Joan Eamer, Environment Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada; Etok Edwardsen, Fairbanks, Alaska; Carl Jack, Rural Alaska Community Action Program (RurAl CAP), Anchorage, Alaska; Suzanne Marcy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Anchorage, Alaska; Angie Olrun, Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Anchorage, Alaska; Michael Patkotak, Barrow, Alaska; Delbert Rexford, Barrow, Alaska; Alex Whiting...

BACKGROUND In recent decades, China has experienced tremendous economic growth and also witnessed growing socioeconomic-related health inequality. The study aims to explore the potential causes of socioeconomic-related health inequality in urban and rural areas of China over the past two decades. METHODS This study used six waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) from 1991 to 20...

Based on the full analysis of the current development situation of rural informatization in China, combined with the development practices and trends in recent years, this paper presents some policies proposals for promoting the development of rural informatization mainly from five aspects, including infrastructure construction, integration of the resources, system of information service, appli...

Schonpflug. W. (1993). Applied psychology: Newcomer with a long tradition. Applied Psychology: An lnrernarional Review. 42. 5-66. Wagner, F.. L6pez. A.. Castillo. V.. Aldaz. E.. Collado. M.E.. Diaz. B.. Oviedo, M., Garcia. M., & Gallegos. R. (1991) Consumo de drogas en el medio rural [Drug consumption in the rural environment]. Project financed by Consejo Asesor en Epidemiologia, Centros de lnt...

OBJECTIVES To assess the feasibility of using mobile communication technology in completing a 30-day follow-up of surgical site infection (SSI). SUBJECTS AND METHODS SSIs are infections occurring up to 30 days after an operative procedure. This prospective exploratory study was conducted in a cohort of patients who were admitted and operated on in the general surgery wards of a rural hospital...

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...