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An initiative to identify and explore Appalachian communities with better-than-expected health outcomes. Across Appalachia, many communities face significant health challenges and are working to find ways to build stronger population health with limited resources.
Many of the unique cultural beliefs held by native Appalachians impact their deci-sions in everyday life, particularly their medical decisions. A study carried out in Southeastern Kentucky captured how those beliefs are intimately intertwined with life and death.
1 kwi 2022 · Appalachian Health explores major challenges and opportunities for promoting the health and well-being of the people of Appalachia, a historically underserved population.
1 cze 2023 · This chapter entitled “Appalachians and Health: The Impact of History and Culture on Healthcare Decisions and Disparities” describes some of the complex cultural challenges that affect the delivery of healthcare in Appalachia.
Access to Health Care. Many health disparities in the region can be linked back to issues with access to care. Central Appalachia has 33% lower and Southern Appalachia has a 21% lower supply of primary care physicians than the national average (Health Care Systems, 2021).
This book is about the health and well-being of the people of Appalachia and the many social, economic, geographic, and medical factors that have long distinguished the region from the rest of the United States.
Whether one looks at health behaviors (e.g., smoking, opioid misuse) or health outcomes (e.g., life expectancy, rates of heart disease), the people of Appalachia are less healthy than the rest of America and, in fact,... JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
