Integrated Care in Rural Areas

Authors

David Lambert PhD, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research Center
John A. Gale MS, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research Center

Files

Document Type

Book Chapter

Description

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.

ISBN

9780826108951

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

City

New York, NY

Keywords

MRHRC

Comments

From the book Rural public health: Best practices and preventive models.

Also available in the book Rural mental health: Issues, policies, and best practices (2012).

Recommended Citation

Lambert, David, and John Gale. "Integrated Care in Rural Areas." Rural Public Health: Best Practices and Preventive Models, edited by Jacob Warren and K. Bryant Smalley, Springer Publishing Company, 2014, pp. 67-84.