Patient Engagement November 14, 2019
The Mississippi Department of Health recommends best practices for overcoming the most common barriers to addressing social determinants of health inequities in rural areas.
In rural Mississippi, geographic barriers and social determinants of health can get in the way of residents leading healthy lives. But connections with key community partners and a strong infrastructure for addressing social risk factors have helped the state close some of those gaps.
Rural areas of the country carry a higher burden of disease than their urban counterparts, but the residents of these remote areas often have to travel farther distances to receive high-quality care.
Over half of the population of Mississippi lives in a rural area, according to data from the United States Department...
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