Chapter 24: Rural and Migrant Health
Agriculture is the...
"food and fiber system"
Is poverty greater in rural or urban areas?
Rural
____% of U.S. physicians practice in rural areas.
10%
Rural residents
- Assesses their health as fair or poor
- Have more disability days resulting from _____ conditions
- Present with more negative health behaviors that contribute to excess deaths and chronic disease and
disability rates
- Suffer a higher number of _____ injuries
acute, unintentional
Noting a prominent and persistent pattern of risky health behaviors in rural dwellers, suggests that
"_____ _____" may be a key determinant of health in rural communities and that these behaviors vary
along the rural-urban continuum and within rural populations by geographical areas - behaviors include
unintentional injury, smoking, and suicide
rural culture
,The U.S. DHHS determines poverty guidelines by estimating the _____ income level needed by a family
or individual to just meet the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, and other essential goods and
services.
minimum
Rural population size
Population of less than 2500 or in an open country
Rural density
Fewer than 45 persons per square mile
Frontier density
Less than 6 people per square mile
Core-based statistical areas (CBSAs)
In the United States, the combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical
areas.
Metropolitan area
County with at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more people
, Micropolitan area
Area contains a cluster of 10,000 to 50,000 persons
Outside CBSAs (neither metro or micro) = _____ areas
noncare
U.S. contribution to the World Health Organization "Health for _____" program
All
Health for All Plan
10-year plan to accomplish:
- Health equality
- Elimination of disparities
- Improvement of the health of groups through social and physical environments to promote quality of
life
- Healthy development
- Healthy behaviors across all life stages
Context: characteristics of _____ of residence
places
Agriculture is the...
"food and fiber system"
Is poverty greater in rural or urban areas?
Rural
____% of U.S. physicians practice in rural areas.
10%
Rural residents
- Assesses their health as fair or poor
- Have more disability days resulting from _____ conditions
- Present with more negative health behaviors that contribute to excess deaths and chronic disease and
disability rates
- Suffer a higher number of _____ injuries
acute, unintentional
Noting a prominent and persistent pattern of risky health behaviors in rural dwellers, suggests that
"_____ _____" may be a key determinant of health in rural communities and that these behaviors vary
along the rural-urban continuum and within rural populations by geographical areas - behaviors include
unintentional injury, smoking, and suicide
rural culture
,The U.S. DHHS determines poverty guidelines by estimating the _____ income level needed by a family
or individual to just meet the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, and other essential goods and
services.
minimum
Rural population size
Population of less than 2500 or in an open country
Rural density
Fewer than 45 persons per square mile
Frontier density
Less than 6 people per square mile
Core-based statistical areas (CBSAs)
In the United States, the combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical
areas.
Metropolitan area
County with at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more people
, Micropolitan area
Area contains a cluster of 10,000 to 50,000 persons
Outside CBSAs (neither metro or micro) = _____ areas
noncare
U.S. contribution to the World Health Organization "Health for _____" program
All
Health for All Plan
10-year plan to accomplish:
- Health equality
- Elimination of disparities
- Improvement of the health of groups through social and physical environments to promote quality of
life
- Healthy development
- Healthy behaviors across all life stages
Context: characteristics of _____ of residence
places
