The study describes and evaluates inter-organizational communication and relationships involving rural development management of community lands within specific perimetros florestais in Portugal. The research design is an exploratory research study approach that collected information with a mail questionnaire, interviews and information gleaned from community land association meetings and an in...

extended abstract 1. introduction rural development programs are considered as parts of national development and economical programs in different countries to achieve a sustainable and all-embracing development. the collaboration of private sector and local communities with government for implementing the projects, especially when they, themselves, are investing, increase the success rate of th...

conclusions the results of this study show that applying cbr programs in the rural and remote areas can be effective in improving the qol of people with physical disability. results data were analyzed using spss software. the results demonstrated a significant difference in qol between the two groups (p > 0.002). participants in the cbr program group showed a higher level of qol compared with t...

the health of the world rural community has become the focus of attention during the past several years. realizing the future of the traditional system of medical practice many countries have initiated specific public health programmes in order to alleviate the plight of this group of people. however, in their effort to establish such programmes the medical community must not be oblivious of th...

Compared with their urban counterparts, rural populations face substantial disparities in terms of health care and health outcomes, particularly with regard to access to health services. To address ongoing inequities, community perspectives are increasingly important in identifying health issues and developing local solutions that are effective and sustainable. This article has been developed b...

Globally, small rural communities frequently are demographically similar to their neighbours and are consistently found to have a number of problems linked to the international phenomenon of rural decline and urban drift. For example, it is widely noted that rural populations have poor health status and aging populations. In Australia, multiple state and national policies and programs have been...