Rural public health : best practices and preventive models / / Jacob C. Warren, K. Bryant Smalley, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Springer Publishing Company, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Rural health services - United States
• Altri autori: WarrenJacob C SmalleyK. Bryant
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: What is rural? -- Medical care barriers in rural areas -- Workforce issues -- Rural health care ethics -- Faith-based initiatives -- Integrated care -- Mental health -- Substance abuse -- Heart disease -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- HIV in rural areas -- Environmental / Occupational Health -- Rural minority health -- Migrant farm worker health -- Elderly health in rural areas -- Future directions in rural public health.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: Rural public health
• ISBN: 1-78539-310-3; 0-8261-0895-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818004703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II