background: evaluating the effectiveness of reengineering moheb (interventions and sociopsychological supports in disasters) project helps the managers of the welfare organization have feedback on the status of community empowerment against disasters. in this regard, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of reengineering moheb project to improve the knowledge, attitude, and performanc...

Small dams are vital infrastructures that can be used to address water scarcity issues, promote sustainable agriculture practices and improve rural livelihoods. In Pakistan, where is the main source of livelihood for majority population, construction small has been identified as a means providing irrigation farmlands improving socio-economic status communities. This paper focuses on impact soci...

Children living in rural and Appalachian communities are at high risk for childhood obesity. The purpose of this manuscript was to review existing childhood and family obesity interventions targeting Appalachian and rural communities to explore recommendations for intervention development. Peer-reviewed studies were selected through a systematic literature search. Seventeen studies met inclusio...

BACKGROUND The Strong Rural Communities Initiative (SRCI) was created to address the health needs of rural Wisconsin communities through a multifaceted partnership that included the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH), the Rural Health Development Council (RHDC), and hospitals, public health departments, and businesses in 6 r...

Empowerment is a multidimensional social process that helps people gain control over their own lives. It is a process that fosters power (that is the capacity to implement) in people for use in their own lives, their own communities and in their own society, by acting on issues that they describe as important. Above all, empowerment is a result of participation in decision-making. Thenceforth, ...

Healthcare is a critical issue in rural communities throughout the world. Provision of timely and cost effective health care in these communities is a challenge since it is coupled with a lack of adequate infrastructure and manpower support. Twenty percent of the United States of America‘s population resides in rural communities, i.e., 59 million people; however, only nine percent of the nation...

The purpose of this research is to determine the factors that influence perception rural communities on performance village apparatus in Sawan District, Buleleng, Bali. method used partial least square-structural equations modeling (PLS-SEM) method. This was conducted 14 villages Bali within period from August October 2021. Data obtained through a questionnaire based responses community Distric...

Recent studies have shown an increasing trend in the prevalence of hypertension in rural communities compared to that of the urban communities. This study was therefore carried out to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its predictors (if any) in both urban and rural communities of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. Subjects and Method. This was a cross-sectional study of urban and rural comm...

OBJECTIVE Over the last few decades, Bangladesh has made significant progress towards achieving targets for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and women empowerment. This study is aimed at identifying the levels and patterns of women empowerment in relation to health seeking behavior in Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study among 200 rural married women i...