Research Catalog

Title

Rural women's health : mental, behavioral, and physical issues / editors, Raymond T. Coward ... [et al.].

Publication

New York, NY : Springer, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Coward, Raymond T.

Description

xxv, 293 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Subject

• Rural women > Health and hygiene > United States
• Rural women > Medical care > United States
• Rural Health
• Women's Health
• Patient Acceptance of Health Care
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Patient Compliance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Behavioral health of rural women: challenges and stressors -- Policy issues affecting the success of a rural women's health agenda -- Differences in mental health indicators and psychotropic drug use between rural and nonrural older women -- Obesity in rural women: emerging risk factors and hypotheses -- Preterm delivery and low birthweight among rural women: the importance of the preconceptual physical and mental health status --
• Mental health parity still evading rural women -- Mental health care utilization and expenditures among rural women -- Understanding mental health service use among rural women -- Behavioral risk factors, chronic diseases, health care access and health status of rural American Indian women in Oklahoma -- The role of resources in the emotional health of African American women: rural and urban comparisons --
• Effects of race and poverty on perceived stress among rural women -- Evaluation of nutrition education and exercise in a health promotion and wellness program for older adults -- Providing education and health care to rural communities using telehealth -- A research agenda for the future: linking the mental, behavioral and physical health of rural women.

ISBN

0826129455

LCCN

^^2005022433

OCLC

61285504

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library