Designing Policy Solutions to Build a Healthier Rural America. Issue 3 (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vohra, Sameer; Pointer, Carolyn; Fogleman, Amanda; Albers, Thomas; Patel, Anish; Weeks, Elizabeth
• Other Names: Clark Brietta R. guest-editor.; Fuse Brown Erin C. guest-editor.; Wiley Lindsay F. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 48:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 491
• Page End: 505
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1177/1073110520958874
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Disparities exist in the health, livelihood, and opportunities for the 46-60 million people living in America's rural communities. Rural communities across the United States need a new energy and focus concentrated around health and health care that allows for the designing capturing, and spreading of existing and new innovations. This paper aims to provide a framework for policy solutions to build a healthier rural America describing both the current state of rural health policy and the policies and practices in states that could be used as a national model for positive change.