Danielle C. Rhubart
Dr. Rhubart is a rural sociologist and demographer with expertise in the social and structural determinants of health disparities and rural population health.
Faculty Affiliate, Rural Sociology Cluster, Penn State
Research Associate, Population Research Institute, Penn State
Faculty Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, Syracuse University
Recent Publications:
Zhang, X., Rhubart, D., Monnat, S. (2024). Social Infrastructure Availability and Suicide Rates among Working-Age Adults in the United States. Socius. 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231241241034
Rhubart, D., Henly, M., Guest, A., Henning-Smith, C., Powell, A.M. (2024). Social Infrastructure and Health in Rural America: An Environmental Scan of Existing Publicly Available Data. Aging and Health Research. 100186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2024.100186
Rhubart, D., Santos, A. (2023). Research Note Showing the Rural Mortality Penalty varies by Region, Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2016. Demography, 60 (6): 1699–1709. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11078239
Rhubart, D., Kowalkowski, J.^, Pillay, T*. (2023). Third Places in Rural America: Prevalence and Disparities in Use and Meaningful Use. Journal of Rural Studies, 104(103153). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103153
Rhubart, D., Kowalkowski, J., Wincott, L.* (2023) The Built Environment and Social and Emotional Support among Rural Older Adults: The Case for Social Infrastructure and Attention to Ethnoracial Differences. Rural Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12491
Rhubart, D., Chen, Q., Sterner, G., Newton, R., Shaw, B., Scanlon, D. (2022). Conceptualizing and Measuring Abatement from the Opioid Epidemic: A Case Study from Pennsylvania. Milbank Quarterly. 100(3):1128. 10.1111/1468-0009.12589
Rhubart, D. Kowalkowski, J. (2022). Perceived Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Support and Social Engagement for Working Age Adults. Preventive Medicine, 107171. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107171
Rhubart, D., Sun, Y., Pendergrast, C., Monnat, S. (2022). Socio-spatial Disparities in “Third Place” Availability in the United States. Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221090301
Rhubart, D., Monnat, S. (2022). Self-Rated Physical Health among Working-Aged Adults Along the Rural-Urban Continuum – United States, 2021. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 71(5):161-166. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7105a1