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Urbanicity and Psychosis: Is there a Connection? A Comparative Study between an Urban and Rural Area in Portugal

Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, 2023
Introduction: Studies about urbanicity and psychosis show contradictory results. In northern European countries and China there is a positive relationship; in southern European and underdeveloped countries, a significant difference between rural and ...
João Sampaio Lopes, Ana Afonso Quintão, Catarina Melo Santos, Maria de Fátima Urzal, Inês Donas-Boto   +4 more
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The Geo-Demographic Dimension of Romanian Rural Space

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2010
Knowing, researching into and developing the rural space are activities of utmost importance for a country, both by the dimension of the rural space, expressed by the surface as such, and by the dimension of the demographic component (of the rural ...
Staşac Marcu, Albu Ioana, Stupariu Marius   +2 more
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Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in a community-based primary health care program villages at central India

Indian Heart Journal, 2016
Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a community-based effort in a rural area of central India to decrease the prevalence of hypertension among the middle-aged and older population by using multiple blood pressure ...
Ramaswamy Premkumar, John Pothen, Jeeva Rima, Shobha Arole   +3 more
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Trends in childhood immunisation amongst Muslim children of Punjab (India): An empirical study

Dialogues in Health, 2023
India's immunisation programme is one of the largest in the world and achieved great success over the years, however, some significant gaps are still observable in terms of achieving universal immunisation of children.
Gurinder Kaur, Shaik Iftikhar Ahmed
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Key features of palliative care service delivery to Indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States: a comprehensive review

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background Indigenous peoples in developed countries have reduced life expectancies, particularly from chronic diseases. The lack of access to and take up of palliative care services of Indigenous peoples is an ongoing concern.
Shaouli Shahid, Emma V. Taylor, Shelley Cheetham, John A. Woods, Samar M. Aoun, Sandra C. Thompson   +5 more
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The burden of risk factors for non-communicable disease in rural Bihar, India: a comparative study with national health surveys

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in rural India. The National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) provides estimates of the burden of NCDs and their risk factors in women aged 15–49 and men aged 15–54 years.
Stephanie Ross, Kashika Chadha, Shantanu Mishra, Sarah Lewington, Sasha Shepperd, Toral Gathani, on behalf of the NCDRI study collaborators   +6 more
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Chronic Kidney Disease in Rural Population

Acta Clinica Croatica, 2022
The aims of the study were to provide data on chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence in rural population and to analyze the association with cardiovascular risk factors and aging. A random sample of 2193 farmers (1333 female (F) and 860 male (M), mean age 50.61±17.12) were enrolled. Questionnaire and clinical examination were conducted.
Domislović, Marija, Domislović, Viktor, Stevanović, Ranko, Fuček, Mirjana, Dika, Živka, Karanović, Sandra, Kos, Jelena, Jelaković, Ana, Premužić, Vedran, Leko, Ninoslav, Josipović, Josipa, Brzić, Ivan, Željković Vrkić, Tajana, Capak, Krunoslav, Jelaković, Bojan   +14 more
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Patterns of Medicare-funded primary health and specialist consultations in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians in the two years before hospitalisation for ischaemic heart disease

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.
Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Elizabeth Geelhoed, Anthony S. Gunnell, Matthew Knuiman, Frank M. Sanfilippo, Joseph Hung, Qun Mai, Alistair Vickery, Sandra C. Thompson   +9 more
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Delay in commencement of palliative care service episodes provided to Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients: cross-sectional analysis of an Australian multi-jurisdictional dataset

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background Rapid effective responsiveness to patient needs is pivotal to high quality palliative care. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people are susceptible to life-limiting illnesses at younger ages than other Australians and ...
John A. Woods, Claire E. Johnson, Hanh T. Ngo, Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Kevin Murray, Sandra C. Thompson   +5 more
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Occurrence and timely management of problems requiring prompt intervention among Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous Australian palliative care patients: a multijurisdictional cohort study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Anticipation and prompt relief of symptoms among patients with a life-limiting illness is a core element of palliative care. Indigenous Australians commonly encounter cultural barriers in healthcare that may impair outcomes.
Sandra C Thompson, Kevin Murray, Claire E Johnson, John A Woods, Judith M Katzenellenbogen   +4 more
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