introduction one of the most important environmental hazards that is happening in recent years in iran is the sudden reduction of water level of oromiye lake. because of different reasons such as civil projects, repetitive droughts, an increase in the average temperature in the region, and the resulted inhancement in the evaporation of the lake’s water, it has been susceptible to going dryand h...

BACKGROUND The population of Ghana is increasingly becoming urbanized with about 70 % of the estimated 26.9 million people living in urban and peri-urban areas. Nonetheless, eight out of the ten regions in Ghana remain predominantly rural where only 32.1 % of the national health sector workforce works. Doctor-patient ratio in a predominantly rural region is about 1:18,257 compared to 1:4,099 in...

purpose: in recent years, rural housing has gone through huge changes. this paper will attempt to investigate the effect of social changes in the lives of villagers on rural housing patterns. methodology: this study is an applied research and it used descriptive - analytic method for analysis, the major part of data collection was based on field studies and sampling (cochran). the population fr...

INTRODUCTION Rural radiographers require, over and above traditional radiographic expertise, additional competencies which to a certain degree are unique however not limited to rural practice. Previous studies, however, have focused more attention primarily on other rural health professionals such as doctors and nurses leaving a research need in this field. This article focuses on the additiona...

At the end of the year 1940, the total number of rural hospitals and dispensaries stood at 1,681; of these, 16 were state public, 41 state special, 1,242 local and municipal fund (including the village and union board dispensaries), 123 private aided, 71 railway, and 10 subsidized by district boards. I focus my attention to the 1,365 local, municipal and private dispensaries, most of which are ...

Rural emergency nurses face unique obstacles to providing quality end-of-life (EOL) care. Stories provided by emergency nurses embody their most difficult EOL care obstacles. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to 53 rural hospitals. Respondents were asked to share stories that epitomized the obstacles faced while providing EOL care in the rural emergency setting. RESULTS The lack of an ideal ...

There is a paucity of research demonstrating how best to address inequalities in health and access to specialist care faced by rural disadvantaged populations in high HIV-prevalent settings in Sub Saharan Africa. Delivering equitable and cost-effective specialist clinical services in many parts of Africa is challenging, given human resource shortages, poor transport infrastructure and competing...

OBJECTIVE This study explored the relationship between perceived barriers to research use and the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) among rural hospital nurses. BACKGROUND The Institute of Medicine recommends that 90% of clinical decisions be evidence based by 2020. METHODS This descriptive, quality improvement study used a convenience sampling of registered nurses (RNs). Part...

OBJECTIVE To explore the reasons why individuals recurrently present with asthma to hospital emergency departments. DESIGN A predominantly qualitative study in which participants were interviewed in-depth about their asthma. Data on medication use, respiratory health and asthma knowledge were also collected, and asthma severity was determined from medical records. SETTING A tertiary teachin...

Preconceptions of rural lifestyle and culture can color the perspective of future health care providers. To encourage Advanced Practice Nurse (ANP) students to think beyond the mythology about a rural place different than where they practice, two nurse educators and universities teamed up to develop a unique curriculum in which students immersed themselves in a new rural experience. In this inn...