NSE 31A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Rural Health, Elder Abuse, Health Canada
26 Sep 2016
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Technical approaches to the definition of rural incl. locators or geographic regions. Stats canada examined six possible ways to define rural with each emphasizing different criteria i. e. population size, population density, and settlement or labor market contexts. Traditionally, rural economies have been dependent on natural resources reflective of geographic landscape. Incumbent on nurses to understand socioeconomic context in the community where they work, given its influence on the determinants of health: resource base of the community will influence the health status of those who live in it. Other natural resource industries also employ significant number of individuals and impact rural areas i. e. the oil and gas sector employs 230,000 individuals. Those in logging industry are exposed to wood dust, which can lead to acute and chronic upper and lower respiratory health conditions. In some natural-resource-dependent areas, industrial camps set up for varying periods of time.
