Open AccessRural Public Health Service Delivery: Promising New Directions
Author(s) -
Bobbie Berkowitz
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.10.1678
Subject(s) - public health , general partnership , rural health , service delivery framework , environmental health , business , health promotion , rural area , public relations , health services , service (business) , economic growth , medicine , political science , nursing , population , marketing , finance , pathology , economics
I describe variations in the structure and in the practice of rural public health and how rural communities meet the challenges of current public health practice, including primary methods of service delivery and partnership development. I present examples of promising models for the creation of rural public health capacity-the ability of local health departments to carry out core public health responsibilities.