Application of the Political Economy to Rural Health Disparities

• 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, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Public health.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Political economy.; Public Health.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; International Political Economy.

This thought-provoking monograph analyzes the longstanding political and economic structures underlying entrenched health inequities in rural areas worldwide. Bypassing familiar data on the subject, it critiques existing approaches to why core social determinants of health are underrepresented in ru...

Table of Contents:

• Rural Health Disparities: The Political Economy
• Rural Health Disparities: The Economic Argument
• Social Disorganization in Rural Communities
• Rural Health Disparities: Public Policy Responses
• Conclusion/Author's Remarks.