Rural Health Disparities, Population Health, and Rural Culture

摘要: In this commentary, I place the maturing field of rural health research and policy in context disparities documented Health United States, 2001, Urban Rural Chartbook. Because recent advances our understanding determinants health, must branch out from its traditional focus on access to care services toward initiatives that are based models population health. addition presenting distinct regional differences, chartbook shows a pattern risky behaviors among populations suggest “rural culture” determinant. This suggests there may be environmental cultural factors unique towns, regions, or States Department Agriculture (USDA) economic types affect behavior