Tables and Figures vii
Foreword xiii
Ciro V. Sumaya
The Prevention Research Centers Program xv
Acknowledgments xvii
The Editors xix
The Contributors xxi
Part 1 Rural Communities in Context 1
1 Understanding Rural America: A Public Health Perspective 3
Richard A. Crosby, Monica L. Wendel, Robin C. Vanderpool, Baretta
R. Casey, Laurel A. Mills
2 Defining Rurality 23
L. Gary Hart, Baretta R. Casey
3 History of Rural Public Health in America 39
Amy L. Elizondo, Alan Morgan
4 The Depth of Rural Health Disparities in America:The ABCDEs
51
James E. Florence, Robert P. Pack, Jodi Southerland, Randolph F.
Wykoff
Part 2 Rural Public Health Systems 73
5 Public Health Systems, Health Policy, and Population-Level
Prevention in Rural America 75
Angela L. Carman, F. Douglas Scutchfield
6 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Colorado 95
Julie A. Marshall, Lisa N. VanRaemdonck
7 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Kentucky 115
Baretta R. Casey
8 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Alabama 135
Theresa A. Wynn, Mona N. Fouad
9 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Iowa 151
Faryle Nothwehr, Lauren Erickson, Ulrike Schultz
Part 3 Health Partnerships in Rural Communities 169
10 Health Assessment in Rural Communities: A Critical Organizing
and Capacity-Building Tool 171
James N. Burdine, Heather R. Clark, Lindsay J. Shea, Bernard
Appiah, Chelsie N. Hollas
11 Strategies for Building Coalitions in Rural Communities
191
Michelle C. Kegler, Frances D. Butterfoss
12 Capacity Building in Rural Communities 215
Monica L. Wendel, Angie Alaniz, Brandy N. Kelly, Heather R. Clark,
Kelly N. Drake, Corliss W. Outley, Whitney Garney, Keli Dean,
Lyndsey Simpson, Britt Allen, Hon. Pam Finke, Teresa Harris, Vicky
Jackson, Hon. Dean Player, Albert Ramirez, Hon. Mike Sutherland,
Camilla Viator, E. Lisako J. McKyer, Julie A. St. John, Kenneth R.
McLeroy, James N. Burdine
Part 4 Evidence-Based Practice in Rural Communities 235
13 Promoting Adolescent Health in Rural Communities 237
E. Lisako J. McKyer, Corliss W. Outley, Jamilia J. Blake, Brandy N.
Kelly
14 Rural Food Disparities: Availability and Accessibility of
Healthy Foods 251
Wesley R. Dean, Cassandra M. Johnson, Joseph R. Sharkey
15 Promoting Oral Health in Rural Communities 267
Nikki Stone, Baretta R. Casey
16 Physical Activity Promotion in Rural America 287
Richard Kozoll, Sally M. Davis
17 Preventing Farm-Related Injuries: The Example of Tractor
Overturns 303
Henry P. Cole, Susan C. Westneat
18 Addressing Mental Health Issues in Rural Areas 323
Carly E. McCord, Timothy R. Elliott, Daniel F. Brossart, Linda G.
Castillo
19 Cancer Prevention and Control in Rural Communities .341
Robin C. Vanderpool, Laurel A. Mills
20 Tobacco Use in Rural Populations 357
Geri A. Dino, Rose M. Pignataro, Kimberly A. Horn, Andrew
Anesetti-Rothermel
Index 377
Richard A. Crosby, PhD, is the DDI Endowed Professor of Health Behavior in the Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky. Monica L. Wendel, DrPH, MA, is assistant dean for community health systems innovation and director, Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health. Robin C. Vanderpool, DrPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky. Baretta R. Casey, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is a professor in the Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky.
?Rural Populations and Health fulfills its purpose in providing readers with an orientation to rural community health and the social determinants that influence it. It would be useful for anthropology, sociology, psychology, nursing, health sciences, political science, and certainly public health majors.? ?The Journal of Rural Health, Autumn 2013
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