Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Behavioral Health of Rural Women: Challenges and Stressors -- 2. Policy Issues Affecting the Success of a Rural Women's Health Agenda -- 3. Differences in Mental Health Indicators and Psychotropic Drug Use Between Rural and Nonrural Older Women -- 4. Obesity in Rural Women: Emerging Risk Factors and Hypotheses -- 5. Preterm Delivery and Low Birthweight Among Rural Women: The Importance of the Preconception Physical and Mental Health Status -- 6. Mental Health Parity Still Evading Rural Women -- 7. Mental Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Among Rural Women -- 8. Understanding Mental Health Service Use Among Rural Women -- 9. Behavioral Risk Factors, Chronic Diseases, Health Care Access, and Health Status of Rural American Indian Women in Oklahoma -- 10. The Role of Resources in the Emotional Health of African American Women: Rural and Urban Comparisons -- 11. Effects of Race and Poverty on Perceived Stress Among Rural Women -- 12. Evaluation of Nutrition Education and Exercise in a Health Promotion and Wellness Program for Older Adults -- 13. Providing Education and Health Care to Rural Communities Using Telehealth -- 14. A Research Agenda for the Future: Linking the Mental, Behavioral and Physical Health of Rural Women -- Index -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.