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 …

Drinking water contaminated by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a widespread
public health concern, and exposure–response relationships are known to vary across …

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 …

Although much of the extant research on low-income families has targeted parental
depression as the predominant psychological response to economic hardship, the current …

This article examines the context of growing up in rural America and how rural roots shape
life chances. The distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes of rural areas can …

About 20% of children in the United States have been reported to live in rural communities,
with child poverty rates higher and geographic isolation from resources greater than in …

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 …

The intent of this research is to explore changes in US rural poverty rates from 1990 to 2000.
Using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) I focus on spatial variations in the role of …

This paper documents changing patterns of concentrated poverty in nonmetro areas. Data
from the Decennial US Census Summary Files show that poverty rates—both overall and for …

Prostate cancer is a common health problem in men worldwide. This systematic review has
been undertaken to determine if there are differences in incidence of and mortality from …