Rural
Healthy People 2010:
VOLUME
3
Editors:
Larry Gamm, Ph.D.
Linnae Hutchison, MBA
The
School of Rural Public Health
Southwest Rural
This publication was supported
through cooperative agreement #5 U1C RH 00033 from the Health Resources and
Services Administrations Office of Rural Health Policy, United States
Department of Health and Human Services.
PROJECT OFFICER:
Joan Van
Nostrand, DPA
The Office of
Rural Health Policy
Health Resources
and Services Administration
United States
Department of Health and Human Services

December
2004
Contents (Volume 3)
PART A:
INTRODUCTION
TO RURAL HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010
..
3
OVERVIEWS
AND MODELS FOR PRACTICE
1. Access to Quality Health Services in Rural
Areas- Access to Long-Term Care........forthcoming
Linnae
Hutchison, Catherine Hawes, and Lisa Williams
Associated Models for Practice: forthcoming Spring 05
1.) Community-based
Case Management,
2.)
Cooperative Care,
3.)
Georgia Mobile Day Care,
4.)
River to River Residential Corporation,
2. Educational and Community-based Programs in Rural
Areas.....................................................5
Larry Gamm and Graciela Castillo
Associated Models for Practice:
1.)
Connect for Healthy Kids,
2.)
Drug Free Communities Support Program,
3.)
Fit and Fun,
4.)
Healthy U of
3. Immunizations and Infectious Diseases in
Rural Areas................................................................35
Linnae Hutchison and Jennifer Peck
Associated Models for Practice:
1.) Communities Caring for Children,
2.) Greater
3.) Regional Early Childhood
Immunization Network,
4.)
Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration,
4. Injury
and Violence Prevention in Rural Areas...........................................................................61
Graciela
Castillo and James Alexander
Associated
Models for Practice:
1.)
2.) Farm Safety 4 Just Kids,
3.)
4.) Partners for Rural Traffic Safety,
5.) Rural Response to Intimate Partner Violence,
5.
Rural Public Health Infrastructure................................................................................................91
Barbara Quiram, Michael Meit, Kay Carpender,
Graciela Castillo, Delia Duchicela, Cara Pennel
Associated Models for Practice:
1.)
2.)
Western New York Public Health
PART B: RURAL HEALTHY
PEOPLE 2010 LITERATURE REVIEWS
1. Access to Quality Health Services in Rural
Areas- Access to Long-Term Care
.forthcoming
Linnae
Hutchison, Catherine Hawes, Lisa Williams
2. Educational and
Community-based Programs in Rural Areas
...
.
..113
Larry Gamm and Graciela Castillo
3. Immunizations and Infectious Diseases in Rural
Areas
..133
Linnae Hutchison and Jennifer Peck
4. Injury and Violence
Prevention in Rural Areas
...159
Graciela Castillo and James Alexander
5. Rural Public Health Infrastructure
.
.
.177
Barbara Quiram, Michael Meit, Kay Carpender,
Graciela Castillo, Delia Duchicela, Cara Pennel
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Authors and Contributors
Larry Gamm, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Policy and
Management, Associate Director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center,
School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health
Science Center
Linnae Hutchison,
Senior Research Associate, Southwest Rural
Catherine Hawes, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Policy and
Management, Director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of
Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
James Alexander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health
Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The
Kay Carpender, BS
Manager, Preparedness Programs
Office of Special Projects, School of
Rural Public Health, The
Michael Meit, MA, MPH
Director,
Jennifer Peck, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, The
Project Coordinator, Office of Special
Programs, School of Rural Public Health,
The
Barbara Quiram, Ph.D., MPA
Associate Professor, Director of the Office of
Special Programs, Department of Health
Policy and Management, School of Rural
Public Health, The
Graduate
Research Assistants- 2003-2004
Graciela Castillo, MPH
Graduate Research Assistant and Doctoral
Student, Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The
Delia Duchicela, MPH 05
Graduate Research Assistant, Health Policy
and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The
Lisa Williams, MPH 05
Graduate Research Assistant, Health Policy
and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The
Susan Lee, BA
Technical
Editor, The
Heather Mack, BA
Research
Assistant, Southwest Rural
Southwest
Rural
School
of Rural Public Health
The
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Office
of Rural Health Policy
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Resources and Services Administration