Rural Families and Communities in the United States

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This book examines the implications of rural residence for adolescents and families in the United States, addressing both the developmental and mental health difficulties they face. Special attention is given to the unique circumstances of minority families residing in rural areas and how these families navigate challenges as well as their sources of resilience. Chapters describe approaches for enhancing the well-being of rural minority youth and their families. In addition, chapters discuss the challenges of conducting research within rural populations and propose new frameworks for studying these diverse communities. Finally, the volume offers recommendations for reducing the barriers to health and positive development in rural settings.

Featured topics include:

• Changes in work and family structures in the rural United States.
• Rural job loss to offshoring and automation.
• The opioid crisis in the rural United States.
• Prosocial behaviorsin rural U.S. Latino/a youth.
• Demographic changes across nonmetropolitan areas.  

Rural Families and Communities in the United States is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology, family studies, public health as well as numerous interrelated disciplines, including sociology, demography, social work, prevention science, educational policy, political science, and economics.

This book examines the implications of rural residence for adolescents and families in the United States, addressing both the developmental and mental health difficulties they face. Special attention is given to the unique circumstances of minority families residing in rural areas and how these families navigate challenges as well as their sources of resilience. Chapters describe approaches for enhancing the well-being of rural minority youth and their families. In addition, chapters discuss the challenges of conducting research within rural populations and propose new frameworks for studying these diverse communities. Finally, the volume offers recommendations for reducing the barriers to health and positive development in rural settings.

Featured topics include:

• Changes in work and family structures in the rural United States.
• Rural job loss to offshoring and automation.
• The opioid crisis in the rural United States.
• Prosocial behaviors in rural U.S. Latino/a youth.
• Demographic changes across nonmetropolitan areas.  

Rural Families and Communities in the United States is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology, family studies, public health as well as numerous interrelated disciplines, including sociology, demography, social work, prevention science, educational policy, political science, and economics.

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Jennifer E. Glick

Themen in »Rural Families and Communities in the United States«

African American families in rural America Child and family well-being in rural United States Demographic shifts and rural America Early child development and rural America Education quality and opportunities and rural America Employment, wages and rural communities Family processes and functioning in rural United States Health challenges and rural Americans Latino prosocial development and rural America Offshoring, automation, and job loss in rural America Opioid crisis and rural communities and families Out-migration, aging, and rural America Poverty and rural communities Rural poverty and U.S. policy Rural voters and U.S. political implications

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