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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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Rural Epidemiology: Insights from a Rural Population Laboratory [PDF]

American Journal of Epidemiology, 1998
To study the epidemiology of rural populations in the context of contemporary issues in public health, a population laboratory (Health Census '89) was established in Otsego County, New York, by the Research Institute of the M.I. Bassett Hospital, affiliated with the Columbia University School of Public Health.
T A, Pearson, C, Lewis
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RURAL POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE CURVATURE CARPATHIANS [PDF]

Revue Roumaine de Géographie, 2013
This over 10,000 km2 sector numbers 800,000 inhabitants, 271 villages grouped into 19 communes and urban centres (18 municipia and towns). The greatest habitat potential have the intra-montane depressions which concentrate approximately two-thirds of the
DANIELA VIOLETA NANCU
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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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Cholera amid the climate crisis: a systematic review of flooding-driven health risks in West Africa

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Introduction Flooding, a major climate-related disaster, poses a growing threat to public health in West Africa. Frequent and severe rainfall, coupled with poor infrastructure and weak sanitation systems, has worsened the spread of cholera and other ...
Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Rukoyah Temilade Adedeji, Iyanu Roseline Oladipupo, Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Toluwase Ayobola Olufadewa, Julianah Adedoyin Adesina, AbdulMonjeed Kaosarat Olansile   +7 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Later Stage at Diagnosis of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Registries ACCRN07 and APEC14B1

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) often arise in the ovaries and testes (extracranial) but can also develop in the brain (intracranial). We examined the relationship of individual, family, and community‐level socioeconomic status (SES) with stage of disease at diagnosis in a cohort of pediatric patients with GCT from Children's Oncology Group
Heydon K. Kaddas, Judy Y. Ou, Todd Alonzo, Logan G. Spector, Negar Fallahazad, Emily Owens, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Adam L. Green   +7 more
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Challenges to access health faced by rural population and their perception regarding healthcare

Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2021
The Brazilian nation has rich population diversity, and this makes it responsible for guaranteeing the social rights of all. In this perspective, this research seeks to categorize which are the main challenges in access to health that the rural ...
Maria Maiely Bezerra Gomes, Silvana Cavalcanti dos Santos, Jefferson Nunes dos Santos, Valdirene Pereira da Silva Carvalho, Ana Karine Laranjeira de Sá, Cláudia Fabiane Gomes Gonçalves, Valquíria Farias Bezerra Barbosa, Nelson Miguel Galindo Neto   +7 more
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Time to Diagnosis Among Children and Adolescents With Cancer in Québec, Canada: A Population‐Based Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Timely cancer diagnosis in children and adolescents is important to improving outcomes. We aimed to quantify time to diagnosis and assess variations by patient, demographic and system‐level factors. Procedure We conducted a population‐based study of individuals aged 0–19 years diagnosed with one of 12 cancers from 2010 to 2022 in ...
Callum Mullen, Ronald D. Barr, Erin Strumpf, Mariam El‐Zein, Eduardo L. Franco, Talía Malagón   +5 more
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Rheumatic Complaints in a Rural Population [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 1961
The geographic distribution of disease is a subject in which increasing interest has been shown in recent years. Cobb and Lawrence (1957) summarized the findings in nine surveys of the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in different countries and discussed some of the factors which might contribute to the varying results reported.
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DYSPNEA REPRODUCIBILITY IN A RURAL BANGLADESH POPULATION [PDF]

Chest, 2008
AbstractBackground and Aims:  Dyspnea may signal serious disease with increased morbidity/mortality. Dyspnea screening would only be valid if reproducible. The study aim was to determine the reliability (reproducibility) of assessing dyspnea through a simple questionnaire among a rural population.Methods:  Participants were recruited from a Health ...
Gene Raymond, Pesola, Faruque, Parvez, Sultana, Jasmin, Abul Kalam Mohammad Rabiul, Hasan, Habibul, Ahsan   +4 more
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