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Price, Sarah Kye; Proctor, Enola K. – Journal of Rural Health, 2009
Context/Purpose: To examine a low-income sample of women in the rural Midwest (N = 1,086) who were screened for perinatal depression through the outreach and education activities within a Healthy Start Initiative project. Specifically, we describe the frequency and severity of depressive symptoms, explore social and demographic correlates of…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Low Income Groups, Females
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Skinner, Asheley Cockrell; Slifkin, Rebecca T.; Mayer, Michelle L. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Background: Unmet need for dental care is the most prevalent unmet health care need among children with special health care needs (CSHCN), even though these children are at a greater risk for dental problems. The combination of rural residence and special health care needs may leave rural CSHCN particularly vulnerable to high levels of unmet…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Children, Health Needs, At Risk Persons
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Borders, Tyrone F.; Aday, Lu Ann; Xu, Ke Tom – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
As elderly people become a larger proportion of the rural population, it is important to identify those at risk for poor health. Predictors of health-related quality of life can be useful in designing interventions. Purpose: One objective of the present study was to profile the health-related quality of life of community-dwelling, elderly people…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Health Needs, Mental Health, Physical Health