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Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN

Bobbie Berkowitz is with the University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Wash.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195-7263 (e-mail: bobbieb{at}u.washington.edu).

I describe variations in the structure and in the practice of rural public health and how rural communities meet the challenges of current public health practice, including primary methods of service delivery and partnership development.

I present examples of promising models for the creation of rural public health capacity—the ability of local health departments to carry out core public health responsibilities.

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