Beyond the Workforce Crisis: Advancing Conceptual Understanding in Rural and Remote Health

这项研究将为理解农村卫生差异的方式和原因提供一个理论框架。了解农村健康问题的成因，将有助于在农村健康教育、研究、政策和实践中制定更有效的策略。这一框架有利于国家、州和地方在全国农村卫生方面的政策和方案，因为它将提供对什么管用、为什么管用以及还需要什么的理解。促进了解农村卫生背景是改进农村卫生课程、设计有意义的研究、适当支持从业者以及制定农村卫生政策以增加劳动力、获得服务和改善农村卫生状况的关键。

This research will document a theoretical framework for understanding how and why rural health differs. Understanding the causes of rural health issues will lead to more effective strategies in rural health education, research, policy, and practice. This framework has benefit to national, state and local policies and programs in rural health across the country because it will provide understanding of what works, why it works and what else is needed. Contributing to understanding the rural health context is key to improving rural health curriculum, designing meaningful research, supporting practitioners appropriately and developing rural health policies that increase the workforce, access to services and the overall rural health status.