Championing Health Rights for Every Tennessean
Research, Reports, Etc.
Explore our collection of reports, publications, and other resources.
Addressing Rural Health Equity and Access in Rural Tennessee
Poster presentation by Leah Scholma Branum and Catherine Gonzales of Vanderbilt University Peabody College at the 2020 CDC Public Health Ethics Forum: Ethical Dilemmas in Rural Health, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University. September 11, 2020
Rural Hospital Closures
Since 2010, Tennessee has had the second highest number of hospital closures in the nation, and the highest number of closures per population. Seventy five percent of Tennessee’s 25 remaining essential access rural hospitals are at high risk of closure in the next few years if current healthcare policies and practices remain the same. Bottom line for Tennessee’s rural communities: over one quarter of Tennessee’s rural counties have no hospital, and one fifth have no emergency room services, and that number will continue to grow unless concerted effort is made to prevent that from happening.
COVID-19 Vaccine Listening Sessions: The Voices of People of Color in Rural Tennessee
Tennessee Health Care Campaign was awarded in the Spring of 2021 a one-year grant to improve COVID and Influenza vaccination in 7 of the most at-risk counties in the State: Hamblen, Bedford, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Crockett and Madison. As a part of the grant, THHC held to two listening sessions. All of the participants were unvaccinated. The goal of the sessions was to identify the barriers to vaccination and learn what sources community members trust to provide accurate and culturally appropriate information. Before THHC employed a marketing campaign to encourage vaccinations, we wanted to first hear and learn from a sample of the people and communities we are trying to impact.
