This paper examines the impact of economic transition and health sector reform on health equities in the urban and rural populations of China in the 1990s. Since 1980, China has experienced a rapid economic development and fundamental transformation of its society. Three secondary data sources were used as the basis for the analysis and discussion: mortality data from the National Death Notific...

Medicinal plants represent unique biodiversity resources on the African continent contributing immensely to the health and wellness of its population over the centuries. The contributions of the variety of medicinal plants to local economies, cultural integrity, and health care and ultimately the well-being are increasingly being discussed [1]. In Sub-Saharan Africa for example, households in r...

A study was conducted to assess the oral health status and treatment needs of a rural Indian fishing community. The fishing community had poor access to dental care. The survey was carried out using the WHO 1997 criteria in natural daylight. Convenience sampling method was employed and all the subjects available were examined The results of this survey revealed that a large percentage of the po...

This paper investigates opportunities and obstacles refugee women face in establishment rural areas. Drawing on ethnographic research three municipalities northern Sweden, including interviews with women, local employers educational staff, I analyse the women’s space for agency to use capitalise different resources relation labour market belonging. Applying Bourdieu’s conceptualisation of cultu...

BACKGROUND The potential impact of shortages of the surgical workforce on both urban and rural hospitals is undefined. There is a predicted shortage of 30,000 surgeons by 2030 and the need to train and hire more than 100,000 surgeons. The aim of this study is to estimate the average recruitment needs in our nation's hospitals for 7 surgical specialties to ensure adequate access to surgical care...

Background: Complementary foods are given to infants when breast milk alone becomes insufficient in meeting their nutritional needs. The major objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Weanimix complementary foods purchased from shops in Accra (Ghana), and to estimate risk of liver cancer development in infants.  Methods: In total, 32 samples of Weanimix were ...

INTRODUCTION The association of Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus is a cause of concern for the health sector. The coexistence of these two highly prevalent diseases has made the already existing treatments very complex. This issue is of particular significance to developing countries like India that bear a significant burden of these two diseases. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 1000 cons...

PURPOSE This research investigated participation rates in 3 modes of active commuting (AC) and their sociodemographic and physical environmental correlates in rural America. METHODS The 2000 Census supplemented with other data sets were used to analyze AC rates in percentage of workers walking, biking, and taking public transportation to work in 14,209 nonmetropolitan rural tracts identified ...

The research described herein was a three-year exploratory descriptive study to examine how meaningful involvement (MIPA) is conceptualized and experienced in rural regions of the Maritime provinces of Canada. The focus of this paper is one aspect of the research; i.e., what motivates the clients of AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) in rural Canada to become meaningfully involved? We interviewe...