The rural finance of China is still weak in the Chinese financial system. Without the support of the capital factor, the new rural construction of socialism could not be realized, but the investment of the capital factor and the enhancement of the humanistic morality must be based on the good credit information resource. The rural financial departments should fully support the construction of t...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Several studies have shown that residential location (urban or rural) influences the incidence of colorectal cancer. The aim was to investigate the influence of rural environment on colorectal cancer history and survival in a well defined population. DESIGN Patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed in the department of Calvados (France) were classified by place of residence (u...

Difficulties facing Australian rural and remote nurses first emerged decades ago and recent Australian Federal Government rural health strategies have promised improvements in health outcomes. However closer scrutiny of the funding allocation supporting these claims reveals that although nurses provide the majority of health care, they receive only a small fraction of funding support. Successiv...

INTRODUCTION Qualitative research on food choice has rarely focused on individuals' perceptions of the community food environment. Women remain gatekeepers of the family diet and food purchasing. Therefore we assessed midlife, Southern women's perceptions of the food environment. Related influences on food choices at work and at home were also examined. METHODS We recruited 28 low- and modera...

Developing ICT software that is useful and usable in a rural context poses many problems. One of the major difficulties is understanding the real needs of the end users and the constraints imposed by the rural environment. Many techniques exist in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) that attempt to understand the needs of the end users but many are not useful in a rural context, or at...

M.A. Abdoli 1 , B. Tavakoli *1,2, M.H. Menhaj3 1- Dept. of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Faculty of Environmental Science, Tehran, Iran. 2-Dept. of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Someh Sara, Iran 3- Dept. of Rural Development, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran *Corresponding Author's E-mail: Babak_1...

The rural community of Macha, Zambia has implemented an array of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), as part of a holistic, respectful vision to inspire people in rural communities to reach their collective and individual potential. Macha is a deep-rural chiefdom, based in Zambia's Southern Province. The environment is typical resource-limited rural setting, with community member...

Mainstreaming of mental health care and the prevalence of mental illness have increased the requirement for care by nurses in the general hospital setting. In rural Australia, mental health services are limited and nurses have less access to support and education. Little is known about how these factors influence attitudes and the care of people with mental illness in rural hospitals. A qualita...