The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America

Autor/inn/en	Heflin, Colleen; Miller, Kathleen
Titel	The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Social Work, 15 (2012) 5, S.359-374 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2158
DOI	10.1080/10522158.2012.719476
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Human Services; Metropolitan Areas; Geographic Distribution; Economic Factors; Budgets; Retrenchment; Profiles; Counties; Community Characteristics; Identification; Guidelines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Humanitäre Hilfe; Ballungsraum; Ökonomischer Faktor; Finanzhaushalt; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Richtlinien
Abstract	Given the recent economic crisis and the accompanying funding cuts across social service programs, it is helpful to observe the geographic distribution of demographic characteristics and economic conditions that together create a human service needs profile. The authors provide a conceptual framework for a systematic analysis of county characteristics and demonstrate that rural areas of America have higher levels of needs and more complex needs than do metropolitan areas. This suggests that human service strategies that are successful in metropolitan areas may not translate well to nonmetropolitan areas. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10