Critical issues in rural health / edited by Nina Glasgow, Lois Wright Morton, Nan E. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glasgow, Nina.

Johnson, Nan E.

Morton, Lois Wright, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural health--United States.

Rural health.

United States.

Rural Health.

Medical Subjects:

Rural Health.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., [2004]

Summary:

The first of its kind, Critical Issues in Rural Health, provides comprehensive sociological treatment of rural health and health care trends in the U.S. The editors have presented both integrative reviews of theory and research on rural health issues, as well as the most up-to-date findings of empirical research. This book emphasizes differences between rural and urban areas in health and health care, and chapter authors report the impact of age or life stage, race and ethnicity, social class, rural occupations, and community structure on various substantive health issues.

Contents:

Introduction / Nina Glasgow, Nan E. Johnson, and Lois Wright Morton

Rural morbidity, disability, and mortality

Rural/urban contrasts in population morbidity status / Robert B. Wallace, Ligia A. Grindeanu and Dominic J. Cirillo

Spatial patterning of disabilities among adults / Nan E. Johnson

Spatial patterns of rural mortality / Lois Wright Morton,

Challenges to a healthy rural America

Health hazards of rural extractive industries and occupations / Michael D. Schulman and Doris P. Slesinger

Rural environmental health and industrial agriculture: a case example of concentrated animal feeding operations / Carol J. Hodne

Rural mental health: comparing differences and modeling change / Frederick O. Lorenz, K.A.S. Wickrama, and Hsiu-Chen Yeh

Risky behaviors affecting rural adolescents' health / Anastasia R. Snyder and Diane K. Mclaughlin

Rural food security and health / Lois Wright Morton, H. Dreamal, I. Worthen, and Lorraine J. Weatherspoon

Rural eating, diet, nutrition, and body weight / Wm. Alex Mcintosh and Jeffery Sobal

Health disparities among people of color/disadvantaged groups

American indians and Alaska natives / Everett R. Rhoades and Kymberly Cravatt

The health of African Americans living in nonmetropolitan areas / Chuck W. Peek and Barbara A. Zsembik

Health of rural Latinos / Cruz C. Torres

Migrant farmworkers / Louise S. Ward and A. Serdar Atav

Health disparities

in rural Appalachia / Jennifer L. Gatz, Graham D. Rowles, and Suzanne L. Tyas

Formal health care in rural america

Health insurance coverage in nonmetropolitan America / Robert A. Hummer ... [et al.]

Funding health services in the rural United States: federal policies and local solutions / Mary K. Zimmerman, Rodney Mcadams, and Burton P. Halpert

Networking in rural health

Anthony Wellever

Telehealth: what promise does it hold for rural areas? / William Grigsby and Stephan J. Goetz

Nursing homes and community-based long-term care / R. Paul Duncan and Tiffany A. Radcliff

Improving health: can theory be the guide?

Community structure and population health: the challenge of explanation / Frank W. Young

Healthy aging in rural america / Nina Glasgow

Reaching the goal: less disparity, better rural health / Lois Wright Morton, Nina Glasgow, and Nan E. Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

54206753