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Rural public health : best practices and preventive models /
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 b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer Publishing Company,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826108951 0826108954 |