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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

The Health Services Use Among Older Canadians in Rural and Urban Areas [PDF]

Even though universal health care is one of the fundamental pillars of Canadian society, the rising cost of all services has resulted in the relocation and redistribution of funding and services between rural and urban areas.
Heather Conde, James Ted McDonald
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The West Central Public Health Partnership: A Case Study in Public Health Collaboration [PDF]

, 2012
This case study examines the efforts of the West Central Public Health Partnership. This partnership brought together public and environmental health officials from six counties along Colorado's Western Slope to create the means to provide comprehensive ...
Alisa J. Velonis
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Trade Realignments and the Need for Integrated Modeling Research in Latin America's Agri‐Food Sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Emiliano Lopez Barrera
wiley   +1 more source

Factors critical for the successful delivery of telehealth to rural populations: a descriptive qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
Background The use of telehealth has proliferated to the point of being a common and accepted method of healthcare service delivery. Due to the rapidity of telehealth implementation, the evidence underpinning this approach to healthcare delivery is ...
Rebecca Barry, Elyce Green, Kristy Robson, Melissa Nott   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delay in Tuberculosis Case-Finding and Treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2000
Health facilities in Mwanza region, Tanzania. To determine factors responsible for delay from onset of symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis to initiation of treatment.
Mørkve, O, Wandwalo, E R
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh, Archit Gupta, Azhar Perwaiz, Adarsh Chaudhary   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cambodia’s healthcare services: Addressing rural health disparities

The Asia Pacific Scholar
Virak Sorn
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Human Resources in China: The Birth Quota, Returns to Schooling, and Migration [PDF]

Rural elderly have 40% of the income of those in urban areas, spend a larger share of their income on food, are in worse health, work later into their lives, and depend more on their children, lacking pensions and public services.
T. Paul Schultz
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