Volume fifteen, Issue 1

There many published studies on health quality. Some consider social determinants of health, but beyond income and education are daily living conditions involving air, water, clothing and housing. These authors explore such issues, as perceived by US migrant farmworkers.

Selling tobacco or not selling is about perception. Messages from the mainstream media may not be a good fit with populations outside of the mainstream. What did the authors learn about Appalachian populations that could be helpful to those desiring to decrease tobacco use?

Overseas-born workers contribute significantly to Australia's aged care workforce, yet often in low-paid roles. This small regional study suggests workplace reforms to enhance the employment experience of this vital group.

A novel research method was used to assess the contribution of local dwelling types to the transmission of malaria in Benin, West Africa.

Have recent policy changes improved the distribution of rural physicians in Iran?

The majority of health professionals in Australia are non-Aboriginal. Are the attitudes and characteristics of those who work with Aboriginal populations conducive to closing the gap?

Indigenous Australians suffer a high burden of chronic disease and hospitalisation. This study explored reasons for their low level of access to an important medication safety tool.

Rural populations are struggling with opiod addiction compounded by a lack of facilities and personnel to help. Family physicians are the most important source of workforce, but can they address this complex problem? The authors supply an important study of buprenorphine treatment specific to rural family physicians.

Which is more important to outcomes, the family/community approach or the impact of health professionals? The authors explore these cultural and other issues with newly diagnosed diabetics in the US diabetes belt.

The 'colonization of birth' had devastating effects on remote Canadian Aboriginal families. This review considers the healing role of the nurse, among other strategies for recovery.

This letter offers a strategy for stabilizing patients with potential c-spine trauma in remote or under-equipped rural hospitals.