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The Rural Family in America Unit 1. The Changing Rural Family...and Community Introduction Readings The Rise of the Rural Ghetto Osha Gray Davidson 1-1 Dispelling Myths About Rural Communities Karen B. De Bord 1-2 A Reverence for Roots and Rural Life Stephen Goode 1-3 Poverty a Persistent Problem in Rural America Robert Hoppe 1-4 The World of Wisconsin Farm Families Roger T. Williams 1-5 Projects References Unit 2. Rural Youth: Challenges and Opportunities Introduction Readings Moving From Principles to Practice: Implementing A Family-Focused Approach in Schools and Community Services Judy Langford Carter 2-1 100 of America's Happiest Families Tell You How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen Ray Guarendi 2-2 The Rural Economy and Rural Youth: Challenges for the Future J. Norman Reid 2-3 Projects References Unit 3. Rural Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities Introduction Readings Model for Health Promotion for the Elderly A Carol Bender and J. Patrick Hart 3-1 Grassroots Advocacy for the Elderly in Small Rural Communities Arnold S. Broom 3-2 Informal and Formal Health Care Systems for the Rural Elderly Raymond T. Coward and Stephan J. Cutler 3-3 Training Counselors to Work With Older Adults Nancy K. Schlossberg 3-4 Projects References Unit 4: Rural Ethnic/Culture Groups: Understanding Differences Introduction Readings Rural Poverty Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities Joyce E. Allen and Alton Thompson 4-1 Race and Ethnicity: Changes for Children Eugene M. Lewit and Linda G. Baker 4-2 Coming Soon: The New Underclass Clarence Page 4-3 The Colors of America Louis Winnick 4-4 Projects Unit 5: Rural Health Care: Meeting the Challenges Introduction Readings A Layman's Guide to the U.S. Health Care System Nancy DeLew, George Greenberg and Kraig Kinchen 5-1 Health Promotion for Rural Populations: Partnership Interventions Jean Goeppinger 5-2 Rural Docs: Narrowing the Gaps Linda C. Higgins 5-3 Stress - Coping - Support in Rural Communities: A Model for Primary Prevention Mary Beth Kenkel 5-4 Health Care Reform: What it Means for Rural America National Advisory Committee on Rural Health 5-5 Principles of Health Care Reform National Advisory Committee on Rural Health 5-6 AIDS Strikes Small Towns: Urban Menace Invades the Heartland Doug Podolsky 5-7 Projects References Unit 6: Strengthening Rural Families Introduction Readings Economic and Emotional Well-Being of Rural Families in Minnesota: A Specialist Research Report Jean Bauer and Farrell J. Webb 6-1 Family Life Education for the Later Years Timothy H. Brubaker and Karen A. Roberto 6-2 Strengthening Families: New Horizons in Family Life Education Jay D. Schvaneveldt and Margaret H. Young 6-3 Family Times: Relationship-Building Activities Stephen Small Patricia Day, Ellen Fitzsimmons and Robert Young 6-4 Projects References Unit 7: Empowering Rural Communities Introduction Readings Our Towns Jon Bowermaster 7-1 Empowering Rural Families and Communities Robert Hughes , Jr. 7-2 Paying for Growth, Prospering from Development Michael J. Kinsley and L. Hunter Lovins 7-3 Projects References