, 2010 This case study describes the history and business model of the Rural and Community Bank (RCB) network in Ghana, analyzes its performance, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations on the way forward. The study analyzes the service delivery and financial performance of the RCBs.
Nair, Ajai, Fissha, Azeb
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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 +8 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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On making disability in rural places more visible: challenges and opportunities [Introduction to a special issue] [PDF]
, 2017 This essay prefaces a special issue of the Journal of Rural Studies (JRS) concerned with a sub-field of inquiry that might be termed the rural geography of disability, addressing multiple dimensions of disability, physical and mental, associated with ...
Chouinard, Vera +2 more
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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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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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Exploring patterns of recurrent melanoma in Northeast Scotland to inform the introduction a digital self-examination intervention [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
A Korner +31 more
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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. +49 more
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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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