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...

while promoting rural economic enterprises and businesses can contribute to create and strengthen entrepreneurship, this as a crucial strategy will accelerate rural development process. through extending these businesses and strengthening entrepreneurship among rural people proper solutions can be found to combine resources both inside and outside the village. it can also assist to provide both...

Rural Telecommunications planning in a developing country is a complex process that has to consider the various interrelationships in a rural sociotechnical system. A primary function of telecommunications planning is the selection or design of the most appropriate technologies for the particular rural application. However, the issues involved in the selection and deployment of rural communicat...

BACKGROUND Training health care professionals (HCPs) to work in rural areas is a challenge for educationalists. This study aimed to understand how HCPs choose to work in rural areas and how education influences this. METHODS Qualitative individual interviews were conducted with 15 HCPs working in rural areas in SA. RESULTS Themes identified included personal, facilitating, contextual, stayi...

Unemployment and financial struggles affect big and small communities alike. The current economic climate, coupled with changes to the health care environment, presents a unique opportunity for health care providers and community leaders to collaborate, integrate and network. The benefits of health networks are and can be tremendous during times of economic hardships. It takes great effort to a...

The rapid urbanization in China urges scholars to investigate the impacts of built environment on level travel satisfaction rural residents improve their quality life and make planning exercises more human-centric. This study samples six villages out 25 top areas Chengdu, Sichuan, China, as research object constructs a structural equation model explore direct indirect daily residents. finds tha...