Volume 12

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Project Report

Improvised source of water coolant for ultrasonic scaler: an appropriate technology in underserved communities

Ibiyemi O, Taiwo J, Oke GA.

Published 31 December 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Lungurra Ngoora - a pilot model of care for aged and disabled in a remote Aboriginal community - can it work?

LoGiudice D, Smith K, Shadforth G, Lindeman MA, Carroll E, Atkinson D, Schaper F, Lautenschlager N, Murphy R, Flicker L.

Published 24 December 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Assessing Community Health Center (CHC) assets and capabilities for recruiting physicians: the CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire

Baker E, Schmitz D, Wasden SA, Mackenzie L, Epperly T.

Published 24 December 2012 North America

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Original Research

Continuing education training focused on the development of behavioral telehealth competencies in behavioral healthcare providers

Gifford V, Niles B, Rivkin I, Koverola C, Polaha J.

Published 17 December 2012 North America

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Original Research

Oral cancer screening and dental care use among women from Ohio Appalachia

Reiter P, Wee A, Lehman A, Paskett ED.

Published 17 December 2012 North America

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Original Research

Rural living and health-related quality of life in Australians with Parkinson's disease

Soh S, McGinley JL, Watts J, Iansek R, Morris ME.

Published 13 December 2012 Australasia

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Short Communication

Audit report from Greenland on nurses' tasks and perceived competency

Nexøe J, Skifte E, Niclasen B, Munck A.

Published 10 December 2012 Europe

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Original Research

Knowledge exchange throughout the dementia care journey by Canadian rural community-based health care practitioners, persons with dementia, and their care partners: an interpretive descriptive study

Forbes D, Finkelstein S, Blake CM, Gibson M, Morgan DG, Markle-Reid M, Culum I, Thiessen E.

Published 26 November 2012 North America

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Original Research

Nutritional status and socio-ecological factors associated with overweight/obesity at a rural-serving US-Mexico border university

Wilson S, Gallivan A, Kratzke C, Amatya A.

Published 26 November 2012 North America

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Original Research

Qualitative exploration of the career aspirations of rural origin health science students in South Africa

Diab P, Flack P, Mabuza H, Reid S.

Published 19 November 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Physician scarcity in underdeveloped areas of Turkey: what do new graduate physicians think?

Mollahaliloglu S, Aydogan Ü, Kosdak M, Öncül HG, Dilmen U.

Published 9 November 2012 Asia

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Original Research

What influences the decision to undergo institutional delivery by skilled birth attendants? A cohort study in rural Andhra Pradesh, India

Nair M, Ariana P, Webster P.

Published 9 November 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Rural older adults' mental health: status and challenges in care delivery

Bocker E, Glasser M, Nielsen K, Weidenbacher-Hoper V.

Published 8 November 2012 North America

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Original Research

Main challenges facing the pharmaceutical sector in Buchanan County, Virginia: a pilot study

Gavaza P, Yan W, Campbell J.

Published 2 November 2012 North America

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Clinical Case Report

A case of dilated cardiomyopathy

Binham J, Fredlund V.

Published 2 November 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Clinical pathways can improve the quality of pain management in home palliative care in remote locations: retrospective study on Kozu Island, Japan

Tateno Y, Ishikawa S.

Published 1 November 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Mental health and aging initiative: intervention component effects

Zanjani F, Davis T, Kruger T, Murray D.

Published 1 November 2012 North America

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Project Report

Going the distance: early results of a distributed medical education initiative for Royal College residencies in Canada

Myhre D, Hohman S.

Published 25 October 2012 North America

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Project Report

TB questions, East Kwaio answers: community-based participatory research in a remote area of Solomon Islands

Massey P, Wakageni J, Kekeubata E, Maena'adi J, Laete'esafi J, Waneagea J, Fangaria G, Jimuru C, Houaimane M, Talana J, MacLaren D, Speare R.

Published 24 October 2012 Australasia

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Project Report

Facilitating medical withdrawal from opiates in rural Ontario

Kiepek N, Hancock L, Toppozini D, Cromarty H, Morgan A, Kelly L.

Published 23 October 2012 North America

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Original Research

Perceptions of primary care professionals on quality of services in rural Greece: a qualitative study

Sbarouni V, Tsimtsiou Z, Symvoulakis E, Kamekis A, Petelos E, Saridaki A, Papadakis N, Lionis CD.

Published 22 October 2012 Europe

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Review Article

A review of dental caries in Australian Aboriginal children: the health inequalities perspective

Christian B, Blinkhorn A.

Published 16 October 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Exposure to traumatic events, prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities

Nadew GT.

Published 12 October 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

A poststructural glimpse at the World Health Organization's palliative care discourse in rural South Africa

Campbell L, Amin N.

Published 11 October 2012 Africa

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Short Communication

Nutritional extremes among school children in a rural Brazilian municipality

Justo G, Callo G, Carletti L, Molina MC.

Published 11 October 2012 North America

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Original Research

Farmers' stress and coping in a time of drought

Fennell KM, Kettler LJ, Skaczkowski G, Turnbull DA.

Published 9 October 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Rural Mental Health Workforce Needs Assessment - a national survey

Thomas D, MacDowell M, Glasser M.

Published 8 October 2012 North America

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Original Research

Access to difficult airway equipment and training for rural GP-anaesthetists in Australia: results of a 2012 survey

Leeuwenburg T.

Published 6 October 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Frequency, cost and impact of inter-island referrals in the Solomon Islands

Negin J, Martiniuk AL, Farrell P, Dalipanda T.

Published 19 September 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Pilot evaluation of anterior dynamic ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in an Australian regional hospital

Charlton S, Muir L, Skinner T, Walters L.

Published 18 September 2012 Australasia

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Project Report

Improving access to eye health services in rural Timor-Leste

Pereira S, Blignault I, Du Toit R, Ramke J.

Published 18 September 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Institutional care versus home care for the elderly in a rural area: cost comparison in rural Japan

Akiyama N, Shiroiwa T, Fukuda T, Murashima S.

Published 13 September 2012 Asia

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Letter to the Editor

Available hemostatic measures for postpartum hemorrhage in rural settings

Matsubara S.

Published 12 September 2012 Asia

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Short Communication

Microbial water quality risks to public health: potable water assessment for a flood-affected town in northern Pakistan

Baig S, Xu X, Khan R.

Published 10 September 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Lifecourse factors and likelihood of rural practice and emigration: a survey of Ghanaian medical students

Kotha S, Johnson JC, Galea S, Agyei-Baffour P, Nakua E, Asabir K, Kwansah J, Gyakobo M, Dzodzomenyo M, Kruk ME.

Published 6 September 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Nurse-based antenatal and child health care in rural India, implementation and effects - an Indian-Swedish collaboration

Alehagen S, Finnstrom O, Hermansson G, Konduri S, Bangal V, Patil A, Chandekar P, Johansson A.

Published 6 September 2012 Asia

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Editorial

A guide to reporting studies in rural and remote health

Matsumoto M, Bowman R, Worley P.

Published 5 September 2012 International

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Original Research

Backyard poultry raising in Bangladesh: a valued resource for the villagers and a setting for zoonotic transmission of avian influenza. A qualitative study

Sultana R, Nahar N, Rimi NA, Azad S, Islam M, Gurley ES, Luby SP.

Published 4 September 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Prevalence of low back pain among peasant farmers in a rural community in South South Nigeria

Birabi BN, Dienye P, Ndukwu G.

Published 30 August 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Maternal and newborn healthcare providers in rural Tanzania: in-depth interviews exploring influences on motivation, performance and job satisfaction

Prytherch H, Kakoko DC, Leshabari M, Sauerborn R, Marx M.

Published 30 August 2012 Africa

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Short Communication

Private rural health providers in Haryana, India: profile and practices

Jarhyan P, Singh (The Late) B, Rai SK, Nongkynrih B.

Published 29 August 2012 Asia

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Clinical Case Report

Social exclusion and myiasis of the upper lip in a Brazilian rural resident

Antunes Freitas D, Moreira G, Jones K, Caldeira AP.

Published 29 August 2012 North America

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Original Research

Why community members want to participate in the selection of students into medical school

Stagg P, Rosenthal DR.

Published 20 August 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Medical student characteristics predictive of intent for rural practice

Royston P, Mathieson K, Leafman J, Ojano Sheehan O.

Published 9 August 2012 North America

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Original Research

Service contacts prior to death in people dying by suicide in the Scottish Highlands

Stark C, Vaughan S, Huc S, O'Neill N.

Published 3 August 2012 Europe

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Original Research

Consideration of the influence of place on access to employment for persons with serious mental illness in northeastern Ontario

Rebeiro Gruhl K, Kauppi C, Montgomery P, James S.

Published 30 July 2012 North America

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Original Research

Unmet dental and orthodontic need of children with special healthcare needs in West Virginia

Wiener R, Wiener MA.

Published 27 July 2012 North America

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Original Research

Reducing barriers associated with delivering health care services to migratory agricultural workers

Schmalzried H, Fallon Jr L.

Published 24 July 2012 North America

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Original Research

Oral health status during pregnancy: rural-urban comparisons of oral disease burden among antenatal women in Sri Lanka

Karunachandra NN, Perera I, Fernando G.

Published 9 July 2012 Asia

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Original Research

The challenges confronting clinicians in rural acute care settings: a participatory research project

Paliadelis P, Parmenter G, Parker V, Giles M, Higgins I.

Published 28 June 2012 Australasia

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Project Report

Interdisciplinary rural immersion week

Deutchman M, Nearing K, Baumgarten B, Westfall J.

Published 26 June 2012 North America

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Review Article

The influence of motivation in recruitment and retention of rural and remote allied health professionals: a literature review

Campbell N, McAllister L, Eley DS.

Published 21 June 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Urban-rural differences in dental caries experience among 6-year-old children in the Russian north

Gorbatova M, Gorbatova LN, Pastbin M, Grjibovski AM.

Published 14 June 2012 Europe

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Original Research

Thrombolysis for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction: a pilot study comparing results from GP led small rural health emergency departments with results from a physician led sub-regional emergency department

Krones R, Radford P, Cunningham C, Krones D, Haines H.

Published 8 June 2012 Australasia

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Policy Report

Health worker recruitment and deployment in remote areas of Indonesia

Efendi F.

Published 5 June 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Rural nursing education: a photovoice perspective

Leipert B, Anderson E.

Published 31 May 2012 North America

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Original Research

Psychogeriatric care: building rural community capacity

Morrow M, Hemingway D, Grant J, Jamer B.

Published 29 May 2012 North America

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Original Research

Uses of crude oil as traditional medicine: a survey of mothers in a rural clinic in South-south Nigeria

Dienye P, Akani AB, Itimi K.

Published 24 May 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Health status and behaviors among adults residing in rural Dominican Republic

Caban-Martinez A, Halder G, Tellechea L, Fajardo M, Kaltman J, Anand J, Prendes S, Penyak V, Koganti D, Chavoustie S, Fleming LE.

Published 15 May 2012 North America

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Original Research

Characteristics of physicians, their migration patterns and distance: a longitudinal study in Hiroshima, Japan

Matsumoto M, Inoue K, Kashima S, Takeuchi K.

Published 11 May 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Voices from the bush: remote area nurses prioritise hazards that contribute to violence in their workplace

McCullough K, Williams A, Lenthall S.

Published 7 May 2012 Australasia

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Review Article

Family support and the child as health promoting agent in the Arctic - "the Inuit way"

Montgomery-Andersen R, Borup I.

Published 3 May 2012 North America

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Short Communication

Health care provider challenges for reaching Hispanic immigrants with HPV vaccination in rural Georgia

Luque J, Raychowdhury S, Weaver M.

Published 26 April 2012 North America

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Original Research

Does the insufficient supply of physicians worsen their urban-rural distribution? A Hiroshima-Nagasaki comparison

Matsumoto M, Inoue K, Kashima S, Takeuchi K.

Published 26 April 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Cost and affordability of healthy food in rural South Australia

Ward P, Coveney J, Verity F, Carter P, Schilling M.

Published 23 April 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Retaining older experienced nurses in the Northern Territory of Australia: a qualitative study exploring opportunities for post-retirement contributions

Voit K, Carson D.

Published 19 April 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Medical students on long-term regional and rural placements: what is the financial cost to supervisors?

Hudson JN, Weston K, Farmer L.

Published 17 April 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Extending the paramedic role in rural Australia: a story of flexibility and innovation

O'Meara P, Tourle V, Stirling C, Walker J, Pedler D.

Published 12 April 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Mixed methods study of management of health conditions in rural low-income families: implications for health care policy in the USA

Simmons L, Huddleston-Casas CA, Morgan KA, Feldman D.

Published 10 April 2012 North America

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Original Research

Developing dietetic positions in rural areas: what are the key lessons?

Brown L, Williams L, Capra S.

Published 10 April 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Barriers to hospital delivery in a rural setting in Coast Province, Kenya: community attitude and behaviours

Mwangome F, Holding P, Songola K, Bomu GK.

Published 2 April 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Use of traditional environmental knowledge to assess the impact of climate change on subsistence fishing in the James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada

Hori Y, Tam B, Gough WA, Ho-Foong E, Karagatzides JD, Liberda EN, Tsuji LJ.

Published 22 March 2012 North America

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Original Research

Determinants of under-five mortality in rural and urban Kenya

Ettarh R, Kimani J.

Published 13 March 2012 Africa

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Original Research

Recruiting and retaining rural students: evidence from a faculty of dentistry in South Africa

McMillan W, Barrie R.

Published 13 March 2012 Africa

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Original Research

A decade of Australian Rural Clinical School graduates - where are they and why?

Eley DS, Synnott R, Baker P, Chater AB.

Published 6 March 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Examining variations in health within rural Canada

Lavergne M, Kephart G.

Published 29 February 2012 North America

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Editorial

When will we ever learn? A case in support of a new relationship with remote-living Australians

Toyne P.

Published 23 February 2012 Australasia

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Project Report

Can medical education in poor rural areas be cost-effective and sustainable: the case of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine

Cristobal F, Worley P.

Published 8 February 2012 Asia

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Original Research

Performance of rural health clinics: an examination of efficiency and Medicare beneficiary outcomes

Ortiz J, Wan T.

Published 6 February 2012 North America

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Original Research

Generational differences in factors influencing physicians to choose a work location

Mathews M, Seguin M, Chowdhury N, Card RT.

Published 27 January 2012 North America

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Review Article

Are medical students influenced by preceptors in making career choices, and if so how? A systematic review

Stagg P, Prideaux D, Greenhill J, Sweet L.

Published 24 January 2012 Australasia

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Project Report

A new clinic model for refugee health care: adaptation of cultural safety

Reavy K, Hobbs J, Hereford M, Crosby K.

Published 16 January 2012 North America

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Original Research

Supporting international medical graduates in rural Australia: a mixed methods evaluation

Wright A, Regan M, Haigh C, Sunderji I, Vijayakumar P, Smith C, Nestel D.

Published 5 January 2012 Australasia

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Original Research

Investigating the feasibility of promoting and sustaining delivery of cardiac rehabilitation in a rural community

Courtney-Pratt H, Johnson C, Cameron-Tucker H, Sanderson S.

Published 2 January 2012 Australasia

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