Rural definition of health: A systematic literature review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gessert, Charles ^a   Waring, Stephen ^a   Bailey Davis, Lisa ^b   Conway, Pat ^a   Roberts, Melissa ^c   Vanwormer, Jeffrey ^d  

^a ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LCF Research   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Patient activation; Patient centered care; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; RURAL POPULATION; WORK;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; WORK;

EID: 84928496066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1658-9     Document Type: Review

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