well-being in rural communities... - Relationship between presence of a reported medical home and emergency department use among children with asthmaAbdoulaye Diedhiou
South Carolina Public Health Consortium, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Suite 309, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Med Care Res Rev 67:450-75. 2010..93; 95% confidence interval = 0.89-0.97). A medical home in which physicians and parents share responsibility for ensuring that children have access to needed services may improve child and family outcomes for children with asthma... - Lower rehospitalization rates among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetesKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
J Rural Health 28:227-34. 2012..We estimated the 30-day readmission rate of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, across levels of rurality... - The National Health Service Corps and Medicaid inpatient care: experience in a southern stateJanice C Probst
Arnold School of Public Health and the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
South Med J 96:775-83. 2003..This study examined whether NHSC alumni physicians were likely to treat a high proportion of Medicaid patients in their practices... - Diabetes care and outcomes: disparities across rural AmericaNathan L Hale
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 204, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Community Health 35:365-74. 2010..Availability of specialty services and travel considerations could explain some of these differences... - Potentially violent disagreements and parenting stress among American Indian/Alaska Native families: analysis across seven statesJanice C Probst
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 204, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
Matern Child Health J 12:91-102. 2008..We examined the prevalence and correlates of potentially violent disagreements among AI/AN families with children... - Differences in readiness between rural hospitals and primary care providers for telemedicine adoption and implementation: findings from a statewide telemedicine surveyAmy Brock Martin
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 20210, USA
J Rural Health 28:8-15. 2012..We examined the degree to which they differ on (a) telemedicine adoption or readiness; (b) telemedicine training needs; (c) current use of technology for patient care; and (d) environmental concerns in facilities for telemedicine... - Obesity among working age adults: the role of county-level persistent poverty in rural disparitiesKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
Health Place 17:1174-81. 2011..Both individual characteristics (race, age) and county-level food availability and access factors were found to be significantly related to obesity. Improved access to quality food may be beneficial to residents of impoverished areas... - Obesity and physical inactivity in rural AmericaPaul Daniel Patterson
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 204, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
J Rural Health 20:151-9. 2004..The present study uses nationally representative data to study obesity and physical inactivity in rural populations... - Rural-urban differences in the location of influenza vaccine administrationKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Vaccine 29:5970-7. 2011..This study seeks to determine if rural residents differ from urban residents in where they obtain an influenza vaccination, and to determine what factors contribute to these differences... - Rural hospitals and Spanish-speaking patients with limited English proficiencyMyriam Torres
Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
J Healthc Manag 53:107-19; discussion 119-20. 2008..Hospitals should routinely review their policies and procedures for language assistance services to ensure compliance with federal and Joint Commission standards... - Insurance, acculturation, and health service utilization among Korean-AmericansHosung Shin
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Immigr Health 7:65-74. 2005..Of particular concern is the finding that KAs suffer from inadequate access to care due to lack of employment-based health insurance... - Delivery complications associated with prenatal care access for Medicaid-insured mothers in rural and urban hospitalsSarah B Laditka
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Rural Health 21:158-66. 2005..Pregnancy complications affect many women. It is likely that some complications can be avoided through routine primary and prenatal care of reasonable quality... - Relative financial burden of health care expendituresKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
Soc Work Public Health 25:6-16. 2010..Rural residents had a higher relative burden than urban residents, as did women and Whites. Important policy implications are discussed... - Neonatal outcomes for immigrant vs. native-born mothers in Taiwan: an epidemiological paradoxSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:269-79. 2011..Findings can be used to initiate public education to reverse the widespread negative perceptions and attitudes towards immigrant spouses in Taiwan... - Potentially preventable care: ambulatory care-sensitive pediatric hospitalizations in South Carolina in 1998Asha Garg
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
South Med J 96:850-8. 2003..CONCLUSION: Poverty and the absence of a provider serving low-income children increase ACSC rates. Monitoring changes in ACSC rates can be a tool for studying the effects of policy change... - Medical homes for children with special health care needs: a program evaluationAmy Brock Martin
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center SCRHRC, Department of Health Services, Policy, and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina SC, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 18:916-30. 2007..This study differs from previous work in that it monitors a cohort of CSHCN one year prior to and two years after participation in a medical home intervention utilizing a quasi-experimental design... - Place of origin and violent disagreement among Asian American families: analysis across five StatesJong Yi Wang
Department and Graduate Institute of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, No 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
J Immigr Minor Health 13:635-46. 2011..Asian-American families are not immune to potential family violence. Reducing parenting stress and intervening in culturally appropriate ways to reduce generation differences should be violence prevention priorities... - Maternal obesity and gestational weight gain in rural versus urban dwelling women in South CarolinaAlexa Gallagher
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Rural Health 29:1-11. 2013..To our knowledge, no studies to date have examined differences in prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) patterns by rurality... - The metabolic syndrome: are rural residents at increased risk?Tushar Trivedi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
J Rural Health 29:188-97. 2013.... - Generation and acculturation status are associated with dietary intake and body weight in Mexican American adolescentsJi Hong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University ofSouth Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Nutr 142:298-305. 2012..Our findings suggest that Mexican American adolescents face challenges in terms of poorer diet and excessive weight gain associated with their immigration experience... - Rural-urban differences in visits to primary care physiciansJanice C Probst
Department of Health Administration, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
Fam Med 34:609-15. 2002..Because most rural practitioners are not educated through special rural tracks, all primary care medical educators need to ensure that training prepares physicians for the demands of rural sites... - Diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors as risk factors for childhood obesity: an urban and rural comparisonJi Hong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, USA
Child Obes 8:440-8. 2012....