Danielle C. Rhubart
Dr. Rhubart is a rural sociologist and demographer with expertise in rural population health, spatial inequality, and the structural and social determinants of 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:
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
Zhang, X., Brown, A., Rhubart, D. (2023). Loneliness and Mental Distress Among Working-Age Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience and Perceived Social Support. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-022-10151-0
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
Sun, Y., Rhubart, D. (2022). Rural-Urban Differences in the Association between Aging & Disability Services and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates among Older Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 10.1177/07334648221119457
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
Pendergrast, C., Rhubart, D. (2022). Socio-Spatial Disparities in County-Level Availability of Aging and Disability Services Organizations. Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 37(1): 3. Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol37/iss1/3