Wilbert Gesler, Donna Rabiner, Gordon Defriese

• I. Defining the Health Issues and Problems of Rural Elderly: Context, Experience, Statistical Profiles, and Indicators Introduction to Research on Rural Health and Aging Issues Wilbert M. Gesler, Donna J. Rabiner, and Gordon H. DeFriese Secondary Data and Statistical Profiles of Older Rural Americans Mary Anne Salmon and Thomas C. Ricketts, III Methods for Assessing Geographic Aspects of Health Care for Older Adults in Rural Areas Wilbert M. Gesler, Lucy A. Savitz, and Peggy S. Wittie Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Migration Research on Rural Aging Populations Charles F. Longino, Jr. and Mark H. Smith The Community-Based Laboratory Approach to the Development of Collaborative Rural Health and Aging Research and Demonstrations Harold L. Cook and Gordon H. DeFriese II. Measuring the Health and Well-Being of Rural People Incorporating Qualitative Methods Into the Study of Health Beliefs and Health Behaviors of Rural Older Adults Thomas A. Arcury, Susan A. Gaylord and Harold L. Cook The Potential of Community Service and Research Partnerships: The Geriatric Team Consultation Project Rebecca H. Hunter, Mark E. Williams, Jane McCaleb, and William Remmes III. Measuring Health Practices and the Use of Formal and Informal Health CareResearch in Rural Minority Aging in the Southeast U.S.: Results and Directions Thomas A. Arcury, Ronny A. Bell, and Iris B. Carlton-LaNey Trajectories of Health in Aging Populations Elizabeth C. Clipp, Glen H. Elder, Jr., Linda K. George, and Carl F. PieperMethodologic Rigor and Therapeutic Obligation: The Dialectic in Community Research Carol C. Hogue Informal Caregiving Networks and Community Resource Infrastructure Serving Rural Elderly Populations: Making the Macro-Micro Link Jean E. Kincade, Donna J. Rabiner, Gary M. Nelson, and Mary Anne Salmon Improving Health Care Research for Rural Elderly People Using Advanced Communications Technologies Mark E. Williams, Thomas C. Ricketts, III, and B. G. Thompson Conclusion Wilbert M. Gesler, Donna J. Rabiner, and Gordon H. DeFriese

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