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Contents Foreword John A. Krout, 000 Preface, 000 Authors, 000 Chapter 1. Introduction Nina Glasgow, Nan E. Johnson, and Lois Wright Morton, 000 Part I. Rural Morbidity, Disability, and Mortality, 000 Chapter 2. Rural/Urban Contrasts in Population Morbidity Status Robert B. Wallace, Ligia A. Grindeanu, and Dominic J. Cirillo, 000 Chapter 3. Spatial Patterning of Disabilities among Adults Nan E. Johnson, 000 Chapter 4. Spatial Patterns of Rural Mortality Lois Wright Morton, 000 Part II. Challenges to a Healthy Rural America Chapter 5. Health Hazards of Rural Extractive Industries and Occupations Michael D. Schulman and Doris P. Slesinger, 000 Chapter 6. Rural Environmental Health and Industrial Agriculture: A Case Example of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Carol J. Hodne, 000 Chapter 7. Rural Mental Health: Comparing Differences and Modeling Change Frederick O. Lorenz, K. A. S. Wickrama, and Hsiu-Chen Yeh, 000 Chapter 8. Risky Behaviors Affecting Rural Adolescents' Health Anastasia R. Snyder and Diane K. McLaughlin, 000 Chapter 9. Rural Food Security and Health Lois Wright Morton, H. Dreamal I. Worthen, and Lorraine J. Weatherspoon, 000 Chapter 10. Rural Eating, Diet, Nutrition, and Body Weight Wm. Alex McIntosh and Jeffery Sobal, 000 Part III. Health Disparities among People of Color/Disadvantaged Groups Chapter 11. American Indians and Alaska Natives Everett R. Rhoades and Kymberly Cravatt, 000 Chapter 12. The Health of African Americans Living in Nonmetropolitan Areas Chuck W. Peek and Barbara A. Zsembik, 000 Chapter 13. Health of Rural Latinos Cruz C. Torres, 000 Chapter 14. Migrant Farmworkers Louise S. Ward and A. Serdar Atav, 000 Chapter 15. Health Disparities in Rural Appalachia Jennifer L. Gatz, Graham D. Rowles, and Suzanne L. Tyas, 000 Part IV. Formal Health Care in Rural America Chapter 16. Health Insurance Coverage in Nonmetropolitan America Robert A. Hummer, Jan Pacewicz, Shu-Chuan Wang, and Chiquita Collins, 000 Chapter 17. Funding Health Services in the Rural United States: Federal Policies and Local Solutions Mary K. Zimmerman, Rodney McAdams, and Burton P. Halpert, 000 Chapter 18. Networking in Rural Health Anthony Wellever, 000 Chapter 19. Telehealth: What Promise Does It Hold for Rural Areas? William Grigsby and Stephan J. Goetz, 000 Chapter 20. Nursing Homes and Community-Based Long-Term Care R. Paul Duncan and Tiffany A. Radcliff, 000 Part V Improving Health: Can Theory Be the Guide? Chapter 21. Community Structure and Population Health: The Challenge of Explanation Frank W. Young, 000 Chapter 22. Healthy Aging in Rural America Nina Glasgow, 000 Chapter 23. Reaching the Goal: Less Disparity, Better Rural Health Lois Wright Morton, Nina Glasgow, and Nan E. Johnson, 000 Index, 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Rural health United States