Critical issues in rural health
By: edited by Nina Glasgow, Lois Wright Morton, Nan E. Johnson
Contributors: Glasgow, Nina; Morton, Lois Wright, 1951-; Johnson, Nan E
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Rural health -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Nina Glasgow, Nan E. Johnson, and Lois Wright Morton; title: Rural morbidity, disability, and mortality; title: Rural/urban contrasts in population morbidity status / Robert B. Wallace, Ligia A. Grindeanu and Dominic J. Cirillo; title: Spatial patterning of disabilities among adults / Nan E. Johnson; title: Spatial patterns of rural mortality / Lois Wright Morton,; title: Challenges to a healthy rural America; title: Health hazards of rural extractive industries and occupations / Michael D. Schulman and Doris P. Slesinger; title: Rural environmental health and industrial agriculture: a case example of concentrated animal feeding operations /  Carol J. Hodne; title: Rural mental health: comparing differences and modeling change / Frederick O. Lorenz, K.A.S. Wickrama, and Hsiu-Chen Yeh; title: Risky behaviors affecting rural adolescents' health / Anastasia R. Snyder and Diane K. Mclaughlin; title: Rural food security and health / Lois Wright Morton, H. Dreamal, I. Worthen, and Lorraine J. Weatherspoon; title: Rural eating, diet, nutrition, and body weight / Wm. Alex Mcintosh and Jeffery Sobal; title: Health disparities among people of color/disadvantaged groups; title: American indians and Alaska natives / Everett R. Rhoades and Kymberly Cravatt; title: The health of African Americans living in nonmetropolitan areas / Chuck W. Peek and Barbara A. Zsembik; title: Health of rural Latinos / Cruz C. Torres; title: Migrant farmworkers / Louise S. Ward and A. Serdar Atav; title: Health disparities in rural Appalachia / Jennifer L. Gatz, Graham D. Rowles, and Suzanne L. Tyas; title: Formal health care in rural america; title: Health insurance coverage in nonmetropolitan America / Robert A. Hummer ... [et al.]; title: Funding health services in the rural United States: federal policies and local solutions / Mary K. Zimmerman, Rodney Mcadams, and Burton P. Halpert; title: Networking in rural health; title: Anthony Wellever; title: Telehealth: what promise does it hold for rural areas? / William Grigsby and Stephan J. Goetz; title: Nursing homes and community-based long-term care / R. Paul Duncan and Tiffany A. Radcliff; title: Improving health: can theory be the guide?; title: Community structure and population health: the challenge of explanation /  Frank W. Young; title: Healthy aging in rural america /  Nina Glasgow; title: Reaching the goal: less disparity, better rural health / Lois Wright Morton, Nina Glasgow, and Nan E. Johnson