Rural Public Health: Best Practices and Preventive Models.
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Rural residents face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioral factors, and health provider shortages that combine to impose striking disparities in health outcomes among rural populations. This comprehensive text about the issues of rural public health is the only book to focus on rural health from the perspectives of public health and prevention. It covers specific diseases and disorders faced by rural populations, service delivery challenges, practitioner shortfalls in rural areas, and promising community health approaches and preventive measures. The text also addresses rural health care ethics and international perspectives. Nearly all chapters offer best practice recommendations and evidence-based prevention programs. This book is a cohesive, centralized resource for researchers, public health practitioners, health organizations, and graduate education programs that focus on the public health of rural populations. Key Features:.: Comprises the only text to address rural health from the perspectives of public health and prevention; Includes best practice recommendations and evidence-based prevention programs in each chapter; Presents a cohesive, expansive synthesis of current research and practice; Addresses specific diseases and disorders of rural populations, service delivery problems, and practitioner shortfalls in rural areas; Discusses promising community health approaches and preventative measures.
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Rural residents face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioral factors, and health provider shortages that combine to impose striking disparities in health outcomes among rural populations. This comprehensive text about the issues of rural public health is the only book to focus on rural health from the perspectives of public health and prevention. It covers specific diseases and disorders faced by rural populations, service delivery challenges, practitioner shortfalls in rural areas, and promising community health approaches and preventive measures. The text also addresses rural health care ethics and international perspectives. Nearly all chapters offer best practice recommendations and evidence-based prevention programs. This book is a cohesive, centralized resource for researchers, public health practitioners, health organizations, and graduate education programs that focus on the public health of rural populations. Key Features:.: Comprises the only text to address rural health from the perspectives of public health and prevention; Includes best practice recommendations and evidence-based prevention programs in each chapter; Presents a cohesive, expansive synthesis of current research and practice; Addresses specific diseases and disorders of rural populations, service delivery problems, and practitioner shortfalls in rural areas; Discusses promising community health approaches and preventative measures.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Smalley, K. B., & Warren, J. C. (2013). Rural Public Health: Best Practices and Preventive Models. New York, Springer Publishing Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Smalley, K. Bryant, PhD, PsyD and Jacob C. Warren. 2013. Rural Public Health: Best Practices and Preventive Models. New York, Springer Publishing Company.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What is Rural? -- Defining Rurality -- So what is Rural? -- Conclusion -- References -- Section One: Challenges and Solutions in Rural Public Health -- Chapter 2: Access to Medical Care in Rural America -- Understanding Barriers to Medical Care: The Behavioral Model of Health Services Use -- Medical Care Needs of Rural Populations -- Rural Residents are Less Likely to Have Resources that Enable Access to Medical Care -- Vulnerable Rural Populations -- Special Programs and Innovations for Rural Access -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Public Health Workforce Issues in Rural Areas -- Overview and Present Challenges of the Rural Public Health Workforce -- Aspects of Rural Health Practice -- Keeping the Rural Public Healthy: Sustaining the Rural Workforce -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Rural Health Care Ethics -- Bioethics: The Rural Perspective -- Rural Public Health Ethical Considerations -- References -- Chapter 5: Rural Church-Based Health Promotion -- Rural Church-Based Health Promotion -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: Integrated Care in Rural Areas -- Background -- Integrated Care in Rural Areas -- Current and Best Practices in Rural Integration -- Rural Integration in a Changing Policy Environment: The Road Ahead -- Practical Steps to Getting Started -- References -- Chapter 7: Mental Health in Rural Areas -- Mental Health in Rural Areas -- Addressing Core Problems in Rural Mental Health -- Conclusion -- References -- Section Two: Health Issues in Rural Areas -- Chapter 8: Substance Use and Abuse in Rural America -- Prevalence of Rural Substance Use and Abuse -- Prevention -- Substance Abuse Treatment -- Continuing Care and Long-Term Support -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Heart Disease in Rural Areas. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Hypertension -- Heart Attack and Associated Conditions -- Stroke -- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors -- Cardiovascular Disease Disparities -- Knowledge and Awareness of Heart Attack, Heart Disease, and Stroke -- Community-Based Programs and Interventions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Obesity in Rural America -- Costs of Obesity -- Ecological Approach to Understanding Rural Obesity -- Strategies -- Conclusion -- Resources -- References -- Chapter 11: Diabetes in Rural Areas -- Diabetes in Rural America -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: HIV Prevention and Treatment Issues in Rural America: A Focus on Regional Differences -- Barriers to HIV Prevention and Treatment in Rural Areas -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Environmental and Occupational Health in Rural Areas -- Environmental Justice and Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) -- Gene-Environment Interactions: Importance to Rural Communities -- Impact of Climate Change on Health of Rural Communities -- Conclusion -- Resources -- References -- Chapter 14: Rural Minority Health: Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation -- Rural African American Health -- Health Disparities Among Rural Hispanics -- Rural LGBT Health -- Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Health -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Migrant Farmworker Health -- Population Characteristics -- Health Issues -- Programs and Resources -- Conclusion -- Resources -- References -- Chapter 16: Health and Aging in Rural America -- Aging Rural America -- Physical and Mental Health of Rural Older Adults -- Access to Health Care -- Caregiving in Rural Areas -- A Model of Care Delivery for Rural Caregivers -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17: Future Directions in Rural Public Health -- Advancements in Rural Public Health -- Challenges in Rural Public Health -- Conclusion. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a References -- Index. | |
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