ISSUE BRIEF Local Public Health at the Crossroads: The Structure of Health Departments in Rural Areas

Source: Kansas Health Institute

With funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Office of
Rural Health Policy, we studied the structure of local health departments in rural areas. We
conducted site visits to six geographically disparate states (Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana,
Pennsylvania, and Washington) and 12 rural counties within the states to obtain qualitative
information about the structure of local health departments in rural areas.

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