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Tent City
Remote Area Medical Foundation Clinic
County Fairground, Wise, Virginia
Chris Usher, Photographer

Recommended Websites

Appalachia: Where Place Matters in Health (CDC)

"Mortality in Appalachian Coal Mining Regions: The Value of Statistical Life Lost" by Michael Hendryx and Melissa Ahern

Underlying Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Health Disparitied in the Appalachian Region (Appalachian Regional Commission)

Urgent Care: Financing and Health Care Provision in Appalachian Kentucky

Appalachia Community Cancer Network

CDC Identifies Diabetes Belt

Diabetes: A Family Matter (The Appalachian Community)

NBC News Feature on Obesity in Appalachia

"Kentucky Town Grapples with Oxycontin Addiction" by Natasha Watts (npr feature)

Prescription Drug Abuse Ravages a State's Youth (msnbc news)

Prescription for Tragedy (Courier-Journal)

Center for Excellend in Rural Health-Hazard (Publications on Health in KY)

Mobile Clinic Treats "Mountain Due Mouth"

Coalfield Generations: Health, Mining, and the Environment (Earl Dotter's Photos Essays)

MD Recruits Face Culture Shock in Appalachia