Publications and Reports

ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center

Policy Briefs

Use of the Area Deprivation Index and Rural Applications in the Peer-Reviewed Literature

Examining the Burden of Public Stigma Associated with Mental Illness in the Rural United States

Rural and Urban Differences in Factors Associated with Inpatient Hospital Stays for Substance Use Disorder 

Factors Associated with Lengths-of-Stay for Inpatients with Substance Use Disorders

The Relationship between Experience with Mental Illness and Stigmatizing Attitudes and Beliefs

Publications

Meit, M., & Knudson, A. (2024). Rural reinvestment: A path forward to addressing geographic health inequities. The Journal of Rural Health. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jrh.12837?domain=author&token=BNKXDJ3H2GBWW5RHV6UX

Miller, M., Rollston, R., Beatty, K., & Meit, M. (2020). Rural Appalachia Battling the Intersection of Two Crises: COVID-19 and Substance-Use Disorders. Journal of Appalachian Health 2(4), 86-91. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/774861.

Meit, M. Heffernan, M. Tanenbaum, E. Cherney, M., & Hallman, V. (2020). Appalachian Disease of Despair. Appalachian Regional Commission. https://www.arc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Appalachian-Diseases-of-Despair-Update-November-2022.pdf