Rural health
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Cervical cancer is a major public health issue in Uganda, with high incidence due to limited screening especially in rural areas. In 2019, HPV DNA testing using GeneXpert was rolled out to improve screening access. Assessing progress and challenges since its introduction is important.
7p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Patients who have had a negative experience with the health care delivery bypass primary healthcare facilities and instead seek care in hospitals. There is a dearth of evidence on the role of users’ perceptions of the quality of care on outpatient visits to primary care facilities. This study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived quality of care and the number of outpatient visits to nearby health centers.
11p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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The role of clinical breast examination (CBE) for early detection of breast cancer is extremely important in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) where access to breast imaging is limited. Our study aimed to describe the outcomes of a community outreach breast education, home CBE and referral program for early recognition of breast abnormalities and improvement of breast cancer awareness in a rural district of Pakistan.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1 Download
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Primary health care has a central role in dementia detection, diagnosis, and management, especially in low-resource rural areas. Care navigation is a strategy to improve integration and access to care, but little is known about how navigators can collaborate with rural primary care teams to support dementia care.
14p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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The public health service capability of primary healthcare personnel directly affects the utilization and delivery of health services, and is influenced by various factors. This study aimed to examine the status, factors, and urban-rural differences of public health service capability among primary healthcare personnel, and provided suggestions for improvement.
11p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Lack of access to risk-appropriate maternity services, particularly for rural residents, is thought to be a leading contributor to disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality. There are several existing measures of access to obstetric care in the literature and popular media. In this study, we explored how current measures of obstetric access inform the number and location of additional obstetric care facilities required to improve access.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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This study is the first in a larger action research project that aims to co-create a knowledge-based continuous leadership development program for healthcare in a rural Arctic municipality. This present study aims to explore the knowledge and experiences of the participating healthcare leaders to develop a common basis for co-creating the program.
14p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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In middle-income countries, poor physician-patient communication remains a recognized barrier to enhancing healthcare quality and patient satisfaction. This study investigates the influence of provider-patient communication skills on healthcare quality and patient satisfaction in the rural primary healthcare setting in China.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1 Download
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Nutrition and health counselling (NHC) was usually conducted in hospital settings with groups of mothers. Barriers to counselling were long queues and delays, long distances and high travel costs, the inapplicability of the counselling content, lack of spousal support, and a high domestic workload.
14p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Rural populations consistently experience a disproportionate burden of cancer, including higher incidence and mortality rates, compared to the urban populations. Factors that are thought to contribute to these disparities include limited or lack of access to care and challenges with care coordination (CC).
7p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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This study focuses on the geographical areas of the four communities where RaDAR memory clinics were first developed and implemented and describes the services and supports available to older adults including memory clinic patients and families living in these areas.
13p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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The population is aging, leading to an increased need for palliative care and end-of-life care. There is a lack of research on the use of video consultations for knowledge transfer between specialist and general palliative care. The aim of this study was to describe healthcare professionals’ experiences of video consultations in palliative care in community homecare and nursing homes in rural areas.
7p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Describe the screening, referral, and treatment delivery associated with an opt-out tobacco treatment program (TTP) implemented in six hospitals varying in size, rurality and patient populations.
14p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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This study gained the experiences and perceptions of allied health professionals undertaking the pathway as well as their clinical supervisors, line managers, profession leads and consumer representatives.
11p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination protects against HPV-associated cancers and genital warts. Healthy People 2030 goal for HPV vaccine uptake is 80%, but as of 2021, only 58.5% of adolescents are up to date in Georgia. The purpose of the study is to assess the attitudes, vaccine practices, facilitators, and barriers to receiving the HPV vaccine in southwest Georgia.
17p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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This study aimed to quantify and describe advertised job vacancies for health, welfare and care professions in Tasmania, a largely rural and geographically isolated island state of Australia. Further, it aimed to examine those job vacancies specifying that recent graduates were suitable to apply.
14p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Ebook "Sustainable food production includes human and environmental health" to provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, connections must be established with many disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, agriculture, economics, ecology, rural development, sustainability, policy and education, or integrations of these general themes so as to provide integrated points of view that will help lead to a sustainable construction of values.
251p manmanthanhla0201 26-02-2024 6 1 Download
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Part 1 book "Agricultural medicine - Rural occupational and environmental health, safety, and prevention" includes content: Introduction and overview; special risk populations in agricultural communities; agricultural respiratory diseases; agricultural skin diseases; cancer in agricultural populations; health effects of agricultural pesticides; general environmental hazards in agriculture communities.
322p muasambanhan05 22-01-2024 3 2 Download
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Part 2 book "Agricultural medicine - Rural occupational and environmental health, safety, and prevention" includes content: Musculoskeletal disorders; physical factors; psychosocial conditions in agriculture; acute injuries in agriculture; veterinary pharmaceuticals - potential occupational and community health hazards; zoonotic diseases - overview of occupational hazards in agriculture; international agricultural safety and health section a agricultural medicine in south america – the mercosur; argentina, brazil, paraguay, and uruguay; prevention of illness and injury in agriculture.
283p muasambanhan05 22-01-2024 3 2 Download
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Gender issues and gender inequality still exist in many countries, especially in remote and poor rural areas. Rural women often suffer from economic disadvantages, low self-confidence in the family and community, and limited access to health, social services, and extension services, which leads to lesser decisionmaking roles in the production and business of households and in leadership at work.
10p vimichaelfaraday 28-12-2023 7 3 Download