The Rural Disadvantaged

Exploring health-seeking behaviour of disadvantaged populations in rural Bangladesh

General practice deprivation payments: are rural practices disadvantaged?

The use of the Jarman under privileged area (UPA) scoring system as a means of remunerating general practitioners (GPs) for the additional workload associated with deprivation has been the subject of much debate and criticism. GPs who are based in rural practices often fail to attract any deprivation payments and are particularly aggrieved. They criticise the UPA system for being more sensitive...

Food security and morbidity of elderly in disadvantaged rural Bangladesh

The study was undertaken to assess the food consumption level, prevalence of food insecurity and health status of elderly in the disadvantaged rural area of Bangladesh. Data were collected from fifteen villages in three vulnerable regions (river-flooded, hilly and coastal) through self-completed questionnaire. Descriptive statistics of sociodemographic characteristics of 282 households, food fr...

The Promotion and Marketing of Quality Products from Disadvantaged Rural Areas

q As part of a project co-funded under the EU's Fifth Framework Programme, a study was undertaken with the following aims: – to examine strategies used in the marketing of quality products among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in disadvantaged rural areas – to explore consumer perceptions in relation to purchasing such products – to identify the practices of agencies and institutions in sup...

Managing medical service delivery gaps in a socially disadvantaged rural community: a Nurse Practitioner led clinic

Objective The aim of this pilot project was to investigate how Nurse Practitioners (NP) manage medical service delivery gaps in a socio‐disadvantaged rural Victorian region. Design A cross‐sectional study utilising data from patient consultations that took place at the Nurse Practitioner Community Clinic (NPCC) over six months in 2013 and patient satisfaction survey. Setting The NPCC is a rural...