 Households in rural India depend on traditional fuels – primarily fuelwood-for meeting their daily energy needs.  Fuelwood combustion creates emissions that pose a significant threat to human health and ecological wellbeing.  In times of scarcity, fuelwood dependence can cause inefficiencies in household economy.  Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), a rural development NGO in India, ...

Communities are exploring ways to increase transportation coordination to improve access for seniors. One such effort is a brokered transportation system in which one agency serves as the central point of contact for ride information or actually arranging transportation for clients of multiple programs by use of a combination of transportation services. A team of social work faculty and student...

BACKGROUND Few services are available to support rural older adults living at home with advancing chronic illness. The objective of this project was to pilot a nurse-led navigation service to provide early palliative support for rural older adults and their families living at home with advancing chronic illness. METHODS Twenty-five older adults and 11 family members living with advancing chro...

BACKGROUND Health services can only be responsive if they are designed to service the needs of the population at hand. In many low and middle income countries, the rate of urbanisation can leave the profile of the rural population quite different from the urban population. As a consequence, the kinds of services required for an urban population may be quite different from that required for a ru...

Abstract Researchers used case study methods to investigate a virtual learning lab (VLL) in a rural school district that was created in 2011 as a way to better meet the unique needs of exceptional students who are considered gifted. Data were collected through focus groups, classroom observations, interviews, and reviewing relevant documents. Topics include an in-depth explication of the learni...