Research Catalog

Title

Rural health and aging research : theory, methods, and practical applications / edited by Wilbert M. Gesler, Donna J. Rabiner, Gordon H. DeFriese.

Publication

Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• DeFriese, Gordon H.
• Gesler, Wilbert M., 1941-
• Rabiner, Donna G.

Description

iv, 259 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Society and aging series

Uniform Title

Society and aging series.

Subject

• Health Services for the Aged
• Rural Health Services
• Rural elderly > Medical care > United States
• Rural health services > United States
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction to Research on Rural Health and Aging Issues / Wilbert M. Gesler, Donna J. Rabiner and Gordon H. DeFriese -- Ch. 2. Secondary Data and Statistical Profiles of Older Rural Americans / Mary Anne P. Salmon and Thomas C. Ricketts III -- Ch. 3. Methods for Assessing Geographic Aspects of Health Care for Older Adults in Rural Areas / Wilbert M. Gesler, Lucy A. Savitz and Peggy S. Wittie -- Ch. 4. Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Migration Research on Rural Aging Populations / Charles F. Longino, Jr. and Mark H. Smith -- Ch. 5. The Community-Based Laboratory Approach to the Development of Collaborative Rural Health and Aging Research and Demonstrations / Harold L. Cook and Gordon H. DeFriese -- Ch. 6. Incorporating Qualitative Methods Into the Study of Health Beliefs and Health Behaviors of Rural Older Adults / Thomas A. Arcury, Susan A. Gaylord and Harold L. Cook --
• Ch. 7. The Potential of Community Service and Research Partnerships: The Geriatric Team Consultation Project / Rebecca H. Hunter, Mark E. Williams and Jane H. McCaleb [et al.] -- Ch. 8. Research in Rural Minority Aging in the Southeast U.S.: Results and Directions / Thomas A. Arcury, Ronny A. Bell and Iris B. Carlton-LaNey -- Ch. 9. Trajectories of Health in Aging Populations / Elizabeth C. Clipp, Glen H. Elder, Jr. and Linda K. George [et al.] -- Ch. 10. Methodologic Rigor and Therapeutic Obligation: The Dialectic in Community Research / Carol C. Hogue -- Ch. 11. Informal Caregiving Networks and Community Resource Infrastructure Serving Rural Elderly Populations: Making the Macro-Micro Link / Jean Kincade, Donna J. Rabiner and Gary M. Nelson [et al.] -- Ch. 12. Improving Health Care Research for Rural Elderly People Using Advanced Communications Technologies / Mark E. Williams, Thomas C. Ricketts III and Bob G. Thompson --
• Ch. 13. Conclusion / Wilbert M. Gesler, Donna J. Rabiner and Gordon H. DeFriese.

ISBN

0895031833 (cloth)

LCCN

97028444

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries