Critical Issues In Rural Health
A large sector of the United States (U.S.) population. About 22 percent of Americans, approximately 55 million people, are considered “rural” residents. Rural people have a unique set of health issues; they experience social, cultural, and economic disadvantages that can increase their risk for adverse health consequences.\ The first text of its kind, Critical Issues in Rural Health, provides comprehensive sociological study of rural health and health care trends in the United States, by...
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Sociologists and researchers in a number of medical specialties, many of them members of the Rural Health Interest Group of the Rural Sociological Society address issues related to health conditions and trends among people and communities of the rural US. They cover rural morbidity, disability, and mortality; challenges to a healthy rural America; health disparities among people of color and/or disadvantaged groups; formal health care; and whether theory can be a guide to improving health. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordPrefaceAuthors1Introduction3Pt. IRural morbidity, disability, and mortality2Rural/urban contrasts in population morbidity status153Spatial patterning of disabilities among adults274Spatial patterns of rural mortality37Pt. IIChallenges to a healthy rural America5Health hazards of rural extractive industries and occupations496Rural environmental health and industrial agriculture : a case example of concentrated animal feeding operations617Rural mental health : comparing differences and modeling change758Risky behaviors affecting rural adolescents' health899Rural food insecurity and health10110Rural eating, diet, nutrition, and body weight113Pt. IIIHealth disparities among people of color/disadvantaged groups11American Indians and Alaska natives12712The health of African Americans living in nonmetropolitan areas14113Health of rural Latinos15514Migrant farmworkers16915Health disparities in rural Appalachia183Pt. IVFormal health care in rural America16Health insurance coverage in nonmetropolitan America19717Funding health services in the rural United States : federal policies and local solutions21118Networking in rural health22519Telehealth : what promise does it hold for rural areas?23720Nursing homes and community-based long-term care251Pt. VImproving health : can theory be the guide?21Community structure and population health : the challenge of explanation26122Healthy aging in rural America27123Reaching the goal : less disparity, better rural health283Index293
