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Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World [PDF]

, 2021
The rise of authoritarian, nationalist forms of populism and the implications for rural actors and settings is one of the most crucial foci for critical agrarian studies today, with many consequences for political action. Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World reflects on the rural origins and consequences of the emergence of authoritarian and ...
Borras, SM (Jun), Scoones, I, Edelman, Marc, Forero, L, Hall, R, Wolford, Wendy, White, BNF (Ben)   +6 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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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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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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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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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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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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The planning of rural health research: rurality and rural population issues [PDF]

Rural and Remote Health, 2005
Rurality and rural population issues require special consideration when planning both qualitative and quantitative health research in rural areas. The objective of this article was to explore the issues that require attention when planning the research.
McGrail, Matthew, Jones, Rebecca, Robinson, Anske, Rickard, Claire M., Burley, Mollie, Drysdale, Marlene   +5 more
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Improving the management of acute coronary syndrome for Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal patients in a regional hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objectives: To determine inequities in clinical adherence to national diagnostic and management guidelines for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal ACS patients at a regional hospital.
Benjamin Scalley, Amanda Gee, Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Marisa Gilles, Edward Jegasothy, Sandra C. Thompson   +5 more
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