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Telehealth for Rural Veterans in the United States: A Systematic Review of Utilization, Cost Savings, and Impact of COVID-19

Societies
Veterans living in rural areas of the United States face various health challenges that demand timely access to care to improve their well-being and quality of life.
Bright Parker Quayson, Jill Hough, Rebecca Boateng, Isaac Duah Boateng, Ranjit Godavarthy, Jeremy Mattson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Information needs and preferences among rural cancer survivors in Queensland, Australia: a qualitative examination

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: This study aimed to understand how cancer survivors in rural Queensland seek and receive information, as well as their preferences regarding the content and delivery of health‐related information. Methods: This study explored cancer survivors’
Fiona Crawford‐Williams, Belinda C. Goodwin, Suzanne K. Chambers, Joanne F. Aitken, Martelle Ford, Jeff Dunn   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Patterns in Health Care Disparities and Barriers to Health Care in Rural Tanzania [PDF]

, 2017
Tanzania is a country in East Africa with a population of 55 million people. HIV/AIDs, malaria and nutritional deficiencies claim the lives of many each year across Tanzania.
Lull, Melinda E., Platts, Karlee, Sanborn, Christina   +2 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Missed opportunities for tobacco dependence treatment among U.S. veterans referred for lung Cancer screening: An observational cohort study

Preventive Medicine Reports
Objective: Tobacco dependence treatment (TDT) should be offered to all lung cancer screening (LCS) participants who smoke. We sought to examine the provision of TDT among patients referred for LCS.
Anne C. Melzer, Adam Kaplan, Megan Campbell, Hanna Lefchak, David Nelson, Deborah Pestka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long term outcomes of bilateral congenital and developmental cataracts operated in Maharashtra, India. Miraj pediatric cataract study III

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014
Aim : To study long term outcome of bilateral congenital and developmental cataract surgery. Subjects: 258 pediatric cataract operated eyes of 129 children.
Parikshit M Gogate, Mohini Sahasrabudhe, Mitali Shah, Shailbala Patil, Anil N Kulkarni, Rupal Trivedi, Divya Bhasa, Rahin Tamboli, Rekha Mane   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Rurality, Underlying Cardiovascular Disease, and Socioeconomic Vulnerability on COVID-19 Outcomes in Georgia

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2021
Background: COVID-19 related illnesses have been associated with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease sequelae and worsened socioeconomic variables.
Michael C. Morgan, Lavannya Atri, Jennifer L. Waller, Douglas Miller, Adam E. Berman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How the health-seeking behaviour of pregnant women affects neonatal outcomes: findings of system dynamics modelling in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Limited studies have explored how health-seeking behaviour during pregnancy through to delivery affect neonatal outcomes. We modelled health-seeking behaviour across urban and rural settings in Pakistan, where poor neonatal outcomes persist ...
Ahmad, R., Atun, R. A., Lebcir, R. M., Zhu, N. J.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia, 2010–2022: A Population‐Based Study Using Linked National Administrative Health Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Winnie Chen, Matthew Parker, Catherine Hill, Natasha Nassar, Mandana Nikpour   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Wants to Work in a Rural Health Post? The Role of Intrinsic Motivation, Rural Background and Faith-Based Institutions in Rwanda and Ethiopia [PDF]

Background: Most developing countries face shortages of health workers in rural areas. This has profound consequences for health service delivery, and ultimately for health outcomes. To design policies that rectify these geographic imbalances it is vital
Aklilu Kidanu, Gunilla Pettersson, Jean Damascene Butera, Jose G. Montalvo, Pieter Serneels, Tomas Lievens   +5 more
core   +3 more sources