Rural Health
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Integrating NTD mapping protocols: Can surveys for trachoma and urinary schistosomiasis be done simultaneously?

30 Oct 2009 We determined whether the school-based "disease mapping" methodology used to assess urinary schistosomiasis (SCH) is useful for determining trachoma interventions and whether the district-based approach recommended for trachoma is useful for SCH ... Read more...

Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease among children after introduction of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in a well-characterized population in Olmsted County, Minnesota, with a combination of urban and rural residents likely to have a relatively low risk of invasive ... Read more...

Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics.

8 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To examine the geographical relation between mortality and deprivation in England and Wales at the start of the 20th and 21st centuries. To explore the evidence for a strengthening or weakening of this relation over the century and test ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rural Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Integrating NTD mapping protocols: Can surveys for trachoma and urinary schistosomiasis be done simultaneously? 30 Oct 2009
• The cooperative medical extension program: translation of medical best practices to practicing primary care providers. 29 Sep 2009
• Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease among children after introduction of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. 29 Sep 2009
• Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics. 8 Sep 2009
• Risk factors of postpartum depression in rural areas of Isfahan Province, Iran. 30 Aug 2009
• Endurance of aloneness among Tibetan indigenous women in Western China: application of repeat focus group discussions as a tool for empowerment and for data collection. 30 Aug 2009
• Appropriateness of antidepressant prescribing: an observational study in a Scottish primary-care setting. 30 Aug 2009
• Factors associated with intimate partner violence among pregnant rural women in Rwanda. 29 Aug 2009
• Father absence due to migration and child illness in rural Mexico. 19 Aug 2009
• Solar drinking water disinfection (SODIS) to reduce childhood diarrhoea in rural Bolivia: a cluster-randomized, controlled trial. 16 Aug 2009
• Rural dental conference explores oral health. 6 Aug 2009
• Cardiovascular disease risk in a semirural community in Malaysia. 3 Aug 2009
• Community-driven intervention to reduce injury rates in school-age snowboarders. 30 Jul 2009
• At work or play: a comparison of private property vehicle crashes with those occurring on public roads in north Queensland. 30 Jul 2009
• The relationship among sense of coherence, socio-economic status, and oral health-related behaviours among Finnish dentate adults. 30 Jul 2009
• Educating youth about health and science using a partnership between an academic medical center and community-based science museum. 30 Jul 2009
• Cleft surgery in rural Bangladesh: reflections and experiences. 30 Jul 2009
• Treatment of malaria from monotherapy to artemisinin-based combination therapy by health professionals in rural health facilities in southern Cameroon. 27 Jul 2009
• Disparity in cancer survival between urban and rural patients--how can clinicians help reduce it? 15 Jul 2009
• South Australian rural women's views of their pregnancy, birthing and postnatal care. 13 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Rural Health'

Definition: The status of health in rural populations.

Descriptor UI: D012423

Alternative terms: Rural Health; Health, Rural;

Related Mesh Headings: Agricultural Workers' Diseases;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; statistics & numerical data; standards; trends;

Tree Number: N01.400.650;

Technical Notes: specify geog