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Access to health services in Western Newfoundland, Canada: Issues, barriers and recommendations emerging from a community-engaged research project [PDF]

Gateways, 2014
Research indicates that people living in rural and remote areas of Canada face challenges to accessing health services. This article reports on a community-engaged research project conducted by investigators at Memorial University of Newfoundland in ...
Janelle Hippe, Victor Maddalena, Sara Heath, Beulah Jesso, Marion McCahon, Kim Olson   +5 more
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Economic evaluation of an integrated virtual care programme for people with chronic illness who are frequent users of health services in Australia

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective The MeCare programme is a tailored virtual care initiative targeted at frequent users of health services who have at least one chronic condition including cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes or chronic kidney disease ...
Hannah E Carter, Nicholas Graves, Rachel Phillips, Shannon Wallis, Kelly McGowan, Rachelle Pitt, Sue Coffey, Melinda Parcell   +7 more
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A scoping review of the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services across regional, rural, and remote Australia

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Inadequate healthcare access and utilisation are implicated in the mental health burden experienced by those living in regional, rural, and remote Australia.
Bianca E. Kavanagh, Kayla B. Corney, Hannah Beks, Lana J. Williams, Shae E. Quirk, Vincent L. Versace   +5 more
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How do urban public health services affect rural migrant women's fertility intentions? A study based on the Mobile Population Dynamics Monitoring Survey in China

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Public health service is an important guarantee by the government to safeguard the health rights of rural migrant women. This not only concerns the health status of rural migrant women and their willingness to stay in the urban area but can also affect ...
He Jiang, Yanshuo Huang
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What works, why and how? A scoping review and logic model of rural clinical placements for allied health students

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Allied health services are core to the improvement in health outcomes for remote and rural residents. Substantial infrastructure has been put into place to facilitate rural work-ready allied health practitioners, yet it is difficult to ...
Anna Moran, Susan Nancarrow, Catherine Cosgrave, Anna Griffith, Rhiannon Memery   +4 more
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Community based telepsychiatry service for older adults residing in a rural and remote region- utilization pattern and satisfaction among stakeholders

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Evaluation of telepsychiatry (via videoconference) for older adults is mostly focussed on nursing homes or inpatients. We evaluated the role of a community based program for older adults in rural and remote regions of South Australia.
Pallavi Dham, Neeraj Gupta, Jacob Alexander, Warwick Black, Tarek Rajji, Elaine Skinner   +5 more
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Urban public health education services, health status, and increased fertility intentions of the rural migrant population

Reproductive Health, 2023
Purpose Health education services in urban public health represent a significant guarantee to improve health status, reduce fertility pressure, and uplift the living standard of the rural migrant population.
Yanshuo Huang, Long Miao, Bei Lyu
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Gaps in the Utilization of Community Health Services for the Elderly Population in Rural Areas of Mainland China: A Systematic Review Based on Cross-Sectional Investigations

Health Services Insights, 2022
Background: While the community health service system was initially established in rural areas of mainland China, the utilization of community health service resources by the rural elderly population is not clear.
Shanshan Deng, Chenchen Zhang, Xing Guo, Hekai Lv, Yanyan Fan, Zhuoxin Wang, Dan Luo, Xiaoxia Duan, Xinying Sun, Fuzhi Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Needs of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Rural-Urban Comparison in Delaware, USA. [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Older adults in rural areas have unique transportation barriers to accessing medical care, which include a lack of mass transit options and considerable distances to health-related services.
Eisenstein, Amy R, Irmiter, Cheryl, MacLeod, Kara E, Ory, Marcia G, Prohaska, Thomas R, Ragland, David R, Satariano, William A, Smith, Matthew Lee, Towne, Samuel D   +8 more
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Impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program on acute hospital staff satisfaction

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background To evaluate the impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP) on clinical and non-clinical staff job satisfaction, level of confidence and comfort in caring for patients with cognitive impairment (CI).
Margaret E. Murray, Anna Wong Shee, Emma West, Michelle Morvell, Meredith Theobald, Vincent Versace, Mark Yates   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source