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Health Affairs, 2019 About one in five US residents-nearly 60 million people-live in rural areas, which cover 97 percent of the nation's land mass. People living in rural communities suffer disproportionately from adverse health outcomes, including poorer health, greater disability, and higher age-adjusted mortality.
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Chronic musculoskeletal pain among elderly individuals in a rural area of West Bengal: A mixed-method study [PDF]
Malaysian Family Physician, 2023 Introduction: The high prevalence among elderly individuals and potential adverse impact on their overall life quality make chronic musculoskeletal pain a significant public health concern.
Trina Sengupta +4 more
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2020 Background The increasing number of people who experience mental disorders is a global problem. People with mental disorders have high rates of co-morbidity and significantly poorer oral health outcomes than the general public. However, their oral health
Amanda Kenny +16 more
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Urban or Rural GP? In the Czech Republic It Is not just Distances That Matter
Acta Medica, 2021 This article proposes a combined mixed methods approach to categorising GP practices. It looks not only at location but also at differences in the nature of the work that rural GPs perform.
Jan Bělobrádek +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 The pandemic declaration of COVID-19 in 2020 presented unique challenges, lessons, and opportunities for public health practice in the United States. Despite clear evidence of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, vaccine uptake and vaccine confidence remained
Melhaney Reichelt +11 more
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Outpatient intravenous diuresis in a rural setting: safety, efficacy, and outcomes
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 PurposeTo evaluate the safety, efficacy, and outcomes of outpatient intravenous diuresis in a rural setting and compare it to urban outcomes.MethodsA single-center study was conducted on 60 patients (131 visits) at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (
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Diversitas Journal, 2020 Pesticides have a major impact on the health of populations. Some examples of the consequences of their indiscriminate use: environmental and human contamination, hearing problems, the development of mental disorders, neurodegeneratives
Erivaldo Santos de Lima +3 more
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The Community Research Liaison Model: Facilitating community-engaged research
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 The Community Research Liaison Model (CRLM) is a novel model to facilitate community-engaged research (CEnR) and community–academic research partnerships focused on health priorities identified by the community.
Christina Jäderholm +10 more
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Western Journal of Medicine, 1999 Abstract This chapter presents a profile of rural children’s health in the 1990s, describing demographic changes, mortality patterns, health status indicators, health insurance, and the availability of health care providers and institutions.
S J, Clark, L A, Savitz, R K, Randolph
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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021 Background: Given that nearly a quarter of the US physician workforce are international medical graduates (IMGs), many of whom remain on temporary work visas for prolonged periods due to processing delays, the pandemic has posed unique challenges to ...
Srikrishna Malayala +4 more
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