Rural and Remote Health Journal

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Prescription drug mayhem and rural America
RC Bowman
(24 April 2012,  Article No. 2185)
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Human health at the ends of the earth
L Arbour, A Parkinson and JC Kulig
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1534)
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The impact of recession on the health care of rural citizens in the northwest United States
K Reavy
(17 July 2009,  Article No. 1270)
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The impact of recession on the health of rural citizens in British Columbia, Canada
AS Ostry
(15 July 2009,  Article No. 1265)
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The illusion of minority status
RC Bowman
(17 September 2008,  Article No. 1036)
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They really do go
RC Bowman
(24 July 2008,  Article No. 1035)
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The North American section of Rural and Remote Health: the time has come!
RC Bowman and JC Kulig
(29 May 2008,  Article No. 1016)
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Commentary

Areca nut and betel quid chewing among South Asian immigrants to Western countries and its implications for oral cancer screening
A Auluck, G Hislop, C Poh, L Zhang and MP Rosin
(14 May 2009, Article No. 1118)
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Original Research

Health status and behaviors among adults residing in rural Dominican Republic
AJ Caban-Martinez, GE Halder, L Tellechea, M Fajardo, J Kaltman, J Anand, S Prendes, V Penyak, D Koganti, S Chavoustie and LE Fleming
(15 May 2012,  Article No. 1956)
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Mixed methods study of management of health conditions in rural low-income families: implications for health care policy in the USA
L Simmons, CA Huddleston-Casas, KA Morgan and D Feldman
(10 April 2012,  Article No. 1879)
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Remote participants' experiences with a group-based stroke self-management program using videoconference technology
DM Taylor, S Stone and MP Huijbregts
(29 March 2012,  Article No. 1947)
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Use of traditional environmental knowledge to assess the impact of climate change on subsistence fishing in the James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada
Y Hori, B Tam, WA Gough, E Ho-Foong, JD Karagatzides, EN Liberda and LJS Tsuji
(22 March 2012,  Article No. 1878)
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Examining variations in health within rural Canada
M Lavergne and G Kephart
(29 February 2012,  Article No. 1848)
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Performance of rural health clinics: an examination of efficiency and Medicare beneficiary outcomes
J Ortiz and TH Wan
(6 February 2012,  Article No. 1925)
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Ohio Appalachian residents� views on smoke-free laws and cigarette warning labels
PL Reiter, ME Wewers, ED Paskett, EG Klein and ML Katz
(3 February 2012,  Article No. 1945)
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Generational differences in factors influencing physicians to choose a work location
M Mathews, M Seguin, N Chowdhury and RT Card
(27 January 2012,  Article No. 1864)
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Perceived facilitators and barriers to physical activity for rural youth: an exploratory study using photovoice
S Walia and B Leipert
(23 January 2012,  Article No. 1842)
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'Any body is better than nobody?' Ethical questions around recruiting and/or retaining health professionals in rural areas
C Simpson and F McDonald
(25 November 2011,  Article No. 1867)
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Depression literacy: rates and relation to perceived need and mental health service utilization in a rural American sample
TL Deen and AJ Bridges
(14 November 2011,  Article No. 1803)
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Exploring the role of social capital in supporting a regional medical education campus
P Toomey, N Hanlon, J Bates, G Poole and CY Lovato
(8 November 2011,  Article No. 1774)
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Weight status and health characteristics of rural Saskatchewan children
H Bilinski, D Rennie and W Duggleby
(24 October 2011,  Article No. 1699)
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Using technology to deliver healthcare education to rural patients
CV McIlhenny, BL Guzic, DR Knee, CM Wendekier, BR Demuth and JB Roberts
(11 October 2011,  Article No. 1798)
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Adapting and implementing evidence-based cancer education interventions in rural Appalachia: real world experiences and challenges
RC Vanderpool, S Gainor, M Conn, C Spencer, AR Allen and S Kennedy
(10 October 2011,  Article No. 1807)
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Nature and nurture in the family physician's choice of practice location
M Orzanco, C Lovato, J Bates, S Slade, P Grand'Maison and A Vanasse
(14 September 2011,  Article No. 1849)
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Government bodies and their influence on the 2009 H1N1 health sector pandemic response in remote and isolated First Nation communities of sub-Arctic Ontario, Canada
NA Charania and LJS Tsuji
(15 August 2011,  Article No. 1781)
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Rural youth and violence: a gender perspective
BL Hall, J Kulig and R Grant Kalischuk
(8 August 2011,  Article No. 1716)
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A cardiovascular disease risk factor screening program designed to reach rural residents of Maine, USA
DE Harris, L Hamel, A Aboueissa and D Johnson
(5 August 2011,  Article No. 1727)
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Idaho Rural Family Physician Workforce Study: the Community Apgar Questionnaire
DF Schmitz, E Baker, A Nukui and T Epperly
(25 July 2011,  Article No. 1769)
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Clinical decision-making of rural novice nurses
TJ Seright
(21 July 2011,  Article No. 1726)
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'I am part of the community but...' The changing context of rural living for persons with advanced cancer and their families
WD Duggleby, K Penz, BD Leipert, DM Wilson, D Goodridge and A Williams
(20 July 2011,  Article No. 1733)
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The use of Photovoice to document and characterize the food security of users of community food programs in Iqaluit, Nunavut
M Lardeau, G Healey and J Ford
(21 June 2011,  Article No. 1680)
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Developing rural palliative care: validating a conceptual model
M Kelley, A Williams, L DeMiglio and H Mettam
(19 May 2011,  Article No. 1717)
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Breastfeeding prevalence and distribution in the USA and Appalachia by rural and urban setting
R Wiener and MA Wiener
(2 May 2011,  Article No. 1713)
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Conversations on telemental health: listening to remote and rural First Nations communities
KL Gibson, H Coulson, R Miles, C Kakekakekung, E Daniels and S O'Donnell
(19 April 2011,  Article No. 1656)
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Understanding the rural food environment � perspectives of low-income parents
A Yousefian, A Leighton, K Fox and D Hartley
(8 April 2011,  Article No. 1631)
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Rural longitudinal integrated clerkships: lessons from two programs on different continents
I Couper, PS Worley and R Strasser
(17 March 2011,  Article No. 1665)
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A ride to care � a non-emergency medical transportation service in rural British Columbia
J Safaei
(15 March 2011,  Article No. 1637)
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A closer look at Ontario�s northern and southern rural physician demographics
EF Wenghofer, PE Timony and RW Pong
(15 March 2011,  Article No. 1591)
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Health decision-making among rural women: physician access and prescription adherence
EL Carlton and L Simmons
(11 March 2011,  Article No. 1599)
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Development of a culturally specific assessment tool for pelvic organ prolapse in a Mayan population
RT Overcash and CJ Macri
(22 February 2011,  Article No. 1644)
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Social determinants of health among African Americans in a rural community in the Deep South: an ecological exploration
AJ Scott and RF Wilson
(7 February 2011,  Article No. 1634)
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Receipt of preventive counseling among reproductive-aged women in rural and urban communities
JS McCall-Hosenfeld and CS Weisman
(28 January 2011,  Article No. 1617)
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Town-level comparisons may be an effective alternative in comparing rural and urban differences: a look at accidental traumatic brain injuries in North Texas children
BD Robertson and CE McConnel
(27 January 2011,  Article No. 1521)
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Colorectal cancer screening among rural Appalachian residents with multiple morbidities
YN Tarasenko and NE Schoenberg
(21 January 2011,  Article No. 1553)
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Expressions of depression in rural women with chronic illness
CA Winters, S Cudney and T Sullivan
(30 November 2010,  Article No. 1533)
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Points of tension: a qualitative descriptive study of significant events that influence undergraduate nursing students' sense of belonging
MG Sedgwick and J Rougeau
(30 November 2010,  Article No. 1569)
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'My husband would not help me, so I was driving over there': older rural women experiencing breast cancer with a non-supportive intimate partner
E Sawin
(19 November 2010,  Article No. 1536)
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The influence of loan repayment on rural healthcare provider recruitment and retention in Colorado
DM Renner, JM Westfall, L Wilroy and AA Ginde
(9 November 2010,  Article No. 1605)
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Personal and contextual factors that contribute to a higher out-of-pocket to total income ratio
KJ Bennett, CE Dismuke and C Pumkam
(5 November 2010,  Article No. 1547)
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Factors of primary care demand: a case study
L Zubieta and SAF Bequet
(2 November 2010,  Article No. 1520)
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Rural-urban disparities in the management and health issues of chronic diseases in Quebec (Canada) in the early 2000s
A Vanasse, J Courteau, AA Cohen, M Orzanco and C Drouin
(27 October 2010,  Article No. 1548)
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Pandemic flu knowledge among dormitory housed university students: a need for informal social support and social networking strategies
SL Wilson and K Huttlinger
(26 October 2010,  Article No. 1526)
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Early childhood caries among Hutterite preschool children in Manitoba, Canada
RJ Schroth, PR Dahl, M Haque and E Kliewer
(5 October 2010,  Article No. 1535)
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Understanding rural practice: implications for occupational therapy education in Canada
PM Wielandt and E Taylor
(17 September 2010,  Article No. 1488)
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Implementation of a cardiology care program in remote areas in Brazil: influence of governability
CS Cardoso, ALP Ribeiro, RLV Castro, CC C�sar and WT Caiaffa
(8 September 2010,  Article No. 1472)
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Maternal smoking at first prenatal visit as a marker of risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) Region
K Mehaffey, A Higginson, J Cowan, GM Osborne and LT Arbour
(6 September 2010,  Article No. 1484)
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Assessment of biosand filter performance in rural communities in southern coastal Nicaragua: an evaluation of 199 households
MM Fiore, K Minnings and LD Fiore
(24 August 2010,  Article No. 1483)
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A national view of rural health workforce issues in the USA
M MacDowell, M Glasser, M Fitts, K Nielsen and M Hunsaker
(26 July 2010,  Article No. 1531)
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Mental health collaborative care: a synopsis of the Rural and Isolated Toolkit
JM Haggarty, KD Ryan-Nicholls and JA Jarva
(23 July 2010,  Article No. 1314)
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Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in traditional meats derived from game animals in Nunavik
M Gauthier, M Simard and BW Blais
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1329)
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Climate change, wellbeing and resilience in the Weenusk First Nation at Peawanuck: the Moccasin Telegraph goes global
H Lemelin, D Matthews, C Mattina, N McIntyre, M Johnston, R Koster and - Weenusk First Nation at Peawanuck
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1333)
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Acute mastoiditis in Greenland between 1994-2007
P Hom�e, RG Jensen and S Brofeldt
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1335)
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Extreme temperature episodes and mortality in Yakutsk, East Siberia
BA Revich and DA Shaposhnikov
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1338)
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Cultural, socioeconomic, and health indicators among Inuit preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007-2008
GM Egeland, N Faraj and G Osborne
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1365)
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Observations of environmental changes and potential dietary impacts in two communities in Nunavut, Canada
TL Nancarrow and HM Chan
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1370)
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Diabetes education in the Appalachian region: providers� views
SA Denham, K Remsberg and L Wood
(17 June 2010,  Article No. 1321)
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Effect of post-discharge follow-up care on re-admissions among US veterans with congestive heart failure: a rural-urban comparison
KJ Muus, A Knudson, MG Klug, J Gokun, M Sarrazin and P Kaboli
(8 June 2010,  Article No. 1447)
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The Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT) rural demonstration project: a symptom-based approach for serving older veterans in remote geographical settings
M Luptak, N Dailey, M Juretic, R Rupper, RD Hill, BL Hicken and BD Bair
(1 June 2010,  Article No. 1375)
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A comparison of emergency medicine resident clinical experience in a rural versus urban emergency department
MC Wadman, B Fago, LH Hoffman, T Tran and RL Muelleman
(28 May 2010,  Article No. 1442)
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Relationships between income inequality and health: a study on rural and urban regions of Canada
A Vafaei, MW Rosenberg and W Pickett
(24 May 2010,  Article No. 1430)
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Diabetes care: provider disparities in the US Appalachian region
SA Denham, LE Wood and K Remsberg
(21 May 2010,  Article No. 1320)
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Community perspectives on kidney disease and health promotion from at-risk populations in rural North Carolina, USA
CE Jennette, S Vupputuri, SL Hogan, DA Shoham, RJ Falk and DH Harward
(17 May 2010,  Article No. 1388)
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Implementing a whole school physical activity and healthy eating model in rural and remote First Nations schools: a process evaluation of Action Schools! BC
P Naylor, J Scott, J Drummond, L Bridgewater, HA McKay and C Panagiotopoulos
(12 May 2010,  Article No. 1296)
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Obstacles faced by general practitioners in Loreto Department, Peru in pursuing residency training
DE Newman and MC Shapiro
(10 May 2010,  Article No. 1256)
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Rural/urban differences in health care utilization and place of death for persons with respiratory illness in the last year of life
D Goodridge, J Lawson, D Rennie and D Marciniuk
(30 April 2010,  Article No. 1349)
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Breast cancer stage at diagnosis and geographic access to mammography screening (New Hampshire, 1998-2004)
MO Celaya, EM Berke, TL Onega, J Gui, BL Riddle, SS Cherala and JR Rees
(23 April 2010,  Article No. 1361)
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Comparison of HTN management in patients with diabetes between rural and urban primary care clinics in Northeastern Colorado - a report from SNOCAP
PC Hicks, C Bublitz Emsermann, JM Westfall and B Parnes
(12 February 2010,  Article No. 1279)
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Reaching agreement for an Aboriginal e-health research agenda: the Aboriginal telehealth knowledge circle consensus method
MA Maar, A Seymour, B Sanderson and L Boesch
(27 January 2010,  Article No. 1299)
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Transfers to acute care hospitals at the end of life: do rural/remote regions differ from urban regions?
VH Menec, S Nowicki and A Kalischuk
(12 January 2010,  Article No. 1281)
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The mortality gap between urban and rural Canadians: a gendered analysis
AS Ostry
(23 December 2009,  Article No. 1286)
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Public health nurses in rural/frontier one-nurse offices
JL Bigbee, P Gehrke and N Otterness
(14 December 2009,  Article No. 1282)
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Social determinants of self-evaluated good health status of rural men in Jamaica
PA Bourne
(3 December 2009,  Article No. 1280)
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Geriatric depression assessment by rural primary care physicians
M Glasser, L Vogels and J Gravdal
(17 November 2009,  Article No. 1180)
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Developing a coordinated school health approach to child obesity prevention in rural Appalachia: results of focus groups with teachers, parents, and students
KE Schetzina, WT Dalton III, EF Lowe, N Azzazy, KM vonWerssowetz, C Givens and HP Stern
(24 October 2009,  Article No. 1157)
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Prevalence and correlates of high body mass index in rural Appalachian children aged 6-11 years
K Montgomery-Reagan, JA Bianco, V Heh, J Rettos and RS Huston
(16 October 2009,  Article No. 1234)
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Personal characteristics and experiences of long-term allied health professionals in rural and northern British Columbia
CM Manahan, CL Hardy and MLP MacLeod
(8 October 2009,  Article No. 1238)
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Adherence to cervical and breast cancer programs is crucial to improving screening performance
EC Mauad, SM Nicolau, LF Moreira, RL Haikel Jr, A Longatto-Filho and EC Baracat
(22 September 2009,  Article No. 1241)
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Interest in rural medicine among osteopathic residents and medical students
DJ Colegrove and BE Whitacre
(17 September 2009,  Article No. 1192)
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Comparison of contraceptive choices of rural and urban US adults aged 18-55 years: an analysis of 2004 behavioral risk factor surveillance survey data
A Tobar , M Lutfiyya, Y Mabasa, H Meena, C McGrath, S Brady, C Aguero, R Bales and M King
(21 July 2009,  Article No. 1186)
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From sea to shining sea: making collaborative rural research work
PM Moffitt, E Mordoch, C Wells, R Martin Misener, MK McDonagh and DS Edge
(15 June 2009,  Article No. 1156)
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The challenges and rewards of rural family practice in New Brunswick, Canada: lessons for retention
B Miedema, R Hamilton, P Fortin, J Easley and S Tatemichi
(25 May 2009,  Article No. 1141)
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Rural health in Jamaica: examining and refining the predictive factors of good health status of rural residents
PA Bourne and DA McGrowder
(1 April 2009,  Article No. 1116)
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Patient perspectives on primary health care in rural communities: effects of geography on access, continuity and efficiency
ST Wong and S Regan
(18 March 2009,  Article No. 1142)
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The changing nature of nursing work in rural and small community hospitals
A Montour, A Baumann, J Blythe and M Hunsberger
(4 February 2009,  Article No. 1089)
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Rural nurse job satisfaction
DL Molinari and MA Monserud
(3 December 2008,  Article No. 1055)
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Labouring to nurse: the work of rural nurses who provide maternity care
KA MacKinnon
(20 October 2008,  Article No. 1047)
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Measuring primary care: the standard primary care year
RC Bowman
(10 September 2008,  Article No. 1009)
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'We're it', 'We're a team', 'We're family' means a sense of belonging
MG Sedgwick and O Yonge
(4 September 2008,  Article No. 1021)
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Influence of a rural background on a medical student�s decision to specialize in family medicine
RW Pretorius, DA Milling and D McGuigan
(21 August 2008,  Article No. 928)
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Myocardial infarction and heart failure hospitalization rates in Maine, USA � variability along the urban-rural continuum
DE Harris, A Aboueissa and D Hartley
(26 June 2008,  Article No. 980)
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Obstetric services in small rural communities: what are the risks to care providers?
JA Kornelsen and SW Grzybowski
(24 June 2008,  Article No. 943)
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Cultural perceptions of healthy weight in rural Appalachian youth
KJ Williams, CA Taylor, KN Wolf, RF Lawson and R Crespo
(22 May 2008,  Article No. 932)
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Bullying perspectives among rural youth: a mixed methods approach
JC Kulig, BL Hall and R Grant Kalischuk
(12 May 2008,  Article No. 923)
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3-Year results of a collaborative school-based oral health program in a remote First Nations community
AJ Macnab, J Rozmus, D Benton and FA Gagnon
(23 April 2008,  Article No. 882)
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Health behaviors and weight status among urban and rural children
AM Davis, RE Boles, RL James, DK Sullivan, JE Donnelly, DL Swirczynski and J Goetz
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Quality of life in patients with sickle cell disease in Jamaica: rural-urban differences
MR Asnani, ME Reid, SB Ali, G Lipps and P Williams-Green
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Adolescent daily cigarette smoking: is rural residency a risk factor?
M Lutfiyya, KK Shah, M Johnson, RW Bales, I Cha, C McGrath, L Serpa and MS Lipsky
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Rural parents' perspectives about information on child immunization
N Miller, M Verhoef and K Cardwell
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A new inter-professional course preparing learners for life in rural communities
J Medves, M Paterson, CY Chapman, JH Young, E Tata, D Bowes, N Hobbs, B McAndrews and A O�Riordan
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�Perimeteritis� and rural health in Manitoba, Canada: perspectives from rural healthcare managers
D Ramsey and KB Beesley
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Long term regional migration patterns of physicians over the course of their active practice careers
A Vanasse, TC Ricketts, J Courteau, M Orzanco, R Randolph and S Asghari
(15 November 2007,  Article No. 812)
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Clinical skills day: preparing third year medical students for their rural rotation
GW Halaas, T Zink, KD Brooks and J Miller
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Aboriginal women caregivers of the elderly
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Access to and use of research by rural nurses
CA Winters, HJ Lee, J Besel, A Strand, R Echeverri, KP Jorgensen and JE Dea
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Diabetes screening of children in a remote First Nations community on the west coast of Canada: challenges and solutions
C Panagiotopoulos, J Rozmus, RE Gagnon and AJ Macnab
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Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents?
M Mathews and AD Park
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Seeking serenity: living with HIV/AIDS in rural Western Canada
JN Groft and A Robinson Vollman
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A view from inside Arizona and New Mexico Indian country: pursuing a health career path
BA Overman, L Petri and U Knoki-Wilson
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Medical students' assessments of skill development in rural primary care clinics
ML Hunsaker, ML Glasser, KM Nielsen and MS Lipsky
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The use and performance of BioSand filters in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti: a field study of 107 households
WF Duke, RN Nordin, D Baker and A Mazumder
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Impact of chronic disease on quality of life in the Bella Coola Valley
HV Thommasen and W Zhang
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Violence in rural communities: youth speak out!
JC Kulig, BL Hall and R Grant Kalischuk
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Understanding relationships between diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life in a rural community
HV Thommasen, J Berkowitz, AT Thommasen and AC Michalos
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What factors influence a family physician's decision to refer a patient to a specialist?
GD Iverson, ST Coleridge, KG Fulda and JC Licciardone
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Factors that influence students in choosing rural nursing practice: a pilot study
A Bushy and BD Leipert
(19 April 2005,  Article No. 387)
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Adolescent health: a rural community's approach
JN Groft, B Hagen, NK Miller, N Cooper and S Brown
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Can medical students learn specialist disciplines based in rural practice: lessons from students� self reported experience and competence
P Worley, R Strasser and D Prideaux
(23 November 2004,  Article No. 338)
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Canadian and American self-treatment of pain: a comparison study
CK Riley-Doucet, JM Fouladbakhsh and AH Vallerand
(6 August 2004,  Article No. 286)
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Rurality and health: perspectives of mid-life women
WE Thurston and LM Meadows
(8 November 2003,  Article No. 219)
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Review Article

Family support and the child as health promoting agent in the Arctic - "the Inuit way"
RA Montgomery-Andersen and I Borup
(3 May 2012,  Article No. 1977)
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Diabetes and stress: an anthropological review for study of modernizing populations in the US-Mexico border region
JJ Ely, T Zavaskis and SL Wilson
(1 September 2011,  Article No. 1758)
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Work disability prevention in rural healthcare workers
RL Franche, EJ Murray, A Ostry, PA Ratner, SL Wagner and HG Harder
(16 October 2010,  Article No. 1502)
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Type 2 diabetes in the First Nations population: a case example of clinical practice guidelines
MM Shubair and PK Tobin
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Challenges to the student nurse on clinical placement in the rural setting: a review of the literature
LA Killam and LM Carter
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Biomonitoring in Greenland: human biomarkers of exposure and effects � a short review
EC Bonefeld-Jorgensen
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1362)
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Mental health support in northern communities: reviewing issues on isolated practice and secondary trauma
LK O'Neill
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1369)
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An introduction to portable field hospitals
E McLaughlin and A Papadopoulou
(16 July 2008,  Article No. 830)
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Rural women caregivers in Canada
KE Crosato and B Leipert
(5 June 2006,  Article No. 520)
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Clinical Case Report

Ethical professional practice: exploring the issues for health services to rural Aboriginal communities
JL Malone
(27 February 2012, Article No. 1891)
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Meeting the needs of Nunavut families: a community-based midwifery education program
S James, B O'Brien, K Bourret, N Kango, K Gafvels and J Paradis-Pastori
(18 June 2010, Article No. 1355)
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Short Communication

Health care provider challenges for reaching Hispanic immigrants with HPV vaccination in rural Georgia
JS Luque, S Raychowdhury and M Weaver
(26 April 2012,  Article No. 1975)
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Does rural residence limit access to mental health services?
CL Hardy, KD Kelly and D Voaklander
(28 October 2011,  Article No. 1766)
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Postgraduate specialty training in northeastern Ontario and subsequent practice location
JC Hogenbirk, O Mian and RW Pong
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Secondhand smoke exposure in Alaskan households with children
CW Dent, JE Maher, BA Pizacani, DW Dowler, K Rohde and E Peterson
(7 December 2010,  Article No. 1564)
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Differences in the prevalence of diabetes risk-factors among First Nation, M�tis and non-Aboriginal adults attending screening clinics in rural Alberta, Canada
RT Oster and EL Toth
(1 June 2009,  Article No. 1170)
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Policy Report

Increasing the enrolment of rural applicants to the faculty of medicine and addressing diversity by using a priority matrix approach to assign values to rural attributes
M Raghavan, BD Martin, D Roberts, F Aoki, BA MacKalski and JD Sandham
(23 May 2011, Article No. 1646)
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Project Report

Delivering free healthcare to rural Central Appalachia population: the case of the Health Wagon
T Gardner, P Gavaza, P Meade and DM Adkins
(20 March 2012,  Article No. 2035)
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A new clinic model for refugee health care: adaptation of cultural safety
K Reavy, J Hobbs, M Hereford and K Crosby
(16 January 2012,  Article No. 1826)
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The BRIDGE Community Consultation Project: building rural interprofessional discussions and group experiences
J Drolet, T Christianson and N Clark
(28 July 2011,  Article No. 1676)
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An interdisciplinary geriatric component for a rural summer experience
JE Brewer
(12 November 2010,  Article No. 1550)
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Postgraduate training at the ends of the earth - a way to retain physicians?
K Straume, MS S�nden� and P Prydz
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1356)
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Internship at the ends of the earth - a way to recruite physicians?
K Straume and DMP Shaw
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Development of a physiotherapy prioritization tool in the Baffin Region of Nunavut: a remote, under-serviced area in the Canadian Arctic
T Miller Mifflin and M Bzdell
(18 June 2010,  Article No. 1466)
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Developing strategies to enhance health services research capacity in a predominantly rural Canadian health authority
J Miller, L Bryant MacLean, P Coward and A Broemeling
(21 December 2009,  Article No. 1266)
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Virtual grand rounds: a new educational approach in social work that benefits long-term care providers and patients in rural Idaho
BJ Cunningham and R Vande Merwe
(9 February 2009,  Article No. 1073)
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Rural health roundtables: a strategy for collaborative engagement in and between rural communities
CL Pennel, SK Carpender and BJ Quiram
(18 November 2008,  Article No. 1054)
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A novel resource model for underprivileged health support: Community Medical Outreach
M Heravi and JEA Bertram
(21 February 2007,  Article No. 668)
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Cluster clinics for migrant Hispanic farmworkers with diabetes: perceptions, successes, and challenges
LJ Heuer, C Hess and A Batson
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Examining the effectiveness of the Savvy Caregiver Program among rural Colorado residents
S Smith and PA Bell
(14 September 2005,  Article No. 466)
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Conference Report

Aboriginal science symposium: enabling Aboriginal student success in post-secondary institutions
JC Kulig, M Duke, J Solowoniuk, R Weaselfat, C Shade, M Lamb and B Wojtowicz
(19 January 2010, Article No. 1324)
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Personal View

Managing environmental risks: the benefits of a place-based approach
PA Loring and LK Duffy
(19 September 2011,  Article No. 1800)
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Using decentralized medical education to address the workforce needs of a rural state: a partnership between Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine
RG Bing-You, PW Bates, SK Epstein, AB Kuhlik and TE Norris
(25 May 2010,  Article No. 1494)
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Diabetes on the Navajo nation: what role can gardening and agriculture extension play to reduce it?
KA Lombard, S Forster-Cox, D Smeal and MK O'Neill
(16 October 2006,  Article No. 640)
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Building bridges with decision-makers: rules for rural and remote health researchers
MLP MacLeod
(4 August 2006,  Article No. 567)
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'Did everybody get that?' The challenges of international teleconferencing
D Topps
(17 February 2005,  Article No. 352)
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Rural Health History

The development of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: creating capacity through connection
MLP MacLeod, JA Dosman, JC Kulig and JM Medves
(27 March 2007, Article No. 622)
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Tribute

Tribute to Dr John Irwin
JC Kulig, W Reimer, I Townshend, DS Edge and N Lightfoot
(25 October 2011, Article No. 1955)
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Letter to the Editor

Pain in remote Andean communities � learning from Quichua (Inca) experience
M Incayawar and J Saucier
(15 July 2010,  Article No. 1379)
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The geographic relationships between medical students� birth location and high school location
RC Bowman
(21 October 2008,  Article No. 1033)
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Patients are more likely to use complementary medicine if it is locally available
MM Moga, B Mowery and R Geib
(26 June 2008,  Article No. 1028)
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Oral cancer awareness among immigrant Indo-Canadian community of Vancouver, BC
A Auluck, MP Rosin and G Hislop
(7 May 2008,  Article No. 1004)
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Preliminary Report

Development of a common national questionnaire to evaluate student perceptions about the Australian Rural Clinical Schools Program
DE DeWitt, R McLean, J Newbury, S Shannon and J Critchley
(19 September 2005, Article No. 486)
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Correction

Correction, article no. 1520: Factors of primary care demand: a case study
J Richmond
(29 November 2010, Article No. 1673)
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