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Direct linkWilliams, Emily C.; McFarland, Lynne V.; Nelson, Karin M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: United States rural residents tend toward poorer health than urban residents. Although alcohol use is associated with multiple medical conditions and can be reduced via brief primary care-based interventions, it is unknown whether alcohol consumption differs by rurality among primary care patients. We sought to describe alcohol…
Descriptors: Incidence, Drinking, Patients, Rural Areas
Millward, Hugh; Spinney, Jamie – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: This paper assesses the degree to which "active living" varies along the rural-urban continuum, within the county-sized regional municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Methods: Time-diary data from the Halifax Space-Time Activity Research project were used to compute daily participation rates (PRs) and time durations, at various…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Urban Areas, Suburbs
Beatty, Kate; Harris, Jenine K.; Barnes, Priscilla A. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Context: With limited resources and increased public health challenges facing the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others have identified partnerships between local health departments (LHDs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as critical to the public health system. LHDs utilize financial, human, and informational…
Descriptors: Health Services, Disease Control, Public Health, Child Health
Borders, Tyrone F.; Booth, Brenda M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence. Purpose: To describe the prevalence of abstinence, alcohol use disorders, and risky drinking in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the United States. Methods: Analyses of the 2001-2002 National…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Incidence, Public Health, Alcohol Abuse
Hilty, Donald M.; Nesbitt, Thomas S.; Kuenneth, Christina A.; Cruz, Grace M.; Hales, Robert E. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context and Purpose: Rural and suburban populations remain underserved in terms of psychiatric services but have not been compared directly in terms of using telepsychiatry. Methods: Patient demographics, reasons for consultation, diagnosis, and alternatives to telepsychiatric consultation were collected for 200 consecutive, first-time…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Telecommunications, Patients, Clinics
Zollinger, Terrell W.; Saywell, Robert M., Jr.; Overgaard, Amanda D.; Przybylski, Michael J.; Dutta-Bergman, Mohan – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Purpose: This study examined the awareness and impact of antitobacco media messages among rural, suburban, and urban youth. Method: Self-administered questionnaires were received from 1,622, 1,059, and 1,177 middle school (sixth, seventh, and eighth grade) students in rural, suburban, and urban locations, respectively. Logistic regression compared…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Smoking, Mass Media Effects, Television
