BACKGROUND Skin diseases are common occupational illnesses for farmworkers. Migrant farmworkers commonly access rural health clinics for diagnosis and treatment of skin disease. PURPOSE To assess common skin conditions of migrant farmworkers treated in rural clinics and to describe effective and economic management of these conditions. METHODS Seventy-nine farmworkers with a skin condition ...

In order to study the causes of weak agricultural base in China, the income gap between urban and rural residents, agriculture and the obvious insufficiency in agriculture, rural areas and farmers, we analyze focal and difficult points in the simultaneous development between Chinese industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization and seek for ways and strategies ...

The rural population in India faces a number of health problems and often has to rely on local remedies. Psidium guajava Linn. (guava), a tropical plant which is used as food and medicine can be used by rural communities due to its several medicinal properties. A literature search was undertaken to gauge the rural health scenario in India and compile the available literature on guava so as to r...

BACKGROUND Health services can only be responsive if they are designed to service the needs of the population at hand. In many low and middle income countries, the rate of urbanisation can leave the profile of the rural population quite different from the urban population. As a consequence, the kinds of services required for an urban population may be quite different from that required for a ru...

Peter Möller (2016), Young adults in rural tourism areas. Örebro Studies in Human Geography 10. This thesis examines how tourism affects conditions for young adults in rural areas. Such a study lies at the intersection of research about tourism impacts, adult transition, and rural areas. The aim is to examine how largescale tourism affects the opportunities for young adults living in rural area...

BACKGROUND Differences between urban and rural settings can be seen as a very important example of gaps between groups in a population. The aim of this paper is to compare an urban and a rural area regarding child growth during the first two years of life as related to mother's use of antenatal care (ANC), breastfeeding and reported symptoms of illness. METHODS The studies were conducted in t...

introduction in geography science and the related fields, grouping and classification of factors for heavy homogenous and non homogenous families is necessary. as a whole in total studies especially those of urban and rural, for better understanding of existing features, their reasons and olataining suitable results and finally providing the best approaches, the grouping of inputs and statistic...

T he current decline in the economic well-being of the residents of the rural Heartland is well documented. High poverty rates, limited job growth, falling real per capita income, and increased out-migration are all signs of current economic problems. The region’s future is far from certain. As noted in earlier chapters, the rural Heartland is extremely diverse. Not all of its communities are s...

CONTEXT After decades of providing a dense network of quality medical care, Germany is facing an increasing shortage of medical doctors in rural areas. Current graduation rates of generalists do not counterbalance the loss due to retirement. Informed by international evidence, different strategies to ensure rural medical care are under debate, including innovative teaching approaches during und...