Research Catalog

Title

Appalachian health and well-being / edited by Robert L. Ludke and Phillip J. Obermiller ; foreword by Richard A. Couto.

Publication

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ludke, Robert L., 1945-
• Obermiller, Phillip J.

Description

xv, 386 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

Rural health > Appalachian Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Genetic contributions to health / Melanie F. Myers and Carol S. Baugh -- Health and the physical environment / Michael S. Hendryx -- The quest for an Appalachian health lifestyle / Evelyn A. Knight -- Health care systems / Joel A. Halverson ... [et al.] -- The heart of Appalachia / Ann L. McCracken and E. Kelly Firesheets -- Diabetes and its management / Sharon A. Denham -- Obesity and food insecurity / Jennifer Chubinski and Mark A. Carrozza -- Cancer-related disparities / James L. Fisher ... [et al.] -- Chronic kidney disease : a hidden illness / Barbara B. Weaner and Rebecca J. Schmidt -- Trauma / Levi D. Procter ... [et al.] -- Mental health / Susan E. Keefe and Lisa Curtin -- Substance abuse / Michael S. Dunn, Bruce A. Behringer, and Kristine Harper Bowers -- Oral health / Daniel W. McNeil, Richard J. Crout, and Mary L. Marazita -- Identifying Appalachians outside the region / Robert L. Ludke ... [et al.] -- The health status and health determinants of urban Appalachian adults and children / Robert L. Ludke, Phillip J. Obermiller, and Ronnie D. Horner -- Community-based participatory health research in an urban Appalachian neighborhood / M. Kathryn Brown.

ISBN

• 9780813135861 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0813135869 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780813135878 (ebook)
• 0813135877 (ebook)

LCCN

2011044469

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library