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Health Issues Facing Rural Americans: Chronic Disease and HIV/AIDS

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The life expectancy of Rural Americans has declined. Health issues facing rural Americans include heart diseases, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, drug overdose, increased death rates, HIV/AIDS, Arthritis. Chronic disease in Rural America has a great impact on the mortality, healthcare costs and the quality of life. HIV/AIDS in Rural America is a great concern due to inadequate resources. Addressing Chronic Disease and HIV/AIDS in Rural America. Policies Addressing Poor Health Concerns in Rural America.

Health Issues Facing Rural Americans: Chronic Disease and HIV/AIDS

   Added on 2022-11-18

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Rural Americans
Population group
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Life expectancy
The life expectancy of Rural Americans
has declined (Bernstein, 2018).
About 15% of the American population
lives in rural areas. (Segal, 2004. ) The
residents of rural areas tend to be older
and suffering from diseases compared to
their urban counterparts. (Denevan,
1992)
Health Issues Facing Rural Americans: Chronic Disease and HIV/AIDS_2
Health issues facing rural Americans
include; heart diseases, cancer,
unintentional injury, chronic lower
respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, drug
overdose, increased death rates,
HIV/AIDS, Arthritis(Garcia, 2017).
Health Issues Facing Rural Americans: Chronic Disease and HIV/AIDS_3
Chronic disease in Rural America.
It has a great impact on the mortality, healthcare costs
and the quality of life. (Bodenheimer, 2002)
Rural America has very few resources that help to
prevent or offer treatment to chronic diseases.
Most of the people living in rural areas suffer from more
than one chronic disease which makes it expensive for
them since a majority of them are poor. (Lorig, 2001)
Health Issues Facing Rural Americans: Chronic Disease and HIV/AIDS_4

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