title: Southern Appalachia: analytical models, social services, and native support systems.
abstract: It is argued that the analysis of social services in southern Appalachia benefits more from a model based on ethnicity than on more commonly used models based on lower socioeconomic status or rural residence. A theoretical model of ethnicity is generated which covers structural, cultural, and symbolic aspects. Results of an exploratory study of ethnic differences between Appalachians and non-Appalachians in a mountainous North Carolina county are presented which lend validity to the ethnicity model.
mesh_terms: D001061:Appalachian Region; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012424:Rural Population; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration