BACKGROUND Inequity in health workforce distribution has been a national concern of the Thai health service for decades. The government has launched various policies to increase the distribution of health workforces to rural areas. However, little is known regarding the attitudes of health workers and the factors influencing their decision to work in rural areas. This study aimed to explore the...

Rural cultural industry is an important part of rural revitalization strategy, and talent training the key factor industrial development. In new period development industry, it necessary for Communist Youth League colleges universities to help in political logic practical logic. Clarify realistic dilemma training, explore how can play a leading, organizational service role cultivation talents, ...

To determine the incidence of musculoskeletal pain, disabilities, and help seeking behaviour, a questionnaire was administered to a rural population of 2184 men and 2499 women and an urban population of 481 men and 590 women aged over 15 years by house to house interviews with completion rates of 95.2% (rural) and 97.1% (urban). The incidences of pain in the joints, back, or neck were 23.6% (ru...

BACKGROUND Improving access to supervised and emergency obstetric care resources through fee reduction/exemption maternity care initiatives has been touted as one major strategy to avoiding preventable maternal deaths. Evaluations on the effect of Ghana's fee exemption policy for maternal healthcare have largely focused on how it has influenced health outcomes and patterns of use of supervised ...

Many government officials and policy-makers in developing countries support the adoption of non-traditional export crops among peasant farmers as a way of promoting economic development in the rural sector and providing new production alternatives for the rural poor. Nonetheless, these policy initiatives many times fail because the small producers are not able to adapt to the new technologies, ...

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introduction: implementation of training programs can help an organization to supply the required specialist manpower and to solve personnel productivity problems. therefore, the implementation of training programs will increase the effectiveness and productivity of personnel services in an organization. to better implement and improve the quality of training programs some necessary conditions ...

Health disparities research in rural populations is based on several common taxonomies identified by geography and population density. However, little is known about the implications of different rurality definitions on public health outcomes. To help illuminate the meaning of different rural designations often used in research, service delivery, or policy reports, this study will (1) review th...