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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Needs of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Rural-Urban Comparison in Delaware, USA. [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Older adults in rural areas have unique transportation barriers to accessing medical care, which include a lack of mass transit options and considerable distances to health-related services.
Eisenstein, Amy R, Irmiter, Cheryl, MacLeod, Kara E, Ory, Marcia G, Prohaska, Thomas R, Ragland, David R, Satariano, William A, Smith, Matthew Lee, Towne, Samuel D   +8 more
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The Role of Geography and Territorial Planning in the Spreading of SARS-CoV-2. A Case Study on the Peculiarities of the Swedish Rurality

Geography Notebooks, 2023
This article studies the spread of SARS-CoV-2 at a local level in Sweden and the role of geographic features that might have influenced the path of the virus. Then, the differences between rural and urban contexts have been analyzed.
Carlo Giunchi
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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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Remote from what? Perspectives of distance learning students in remote rural areas of Scotland [PDF]

, 2011
Distance learning is seen as the obvious answer for remote learners, and the use of online media is expected to overcome any access difficulties imposed by geographical distance.
Macdonald, Janet R., Macintyre, Ronald
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More than sense of place? Exploring the emotional dimension of rural tourism experiences [PDF]

, 2014
It is widely suggested that participation in rural tourism is underpinned by a sense of rural place or “rurality”. However, although nature and the countryside have long been recognised as a source of spiritual or emotional fulfilment, few have explored ...
Aitchison C., Baerenholdt J., Barsham D., Bremer T., Bunce M., Burchardt J., Cain T., Casey E., Cloke P., Coble T., Cresswell T., Darby W., de Vries H., de Vulpian A., Deborah Jepson, Denyer S., Digance J., Driver B., Drury P., Flanagan K., Fredrickson L., Harrison C., Heelas P., Heintzman P., Kastenholz E., Klenke K., Little D., Mannell R., Mason M., Montes S., Nash D., Newby H., O’Neill C., Patton M., Relph E., Richard Sharpley, Seaton T., Sharpley R., Short J., Swatton A., Teasedale W., Theos, Timothy D., Timothy D., Tuan Y., Tuan Y., Urry J., Walton J., Weinberg D., Woods M.   +49 more
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Learning to Be Rural: Lessons about Being Rural in Teacher Education Programs

The Rural Educator, 2018
This qualitative study investigated the evolving perceptions of rurality of five Appalachian native, first-year teachers as influenced by their teacher preparation program.
Eric Moffa, Erin McHenry-Sorber
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Mujeres y trabajo en el campo mexicano: Colotlán, Jalisco

Les Cahiers ALHIM, 2022
Case studies on women are abundant, particularly on women in rural areas, in Mexico. However, northern Jalisco and in particular the ranchero society that lives there has been neglected.
Paulina Ultreras Villagrana
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Rural hospital focus: defining rural

Rural and Remote Health, 2003
Rural and Remote Health is committed to the task of providing a freely accessible, international, peer-reviewed evidence base for rural and remote health practice. Inherent in this aim is a recognition of the universal nature of rural health issues that transcends both regional interests and local culture.
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Self-identified rurality in a nationally representative population in the US

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: In the US, health services research most often relies on Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) classification codes to measure rurality. This measure is known to misrepresent rurality and does not rely on individual experiences of rurality ...
Dustin Krutsinger, Kuldeep Yadav, Joanna Hart   +2 more
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Winds of change and rural multifunctionality: study on social representations of farmers in the extreme south of Brazil

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2021
Resumo Inaugurado em 2011, o Complexo Eólico Campos Neutrais foi considerado, à época, o maior parque eólico da América Latina, distribuindo-se pelos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande e Chuí, na fronteira com o Uruguai.
Letícia Bauer Nino, Flávio Sacco dos Anjos, Eduardo Moyano Estrada   +2 more
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