Question

Health Problems: Which area, rural or urban, has the most health problems? Why? Identify four common health problems found in that area.

Answer 1

Ans) Overall, slightly larger proportions of adults in rural areas, compared to those in urban areas, engage in risky health-related behaviors. For example, 26 percent of those residing in a rural area, compared to 23 percent of those residing in an urban area, currently smoke.

- A variety of elements contribute to these problems in rural areas, including:

• a declining population

• economic stagnation

• shortages of physicians and other health care professionals

• a disproportionate number of elderly, poor, and underinsured residents, and high rates of chronic illness.

- Barriers to health services include:

• High cost of care.

• Inadequate or no insurance coverage.

• Lack of availability of services.

The Problems:
Besides being unreliable for the illiterate, it is also unaffordable by low income rural folks. To control the spread of diseases and reduce the growing rates of mortality due to lack of adequate health facilities, special attention needs to be given to the health care in rural areas.