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October 2004, Vol 94, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1661-1663
© 2004 American Public Health Association

EDITORIAL

Health in Rural America: Remembering the Importance of Place

Charles D. Phillips, PhD, MPH and Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD

The authors are with the School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Bryan.

Correspondence: Request for reprints should be sent to Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, School of Rural Public Health, 3000 Briarcrest, Suite 310, Bryan, TX 77802 (e-mail: kmcleroy@srph.tamu.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
Historically, public health has been viewed through a variety of lenses. One lens focuses on the contrast between the science and the practice of public health.1 Another focuses on individual versus social responsibility for health.2 A third lens visualizes the contrast between an emphasis on disease categories and an emphasis on functional communities.3 A fourth focuses attention on the distinction between market forces and social justice.4 Of particular importance for public health professionals interested in rural health is that lens through which one sees an important part of the history of public health’s development as oscillation between a focus on . . . [Full Text]


   A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON PLACE
 

   COMPOSITION AND CONTEXT
 

   TAILORING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO MEET RURAL NEEDS
 



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