This review outlines several key aspects of the new rural-urban interface and the growing
interpenetration of American rural and urban life. The historical coincidence of spatial and …

Abstract The late 2000s Great Recession brought rising neighborhood poverty in the midst
of affluence, and the reemergence of a racial and ethnic “underclass” living in inner-city …

Abstract Rural African American children living in poverty have a higher prevalence rate of
mental health disorders than their urban counterparts. While access to mental health …

Rural America is commonly viewed as a repository of virtuous and patriotic values, deeply
rooted in a proud immigrant history of farmers and industrious working-class White ethnics …

Objectives. I investigated mortality disparities between urban and rural areas by measuring
disparities in urban US areas compared with 6 rural classifications, ranging from suburban …

Rurality maintains a significant position in the United States' culture and economic system. A
key aspect to enhancing rural areas is appropriate research to inform policy and practice …

According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory (Bronfenbrenner & Evans, 2000),
children's early development and learning are influenced by multiple systems, including the …

This article examines changes in concentrated poverty in the rural United States between
2000 and 2012. Using data from the decennial census and American Community Survey …

Perhaps the leading perspective on how and where prisons are located stems from the
perspective of the prison industrial complex (PIC). Implicit, if not explicit, in the PIC …

Objectives. Black working-aged residents of urban high-poverty areas suffered severe
excess mortality in 1980 and 1990. Our goal in this study was to determine whether this …