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Appalachian health : culture, challenges, and capacity / edited by F. Douglas Scutchfield and Randy Wykoff ; foreword by Alonzo Plough.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Understanding and improving health for minority and disadvantaged populations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--Appalachian Region.
- Medical care.
- Public health--Appalachian Region.
- Public health.
- Well-being--Appalachian Region.
- Well-being.
- Rural health--United States.
- Rural health.
- Health services accessibility.
- Medically Underserved Area.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Appalachian Region.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medically Underserved Area.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Appalachian Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction / F. Douglas Scutchfield and Randy Wykoff
- Appalachia : An Introduction to the Region / Ron R. Roach
- Appalachian Health : An Overview of Mortality and Morbidity / Julie Marshall and Logan Thomas
- The Social Determinants of Health / Kate Beatty and Melissa White
- Health Behaviors in Appalachia / Robin C. Vanderpool, Angela L. Carman, Lindsay R. Stradtman, and Kelly D. Blake
- The Availability of Health Care in Appalachia / Richard C. Ingram, Rachel Hogg-Graham, Timothy Williams, and Katherine Youngen
- The Appalachian Environment / Alan Ducatman and Rachel E. Dixon
- Deaths of Despair in Appalachia / Michael Meit, Megan Heffernan, and Erin Tanenbaum
- The Opioid Crisis in Appalachia / Angela Hagaman, Bill Brooks, Stephanie M. Mathis, Kelly Moore, and Robert Pack
- Public Health Preparedness in Appalachia / Margaret A. Riggs and James Alan Riley
- Conclusion / Randy Wykoff, F. Douglas Scutchfield, Ron R. Roach, and Ron Eller.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813155883 (electronic bk.)
- 0813155886 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99993753644
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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