Portable, and ultrasensitive HR-HPV tests based on nucleic acid biosensors
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2024 Feb 28;14:1357090. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1357090. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTCervical cancer is the third most common cancer threatening women's health globally, and high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is the main cause of cervical cancer worldwide. Given the recurrent nature of HR-HPV infection, accurate screening is essential for its control. Since the commonly used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique is limited by professional equipment and personnel, convenient and ultrasensitive detection methods for HR-HPV are still highly needed. As new molecular detection method...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Chang Ma Minhong Zou Ning Xu Yan Liu Yuru Wang Source Type: research

The availability of essential medicines in primary health centres in Indonesia: achievements and challenges across the archipelago
This study examines the availability of essential medicine in primary health centres (PHCs) across Indonesia, the reasons why medicines are unavailable, and the extent to which communities have access to alternative dispensing points.METHODS: Enumerators visited each of the 9831 PHCs in all 514 districts to assess the availability of 60 essential medicines and identify reasons for any absent medicines. We correlated the results with the national village census to assess the relationship between availability, poverty, and access to alternative dispensing points.FINDINGS: Medicine availability varied greatly. The median avai...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Relmbuss Biljers Fanda Ari Probandari Yuyun Yuniar Harimat Hendarwan Laksono Trisnantoro Nikki Jongeneel Maarten Olivier Kok Source Type: research

Relational Work Is the Work: Virtual Healthcare Transformation for Rural, Remote and First Nations Communities in British Columbia
We describe key approaches, learnings and future considerations to improve the equity of healthcare delivery for rural, remote and First Nations communities. The key lessons include the following: (1) moving beyond a biomedical model - the collaboration framework for health service design incorporated First Nations' perspective on health and wellness; (2) relational work is the work - the RTVS collaboration was grounded in building connections and relationships to prioritize cultivating trust in the partnership over specific outputs; and (3) aligning to the core values of co-creation - working from a commitment to do thing...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: John Mah John Pawlovich Terri Aldred Scott Graham Ray Markham Kim Williams Bob Woollard John Grogan Dee Taylor Nelly D Oelke Alison James Melissa Stewart Sonya Cressman Arianna Hogan Daniel Harper Source Type: research

Can Answers to the Health Workforce Crisis Be Found in Equity-Informed Digital Health?
We present examples and evidence of integrating hybrid models of care as a means of supporting HHRs via DH in the publicly funded health system.PMID:38482656 | DOI:10.12927/hcpap.2024.27273 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Helen Novak Lauscher Chad Kim Sing Chantz Strong Anita Palepu Jason Jaswal Dietrich F ürstenburg Nelly D Oelke Patricia Kay Pearce Kendall Ho Source Type: research

Investigating the spatiotemporal associations between meteorological conditions and air pollution in the federal state Baden-W ürttemberg (Germany)
Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 12;14(1):5997. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56513-4.ABSTRACTWhen analyzing health data in relation to environmental stressors, it is crucial to identify which variables to include in the statistical model to exclude dependencies among the variables. Four meteorological parameters: temperature, ultraviolet radiation, precipitation, and vapor pressure and four outdoor air pollution parameters: ozone ( O 3 ), nitrogen dioxide ( NO 2 ), particulate matter ( P M 2.5 , P M 10 ) were studied on a daily basis for Baden-Württemberg (Germany). This federal state covers urban and rural compartments including moun...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Leona Hoffmann Lorenza Gilardi Marie-Therese Schmitz Thilo Erbertseder Michael Bittner Sabine W üst Matthias Schmid J örn Rittweger Source Type: research

Telemedicine and Pediatric Care in Rural and Remote Areas of Middle-and-Low-Income Countries: Narrative Review
CONCLUSION: Telemedicine has proven successful in improving pediatrics care. Many LMIC should take advantage of this innovation to promote equity and access to high quality pediatric care.PMID:38478166 | DOI:10.1007/s44197-024-00214-8 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Yossef Alnasser Alvaro Proa ño Christine Loock John Chuo Robert H Gilman Source Type: research

Human intervention caused massive destruction of the second largest mangrove forest, Chakaria Sundarbans, Bangladesh
In this study, the successive degradation of the second largest mangrove forest, Chakaria Sundarbans situated at the northern Bay of Bengal part of Bangladesh was assessed using remote sensing approaches. A total of five multi-temporal Landsat satellite imageries were collected and used to observe the land use land cover (LULC) changes over the time periods for the years 1972, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. Further, the supervised classification technique with the help of support vector machine (SVM) algorithm in ArcGIS 10.8 was used to process images. Our results revealed a drastic change of Chakaria Sundarbans mangrove fore...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Mehedi Hasan Leion Hassan Mamun Abdullah Al Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal Mohd Hanafi Idris Mohammad Ziaul Hoque Riffat Mahmoood Md Nahin Alam Ataher Ali Source Type: research

Where we live matters: a comparison of chronic pain treatment between remote and non-remote regions of Quebec, Canada
This study aimed to compare the pain treatment profile of persons with chronic pain (CP) living in remote regions to those living in non-remote regions (near or in major urban centers).METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among persons living with CP across Quebec. In a web-based questionnaire, participants were asked to report in which of the 17 administrative regions they were living (six considered "remote"). Pain treatment profile was drawn up using seven variables: use of prescribed pain medications, over-the-counter pain medications, non-pharmacological pain treatments, multimodal approach, access to a trus...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Claudie Audet Meriem Zerriouh Hermine Lore Nguena Nguefack Nancy Julien M Gabrielle Pag é Line Gu énette Lucie Blais Ana ïs Lacasse Source Type: research

Evaluation of a novel approach to community health care delivery in Ifanadiana District, Madagascar
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Mar 12;4(3):e0002888. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002888. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTDespite widespread adoption of community health (CH) systems, there are evidence gaps to support global best practice in remote settings where access to health care is limited and community health workers (CHWs) may be the only available providers. The nongovernmental health organization Pivot partnered with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to pilot a new enhanced community health (ECH) model in rural Madagascar, where one CHW provided care at a stationary CH site while additional CHWs provided care via proac...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: B énédicte Razafinjato Luc Rakotonirina Laura F Cordier Anna Rasoarivao Mamy Andrianomenjanahary Lanto Marovavy Feno Hanitriniaina Isa ïe Jules Andriamiandra Alishya Mayfield Daniel Palazuelos Giovanna Cowley Andriamanolohaja Ramarson Felana Ihantamala Source Type: research

Chlorine Water Taste Threshold and Acceptability among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations in Rural Panama
This study examines and compares free chlorine taste and acceptability thresholds of rural Indigenous Ngäbe and rural Latino Panamanians to study if taste aversion may be a limiting factor in chlorination of community systems in Panama using the three-alternative forced choice test methodology. This study is the first to establish a best-estimate taste threshold for a rural Indigenous group and the only study in Latin America to report best-estimate taste thresholds using those methods. Median taste thresholds were 0.87 mg/L Cl2 for Indigenous Ngäbe participants (n = 82) and 1.64 mg/L Cl2 for Latino participants (n = 64)...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ashley L Osler Katherine A Alfredo James R Mihelcic Source Type: research

Human intervention caused massive destruction of the second largest mangrove forest, Chakaria Sundarbans, Bangladesh
In this study, the successive degradation of the second largest mangrove forest, Chakaria Sundarbans situated at the northern Bay of Bengal part of Bangladesh was assessed using remote sensing approaches. A total of five multi-temporal Landsat satellite imageries were collected and used to observe the land use land cover (LULC) changes over the time periods for the years 1972, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. Further, the supervised classification technique with the help of support vector machine (SVM) algorithm in ArcGIS 10.8 was used to process images. Our results revealed a drastic change of Chakaria Sundarbans mangrove fore...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Mehedi Hasan Leion Hassan Mamun Abdullah Al Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal Mohd Hanafi Idris Mohammad Ziaul Hoque Riffat Mahmoood Md Nahin Alam Ataher Ali Source Type: research

Where we live matters: a comparison of chronic pain treatment between remote and non-remote regions of Quebec, Canada
This study aimed to compare the pain treatment profile of persons with chronic pain (CP) living in remote regions to those living in non-remote regions (near or in major urban centers).METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among persons living with CP across Quebec. In a web-based questionnaire, participants were asked to report in which of the 17 administrative regions they were living (six considered "remote"). Pain treatment profile was drawn up using seven variables: use of prescribed pain medications, over-the-counter pain medications, non-pharmacological pain treatments, multimodal approach, access to a trus...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Claudie Audet Meriem Zerriouh Hermine Lore Nguena Nguefack Nancy Julien M Gabrielle Pag é Line Gu énette Lucie Blais Ana ïs Lacasse Source Type: research

Evaluation of a novel approach to community health care delivery in Ifanadiana District, Madagascar
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Mar 12;4(3):e0002888. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002888. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTDespite widespread adoption of community health (CH) systems, there are evidence gaps to support global best practice in remote settings where access to health care is limited and community health workers (CHWs) may be the only available providers. The nongovernmental health organization Pivot partnered with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to pilot a new enhanced community health (ECH) model in rural Madagascar, where one CHW provided care at a stationary CH site while additional CHWs provided care via proac...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: B énédicte Razafinjato Luc Rakotonirina Laura F Cordier Anna Rasoarivao Mamy Andrianomenjanahary Lanto Marovavy Feno Hanitriniaina Isa ïe Jules Andriamiandra Alishya Mayfield Daniel Palazuelos Giovanna Cowley Andriamanolohaja Ramarson Felana Ihantamala Source Type: research

Chlorine Water Taste Threshold and Acceptability among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations in Rural Panama
This study examines and compares free chlorine taste and acceptability thresholds of rural Indigenous Ngäbe and rural Latino Panamanians to study if taste aversion may be a limiting factor in chlorination of community systems in Panama using the three-alternative forced choice test methodology. This study is the first to establish a best-estimate taste threshold for a rural Indigenous group and the only study in Latin America to report best-estimate taste thresholds using those methods. Median taste thresholds were 0.87 mg/L Cl2 for Indigenous Ngäbe participants (n = 82) and 1.64 mg/L Cl2 for Latino participants (n = 64)...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ashley L Osler Katherine A Alfredo James R Mihelcic Source Type: research

Tele-proctoring for minimally invasive surgery across Japan: An  initial step toward a new approach to improving the disparity of surgical care and supporting surgical education
CONCLUSION: The feasibility of the tele-proctoring system is expected to be a sustainable approach to help education for young surgeons and surgical supports in rural areas, thereby reducing disparities in health care.PMID:38455497 | PMC:PMC10914704 | DOI:10.1002/ags3.12750 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ichiro Takemasa Koichi Okuya Kenji Okita Emi Akizuki Masaaki Miyo Masayuki Ishii Ryo Miura Momoko Ichihara Korai Takahiro Eiji Oki Mitsuhisa Takatsuki Susumu Eguchi Daisuke Ichikawa Yuko Kitagawa Yoshiharu Sakai Masaki Mori Source Type: research