Kevin J Bennett
Biographic Data
| ID | 6512368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin J Bennett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin J |
| FAMILY NAME | Bennett |
| SIGNATURE | BENNETT K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8449-3305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Economic Stability of Children, a Key Social Determinant of Health, in the United States: Differences by Rurality
PURPOSE: This study aims to examine rural-urban differences in the prevalence of three measures of one domain of social determinants of heath, economic security, in a national sample of children. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study (2022-2023) of the National Survey of Children's Health. Primary exposures included rurality and child and caregiver characteristics. Three economic stability outcomes were whether a child experienced housing ins…
Predicting mobile health clinic utilization for Covid-19 vaccination in South Carolina: A statistical framework for strategic resource allocation
Mobile health clinics (MHCs) are effective tools for providing health services to disadvantaged populations, especially during health emergencies. However, patient utilization of MHC services varies substantially. Strategies to increase utilization are needed to maximize the effectiveness of MHC services by serving more patients in need. The purpose of this study is to develop a statistical framework to identify and prioritize high-risk communiti…
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Positive Childhood Experiences, and Digital Media Use among Children and Adolescents in the United States
Compensatory internet use has been demonstrated to be a potential coping mechanism for stressors, which may lead to heavy digital media use. Little is known about what family-based factors may contribute to heavy digital media use among children and adolescents. This study used cross-sectional data from the 2021–2022 National Survey of Children’s Health to examine the prevalence of adverse and positive childhood experiences (ACEs and PCEs) and ho…
How rural is All of Us ? Comparing characteristics of rural participants in the National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program to other national data sources
PURPOSE: The National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program represents a national effort to develop a database to advance health research, especially among individuals historically underrepresented in research, including rural populations. The purpose of this study was to describe the rural populations identified in the All of Us Research Program using the only proxy measure currently available in the dataset. METHODS: Currently, the A…
Provider’s Individual and Network Attributes in the Selection Process of a Predominant Antenatal Care Provider in South Carolina: A Case-Control Study
The results suggest that both individual and network attributes were significantly associated with being a predominant provider. Policies aimed at addressing access issues for antenatal care should consider both the individual and network attributes of providers, as providers may not be able to alter their individual attributes but can always optimize their social network
Examining the association between rurality and positive childhood experiences among a national sample
PURPOSE: The present study examines the association between rurality and positive childhood experiences (PCEs) among children and adolescents across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Recent work has quantified the prevalence of PCEs at the national level, but these studies have been based on public use data files, which lack rurality information for 19 states. METHODS: Data for this cross-sectional analysis were drawn from 2016 to 2018 …
Child and Adolescent Health in the United States: The Role of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences
Examining racial–ethnic differences in positive childhood experiences among rural children
Rural‐Urban Differences in Positive Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of positive childhood experience (PCE) and adverse childhood experience (ACE) exposures in 31 states plus the District of Columbia and to estimate exposure differences between rural and urban children. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 19,251 respondents from the 2017-2018 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), a nationally representative sample o…
Positive Childhood Experiences Promote School Success
Rural‐Urban Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample of Children
Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) exposure in 34 states and the District of Columbia, and whether exposure differs between rural and urban residents. Methods : This cross‐sectional study used data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), restricted to states in which rural versus urban residence was indicated in the public use data (n = 25,977 respondents). …
Exploring the association between a parent’s exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and outcomes of depression and anxiety among their children
What Is Rural? Challenges And Implications Of Definitions That Inadequately Encompass Rural People And Places
Monitoring and improving rural health is challenging because of varied and conflicting concepts of just what rural means. Federal, state, and local agencies and data resources use different definitions, which may lead to confusion and inequity in the distribution of resources depending on the definition used. This article highlights how inconsistent definitions of rural may lead to measurement bias in research, the interpretation of research outc…
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among US children
Rural‐Urban Differences in Costs of End‐of‐Life Care for the Last 6 Months of Life Among Patients with Breast, Lung, or Colorectal Cancer
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine rural-urban differences in utilization and expenditures in the last 6 months of life for patients with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer. METHODS: The study used a 5% sample of the 2013 Medicare Research Identifiable Files to study utilization and expenditures for beneficiaries with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer during the last 6 months before death (n = 6,214). End of life expenditures were…
Gender and geographic differences in Medicare service utilization during the last six months of life
End-of-life issues are important for senior women, particularly rural women, who are more likely than their urban counterparts to live alone. The role of residence as a factor for health-care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries during the last six months of life has yet to be investigated. The purpose of this study is to examine whether service utilization in the last six months of life differs across gender and rurality. The sample was rest…
Community Paramedicine Applied in a Rural Community
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Abbeville County Emergency Management Services (ACEMS) began a community paramedicine (CP) program to utilize trained paramedics to serve patients who frequently use the emergency department (ED) and have 1 or more of the following diagnoses: hypertension, diabetes, chronic heart failure, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The objective of this study was to determine if the CP program reduced ED visits in Abbev…
Geographic differences in recovery after the Great Recession
Thirty‐Day Readmission Rates Among Dual‐Eligible Beneficiaries
PURPOSE: Dual-eligible beneficiaries represented 19% of Medicare and 14% of Medicaid enrollment in 2009. Of Medicare discharges among dually eligible beneficiaries, 21.5% resulted in a 30-day rehospitalization. Little has been published regarding dual-eligible beneficiaries' readmission rates and factors affecting readmission. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of Medicare claims, restricted to 297,084 beneficiaries with a hospitali…
Travel distance and sociodemographic correlates of potentially avoidable emergency department visits in California, 2006–2010: An observational study
These patterns of ED utilization point to potential barriers to care among historically vulnerable groups, observable even when using rough estimates of travel distances and avoidable ED utilization
Association Between Clinical Decision Support System Use and Rural Quality Disparities in the Treatment of Pneumonia
PURPOSE: To determine whether there is an association between clinical decision support system (CDSS) use and quality disparities in pneumonia process indicators between rural and urban hospitals. METHODS: Data were used from the FY 2009 American Hospital Association electronic health record (EHR) adoption survey (3,616 responding hospitals) to identify hospitals that used CDSS for clinical guidelines and reminders. This was linked to the 2009 Ho…
Rural Population Estimates: An Analysis of a Large Secondary Data Set
PURPOSE: Health services research often utilizes secondary data sources such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Since 2006, the released BRFSS data do not include respondents who live in counties with 10,000 or fewer residents, and the CDC no longer offers the opportunity to access the unrestricted data set. As a result, rural residents can be underrepresented in BRFSS data after 2005. The purpose of this analysis is to ex…
Edentulism in High Poverty Rural Counties
Purpose: To examine the differences in oral health status among residents of high‐poverty counties, as compared to residents of other rural or urban counties, specifically on the prevalence of edentulism. Methods: We used the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the 2006 Area Resource File (ARF). All analyses were conducted with SAS and SAS‐callable SUDAAN, in order to account for weighting and the complex sample design. Fi…
Receipt of Cancer Screening Services: Surprising Results for Some Rural Minorities
Background: Evidence suggests that rural minority populations experience disparities in cancer screening, treatment, and outcomes. 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. Methods: We utilized the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to examine rates of screening for breast, cervical, and c…
Lower Rehospitalization Rates Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes
Purpose: We estimated the 30‐day readmission rate of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, across levels of rurality. Methods: We merged the 2005 Medicare Chronic Conditions 5% sample data with the 2007 Area Resource File. The study population was delimited to those with diabetes and at least 1 hospitalization in the year. Unadjusted readmission rates were estimated across levels of rurality. Multivariate logistic regression estimated the factors…
Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescents
Findings suggest that future public health interventions that aim to increasing physical activity among Hispanic adolescents should be tailored based on generational status and English-language use
Geographic differences in recovery after the Great Recession
Obesity among working age adults: The role of county-level persistent poverty in rural disparities
Delivery Complications Associated With Prenatal Care Access for Medicaid‐Insured Mothers in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Context: Pregnancy complications affect many women. It is likely that some complications can be avoided through routine primary and prenatal care of reasonable quality. Purpose: The authors examined access to health care during pregnancy for mothers insured by Medicaid. The access indicator is potentially avoidable maternity complications (PAMCs). Potentially avoidable maternity complications are often preventable through routine prenatal care, s…
Estimating Uncompensated Care Charges at Rural Hospital Emergency Departments
Context: Rural hospitals face multiple financial burdens. 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. Purpose: To develop a national estimate of uncompensated care from patients utilizing the ED in rural hospitals. Methods: Clinical data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medica…
Urban‐Rural Differences in Overweight Status and Physical Inactivity Among US Children Aged 10‐17 Years
Context: Few studies have examined the prevalence of overweight status and physical inactivity among children and adolescents living in rural America. Purpose: We examined urban and rural differences in the prevalence of overweight status and physical inactivity among US children. Methods: Data were drawn from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, restricted to children aged 10‐17 (unweighted N = 47,757). Overweight status was defined as…
Nonemergency Medicine‐Trained Physician Coverage in Rural Emergency Departments
Context: Rural areas have fewer physicians compared to urban areas, and rural emergency departments often rely on community or contracted providers for staffing. The emergency department workforce is composed of a variety of physician specialties and clinicians. Purpose: To determine the distribution of emergency department clinicians and the proportion of care they provide across the rural‐urban continuum. Methods: Cross‐sectional analysis of se…
Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescents
Findings suggest that future public health interventions that aim to increasing physical activity among Hispanic adolescents should be tailored based on generational status and English-language use
Place of Origin and Violent Disagreement Among Asian American Families: Analysis Across Five States
Postpartum Screening for Diabetes among Medicaid-Eligible South Carolina Women with Gestational Diabetes
Obesity among working age adults: The role of county-level persistent poverty in rural disparities
Receipt of Cancer Screening Services: Surprising Results for Some Rural Minorities
Background: Evidence suggests that rural minority populations experience disparities in cancer screening, treatment, and outcomes. 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. Methods: We utilized the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to examine rates of screening for breast, cervical, and c…
Lower Rehospitalization Rates Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes
Purpose: We estimated the 30‐day readmission rate of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, across levels of rurality. Methods: We merged the 2005 Medicare Chronic Conditions 5% sample data with the 2007 Area Resource File. The study population was delimited to those with diabetes and at least 1 hospitalization in the year. Unadjusted readmission rates were estimated across levels of rurality. Multivariate logistic regression estimated the factors…
Rural Population Estimates: An Analysis of a Large Secondary Data Set
PURPOSE: Health services research often utilizes secondary data sources such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Since 2006, the released BRFSS data do not include respondents who live in counties with 10,000 or fewer residents, and the CDC no longer offers the opportunity to access the unrestricted data set. As a result, rural residents can be underrepresented in BRFSS data after 2005. The purpose of this analysis is to ex…
Edentulism in High Poverty Rural Counties
Purpose: To examine the differences in oral health status among residents of high‐poverty counties, as compared to residents of other rural or urban counties, specifically on the prevalence of edentulism. Methods: We used the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the 2006 Area Resource File (ARF). All analyses were conducted with SAS and SAS‐callable SUDAAN, in order to account for weighting and the complex sample design. Fi…
Association Between Clinical Decision Support System Use and Rural Quality Disparities in the Treatment of Pneumonia
PURPOSE: To determine whether there is an association between clinical decision support system (CDSS) use and quality disparities in pneumonia process indicators between rural and urban hospitals. METHODS: Data were used from the FY 2009 American Hospital Association electronic health record (EHR) adoption survey (3,616 responding hospitals) to identify hospitals that used CDSS for clinical guidelines and reminders. This was linked to the 2009 Ho…
Travel distance and sociodemographic correlates of potentially avoidable emergency department visits in California, 2006–2010: An observational study
These patterns of ED utilization point to potential barriers to care among historically vulnerable groups, observable even when using rough estimates of travel distances and avoidable ED utilization
Thirty‐Day Readmission Rates Among Dual‐Eligible Beneficiaries
PURPOSE: Dual-eligible beneficiaries represented 19% of Medicare and 14% of Medicaid enrollment in 2009. Of Medicare discharges among dually eligible beneficiaries, 21.5% resulted in a 30-day rehospitalization. Little has been published regarding dual-eligible beneficiaries' readmission rates and factors affecting readmission. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of Medicare claims, restricted to 297,084 beneficiaries with a hospitali…
Gender and geographic differences in Medicare service utilization during the last six months of life
End-of-life issues are important for senior women, particularly rural women, who are more likely than their urban counterparts to live alone. The role of residence as a factor for health-care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries during the last six months of life has yet to be investigated. The purpose of this study is to examine whether service utilization in the last six months of life differs across gender and rurality. The sample was rest…
Community Paramedicine Applied in a Rural Community
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Abbeville County Emergency Management Services (ACEMS) began a community paramedicine (CP) program to utilize trained paramedics to serve patients who frequently use the emergency department (ED) and have 1 or more of the following diagnoses: hypertension, diabetes, chronic heart failure, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The objective of this study was to determine if the CP program reduced ED visits in Abbev…
Geographic differences in recovery after the Great Recession
What Is Rural? Challenges And Implications Of Definitions That Inadequately Encompass Rural People And Places
Monitoring and improving rural health is challenging because of varied and conflicting concepts of just what rural means. Federal, state, and local agencies and data resources use different definitions, which may lead to confusion and inequity in the distribution of resources depending on the definition used. This article highlights how inconsistent definitions of rural may lead to measurement bias in research, the interpretation of research outc…
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among US children
Rural‐Urban Differences in Costs of End‐of‐Life Care for the Last 6 Months of Life Among Patients with Breast, Lung, or Colorectal Cancer
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine rural-urban differences in utilization and expenditures in the last 6 months of life for patients with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer. METHODS: The study used a 5% sample of the 2013 Medicare Research Identifiable Files to study utilization and expenditures for beneficiaries with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer during the last 6 months before death (n = 6,214). End of life expenditures were…
Rural‐Urban Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample of Children
Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) exposure in 34 states and the District of Columbia, and whether exposure differs between rural and urban residents. Methods : This cross‐sectional study used data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), restricted to states in which rural versus urban residence was indicated in the public use data (n = 25,977 respondents). …
Exploring the association between a parent’s exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and outcomes of depression and anxiety among their children
Rural‐Urban Differences in Positive Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of positive childhood experience (PCE) and adverse childhood experience (ACE) exposures in 31 states plus the District of Columbia and to estimate exposure differences between rural and urban children. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 19,251 respondents from the 2017-2018 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), a nationally representative sample o…
Positive Childhood Experiences Promote School Success
Medicine (30 works) · Demography (20 works) · Environmental health (17 works) · Rural area (17 works) · Logistic regression (13 works) · Odds (13 works) · Population (13 works) · Gerontology (12 works) · Family medicine (11 works) · Nursing (11 works)