Appalachian health and well-being
By: edited by Robert L. Ludke and Phillip J. Obermiller ; foreword by Richard A. Couto
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780813135861; 9780813135878
Subjects: Residential Mobility; Rural Health; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status Disparities; Health Status Indicators
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genetic contributions to health / Melanie F. Myers and Carol S. Baugh; title: Health and the physical environment / Michael S. Hendryx; title: The quest for an Appalachian health lifestyle / Evelyn A. Knight; title: Health care systems / Joel A. Halverson ... [et al.]; title: The heart of Appalachia / Ann L. McCracken and E. Kelly Firesheets; title: Diabetes and its management / Sharon A. Denham; title: Obesity and food insecurity / Jennifer Chubinski and Mark A. Carrozza; title: Cancer-related disparities / James L. Fisher ... [et al.]; title: Chronic kidney disease : a hidden illness / Barbara B. Weaner and Rebecca J. Schmidt; title: Trauma / Levi D. Procter ... [et al.]; title: Mental health / Susan E. Keefe and Lisa Curtin; title: Substance abuse / Michael S. Dunn, Bruce A. Behringer, and Kristine Harper Bowers; title: Oral health / Daniel W. McNeil, Richard J. Crout, and Mary L. Marazita; title: Identifying Appalachians outside the region / Robert L. Ludke ... [et al.]; title: The health status and health determinants of urban Appalachian adults and children / Robert L. Ludke, Phillip J. Obermiller, and Ronnie D. Horner; title: Community-based participatory health research in an urban Appalachian neighborhood / M. Kathryn Brown.