Southern Appalachia and the Health Behavior of the Aging.

Crase, Darrell

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ERIC Number: EJ173081

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Publication Date: 1978

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Southern Appalachia and the Health Behavior of the Aging

Crase, Darrell

Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1, 5, 4-7,28, Jan 78

The author describes the nature of the rural poor in southern Appalachia, with emphasis on the elderly and their attitudes toward health practices and medical care and their resistance to change. He concludes that problems of health care delivery have no easy solution. (MF)

Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Health Behavior, Health Conditions, Health Needs, Older Adults, Poverty Areas, Psychological Patterns, Rural Areas, Social Welfare

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