rural healthAlthough frequently not perceived as a rural problem, the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has been increasing in rural settings. Since the emergence of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, researchers and clinicians have been ...
Some vaccines such as the HPV vaccine are not yet available in many underdeveloped or rural areas [47]. Unexpected events, such as market changes or vaccine shortages, also resulted in vaccine supply issues. For instance, vaccine shortages occurred intermittently after the provision of vaccines was...
In contrast, in rural areas major challenges still exist relating to poverty alleviation and equitable access to land and water resources (OECD, 2017). The city of Arequipa (Lat 16°23′S; Lon 71°32′W, altitude 2300 m) is an exemplar of water-related management conflicts across ...
For pregnant women and new mothers living in remote, rural settings, these challenges can be heightened. At an interpersonal level, the quality of care received at rural health facilities may be poor. Rural health providers have reported demotivation, dissatisfaction with rural postings, and high st...
in municipal or district Center for Disease Control (CDC)s as opposed to less dissemination in other public settings such as community hospitals, clinics, townships, villages, and police stations[31]. In rural Guizhou or Guangdong provinces poor understanding of rabies among the public persists: ...
Ingeniería Rural Centro, Investigación Agroindustria INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina Jorge A. Hilbert Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA J. Gordon Arbuckle Contributions L.A.S. and B.E.D. conceptualized and wrote the original draft. All authors contributed to writing ...
Background: Provision of relevant, evidence-based continuing education (CE) is an integral part of maintaining a highly competent rural nursing workforce. Numerous tangible and intangible barriers exist to nurses' participation in CE in rural settings. Major barriers to accessibility and participation ...
Using content analysis of public debates, and situating the debate within science, policy and facility siting literature, this study examines claims and counterclaims relating to the siting of a biosolid processing facility in rural Ontario. The equivocal evidence on the health and environmental ...
A new, independent Catholic school in rural Australia has had to face significant challenges in relation to its distinct Catholic ethos and curriculum. The challenges have included resistance from parents of the School with regard to the weekly time allocation for Religious Education, the nature of ...
In each district, we randomly selected public Integrated Health Centers (IHC), which are targeted through HSS funds, and private IHCs, which are not. In Chad, we first selected HSS-targets districts that represented the country’s variation in terms of demographics (rural vs. urban) and ...