Rethinking the distribution of sleep services: discrepancy of obstructive sleep apnoea in rural compared with metropolitan men in Australia - a large national survey
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the need to ensure adequate services in rural areas, given the higher proportion of men diagnosed with, or at risk of, OSA in rural areas. OSA is also associated with an increase risk of comorbidities such as heart disease, hypertension and diabetes, which are diseases also seen more prevalently in rural men. Rethinking the distribution of healthcare services will go some way to addressing this problem.PMID:37700451 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7704 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Lauren A Booker Brad Hodge Timothy C Skinner Source Type: research
Social construction of risk and prevention practices related to Aedes mosquito-borne disease in an endemic municipality in Colombia
CONCLUSION: The findings show a multisituated risk that refers to the inside and outside of homes; and the prevention practices mentioned by different actors, in which a continuity of tensions between lay people, leaders and government officials can be observed.PMID:37666503 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7695 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Claudia Margarita Cort és García Claudia Milena Hormiga S ánchez Johan Sebasti án Ariza Abril Yaneth Stefania Becerra Fajardo Source Type: research
A protocol for a systematic review of randomised evaluations of strategies to improve recruitment of rural participants to randomised controlled trials
CONCLUSION: This systematic review will quantify the effects of randomised evaluations of strategies to recruit rural participants to trials. Our findings will contribute to the evidence base to support trial teams to recruit a participant population that represents society as a whole, informing future research and playing a part to alleviate health inequalities between rural and urban populations.PMID:37660697 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7793 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Heidi R Green Charlotte Murray Lucy Thompson Naomi Young Shaun Treweek Philip Wilson Source Type: research
Cowboy poetry: finding and using safe venues for emotional expression
Rural Remote Health. 2023 Aug;23(3):8348. doi: 10.22605/RRH8348. Epub 2023 Aug 30.ABSTRACTMental health problems still carry heavy stigma in rural communities. Sometimes a person suffering a mental, emotional, or behavioral health issue won't seek care for fear of others knowing about their personal issues. Historically, some rural communities created safe venues for emotional expression. One example is cowboy poetry, which allowed the cowboy poet to express sadness, disappointment and heartache in a safe environment. There is an opportunity for rural communities to imagine and reimagine safe venues for mental, emotional, ...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: John M Westfall Linda Zittleman Source Type: research
