Programs Affecting Rural Public Health
Rural Populations
Rural Economics
Rural Belief Systems
General Rural Health Information
100
Less than 5%
What is the proportion of health care funds dedicated to public health services.
100
African-American and Native American children and children of migrant workers.
What is your priority group for care as the only public health nurse in a rural health clinic?
100
Family Caregivers.
What are informal health providers?
100
Health Insurance
What is generally a reliable predictor of overall health status?
100
Obesity and Sedentary Lifestyle
What are lifestyle habits that are particularly prevalent in rural areas of the South that contribute to health problems?
200
Migrant Health Clinic (MHC) program and Migrant Health Program
What is a clinic that provides comprehensive nursing and medical care to migrant and seasonal workers?
200
Rural counties
What is 75% of counties in the United States?
200
Higher rates of reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid.
What is an incentive to Rural Health Communities (RHC)?
200
"Men's work" vs "Women's work"
What are traditional gender roles in rural communities?
200
Demographics
What is a compositional factor that influences rural health needs?
300
A public health department nurse in a small rural area.
What is lack of others to collaborate with, can only offer federally funded programs and no epidemiologist to help?
300
Access to health care.
What is determined to be the number one priority in rural areas?
300
17% or more.
What is the Alabama poverty percentage?
300
Self-reliance
What is a characteristic attributed to rural residents?
300
Populations of fewer than six persons per square mile.
What is a fact that would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?
400
Primary prevention.
What is a health care screening?
400
Hispanic children
What is the fastest-growing component of the rural population?
400
Lack of highly educated and skilled employees.
What is a reason companies don't build work places in rural areas?
400
The faith community.
What is one level of social support in rural areas?
400
Healthy People 2020
What is based on the belief that individual health is tied to the health of the community at large?
500
A facility that promotes better health in rural areas.
What is rural public health department?
500
Rural
What is Greene county? Urban or rural?
500
Mining, agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
What are employment opportunities with a high risk of danger?
500
Individuals who have established a rapport within the community setting.
What is persons who are trusted in the rural community.
500
The Alabama Rural Health Association (ARHA)
What is the organization in Alabama that looks out for the preservation and enhancement of health to rural citizens in Alabama?
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