The Application of a Vulnerable Populations Conceptual Model to Rural Health

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 440-448

  Leight, Susan Bragg ^a  

^a FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Relative risk; Rural health; Vulnerability; Vulnerable populations conceptual model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORK;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0344688229     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20604.x     Document Type: Review

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