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

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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Population structure and genetic diversity of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) clinical isolates from Michigan

Scientific Reports, 2021
Non-O157 STEC are increasingly linked to foodborne infections, yet little is known about the diversity and molecular epidemiology across locations.
Heather M. Blankenship, Rebekah E. Mosci, Stephen Dietrich, Elizabeth Burgess, Jason Wholehan, Karen McWilliams, Karen Pietrzen, Scott Benko, Ted Gatesy, James. T. Rudrik, Marty Soehnlen, Shannon D. Manning   +11 more
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Utilization of delivery care among rural women in china: does the health insurance make a difference? a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Since 2003, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) has been implemented throughout rural China, usually covering delivery services in its benefit package. The objective of this study was to compare the difference of utilization of delivery
Hemminki, Elina, Long Qian, Yan Hong, Elina Hemminki, Jianmin Gao, Xiao Shengbin, Shen Yuan, Duolao Wang, Gao, Jianmin, Gao Jianmin, Qian Long, Long, Qian, Xiao, Shengbin, Dang, Shaonong, Wang, Duolao, Hemminki Elina, Shen, Yuan, Wang Duolao, Shengbin Xiao, Yuan Shen, Dang Shaonong, Shaonong Dang, Yan, Hong, Hong Yan   +23 more
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General practitioners’ experiences and perceptions of mild moderate depression management and factors influencing effective service delivery in rural Australian communities: a qualitative study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2017
Background Rural communities in Australia face significant disadvantages relating to geographical isolation and limited access to mental health services.
Tamishka De Silva, Anjali Prakash, Sandhya Yarlagadda, Marjia Daniella Johns, Kate Sandy, Vibeke Hansen, Sue Phelan, Sabrina Pit   +7 more
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Comparison of Mental Health Status and Mental Health Service Demand between Rural Residents with and without Chronic Diseases [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Background The urban-rural dual system has resulted in more severe chronic diseases and mental health problems in rural areas compared to urban areas.
WANG Hui, HU Yinhuan, FENG Xiandong, LIU Sha, WANG Yangfan
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Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists

BJPsych International, 2023
From a cultural perspective, traditional healing has had a substantial impact on psychiatric management in rural African communities, but the services provided by traditional healers are not integrated with the mental health services provided by primary ...
Randa Ahmed Abdalrheem Altamih, Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi   +1 more
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Health and access to health services of rural-to-urban migrant populations in Viet Nam [PDF]

, 2013
Viet Nam has increasing internal migration since the Renovation (Doi Moi) in 1986. Migration flows – particularly rural-to-urban migration – have positive and negative effects to migrants, their family, and socio-economics in their places of origin and ...
Le, Anh Thi-Kim
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Framing ‘rural health equity’ and implications for governance: thematic analysis of 51 expert narratives from a global webinar series

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: To respond to persisting gaps in health service coverage and health outcomes impacting rural populations globally, governance for rural health equity requires enhanced focus by policymakers, researchers and practitioners. During 2021-22, 51
Theadora Koller, Alan Chater
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Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Assess the Needs of HIV-Related Services for Infected Individuals in Rural Communities

Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2022
HIV/AIDS remains a significant health concern in rural communities, which may also experience many disparate issues including reduced access to health services (Department of Health and Human Services, 2015).
Elizabeth Brown, Charles Brown, Owen Johnson, Wendelyn Inman, Revlon Briggs, Wanda Burrell, Rosemary Theriot, Elizabeth Williams, Alexis Heaston   +8 more
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The Effect of Distance to Formal Health Facility on Childhood Mortality in Rural Tanzania, 2005-2007. [PDF]

, 2012
Major improvements are required in the coverage and quality of essential childhood interventions to achieve Millennium Development Goal Four (MDG 4). Long distance to health facilities is one of the known barriers to access. We investigated the effect of
Mathew, Alexander, Masanja, H, Masanja, Honorati, Sartorius, B, Kadobera, Daniel, Waiswa, P,, Sartorius, Benn, Mathew, A, Kadobera, D, Waiswa, Peter   +9 more
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