Our Helpers Need Help: Challenges Faced by Rural Public Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Harris, Jenine K.,
- Source
- American Journal of Public Health; Jun2023, Vol. 113 Issue 6, p607-608, 2p
- Subject
- Labor supply
Employees' workload
Misinformation
COVID-19 pandemic
Social comparison
Rural health services
Suburbanites
Medical personnel
Health behavior
Rural health
Occupational health services
Political participation
Population health
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 00900036
The article discusses the challenges faced by rural public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include ways public health professionals responded to COVID-19 with limited resources, comparison of the rural and urban public health workforces, and suggested strategies to strengthen rural public health.