INTRODUCTION There is a shortage of general practitioners (GPs) in many countries, especially in rural areas. There are several reasons for this shortage. Over the last decade, fewer medical students in Germany have decided to work in patient care, even fewer in general practice and fewer still in general practice in rural areas. The aim of this study was to explore the 'pros and cons' of GPs' ...

background: lack of nutritional knowledge is one of the most important reasons of nutritional problems and consequently im­proper practice, which can lead to several complications. this study has been designed in order to compare knowledge, at­ti­tude and practices of the urban and rural households regarding iron deficiency anemia (ida) in boushehr, golestan and sis­tan & balouchestan provinces...

BACKGROUND General surgeons form a crucial component of the medical workforce in rural areas of the United States. Any decline in their numbers could have profound effects on access to adequate health care in such areas. HYPOTHESIS We hypothesize that the rural areas of the United States are relatively undersupplied with general surgeons. DESIGN AND SETTING The American Medical Association'...

This paper presents estimates of infant and child mortality in the rural and urban areas of Iran for 1989. Data are from a one percent sample of the urban and rural population. The study makes use of data on the number of children born alive and children surviving, classified by age of the mother. Based on these data estimates of infant and child mortality for the urban and the rural areas...

the purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to investigate the tendency level of youth in rural areas of kermanshah township to migration, and to determine the influencing factors. the statistical population for the study was constituted of the rural boys (15-28 years) of kermanshah township (n= 17544). a multistage sample of rural youth was selected (n=291). the findings indicated ...

BACKGROUND In this study we evaluate differences between rural and urban areas in the causes and incidence of fatal poisonings. METHODS Data from all fatal poisonings that occurred in Northern Finland from 2007 to 2011 were retrieved from Cause of Death Registry death certificates provided by Statistics Finland. The demographics and causes of fatalities were compared between rural and urban a...

BACKGROUND From a public health perspective and for the appropriate allocation of resources it is important to understand the differences in health between areas. This paper examines the variations in morbidity and mortality between urban and rural areas. METHODS This is a cohort study looking at morbidity levels of the population of Northern Ireland at the time of the 2001 census, and subseq...

This article comes out of many discussions I have had lately with Kansans as well as other colleagues around the country about the applicability of implementing the evidence-based practice of supported employment in rural and frontier areas. There are special challenges in rural areas, but so are there special challenges in urban areas. However, there appears to be some misconceptions regarding...