Rural

Rural, Urban, and Suburban community areas all have there own individual problems in each community. Although there issues differ, in some way they affect the development of the community. During the first interview on rural areas, Bud Nornes speaks about his experiences growing up in a rural community. He states that agriculture is a very big part of the economy. Presently, there are not as many small farm families. Families are getting bigger and the smaller farm families are branching off to…

Rural areas face various obstacles in their health delivery systems. In some ways there are major differences between rural and urban health systems. Rural areas tend to have less practicing physicians with a shortage of specialists. Lower pay to primary care physicians is deterring many from choosing the field. Rural areas tend to be poorer and residents have a harder time obtaining health insurance coverage. Rural residents face various economic, social and cultural factors that influence how…

around asking for help, blaming each other and nothing still get done about the problem! Sounds like a bad sci-fi movie but this was the reality of the South Carolina school system documented in a film called, “Corridor of Shame.” The film is about rural area schools along 1-95 in South Carolina in 2005 but looks like schools on a slave planation. The film highlights overworked and grossly underpaid teachers and administrators as well as the plight of the children in these dilapidated learning…

Various Definitions:-  Rural Area:- In general, a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside the cities and towns. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services define the word "rural" as encompassing "...all populations, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural. Rural areas are also known as 'Countryside' or a 'village' in India. It has a very low density of…

potential greater disparity in health outcomes among residents in these communities. A community that is less populated, low-income, less educated, as well as primarily non-white is at more of a risk of becoming a food desert. Food deserts occur in both rural, and urban areas where the market for grocery…

The very rural setting of Montana had a large impact on the characters decisions. At the time Bentrock, Montana had a population of only 2,000 people. This small population means that everyone was familiar with what was going on, and word spread quickly. This is the main reason why the sheriff did not want to turn Frank in. The sheriff knew if the turned Frank in that, the whole town would find out about his crimes and begin immediate judgment. This made the sheriff decide to hide Frank in the…

Many rural slaves were worked to death poorly taken care of on the contrary northern colonies had urban slavery where most of slaves were black smiths , domestic workers, shoe shiners and had special trade or handy skills, these slaves were closer to their masters…

world blacks have been studied for many years, however it is rare for one of the most oppressed groups in the world, adolescent black females, to be looked at from an anthropological perspective. Molly Crocker Dougherty’s book “Becoming a Woman in Rural Black Culture” discovers the impact of community, kinship, and the rite of passage for adolescent women and the affects it has on the their future as women in society. Located in North Central Florida is a…

Rural Action is a local organization that foster social, economic, and environmental justice in Appalachian Ohio; it encourage people knowing and protecting our environment. They have many programs that help people to seek the beauty and the value of the environment, such as the Appalachian Green Teachers Project (AGTP). Instead of studying science in the classroom, Rural Action will sent some professional teachers to some schools and bring the students to the real world. This program take off…

Mental Health Services in Rural America According to the Veteran’s Health Administration, “more than one-half of all the counties in the United States do not have a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or mental health social worker” (Veteran’s Health Administration Office of Rural Health (VHA-ORH), 2013, p. 1). More than 85% of areas with mental health shortages are in rural areas (VHA-ORH, 2013). In addition to these staggering statistics, it is known that rural residents have higher rates of…