Journal of Rural Health

Article	Citations
Rural and Urban Differences in COVID‐19 Prevention Behaviors	146
Rural‐urban and within‐rural differences in COVID‐19 vaccination rates	78
Geographic, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in broadband access	53
Evaluating Telehealth Adoption and Related Barriers Among Hospitals Located in Rural and Urban Areas	53
Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine‐based services	51
Tracking the geographic distribution and growth of clinicians with a DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder	45
The Association of Social Determinants of Health With COVID‐19 Mortality in Rural and Urban Counties	44
Deaths From COVID‐19 in Rural, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Areas: A County‐Level Comparison	43
The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review	37
An examination of telehealth policy impacts on initial rural opioid use disorder treatment patterns during the COVID‐19 pandemic	33
Rural‐urban differences in informal caregiving and health‐related quality of life	29
A Systematic Review of Factors Impacting Suicide Risk Among Rural Adults in the United States	22
Rural Perceptions of Acute Care at Home: A Qualitative Analysis	22
Nonmetropolitan COVID‐19 Incidence and Mortality Rates Surpassed Metropolitan Rates Within the First 24 Weeks of the Pandemic Declaration: United States, March 1–October 18, 2020	21
Higher hospitalization and mortality rates among SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected persons in rural America	20
State health disparities research in Rural America: Gaps and future directions in an era of COVID‐19	20
Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality	20
Rural mistrust of public health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption	17
Nurse practitioner scope of practice and the prevention of foot complications in rural diabetes patients	17
Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults	17
COVID‐19 risk mitigation behaviors among rural and urban community‐dwelling older adults in summer, 2020	16
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	16
Rural and urban differences in perceptions, behaviors, and health care disruptions during the COVID‐19 pandemic	16
Exploration of the Effects of Rural Obstetric Unit Closures on Birth Outcomes in North Carolina	16
Low‐dose CT lung cancer screening uptake: A rural–urban comparison	16

Rural‐urban differences in monkeypox behaviors and attitudes among men who have sex with men in the United States	15
Rural Availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs)	15
Rural residency as a risk factor for severe maternal morbidity	14
Increasing access to care for trauma‐exposed rural veterans: A mixed methods outcome evaluation of a web‐based skills training program with telehealth‐delivered coaching	14
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors: A cross‐sectional analysis from the REGARDS study	13
Rural‐urban differences in HPV testing for cervical cancer screening	12
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	12
Evaluating disparities in access to obstetric services for American Indian women across Montana	12
Antibiotic prescribing to Kentucky Medicaid children, 2012‐2017: Prescribing is higher in rural areas	12
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas	11
Access and attitudinal barriers to engagement in integrated primary care mental health treatment for rural populations	11
The Effect of Rural Residence on Cancer‐Related Self‐Efficacy With UK Cancer Survivors Following Treatment	11
Substance use disorders in the farming population: Scoping review	11
Decline in Inpatient Volume at Rural Hospitals	11
Differences in Loneliness Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum Among Adults Living in Washington State	11
Pipelines to Pathways: Medical School Commitment to Producing a Rural Workforce	10
“I've been to more of my friends’ funerals than I've been to my friends’ weddings”: Witnessing and responding to overdose in rural Northern New England	10
The Geographic Impact of Buprenorphine Expansion to Nurse Practitioner Prescribers in Oregon	10
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	10
Geographic variability in rural patient internet connectivity when accessing telehealth services from home: A retrospective analysis during the COVID‐19 pandemic	10
Does a Rural Community‐Based Intervention Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of Opioid Use Disorder and Medication‐Assisted Treatment? A Report From the IT MATTTRs Study	10
Health‐related quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: Evaluating the rural disadvantage	10
Trend in rural‐urban disparities in access to outpatient mental health services among US adults aged 18‐64 with employer‐sponsored insurance: 2005‐2018	10
Rural hospitals are not associated with worse postoperative outcomes for colon cancer surgery	9
Care coordination between rural primary care and telemedicine to expand medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Results from a single‐arm, multisite feasibility study	9
Perspectives of cancer prevention and control resources from stakeholders in rural southern Illinois	9
Rural and urban disparities in quality of home health care: A longitudinal cohort study (2014‐2018)	9
A thematic analysis of the personal factors influencing mental health help‐seeking in farmers	9
Interstates of Infection: Preliminary Investigations of Human Mobility Patterns in the COVID‐19 Pandemic	9
Local Capacity for Emergency Births in Rural Hospitals Without Obstetrics Services	9
Interventions to address cancer‐related financial toxicity: Recommendations from the field	9
Improving colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care: Preliminary effectiveness and implementation of a collaborative mailed fecal immunochemical test pilot	9
Trends in rural‐urban disparities among surgical specialties treating cancer, 2004‐2017	8
Deploying an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia Into Rural and Critical Access Hospitals: Utilization, Effect on Processes of Care, and Clinician Satisf	8
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions	8
Disparities in telehealth access, not willingness to use services, likely explain rural telehealth disparities	8
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Rural and racial disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in South Carolina, 1996 – 2016	8
Telephone veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural veterans: The importance of secondary outcomes and qualitative data in a randomized controlled trial	8
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Broadband access and telemedicine adoption for opioid use disorder treatment in the United States	8
Assessing the Effectiveness of Cancer Screening Interventions Targeting Appalachian Populations: A Systematic Review	8
An assessment of the rural‐urban differences in the crash response time and county‐level crash fatalities in the United States	8
The interaction of rurality and rare cancers for travel time to cancer care	7
Availability of hospital‐based cancer services before and after rural hospital closure, 2008‐2017	7
Impact of rural hospital closures on hospitalizations and associated outcomes for ambulatory and emergency care sensitive conditions	7
Mental health at the COVID‐19 frontline: An assessment of distress, fear, and coping among staff and attendees at screening clinics of rural/regional settings of Victoria, Australia	7
Broadband access within Medically Underserved Areas and its implication for telehealth utilization	6
Rural communities face more than an opioid crisis: Reimagining funding assistance to address polysubstance use, associated health problems, and limited rural service capacity	6
Pipeline Programs Can Support Reforms in Medical Education: A Cohort Study of Alabama's Rural Health Leaders Pipeline to Engage Community Leaders	6

The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas	6
Differences in chronic pain care receipt among veterans from differing racialized groups and the impact of rural versus urban residence	6
Farmer Suicide in Wisconsin: A Qualitative Analysis	6
The role of race in rural‐urban suicide disparities	6
Health information source use and trust among a vulnerable rural disparities population	6
Association of psychological distress with reasons for delay in seeking medical care in rural patients with worsening heart failure symptoms	6
Food Acquisition Practices, Body Mass Index, and Dietary Outcomes by Level of Rurality	6
Rural‐urban differences in uptake of diabetes self‐management education among Medicare beneficiaries: Results from the 2016 to 2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey	6
Home Radon Testing in Rural Appalachia	6
Disparities in early prenatal care and barriers to access among American Indian and white women in North Dakota	6
Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Rural health disparities in health care utilization for dementia in Minnesota	5
Intergenerational transfer of occupational risks on family farms	5
Functional status in rural and urban adults: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging	5
Geographic differences in contraception provision and utilization among federally funded family planning clinics in South Carolina and Alabama	5
Stress and suicidal ideation among first‐generation farmers: A cross‐sectional study with 1,288 farmers in Georgia	5
Examining the association between rurality and positive childhood experiences among a national sample	5
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The rural identity scale: Development and validation	5
Trends in access to care among rural patients served at HRSA‐funded health centers	5
Impact of mandatory COVID‐19 shelter‐in‐place order on controlled substance use among rural versus urban communities in the United States	5
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Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well‐being in a southern rural population	5
The effect of broadband access on electronic patient engagement activities: Assessment of urban‐rural differences	5
Rural/urban differences in access to paid sick leave among full‐time workers	5
COVID‐19 vaccination willingness and uptake among rural Black/African American, Latino, and White adults	5
Influence of contextual factors on death by suicide in rural and urban settings	5
Association between emergency department pediatric readiness and transfer of noninjured children in small rural hospitals	5
Substance use disorder treatment and technology access among people who use drugs in rural areas of the United States: A cross‐sectional survey	5
Rurality impacts pain care for female veterans similarly to male veterans	5
Factors associated with perceived ease of access to syringes in Appalachian North Carolina	5
Improving cancer care locally: Study of a hospital affiliate network model	5
Rural‐urban trends in health care utilization, treatment, and mortality among US veterans with congestive heart failure: A retrospective cohort study	5
Rural disparities in end‐of‐life care for patients with heart failure: Are they due to geography or socioeconomic disparity?	5
Rural adults’ perceived role of family members in prescription opioid misuse prevention: Implications for family‐based approaches	5
Factors associated with lack of care engagement among older, rural‐dwelling adults living with HIV in the United States	5
Exploring rural doctors’ early experiences of coping with the emerging COVID‐19 pandemic	5
Psychological factors among Appalachian women with abnormal Pap results	4
Rural differences in psychiatric medication prescribing in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder	4
Coordinating women's preventive health care for rural veterans	4
Explaining behavioral health differences in urban and rural sexual minority adolescents	4
The implications of long COVID for rural communities	4
Syringe services programs in the Bluegrass: Evidence of population health benefits using Kentucky Medicaid data	4
Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use	4
Increased rates of suicide ideation and attempts in rural dwellers following the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic	4
Fostering telecompetence: A descriptive evaluation of clinical psychology predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship implementation of telehealth education	4
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis awareness, practices, and comfort among urban and rural family medicine physicians	4
Development of An All‐Payer Quality Program for the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model	4
Disparities in Prenatal Immunization Rates in Rural and Urban US Areas by Indicators of Access to Care	4
Incidental sun exposures as a source of sunburn among rural compared to urban residents in the United States	4
Changes in transmucosal buprenorphine utilization for opioid use disorder treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Kentucky	4
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Potential directions for farm stress research: A systematic review of educational interventions to reduce psychosocial stress among farm and rural populations	4
The association of crash response times and deaths at the crash scene: A cross‐sectional analysis using the 2019 National Emergency Medical Service Information System	4
The association between hospital care transition planning and timely primary care follow‐up	4
Characteristics of rural registered nurses and the implications for workforce policy	4
Sleep disorders among rural Veterans: Relative prevalence, comorbidities, and comparisons with urban Veterans	4
Changes in access to community health services among rural areas affected and unaffected by hospital closures between 2006 and 2018: A comparative interrupted time series study	4
Rural‐urban differences in family and paid caregiving utilization in the United States: Findings from the Cornell National Social Survey	3
Clarifying rural‐urban disparities in alcohol‐related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada: A spatial analysis	3
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Labor & delivery unit closures most impact travel times to birth locations for micropolitan residents in Iowa	3
Geographic differences in community oncology provider and practice location characteristics in the central United States	3
Urban‐rural disparities in childhood obesogenic environments in the United States: Application of differing rural definitions	3
Prenatal substance use in the rural and Appalachian state: Project WATCH study 2020‐2022	3
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and long COVID among California farmworkers	3
Factors associated with quality of life, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress among rural older adults living with HIV in the United States	3
Provision of colonoscopy in rural settings: A qualitative assessment of provider context, barriers, facilitators, and capacity	3
The Women Farmer Stress Inventory: Examining women farmer stress in the United States Corn Belt	3
Historical loss: Implications for physical activity levels in American Indian adults	3
Pairing Project ECHO and patient navigation as an innovative approach to improving the health and wellness of cancer survivors in rural settings	3
Cross‐sectional population‐based estimates of a rural‐urban disparity in prevalence of long COVID among Michigan adults with polymerase chain reaction‐confirmed COVID‐19, 2020‐2022	3
Attitudes toward pharmacy‐based HCV/HIV testing among people who use drugs in rural Kentucky	3
Rural Employment of Health Care Workers: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	3
Farm Dinner Theater: Testing an innovative health and safety intervention among older farmers and their families	3
Cancer disparities in Appalachian Kentucky	3
Palliative care needs and preferences of older adults with advanced or serious chronic illnesses and their families in rural communities of Indiana, USA	3
Implementation and evaluation of a multilevel intervention to increase uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine among rural adolescents	3
The interplay of financial toxicity, health care team communication, and psychosocial well‐being among rural cancer patients and survivors	3
A cross‐sectional study of community‐level physician retention and hospitalization in rural Ontario, Canada	3

A qualitative analysis of rural syringe service program fidelity in Appalachian Kentucky: Staff and participant perspectives	3
Transactional sex among rural, justice‐involved Appalachian women who use drugs	3
Cross‐sectional survey study of primary care clinics on evidence‐based colorectal cancer screening intervention use	3
Nursing turnover in a large, rural health system	3
Is being there enough? Postgraduate nurse practitioner residencies in rural primary care	3
Associations of tobacco use and consumption with rurality among patients with psychiatric disorders: Does smoke‐free policy matter?	2
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Farm vehicle crashes on public roads: Analysis of farm‐level factors	2
Understanding the impacts of rural hospital closures: A scoping review	2
Hospital closures in rural communities of color: A double dose of inequality	2
Rural‐urban, age, and gender disparities and trends in suicide and homicide: Multistate evidence across 12 years	2
Rural‐urban disparities in tobacco use and the role of pharmacists in closing the gap	2
Barriers and facilitators associated with establishment of emergency department‐initiated buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in rural Maine	2
Understanding farmers’ barriers to health and mental health‐related help‐seeking: The development, factor structure, and reliability of the Farmer Help‐Seeking Scale	2
Exceptional Survival Among Kentucky Stage IV Non‐small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Appalachian Versus Non‐Appalachian Populations	2
Contraceptive care service provision via telehealth early in the COVID‐19 pandemic at rural and urban federally qualified health centers in 2 southeastern states	2
Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males	2
Midwest rural‐urban disparities in use of patient online services for COVID‐19	2
Comparative effectiveness of two interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening among females living in the rural Midwest	2
Clinic‐level differences in human papillomavirus vaccination rates among rural and urban Oregon primary care clinics	2
Travel burden in a rural primary care behavioral weight loss randomized trial: Impact on visit attendance and weight loss	2
High‐risk surgery among Medicare beneficiaries living in health professional shortage areas	2
Facilitators and barriers to providing affirming care for transgender patients in primary care practices in Arkansas	2
Community engagement through social media: A promising low‐cost strategy for rural recruitment?	2
Psychometric properties of the 7‐item version of the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self‐Report Scale for rural adults enrolled in an Internet‐delivered self‐help program for depression	2
Rural‐urban differences in distress, quality of life, and social support among Canadian young adult cancer survivors: A Young Adults with Cancer in Their Prime (YACPRIME) study	2
Postmortem screening of opioids, benzodiazepines, and alcohol among rural and urban suicide decedents	2
Rural and urban differences in the implementation of Virtual Integrated Patient‐Aligned Care Teams	2
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Understanding opioid use within a Southwestern American Indian Reservation Community: A qualitative study	2
Outpatient telecardiology perceptions among rural, suburban, and urban veterans utilizing in‐person cardiology versus telecardiology services: A mixed methods analysis	2
Development and initial validity and reliability of the Rural Practice Awareness and Skills Scale	2
Rural disparities in adolescent smoking prevalence	2
Nursing home closures and access to post‐acute care and long‐term care services in rural areas	2
A comparison of critical access hospitals and other rural acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania	2
Positive yet problematic: Lived experiences of racial and ethnic minority medical students during rural and urban underserved clinical rotations	2
Bolstering the rural physician workforce in underserved communities: Are Rural Residency Planning and Development Programs finding the sweet spot?	2
Left behind again: Rural home health services in a Medicaid pediatric accountable care organization	2
Profile of informal rural Appalachian caregivers of patients with chronic illnesses	2
Going the distance: Associations between adverse birth outcomes and obstetric provider distances for adolescent pregnancies in South Carolina	2