rapid population increase, expanding urbanization, lack of employment opportunities, particularly in agriculture, population pressure on natural resources and failing to create and expand medium and large industries, especially in developing countries led industrialization strategy that these countries from the mid-decade villages 1970 in their development programs to consider. this year emphas...

This paper makes an analysis of subsidies in Chile’s public utilities. Rates rebalancing have practically eliminated cross subsidies, and current programs are funded from the national budget. Over the last decade in particular, significant efforts have been made to extend public services to rural populations, and a consumption subsidy for potable water currently benefits 17% of the population. ...

This brief describes Medicaid’s role for 52 million nonelderly children and adults living in the most rural areas in the United States and discusses how expansions or reductions in Medicaid could affect rural areas. It shows:  Rural populations face significant challenges to their health care coverage and access. People who live in the most rural counties of America are spread across almost 2,...

Background: The extensive education on contraceptive methods, particularly in rural areas of developing countries, play a pivotal role in preventing of induced abortion. The main purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and major cause of induced abortion in women in northwestern Iran. Materials and Methods: The hospital documentary of 848 women encountering medical examinations du...

Consulting psychologists have recognized the importance of providing comprehensive consultation and clinical services for consumers with special needs. Often because of distance and access to consultation services, remote and underserved populations may not have the necessary access to consultant specialists in psychology and other disciplines. Such services are now available through an innovat...

In urban and rural areas under rapid urbanization, a proper understanding of the relationship between population and construction land use is important for regional sustainable development. The decoupling method is a particularly useful way to examine this relationship. However, the decoupling method only considers the current relationship between population and construction land, ignoring the ...

Background: Substantial racial heterogeneity in diabetes leads to the necessity of conducting epidemiological studies in different communities. Such studies are still inadequate in Bangladeshi population, particularly in truly respective rural areas. The objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and to identify its associated risk indicators in a rural population of Ba...

A key proposition set out in Setting Priorities for the B.C. Health System and a subsequent document on B.C. Health System Strategy Implementation: A Collaborative and Focused Approach is that the current utilization of hospitals is neither sustainable nor the best delivery system for meeting the needs of several key populations. The documents argue the need to radically rethink and reposition ...