نتایج جستجو برای: rural community

تعداد نتایج: 472500  

2001
Maureen Rogers Janet Barker

Unquestionably, rural Australia is under stress with the future of many small rural towns uncertain. To begin the process of reversing these downward trends, there needs to be increased community participation and improved democratic processes at the local level, and a framework through which to manage change. The role of leadership and the creation of learning communities are essential element...

Journal: :Rural and remote health 2011
Julie Drolet Tracy Christianson Natalie Clark

INTRODUCTION Interprofessional (IP) community-oriented health education is an important strategy for achieving high quality health care. The purpose of this project was to develop collaborative partnerships between rural communities and Thompson Rivers University, Canada, to identify the needs and priorities for building capacity for IP placements in two rural communities in the Interior of BC....

Journal: :Preventing Chronic Disease 2007
Shelly Mahon Ellen Taylor-Powell

BACKGROUND Despite national declines in smoking prevalence, disparities that pose challenges to tobacco control efforts exist among rural manufacturing populations. This community case study sought to better understand the dynamics and nuances that facilitate or impede capacity-building efforts in rural communities. CONTEXT Two rural manufacturing communities in Wisconsin with similar demogra...

2014
Jafer Kedir Abonesh Girma

BACKGROUND Refractive error is one of the major causes of blindness and visual impairment in children; but community based studies are scarce especially in rural parts of Ethiopia. So, this study aims to assess the prevalence of refractive error and its magnitude as a cause of visual impairment among school-age children of rural community. METHODS This community-based cross-sectional descript...

Alireza Mohseni Tabrizi Reiko Nara,

One of the most favorable development options in society's programs and policies is tourism development. The most important part of sustainable tourism development is promoting community participation on reliability, norms through members in it: social capital on human resource. In this regard, social capital is one of the most important variables that support community participation in many ac...

Journal: :Rural and remote health 2005
Claude K Shannon Helen Baker Jodie Jackson Abira Roy Hilda Heady Erdogan Gunel

INTRODUCTION A shortage of healthcare providers in West Virginia led to the creation of a statewide, community-based program with a required three-month rural experience for most state-sponsored health professions students. Project description: Initiated using funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and expanded using both state funds and Area Health Education Center support, the West Virgini...

2013
Kojo Yeboah-Antwi Gail Snetro-Plewman Karen Z Waltensperger Davidson H Hamer Chilobe Kambikambi William MacLeod Stephen Filumba Bias Sichamba David Marsh

BACKGROUND The use of teams is a well-known approach in a variety of settings, including health care, in both developed and developing countries. Team performance is comprised of teamwork and task work, and ascertaining whether a team is performing as expected to achieve the desired outcome has rarely been done in health care settings in resource-limited countries. Measuring teamwork requires i...

2017
Wendy Brown Tara Schmitz David M Scott Daniel Friesner

INTRODUCTION Telehealth services are becoming increasingly used to provide care to patients living in rural areas. Little is known about the patient satisfaction with the provision of these services. METHODS A prospective cohort pilot study was developed to evaluate the use of telehealth for the delivery of asthma education services in the rural, medically underserved community of Oakes, Nort...

2018
Shabana Amanda Ali Kathleen Ellen Walsh Marita Kloseck

Introduction Although there is no cure for osteoarthritis (OA), there are lifestyle modifications that can mitigate symptoms such as pain, and improve management of the disease. This information is not always translated to community-dwelling seniors. Individuals in rural areas often face additional challenges due to geographic isolation and decreased access to community services. Methods We u...

2016
David M. Scott Mark Strand Teri Undem Gabrielle Anderson Andrea Clarens Xiyuan Liu

BACKGROUND The profession of pharmacy is expanding its involvement in public health, but few studies have examined pharmacists' delivery of public health services. OBJECTIVE To assess Iowa and North Dakota pharmacists' practices, frequency of public health service delivery, level of involvement in achieving the essential services of public health, and barriers to expansion of public health se...

نمودار تعداد نتایج جستجو در هر سال

با کلیک روی نمودار نتایج را به سال انتشار فیلتر کنید