Urban and Rural Health Issues

Instructions:

1. Choose one of topic below and post your response.
   1. In what ways might health promotion activities for rural populations differ from those designed for urban populations?
   2. Assume you are a community health nurse in a rural community. Describe your own approach to problem solve overuse of the emergency room for minor childhood illnesses by the population groups.
   3. Interview a classmate who was raised in a rural community about his or her family and school life. Determine what he or she considers to be his or her best experiences growing up. Compare the classmate’s best experience with your own.
2. Your response should be 50 – 100 words.

Answer preview

Health promotion activities for rural areas bear a sense of community compared to urban areas. Rural areas have a strong sense of community and secure social connections. On the other hand, people in urban areas are often impersonal and independent. To solve the issue of overuse of the minor emergency room (ER), I would perform an analysis of the cases brought to the ER. Using the results, I would create a practical…