The iron status of rural Nigerian women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy: implications for the iron endowment and subsequent dietary iron needs of their babies
CONCLUSION: The prevalence of IDA was quite high among the participants in both trimesters even with the widespread intake of the recommended oral iron supplements. About four out of 10 of the participants had SF concentrations of less than 15 µg/L and were thus judged at risk of giving birth to babies with poor iron deposits. Therefore, more effective strategies are needed to monitor and prevent IDA among pregnant women in rural populations of Nigeria and, by inference, other parts of tropical Africa.PMID:38346900 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7906 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Bennett Chima Nwanguma Herietta Chinonso Odo Bravo Udochukwu Umeh Amarachukwu Vivian Arazu Source Type: research
Gender Differences in Coronary Artery Disease Severity and Revascularisation in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography From Rural and Remote Western Australia
Heart Lung Circ. 2024 Jan;33(1):142-143. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.10.007.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38342560 | DOI:10.1016/j.hlc.2023.10.007 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 11, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Nick S R Lan Mikhail Alexander Graham S Hillis Brendan M McQuillan Tom G Briffa Frank M Sanfilippo Girish Dwivedi James M Rankin Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid Source Type: research
Strengths and opportunities to clinical trial enrollment among BIPOC, rural dwelling patients in the northwest United States: a retrospective study
Conclusion: As decentralized trial design and remote or virtual elements of traditional trials become normative, representation of rural and frontier populations is imperative to support the generalizability of trial data encouraged by the FDA.PMID:38333012 | PMC:PMC10850395 | DOI:10.3389/fphar.2024.1309072 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jamie M Nelson Elizabeth Johnson Becky Kiesow Bernadette McCrory Jiahui Ma Source Type: research
Perceptions of telemedicine among healthcare professionals in rural tertiary care hospitals of rural Sindh, Pakistan: a qualitative study
CONCLUSION: HCP had perception toward telemedicine as have numerous opportunities favoring implementation as well as various barriers are needed to overcome to promote the usage of telemedicine. Increased awareness, training programs, and technological advancements are key to overcome these challenges.PMID:38333274 | PMC:PMC10849444 | DOI:10.1097/MS9.0000000000001688 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Harsha K Shardha Grouve Kumar None Sagar Rajesh Kumar Mansoor A Qazi Saqib Munir Waleed Tariq Payal Maheshwari Bhavesh Kumar Muhammad J Tahir Oadi N Shrateh Ali Ahmed Source Type: research
Health, mental health, and hearing indigenous voices
CONCLUSIONS: The Voice referendum was partly justified to improve the mental health of First Nations Australians, despite concern the process and its outcome might worsen both. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders revealed the tensions that arise between individual and communal interests when marginalised groups fight for self-determination. While a unified First Nation Voice is likely to amplify prominent messengers, we should also be interested in hearing diverse, dissenting voices. As the most marginalised group within a marginalised community, the ability to hear the voices of women and children subject to fam...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Andrew Amos Source Type: research
Clinicodemographic Profile and Clinical Outcome of Children Presenting to Telemedicine Center at Institute of National Importance of India: A Prospective Observational Study
CONCLUSION: Our study underscores telemedicine's positive impact on pediatric healthcare, emphasizing its potential to enhance access, outcomes, and cost-efficiency. Wider telemedicine adoption can reduce morbidity and mortality, support preventive care, and streamline posttreatment services, alleviating pressure on specialized facilities. While our focus was pediatrics, the telemedicine model is adaptable to various age groups and conditions, but it should be seen as a valuable supplement to, not a total substitute for, in-person healthcare visits.PMID:38327874 | PMC:PMC10849814 | DOI:10.1155/2024/5341988 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: N Yankappa Anil Kumar Arun Prasad Lokesh Tiwari Pradeep Kumar Source Type: research
Rapid evidence assessment of student-assisted assessment and brief intervention clinics: Addressing the gaps in rural and remote health care
CONCLUSIONS: Student-assisted clinics make an important contribution to the development of the rural and remote health workforce. Student-assisted clinics can complement and extend existing services, supporting workforce development in an overstretched health system impacted by an ongoing pandemic.PMID:38329090 | DOI:10.1177/13558196241231191 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sharon M Varela Georgia Wells Mason Henderson Danielle Collins Lynette Stenhouse Prema Subramaniam Source Type: research
Remote assessment and monitoring with advanced wound therapy to optimise clinical outcomes, access and resources
CONCLUSION: A shared care model with ADWCPt coupled with an innovative cTOT device saved time and resources, improving patient access and engagement, along with a marked improvement in the wound healing trajectory.PMID:38329827 | DOI:10.12968/jowc.2024.33.2.90 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Aliza Lee Emma Woodmansey Benjamin Klopfenstein Jessica L O'Leary Windy Cole Source Type: research
Cancer Patient Navigation in Canada: Directions From the North
CONCLUSIONS: The Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association canadienne des infirmières en oncologie (CANO/ACIO) provides a community for cancer navigators to connect through a Special Interest Group (SIG), meeting virtually monthly to support each other across Canada to collaborate, identify issues, trends, and challenges.IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Cancer patient navigation is a valuable resource for all individuals with cancer and their loved ones, particularly when faced with difficulties accessing care in rural and remote areas. Cancer patient navigators' scope is similar in intent, despite potentia...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sarah Champ Catherine Dixon Source Type: research
The landscape of non-psychotic psychiatric illness in rural Canada: a narrative review
CONCLUSION: Further focus on representative community-based research is critical to expand our knowledge. It is also critical to consider strategies to increase psychiatric care access, including postgraduate medical training and telehealth training.PMID:38331714 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8341 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jacquelyn Paquet Katharine Hibbard Pamela Brett-MacLean Source Type: research
Role of teledentistry in enabling improved oral care outcomes
We examined recent teledentistry publications, highlighting outcomes and suggesting evidence-backed oral health guidance via tailored teledentistry models. Two virtual roundtables were conducted with a global working group experienced in teledentistry and dental access barriers. This panel was made up of representatives from the UK, Belgium, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ghana and Tunisia.We conclude that teledentistry effectively aids dental referrals, early disease detection, treatment planning, compliance and viability, particularly in regions with limited dental access. The advantage of teledentistry lies in expandin...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Guy Goffin Nigel Carter Armelia Sari Widyarman Tri Erri Astoeti Humayun Kabir Bulbul Paapa Puplampu Latifa Berrezouga Hoang Trong Hung Source Type: research
Widespread Pesticide Distribution in the European Atmosphere Questions their Degradability in Air
Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Feb 7. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08488. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRisk assessment of pesticide impacts on remote ecosystems makes use of model-estimated degradation in air. Recent studies suggest these degradation rates to be overestimated, questioning current pesticide regulation. Here, we investigated the concentrations of 76 pesticides in Europe at 29 rural, coastal, mountain, and polar sites during the agricultural application season. Overall, 58 pesticides were observed in the European atmosphere. Low spatial variation of 7 pesticides suggests continental-scale atmospheric dispersal. Based o...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ludovic Mayer C éline Degrendele Petr Šenk Ji ři Kohoutek Petra P řibylová Petr Kuku čka Lisa Melymuk Amandine Durand Sylvain Ravier Andres Alastuey Alex R Baker Urs Baltensperger Kathrin Baumann-Stanzer Tobias Biermann Pernilla Bohlin-Nizzetto Dari Source Type: research
Early Detection of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders: A Review on Prospective Screening Methods with Regard to Global Challenges
J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2024 Feb;23(1):23-32. doi: 10.1007/s12663-022-01710-9. Epub 2022 Apr 15.ABSTRACTOral cancer is a cancer type that is widely prevalent in low-and middle-income countries with a high mortality rate, and poor quality of life for patients after treatment. Early treatment of cancer increases patient survival, improves quality of life and results in less morbidity and a better prognosis. To reach this goal, early detection of malignancies using technologies that can be used in remote and low resource areas is desirable. Such technologies should be affordable, accurate, and easy to use and interpret. This ...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Neda Haj-Hosseini Joakim Lindblad Bengt Hass éus Vinay Vijaya Kumar Narayana Subramaniam Jan-Micha él Hirsch Source Type: research
Utilization of Shock Team and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in the Management of Cardiogenic Shock in Northern Ontario
CONCLUSIONS: This analysis demonstrated the feasibility of implementing a shock team in remote Northern Ontario, enabling the use of VA-ECMO with success in a centre with a sizeable rural catchment area. This initiative helps address the gap in cardiac care outcomes between rural and urban areas in Ontario.PMID:38313339 | PMC:PMC10837701 | DOI:10.1016/j.cjco.2023.09.019 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sami Alnasser Matthew Cavanagh Rony Atoui Noman Ali Bhanu Nalla Kyle McKechnie Anthony Main Mathieu Rheault-Henry AbdulAziz Al-Shaibi Lucas Burke Sarah McIsaac Robert Anderson Neil Fam Mohammed Shurrab Mary Catherine Kerr Hooman Hennessey Craig Armstrong Source Type: research
Drone a technological leap in health care delivery in distant and remote inaccessible areas: A narrative review
Saudi J Anaesth. 2024 Jan-Mar;18(1):95-99. doi: 10.4103/sja.sja_506_23. Epub 2024 Jan 2.ABSTRACTIn developing countries, last-mile delivery of medical products is a challenge, especially in hilly and rural areas where there is no road connectivity. As helicopters or other air services are not affordable all the time, drones can be used for the supply of medical products. They are cost-effective as compared to other air or road transport. However, the carrying capacity of drone is less, it is not able to carry heavier payloads. Also, operating drones requires trained operators, and it is a new venture in a developing countr...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sanjana Sharma Hunny Sharma Source Type: research
