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“CoviSainik program” – A novel public private partnership initiative in the control of COVID-19 in rural India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: ”CoviSainik Program” was implemented in collaboration with the Ambuja Cement Foundation and Community Medicine Department in rural districts of eight states of India from May to December 2021 to create a cadre of volunteers.
Rupali Sabale, Gajanan Velhal, Vinayak Sonawane, Shilpi Gupta   +3 more
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Perceived Community Cohesion and the Stress Process in Youth [PDF]

, 2011
Using survey data from two youth samples, one rural and one urban, we examine the role and significance of perceived community cohesion in the stress process. In particular, we assess the extent to which community attachment and detachment are related to
Cohn, Ellen S, Rebellon, Cesar J., Stracuzzi, Nena F., Tucker, Corinna Jenkins, Van Gundy, Karen T.   +4 more
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A Case Study of Growth of Community Revitalization Movement in Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan [PDF]

, 2020
Kaso is the deterioration of community infrastructure resulting from the migration of young people from rural areas to urban centers. It occurred in Japan during the period of rapid economic growth after World War II.
Des Marais Eric, Rakugi Akiko, Sugiman Toshio   +2 more
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Cultures of caste and rural development in the social network of a south Indian village [PDF]

, 2015
Cultures of caste in much of rural India have become entangled with institutions of rural development. In community-driven development, emphasis on “local resource persons” and “community spokespersons” has created new opportunities for brokerage and ...
Baviskar A., Bokil M., Dumont L., Fuller C. J., Gupta D., Johnson C., Karamsi S. R., Latour B., Mines D. P., Mische A., Moffat M., Mosse D., Mosse D., Natarajan B., Prasad S., Simmel G., Spillman L., Still C., Swaminathan P.   +18 more
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Adaptation of an evidence-based cardiovascular health intervention for rural African Americans in the Southeast [PDF]

, 2019
Background: African Americans (AA) living in the southeast United States have the highest prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and rural minorities bear a significant burden of co-occurring CVD risk factors.
Bess, Kiana D., Cene, Crystal W., Corbie-Smith, Giselle, Dave, Gaurav, Davis, Kia, Frerichs, Leah, McFarlin, Shirley, Watson, Sable, Wynn, Mysha, Young, Tiffany   +9 more
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The “Closet” and “Out of the Closet” versus “Private Space” and “Public Space”: Indigenous Knowledge System as the Key to Understanding Same-Sex Sexualities in Rural Communities

Religions, 2021
This paper is produced from the author’s Ph.D. project on indigenous same-sex sexualities. It interrogates the way same-sex sexualities or homosexuality is understood in the West and how the Western interpretations of sexualities and genders are imposed ...
Lindiwe P Khuzwayo-Magwaza
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Quantitative Approach to the Early Evaluation of Agricultural Reservoir Overflow Risk

Hydrology
Climate change has intensified extreme rainfall events, increasing the risk of overflow in agricultural reservoirs originally designed without flood control.
Kyuhyun Shim, Youngkyu Jin, Dongwoo Ko, Joon Heo   +3 more
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Rural Community-Perceived Benefits of a Music Festival

Societies, 2021
There is a general consensus that tourism activity must have the support of a local community in order to build sustainable tourism development. Among the competitive Romanian tourism products, festival tourism should be mentioned, even though it is ...
Daniel Ioan Chiciudean, Rezhen Harun, Iulia Cristina Muresan, Felix Horatiu Arion, Gabriela Ofelia Chiciudean   +4 more
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Universities and community-based research in developing countries: community voice and educational provision in rural Tanzania [PDF]

, 2013
The main focus of recent research on the community engagement role of universities has been in developed countries, generally in towns and cities and usually conducted from the perspectives of universities rather than the communities with which they ...
Adler P. S., Bray M., Charles D., Charles D., Cloete N., Crow G., Delanty G., Dewey J., Duke C., Duke C., Freire P., Freire P., French S., Glaser B. G., Goddard J., Ibhawoh B., Inman P., Kotecha P., Lall N., Lindemann S., Lindemann S., Longworth N., McClelland D. C., Mkude D., Mohrman K., Mulengeki F., Ndong-Jatta A. T., Nkulu K. L., Nyerere J. K., Omari I. M., Powell J., Ritchie J., Samoff J., Schroeder R. A., Schuetze H. G., Steinvorth U., Swartz D., Sünker H., Tanganyika African National Union, UNESCO, URT, URT, URT, URT, URT, URT, Walters S., Walters S., Wilcox D., Yin R.   +49 more
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Rural maternity care: Can we learn from Wal-Mart? [PDF]

, 2010
In many countries rural maternity care is under threat. Consequently rural pregnant women will have to travel further to attend larger maternity units to receive care and deliver their babies.
Pitchforth, Emma, van Teijlingen, Edwin
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