Defining quality of preventive oral health services in a northern First Nations community: a concept mapping study
CONCLUSION: This study provides insight into the existing gap in oral health services for Indigenous populations. Based on conversations and the concept mapping process, the developed framework can inform the steps to be taken to improve preventive oral health services for Indigenous peoples. The framework has been used to develop a quantitative scale to inform sustainable and impactful change in the quality of preventive oral health services that are meaningful to Indigenous peoples.PMID:37995709 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7910 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Janelle Brown-Walkus Janet Smylie Cornelia M Borkhoff Billie-Jo Hardy Christina Salmon Florence Duncan Herenia P Lawrence Source Type: research
Distance as a barrier to HIV testing among sexual and gender minority populations in the rural southern US: a cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: Distance, but not time, to travel to receive a HIV test is independently associated with reduced HIV testing. More geographically proximal options or access to home-based testing might reduce this barrier.PMID:37988704 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8227 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alyssa Clausen Rob B Stephenson Patrick S Sullivan O Winslow Edwards Leland Merrill Cristian Acero Martinez Jeb Jones Source Type: research
Exploring the ideas of young healthcare professionals from selected countries regarding rural proofing
CONCLUSION: Given the state of rural health, young rural HCPs suggest that rural proofing strategies are needed as they have the potential to bring about equity in the delivery of health care in rural and remote communities. These strategies will assist in creating a more positive future for rural health care worldwide and motivate young HCPs to become involved in rural health care, as well as to increase their motivation to take an interest in health policy development. These strategies need to be applied at multiple levels, from national government to local contexts. It is also seen to be critically important to involve ...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - November 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ian Couper Manoko Innocentia Lediga Ndivhuho Beauty Takalani Mayara Floss Alexandra E Yeoh Alexandra Ferrara Amber Wheatley Lara Feasby Marcela A de Oliveira Santana Mercy N Wanjala Mustapha A Tukur Deceased Sneha P Kotian Veronika Rasic Vuthlarhi Shirind Source Type: research
Prevalence of concomitant hypertension and diabetes among adults and elderly living in rural riverside areas in the Amazon
CONCLUSION: The data for the occurrence of chronic diseases in the studied Amazon rural riverside populations are worrying, because these people live in areas of socioeconomic vulnerability, with a lack of basic sanitation infrastructure, difficult geographic access, and limited access to health care. Health policies fail to recognize the specificities of these populations, which implies deficiencies in the provision of necessary regular care. The findings also reinforce the need to strengthen health promotion and chronic disease prevention strategies in the context of primary care.PMID:37972944 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8249 (Sou...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jordana Herzog Siqueira Luiza Garnelo Rosana Cristina Pereira Parente Sully de Souza Sampaio Amandia Sousa Fernando J Herkrath Source Type: research
The Rural Hand Therapy Project - providing hand therapy services closer to home
Rural Remote Health. 2023 Nov;23(4):7672. doi: 10.22605/RRH7672. Epub 2023 Nov 14.ABSTRACTCONTEXT: Hand therapy optimises functional use of the hand and arm after injury and is an expert area of practice for occupational therapists (OTs) and physiotherapists. In rural Australia, patients frequently travel to metropolitan or larger regional centres for initial hand surgery and rehabilitation. However, rural patients' access to follow-up hand therapy after the initial phase of care is impacted by several factors such as transport options, distance, staff shortages and availability of therapists skilled in hand therapy. To en...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sue Williams Lin Wegener Gail A Kingston Source Type: research
