An Overview of Maternal and Infant Health Services in Rural America

摘要: : Economically disadvantaged rural families, like their urban counterparts, face significant difficulties obtaining adequate maternity and infant health care resulting, in part, from an unequal distribution of resources as well economic racial barriers to nationwide. Rural women infants must contend with additional access problems that reflect the inherent constraints existence specific state policies exacerbate associated isolation. This article provides overview availability accessibility maternal services nonmetropolitan America identifies policy reforms improve care.