BACKGROUND Large proportions of people still do not have excess to safe drinking water and proper sanitation. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to assess the health impacts. Random households were selected. Information was collected from questionnaire through interview schedule method, group discussion and observation checklist. RESULTS People rated water and sanitat...

BACKGROUND Uganda has an acute problem of inadequate human resources partly due to health professionals' unwillingness to work in a rural environment. One strategy to address this problem is to arrange health professional training in rural environments through community placements. Makerere University College of Health Sciences changed training of medical students from the traditional curriculu...

Differences in the bacterial community structure associated with 7 skin sites in 71 healthy people over five days showed significant correlations with age, gender, physical skin parameters, and whether participants lived in urban or rural locations in the same city. While body site explained the majority of the variance in bacterial community structure, the composition of the skin-associated ba...

Rural populations experience higher rates of illness, less access to health care resources, and lower rates of health insurance coverage than do urban populations. A need exists to identify and address the health care needs of rural communities and other isolated populations and to contextualize the findings in the larger rural health environment. Critical ethnography combined with community-ba...

Promoting rural wealth creation in the United States is a high priority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and of a growing number of rural development organizations. Secretary Vilsack argued in 2009 that USDA “must help rural communities create wealth so they are self-sustaining, repopulating and thriving economically”, and this is one of the four goals of USDA’s current strategic pl...

BACKGROUND Despite the growth of palliative care programs in many urban areas, palliative care programs remain less common in rural communities. As more community-based programs emerge, particularly in rural areas, it will be important to establish a standard set of quality measures that are useful for improving care and feasible for program evaluation. OBJECTIVES The study's objective was to...

INTRODUCTION Efforts are needed to improve palliative care in rural communities, given the unique characteristics and inherent challenges with respect to working within the physical aspects of residential settings. Nurses who work in rural communities play a key role in the delivery of palliative care services. Hence, the purpose of this study was to explore nurses' experiences of providing pal...

Unemployment and financial struggles affect big and small communities alike. The current economic climate, coupled with changes to the health care environment, presents a unique opportunity for health care providers and community leaders to collaborate, integrate and network. The benefits of health networks are and can be tremendous during times of economic hardships. It takes great effort to a...

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Alcohol Education; Community Cooperation; *Community Involvement; Cultural Isolation; Drinking; *Drug Education; Drug Use; Ethnic Groups; Health Education; *Hispanic Americans; Marijuana; *Rural Areas; Rural Schools; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Small Schools IDENTIFIERS *Health Promotion; Isolation (Geographic); *New Mexico (Mo...