نتایج جستجو برای: rural men

تعداد نتایج: 307243  

Journal: :iranian journal of public health 0
z.pour ansari v.nahapetian

in this study myer index was calculated for six groups of a sample of urban and rural population of iran, classified by population size. the data used were information collected on 146116 urban and 158124 rural populations, for estimation of death, birth and growth rates in iran. the results indicate: the range of the index varies between 23.14-68.06 for women and 28.41-69.62 for men (urban or ...

Journal: :Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2011
Howard K Rabinowitz James J Diamond Fred W Markham Abbie J Santana

BACKGROUND Women physicians are less likely then men to practice in rural areas. With women representing an increasing proportion of physicians, there is concern that this could exacerbate the rural physician shortage. The Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) of Jefferson Medical College (JMC) is one of a small number of medical school rural programs shown to be successful in addressing the r...

Journal: :Rural and remote health 2013
Shane Merritt Linda M Turner

INTRODUCTION What is known about male identity or intergenerational relationships between male family members? And how can rural Australian men be engaged in essential health research? METHODS Narrative inquiry is proposed as an ideal means for engaging in the process of uncovering men's storied reflections about their lives, relationships and identity. RESULTS The article begins with guida...

Journal: :BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2005
Chatlert Pongchaiyakul Tuan V Nguyen Vongsvat Kosulwat Nipa Rojroongwasinkul Somsri Charoenkiatkul Rajata Rajatanavin

BACKGROUND The incidence of fractures in rural populations is lower than in urban populations, although the reason for this difference is unclear. This cross-sectional study was designed to examine the difference in bone mineral density (BMD), a primary predictor of fracture risk, between urban and rural Thai populations. METHODS Femoral neck and lumbar spine BMD was measured by dual-energy X...

2005
Hiroyasu Iso Masahiko Kiyama Mitsunori Doi Noriyuki Nakanishi Akihiko Kitamura Yoshihiko Naito Shinichi Sato

Background It has been suggested that echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass (LVM) is useful in the prediction of hypertension. To examine the relation between LVM and subsequent blood pressure (BP) change, a 6to 8-year follow-up was conducted in adult Japanese men. Methods and Results LVM was determined by M-mode echocardiography using the American Society of Echocardiography f...

Journal: :Rural and remote health 2012
Z Obertova C Brown M Holmes R Lawrenson

INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer is a common health problem in men worldwide. This systematic review has been undertaken to determine if there are differences in incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer between rural and urban men. The understanding of geographical patterns of prostate cancer incidence and mortality is necessary in order to identify and assess any disparities between rural a...

2005
Hiroyasu Iso Masahiko Kiyama Noriyuki Nakanishi Akihiko Kitamura Shinichi Sato Takashi Shimamoto

Background It has been suggested that echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass (LVM) is useful in the prediction of hypertension. To examine the relation between LVM and subsequent blood pressure (BP) change, a 6to 8-year follow-up was conducted in adult Japanese men. Methods and Results LVM was determined by M-mode echocardiography using the American Society of Echocardiography f...

Journal: :Circulation 1994
H Iso M Kiyama M Doi N Nakanishi A Kitamura Y Naito S Sato M Iida M Konishi T Shimamoto

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass (LVM) is useful in the prediction of hypertension. To examine the relation between LVM and subsequent blood pressure (BP) change, a 6- to 8-year follow-up was conducted in adult Japanese men. METHODS AND RESULTS LVM was determined by M-mode echocardiography using the American Society of Echocardiograp...

2016
Charles Agyemang Karlijn Meeks Erik Beune Ellis Owusu-Dabo Frank P. Mockenhaupt Juliet Addo Ama de Graft Aikins Silver Bahendeka Ina Danquah Matthias B. Schulze Joachim Spranger Tom Burr Peter Agyei-Baffour Stephen K. Amoah Cecilia Galbete Peter Henneman Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch Mary Nicolaou Adebowale Adeyemo Jan van Straalen Liam Smeeth Karien Stronks

BACKGROUND Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and urban settings in Africa and upon migration to Europe is unknown. We assessed the burden of obesity and T2D among Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants living in different European countries...

2017
Xueyan Yang Shuzhuo Li Isabelle Attané Marcus W. Feldman

China is facing a male marriage squeeze, as there are more men in the marriage market than potential female partners. As a consequence, some men may fail to ever marry. However, while some studies have suggested that most unmarried men affected by the marriage squeeze in rural China feel a sense of failure, the quality of life of the men who remain unmarried against their will remains largely u...

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