Rural Women's Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Issues

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ISBN: 9780826129451 | 0826129455
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/1/2005

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Text discusses unique physical and psychological needs facing rural women in the United States and Canada. Topics include socio-cultural stressors, policy changes, barriers to assessing mental health treatment, obesity and risk factors, behavioral risk factors, chronic diseases, education, and more. For practitioners and social workers. Softcover. DNLM: Rural Health.

Contributors

Preface

xxi

Acknowledgments

xxv

Introduction

(14)

Behavioral Health of Rural Women: Challenges and Stressors

(16)

Pamela L. Mulder

Warren Lambert

Policy Issues Affecting the Success of a Rural Women's Health Agenda

(14)

Kathleen M. McNamara

Differences in Mental Health Indicators and Psychotropic Drug Use Between Rural and Nonrural Older Women

(18)

Carol Hancock Gold

Kelli L. Dominick

Frank M. Ahern

Debra A. Heller

Obesity in Rural Women: Emerging Risk Factors and Hypotheses

(20)

Christine M. Olson

Caron F. Bove

Preterm Delivery and Low Birthweight Among Rural Women: The Importance of the Preconception Physical and Mental Health Status

(24)

Marianne M. Hillemeier

Carol S. Weisman

Gary A. Chase

Megan Romer

Mental Health Parity Still Evading Rural Women

107

(20)

Jane Nelson Bolin

Mental Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Among Rural Women

127

(20)

Judith Shinogle

Understanding Mental Health Service Use Among Rural Women

147

(16)

Sarah Gehlert

Kelly Kovac

In Han Song

S. Ann Hartlage

Behavioral Risk Factors, Chronic Diseases, Health Care Access, and Health Status of Rural American Indian Women in Oklahoma

163

(16)

Janis E. Campbell

Zoran Bursac

Lisa Perkins

The Role of Resources in the Emotional Health of African American Women: Rural and Urban Comparisons

179

(18)

Paula Y. Goodwin

Sharon Wallace Williams

Peggye Dilworth Anderson

Effects of Race and Poverty on Perceived Stress Among Rural Women

197

(18)

Janice C. Probst

Charity G. Moore

Elizabeth G. Baxley

Evaluation of Nutrition Education and Exercise in a Health Promotion and Wellness Program for Older Adults

215

(18)

Cathy B. Parrett

Providing Education and Health Care to Rural Communities Using Telehealth

233

(18)

Denise L. Jameson

A Research Agenda for the Future: Linking the Mental, Behavioral and Physical Health of Rural Women

251

(24)

Luanne E. Thorndyke

Index

275

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