OBJECTIVES To explore community knowledge, facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening among women in rural Uganda so as to generate data to inform interventions. DESIGN A qualitative study using focus group discussions and key informant interviews. SETTING Discussions and interviews carried out in the community within two districts in Eastern Uganda. PARTICIPANTS Ten (10) focu...

BACKGROUND Older persons are often poorly served by existing models of community-based primary health care (CBPHC). We sought input from clients, informal caregivers, and health care providers on recommendations for system improvements. METHODS Focus group interviews were held with clients, informal caregivers, and health care providers in mid-sized urban and rural communities in Ontario. Dat...

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of gender inequality in education on rural poverty in Pakistan using Logit regression analysis on primary data sets. It is concluded that gender inequality in education has adverse impact on rural poverty. The empirical findings suggest that female-male enrolment ratio, female-male literacy ratio, Female-male ratio of total years of sc...

Farmers’ markets may improve access to healthful foods in rural areas. Our objective was identify facilitators and barriers farmers’ market use a county. We collected data via surveys, focus group sessions, key informant interviews. Study participants identified the two existing as community assets. Barriers included inconvenient hours, not accepting nutrition assistance program benefits, limit...

Previous studies have found that individuals from rural areas in Malaysia and in El Salvador prefer heavier women than individuals from urban areas. Several explanations have been proposed to explain these differences in weight preferences but no study has explored familiarity as a possible explanation. We therefore sought to investigate participants' face preferences while also examining the f...

BACKGROUND While farmers' markets are a potential strategy to increase access to fruits and vegetables in rural areas, more information is needed regarding use of farmers' markets among rural residents. Thus, this study's purpose was to examine (1) socio-demographic characteristics of participants; (2) barriers and facilitators to farmers' market shopping in southern rural communities; and (3) ...

This mixed methods study used multiple regression analyses to examine the impact of organizational and market characteristics on staffing hours and staffing mix, and qualitative interview to explore the challenges and facilitators of recruiting and retaining qualified staff. Rural nursing homes (NHs) certified by Medicare or Medicaid (N = 161) were sampled from the Online Survey Certification a...

PURPOSE This paper presents the findings of a cross-sectional survey on the risk and protective factors of premarital sexual behavior among rural female adolescents in Peninsular Malaysia. METHODS We investigated data on 770 female respondents aged 13-17 years in rural areas to identify predictive factors for premarital sexual intercourse. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariate r...