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Differences in depressive symptoms by rurality in Japan: a cross-sectional multilevel study using different aggregation units of municipalities and neighborhoods (JAGES)

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2021
Background Rurality can reflect many aspects of the community, including community characteristics that may be associated with mental health. In this study, we focused on geographical units to address multiple layers of a rural environment. By evaluating
Mariko Kanamori, Masamichi Hanazato, Daisuke Takagi, Katsunori Kondo, Toshiyuki Ojima, Airi Amemiya, Naoki Kondo   +6 more
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Investigating Rurality as a Risk Factor for State and Trait Hopelessness in Hospitalized Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Rurality and hopelessness are each associated with increased mortality in adults with ischemic heart disease (IHD), yet there is no known research examining rurality as a risk factor for hopelessness in patients with IHD.
Deb Bomgaars, Gwenneth A. Jensen, Lynn L. White, Kristin M. Van De Griend, Angela K. Visser, Madison P. Goodyke, Anna Luong, Nathan L. Tintle, Susan L. Dunn   +8 more
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Disentangling Social Determinants of Health and Rurality in Head and Neck Cancer 2‐Year Mortality

OTO Open, 2023
Social determinants of health (SDoH) and rurality are known factors that may influence outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Celina Virgen, Bryan Renslo, Tuleen Sawaf, Yelizaveta Shnayder, Kiran Kakarala, Andrés M. Bur, Kevin J. Sykes   +6 more
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RURALITY AND POPULARITY OF VILLAGE TOURISM RELATION ON SUMENEP VILLAGE TOURISM - INDONESIA [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
Rurality is a measurement to differentiate a rural from an urban; the lower the level of Rurality, the closer it is to urban characteristics, and vice versa.
Valdi FIRSTIANTO, Wido Prananing TYAS, Maya DAMAYANTI   +2 more
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Regional Concentration and Specialisation in Agricultural Activities in EU-9 Regions (1950-2000) [PDF]

, 2010
Both traditional (von Thünen) and modern (Hayami & Ruttan, Krugman) theories on land use suggest that productions with a high value added per unit of land tend to be located near urban centres.
Strijker, Dirk, Terluin, Ida, van Leeuwen, Eveline   +2 more
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Rurality or distance to care and the risk of homelessness among Afghanistan and Iraq veterans [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: To date, no studies have examined the relationship of rurality and distance to nearest VA facility to risk of homelessness. METHODS: We examined differences in the rate of homelessness within a year of a Veteran's first encounter with
Brignone, Emily, Byrne, Thomas H., Carter, Marjorie, Fargo, Jamison, Gundlapalli, Adi, Montgomery, Ann Elizabeth, Nelson, Richard E., Pettey, Warren, Rupper, Randall   +8 more
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'Country life'? Rurality, folk music and 'Show of Hands' [PDF]

, 2009
This paper examines the contribution of folk music to understanding the dynamic, fluid and multi-experiential nature of the countryside. Drawing from literature on the geographies of music, it examines the work of 'Show of Hands', a contemporary folk ...
Agg, Anderson, Bell, Boyes, Brace, Brocken, Bunce, Bunce, Chapman, Clive Charlton, Cloke, Cloke, Cloke, Cloke, Connell, Connell, Dunstan, Ennis, Gibson, Gold, Gold, Halfacree, Halfacree, Halfacree, Hollows, Hudson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kassabin, Kent, Kneafsey, Knightley, Knightley, Knightley, Knox, Kong, Kong, Leyshon, Lowe, Matless, Matthews, McCann, Meegan, Morton, Nettl, Nettl, Nettl, Phillips, Philo, Rawding, Revill, Revill, Revill, Richard Yarwood, Robinson, Roud, Short, Smith, Smith, Stokes, Storey, Stradling, The Countryside Agency, Thompson, Thrift, Vallely, Woods   +67 more
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71016 Defining "rurality": Rural-urban disparities among COPD patients in national VA data

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2021
IMPACT: Our research focuses on determining rural-urban disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management to improve COPD health outcomes in rural areas.
Arianne Baldomero, Ken M. Kunisaki, Patrick Hammett, David Nelson, Carrie Henning-Smith, Ann Bangerter, Chris H. Wendt, R. Adams Dudley   +7 more
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Narrowed Gaps and Persistent Challenges: Examining Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Outcomes over Time [PDF]

, 2019
Empirical studies have concluded that rural students experience lower rates of college enrollment and degree completion compared to their nonrural peers, but this literature needs to be expanded and updated for a continually changing context.
Kimball, Ezekiel, Kommers, Suzan, Manly, Catherine A., Wells, Ryan   +3 more
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Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectiveReports of disparities in COVID-19 mortality rates are emerging in the public health literature as the pandemic continues to unfold. Alcohol misuse varies across the US and is related to poorer health and comorbidities that likely affect the ...
George Pro, Paul A Gilbert, Julie A Baldwin, Clare C Brown, Sean Young, Nickolas Zaller   +5 more
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