Rural Health Disparities Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches /

• Main Author: Taylor, Monica M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Public health.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Public policy.; Public Health.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Public Policy.

This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy...

Table of Contents:

• Spatial Injustice: The Global and National Rural Health Crisis
• Environmental Injustice in Rural Communities
• Rural Health Disparities: The Public Health Perspective
• Rural Health Disparities: The Public Policy Perspective
• Rural Health Disparities: The Planning Perspective
• Conclusion: A Progressive Vision.