Which of the following is most likely to provide public health services to Americans residing in a rural community?
a. Public health nurse
b. Public health physician
c. Epidemiologist
d. Nurse practitioner
ANS: A
In a study of 99 local health departments in three rural states, Rosenblatt and colleagues (2002) found that public health nurses were the core provider of public health services. Many smaller local health departments do not have the economic base to employ other professional public health providers, such as physicians, epidemiologists, sanitarians, and nutritionists at the local level.
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