OBJECTIVE In this cross-sectional epidemiologic study we examined the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic parameters in large rural, urban and suburban populations of adult Greeks. DESIGN Of the total target adult population (≥19 years, n=14233) in nine selected geographical regions covering rural, suburban, and urban areas of Greece, 10,6...

statistical analysis, results and discussion sections were modified to clarify these aspects. ABTEILUNG FÜR INFEKTIONSUND TROPENMEDIZIN, KLINIKUM DER LMU Institut u. Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozialund Umweltmedizin, Klinikum der LMU (ii) The authors categorized type of school (private versus urban). However, as already pointed out in the text there are no private schools in rural areas. In Tabl...

Introduction The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is rapidly rising in SSA. Interventions are needed to support the decentralization of services to improve and expand access to care. We describe a clinical mentorship and quality improvement program that connected nurse mentors with nurse mentees to support the decentralization of type 2 diabetes care in rural Rwanda. Methods This is a descript...

BACKGROUND The present study was conducted to analyze possible risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes who are in hypoglycemic coma. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 194 patients with type 2 diabetic hypoglycemic coma who were admitted to our hospital between January 2010 and January 2016 were included. The patients were all in coma on admission, and their blood glucose levels were lower t...

CONTEXT Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. PURPOSE To estimate the prevalence of and recent trends in smoking among adults by type of rural location and by state. METHODS Random-digit telephone survey of adults aged 18 years or older who participated in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 1994-1996 (n = 342,055) and 2000-2001 (n =...

BACKGROUND Rural and remote areas of Australia are facing serious health workforce shortages. While a number of schemes have been developed to improve recruitment to and retention of the rural health workforce, they will be effective only if appropriately targeted. This study examines the factors that most encourage students attending rural clinical placements to work in rural Australia, and th...

BACKGROUND People living in rural areas are prone to move to urban cities experiencing a dramatic change in the type of protein consumed. However, it is not know if those changes are associated with changes in the plasma amino acid concentration, especially the branched chain amino acids. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate, in a rural Mexican population, the plasma amino acid pr...

INTRODUCTION Chest pain is common in emergency department (ED) patients and represents a considerable burden for rural health services. Health services reforms to improve access to care need appropriately skilled and supported clinicians in the delivery of safe and effective care, including the use of emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs). Despite increasing use of ENPs, little is known about th...

Objective To assess rural – urban differences in electronic medical record (EMR) adoption among office-based physician practices in the U.S. Methods Survey data on over 270,000 office-based physician sites (representing over 1,280,000 physicians) in the U.S. collected by SK&A Information Services in 2012 was used to assess differences in EMR adoption rates between practices in rural and urban a...

Sustainable Livelihoods Approach emerged in the 1980s as a new analytical approach in the field of rural development inwhich the rural livelihood capitals form the basis of the villagers' empowerment and their ability to get involved in their own individual and social destiny. This study aimed to answer the question that how much the importance of each type of livelihood capitals is in the Cent...