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71016 Defining "rurality": Rural-urban disparities among COPD patients in national VA data

open access: yesJournal 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The uses of rurality in twentieth-century youth justice: an Australian case study, 1900-1994

open access: yes, 2021
In 1900, the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, an institution holding both young people convicted of criminal offences and those deemed to be neglected children, was established in a farming region in Queensland, Australia.
Carden, C
core   +1 more source

Motherhood, disability, and rurality: descolonising practices and knowledge via the Las Quiscas case in Chile

open access: yes, 2023
Women with disabilities face a series of obstacles while exercising their motherhood. Despite the inter-disciplinary studies which have been undertaken on this topic, the ‘modern/colonial/Western/urban’ comprehension of these ...
Pino-Morán, Juan Andrés   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The Role of Geography and Territorial Planning in the Spreading of SARS-CoV-2. A Case Study on the Peculiarities of the Swedish Rurality

open access: yesGeography 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
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Credit and Rural Development: Some Issues [PDF]

open access: yesThe Pakistan Development Review, 1984
Credit is an important instrument of acquiring command over the use of working capital, fixed capital and consumption goods. In the wake of Green Revolution, land and labour have receded into the background as predominant factors of growth.
SARFRAZ K. QURESHI   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Introduction: Disability and rurality: Identity, gender and belonging

open access: yes, 2017
‘An original book that amounts to essential reading on disabled lives in rural locations across the globe. Personal voices are explored in cultural context - paying careful attention to social diversity and varied landscapes.
Samararatne, D.   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Learning to Be Rural: Lessons about Being Rural in Teacher Education Programs

open access: yesThe 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
doaj   +1 more source

Rurality research and rural education: exploratory and explanatory power

open access: yes, 2012
This article presents analysed data from the first year of the Rural Teacher Education Project (RTEP 2007 - 2009) with a view to illustrating how a generative theory of rurality as education research was developed, and for which ends it might be utilised.
Robert J. Balfour, Balfour, Robert J.
core   +1 more source

Self-identified rurality in a nationally representative population in the US

open access: yesRural 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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