Beschreibung
There is an exhaustive supply of books associated with urban planning and theories in planning practices in urban communities. This book offers a unique yet very needed approach for the utilization of planning theory for rural communities by incorporating three different disciplines - a multidisciplinary approach - that serve as best practices to eliminate rural health disparities and thereby address the problem of rural health outcomes. Spatial differences between populations in the U.S. predict life expectancy rates and quality of life. This book aims to provide tools in the public health, planning, and policy disciplines to help address this issue. Below is an explanation of how each of these these disciplinary tools can be applied to address this public health concern. Each of the focus areas serves as an action strategy that adds to and improves the scientific literature: - Public health focus: This project aims to elucidate the contextual factors that impact opportunities for rural communities to experience optimal health by: reporting statistical updates on a range of chronic and infectious diseases that disproportionately affect rural populations both globally and in the U.S.; provide discourse on the importance of addressing critical social determinants (global and national) that impede optimal health outcomes among rural populations; and, acknowledge the compositional factors of individuals who reside in rural spaces, which include high-risk behaviors and culture. Rural planning focus: This section of the project identifies select planning models that can be used to design strategic plans targeted to improve quality of life, create sustainable development, and establish economic wellbeing and growth in rural communities. Concepts in distributive justice, equity, pluralism, and Inclusion are discussed to support the need for such planning models. The planning models of interest to this project include two different models. Both theories maintain a salient theme to this project in that one model is used widely nationally, while the other model is mainly used for international planning projects. Public policy focus: This section of the project focuses on how to apply specific policy models to garner both public and political will towards sustainable policy change to improve healthy living in rural spaces. To many, the policymaking process appears as a daunting or unattainable task. However, many policies come to fruition based on a combination of policy models. By understanding the components of a specific policy model, this will aid in the understanding of the complex dynamics involved in the policymaking process. This project intends to highlight two policy theories in order to demonstrate its feasibility in the engagement and promotion of rural policies. Rural Health Disparities: Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches will find an engaged audience among universities and non-profit organization, planners, public health practitioners, policy analysts, and public interest groups, as well as rural health advocates and stakeholders and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in planning, public policy, and/or public health courses.
Autorenporträt
Monica M. Taylor, PhD, MPH, is a faculty member at Colorado State University - Global Campus, and adjunct full professor at the University of Maryland - University College and Franklin University. She holds a PhD in Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers University, a Masters in Public Health from Hunter College, and Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Syracuse University. Since 2010, Dr. Taylor provided instruction to undergraduate-, graduate-, and doctoral-level students in public policy, policy analysis, public health, health services management, and research methods and designed online policy courses for online institutions. She was a health scientist/evaluator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and senior researcher and policy analyst at the Poverty Research Institute at Legal Services of New Jersey. Her current research focuses on income and geographical inequalities; political, social, and planning theories; social justice; social determinants of health, and health disparities. She is the author of four books including The Obesity Epidemic: Why a Social Justice Perspective Matters and Application of the Political Economy to Rural Health Disparities, and has published articles and chapters on the political economy, policy theory, and the social determinants of health.
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