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When Peace and Quiet Is Not Enough: Place-Shaping and the Role of Leaders in Sustainability and Quality of Life in Rural Estonia and Latvia

Land, 2020
Estonian and Latvian rural inhabitants enjoy many factors enhancing the quality of life, such as the peace and quiet of the countryside, fresh food and rural activities.
Joanna Storie, Edith Chenault, Mart Külvik, Simon Bell   +3 more
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Providing Higher Resolution Indicators of Rurality in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database: Implications for Patient Privacy and Research

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2019
Background: The burden of cancer is higher in rural areas than urban areas. The NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database currently provides county-level information on rurality for cancer patients in its catchment area, but more ...
Jennifer L. Moss, D. Stinchcomb, Mandi Yu   +2 more
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Les écolieux, nouveaux acteurs des ruralités : enclave de classe ou points d’ancrage pour le renouveau des campagnes ?

L'Espace Politique
A new alternative geography of the countryside is emerging through the departures of city dwellers in search of nature and aspiring to live in the territory differently.
Ewa Chuecos
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Veterans’ Attitudes Toward Smartphone App Use for Mental Health Care: Qualitative Study of Rurality and Age Differences

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018
Background Mental health smartphone apps provide support, skills, and symptom tracking on demand and come at minimal to no additional cost to patients.
Samantha L. Connolly, Christopher J. Miller, Christopher J. Koenig, Kara A Zamora, Patricia B Wright, R. Stanley, J. Pyne   +6 more
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Chronic health conditions and health care affordability issues among U.S. rural and urban adults

Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
Purpose Chronic health conditions and rurality are associated with each other and with higher risks of medical debt. Less is known about the intersection of chronic conditions and health care affordability issues as they relate to rurality. The objective
Ingrid Jacobson, Alexis Swendener, Hannah MacDougall, Carrie Henning-Smith   +3 more
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Agricultural Turns, Geographical Turns: Retrospect and Prospect. [PDF]

, 2004
It is accepted that British rural geography has actively engaged with the ‘cultural turn’, leading to a resurgence of research within the sub-discipline. However, a reading of recent reviews suggests that the cultural turn has largely, if not completely,
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Educators’ perspective on parental involvement in homework at a rural primary school in Palala

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: Educators have a very important job of moulding learners’ lives. However, they cannot do it alone, they need assistance from parents. Every child is different and learns differently and most of the information a child receives comes from ...
Hlongolane A. Seleka, Charles S. Masoabi
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Beyond the agricultural sector in Latin America: territorial approaches for rural development [PDF]

A recent transition in the field of agrarian economics theory for rural development is the move from a narrow agricultural sector approach, to one which adopts broader territorial vision.
Pisani, Elena
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Troubling Contexts: Toward a Generative Theory of Rurality as Education Research

Journal of Rural and Community Development, 2009
Marsden (2006) suggests that rurality as a signifier is transformative, capable of changing behaviour and affecting the motivation of teachers, community workers, and learners.
Robert J Balfour, Claudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane   +2 more
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Representações sociais, instituições e conflitos na gestão de águas em territórios rurais Social representations, institutions, and conflicts in water management in rural territories

Sociologias, 2006
Temas relativos à governança de interesses sociais e de recursos ambientais fixados em territórios rurais têm recebido especial destaque na literatura sociológica recente.
Rodrigo Constante Martins
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