Original Research
Factors affecting healthcare service utilization of mothers who had children with diarrhea in Ethiopia: evidence from a population based national survey
Azage M, Haile D.
Published 24 December 2015 Africa
Volume 15
Original Research
Motives and factors associated with staying in medically underserved areas after the obligatory practice period among first-year Japanese medical students in a special quota system
Kataoka Y, Takayashiki A, Sato M, Maeno T.
Published 14 December 2015 Asia
Original Research
Factors affecting willingness to practice medicine in
underserved areas: a survey of Argentine medical students
Borracci R, Arribalzaga EB, Couto JL, Dvorkin M, Ahuad Guerrero RA, Fernandez C, Ferreira LN, Cerezo L.
Published 2 December 2015 Latin America
Original Research
Indonesian medical students' preferences associated with the intention toward rural practice
Syahmar I, Putera I, Istatik Y, Furqon MA, Findyartini A.
Published 2 December 2015 Asia
Original Research
An exploration of undergraduate medical students' satisfaction with faculty support supervision during community placements in Uganda
Mubuuke G, Oria H, Dhabangi A, Kiguli S, Sewankambo NK.
Published 2 December 2015 Africa
Original Research
Relationship between income generating activities of rural women and their reproductive health behavior in Bangladesh
Shariful Islam S, Mainuddin A.
Published 26 November 2015 Asia
Original Research
Exploring example models of cross-sector, sessional employment of pharmacists to improve medication management and pharmacy support in rural hospitals
Tan A, Emmerton L, Hattingh L, La Caze A.
Published 26 November 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Effect of distance and delay in access to care on outcome of snakebite in rural north-eastern Nigeria
Iliyasu G, Tiamiyu AB, Daiyab FM, Tambuwal SH, Habib ZG, Habib AG.
Published 22 November 2015 Africa
Original Research
Who attracts whom to rural general practice? Variation in temperament and character profiles of GP registrars across different vocational training pathways
Eley D, Laurence C, Cloninger CR, Walters L.
Published 17 November 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Recruitment and retention of mental health care providers in rural Nebraska: perceptions of providers and administrators
Watanabe-Galloway S, Madison L, Watkins KL, Nguyen AT, Chen L.
Published 16 November 2015 North America
Original Research
Assessing the costs of mobile voluntary counseling and testing at the work place versus facility based voluntary counseling and testing in Namibia
De Beer I, Chani K, Feeley F, Rinke De Wit T, Sweeney-Bindels E, Mulongeni P.
Published 13 November 2015 Africa
Original Research
Applicability of citronella oil (Cymbopogon winteratus) for the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in the rural area of Tikapur, far-western Nepal
Sajo M, Song SB, Bajgai J, Kim Y, Kim P, Ahn D, Khanal N, Lee K.
Published 12 November 2015 Asia
Original Research
Rural and remote young people's health career decision making within a health workforce development program: a qualitative exploration
Kumar K, Jones D, Naden K, Roberts C.
Published 11 November 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Implementing an anti-smoking program in rural-remote communities: challenges and strategies
Tall J, Brew BK, Saurman E, Jones TC.
Published 4 November 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Evaluating the impact of a community developed collaborative project for the prevention of early childhood caries: the Healthy Smile Happy Child project
Schroth R, Edwards JM, Brothwell DJ, Yakiwchuk CA, Bertone MF, Mellon B, Ward J, Ellis M, Hai-Santiago K, Lawrence H, Moffatt ME.
Published 4 November 2015 North America
Original Research
Perceived ease of access to alcohol, tobacco and other substances in rural and urban US students
Warren J, Smalley K, Barefoot K.
Published 31 October 2015 North America
Original Research
Water insecurity in Canadian Indigenous communities: some inconvenient truths
Sarkar A, Hanrahan M, Hudson A.
Published 25 October 2015 North America
Original Research
Can a community of practice equip public health nutritionists to work with remote retail to improve the food supply?
Holden S, Ferguson M, Brimblecombe J, Palermo C.
Published 15 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Monitoring interhospital transfers in Western Greece during 2003-2011: its role in health policy
Alexopoulos E, Kalyva A, Merekoulias G, Niakas D.
Published 13 October 2015 Europe
Original Research
Obesity and obesity-related behaviors among rural and urban adults in the USA
Trivedi T, Liu J, Probst JC, Merchant A, Jones S, Martin A.
Published 13 October 2015 North America
Original Research
Comparison of rates of emergency department procedures and critical diagnoses in metropolitan and rural hospitals
Waymack J, Markwell S, Milbrandt J, Clark TR.
Published 13 October 2015 North America
Original Research
Measuring organisational-level Aboriginal cultural climate to tailor cultural safety strategies
Gladman J, Ryder C, Walters L.
Published 8 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
2014 Rural Clinical School Training and Support Program Snapshot survey
Mendis K, Greenhill J, Walker J, Bailey J, Croft A, Doyle Z, McCrossin T, Stevens W.
Published 8 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
A decade of Rural Clinical School research: a PubMed review
Bailey J, Mendis K, Dutton T, Stevens W, McCrossin T.
Published 8 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Climate adversity and resilience: the voice of rural Australia
Ng F, Wilson L, Veitch C.
Published 7 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Increasing interest in rural mental health work: the impact of a short term program to orientate allied health and nursing students to employment and career opportunities in a rural setting
Sutton K, Patrick K, Maybery D, Eaton K.
Published 7 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
James Cook University's rurally orientated medical school selection process: quality graduates and positive workforce outcomes
Ray R, Woolley T, Sen Gupta T.
Published 7 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
How good are routinely collected primary healthcare data for evaluating the effectiveness of health service provision in a remote Aboriginal community?
Davis S, Reeve C, Humphreys J.
Published 6 October 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Knowledge and associated factors towards type 2 diabetes among a rural population in the Red River Delta region, Vietnam
Binh T, Phuong P, Nhung B.
Published 26 September 2015 Asia
Original Research
Who paints the picture? Images of health professions in rural and remote student resources
Gorton S.
Published 23 September 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Developing rural community health risk assessments for climate change: a Tasmanian pilot study
Bell E, Turner P, Meinke H, Holbrook N.
Published 22 September 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Development and feasibility testing of an education program to improve knowledge and self-care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with heart failure
Clark R, Fredericks B, Buitendyk NJ, Adams MJ, Howie-Esquivel J, Dracup KA, Berry N, Atherton J, Johnson S.
Published 22 September 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Differences in characteristics between suicide cases of farm managers compared to those of farm labourers in Queensland, Australia
Arnautovska U, McPhedran S, De Leo D.
Published 22 September 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding intention among rural pregnant women in India: a study using theory of planned behaviour
Behera D, K A.
Published 22 September 2015 Asia
Original Research
When a LIC came to town: the impact of longitudinal integrated clerkships on a rural community of healthcare practice
Hudson JN, Thomson B, Weston K, Knight-Billington P.
Published 21 September 2015 Australasia
Original Research
A community based case control study on determinants of perinatal mortality in a tribal population of southern India
Viswanath K, Ps R, Chakraborty A, Prasad JH, Minz S, George K.
Published 21 September 2015 Asia
Original Research
Recruitment of doctors to work in 'our hinterland': first results from the Swansea Graduate Entry Programme in Medicine
Edwards S, Sergio Da Silva AL, Rapport FL, McKimm J, Williams R.
Published 20 September 2015 Europe
Original Research
Outcomes of Australian rural clinical schools: a decade of success building the rural medical workforce through the education and training continuum
Greenhill J, Walker J, Playford D.
Published 16 September 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Quality of life of older adults in rural southern Brazil
Gambin G, Molzahn A, Fuhrmann AC, Morais EP, Paskulin L.
Published 1 September 2015 Latin America
Original Research
Do rural and urban women experience differing rates of maternal rehospitalizations?
Lee W, Phillips CD, Ohsfeldt RL.
Published 18 August 2015 North America
Original Research
Grandparent caregiving among rural African Americans in a community in the American South: challenges to health and wellbeing
Clottey E, Scott A, Alfonso ML.
Published 14 August 2015 North America
Original Research
Beyond physical access: a qualitative analysis into the barriers to policy implementation and service provision experienced by persons with disabilities living in a rural context
Neille J, Penn C.
Published 13 August 2015 Africa
Original Research
Regional disparities in cancer mortality across the rural-urban axis: a case study from north-eastern Greece
Nikolaidis C, Tentes I, Lialiaris T, Constantinidis TC, Kortsaris A.
Published 7 August 2015 Europe
Original Research
Using cultural immersion as the platform for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in an undergraduate medical curriculum
Smith J, Wolfe C, Springer S, Martin M, Togno J, Bramstedt K, Sargeant S, Murphy B.
Published 6 August 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Regional universities and rural clinical schools contribute to rural medical workforce, a cohort study of 2002-2013 graduates
Shires L, Allen P, Cheek C, Wilson D.
Published 6 August 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Using a participatory action research framework to listen to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia about pandemic influenza
Miller A, Massey P, Judd J, Kelly J, Durrheim D, Clough A, Speare R, Saggers S.
Published 30 July 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Factors affecting the work of physicians in rural areas of Turkey
Mollahaliloðlu S, Uðurluoðlu Ö, Isik O, Kosdak M, Taskaya S.
Published 29 July 2015 Asia
Original Research
Rural-urban difference in female breast cancer diagnosis in Missouri
Williams F, Jeanetta S, O'Brien D, Fresen J.
Published 29 July 2015 North America
Original Research
Extent, causes and impact of road traffic crashes in the Solomon Islands 1993-2012: data from the orthopaedic department at the National Referral Hospital, Honiara
Stewart M, Negin J, Farrell P, Houasia P, Munamua AB, Martiniuk AL.
Published 26 July 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Impact of rurality on maternal and infant health indicators and outcomes in Maine
Harris D, Aboueissa A, Baugh N, Sarton C.
Published 21 July 2015 North America
Original Research
Re-orienting a remote acute care model towards a primary health care approach: key enablers
Carroll V, Reeve C, Humphreys J, Wakerman J, Carter M.
Published 20 July 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Quang Tri province, Vietnam: voices from the human-animal interface
Farrell P, Hunter C, Truong B, Bunning M.
Published 6 July 2015 Asia
Original Research
Quality assessment of primary care for common mental disorders in isolated communities: Taking advantage of health records
Lessard L, Fournier L, Gauthier J, Morin D.
Published 5 July 2015 North America
Original Research
Impact of the Northern Studies Stream and Rehabilitation Studies programs on recruitment and retention to rural and remote practice: 2002-2010
Winn C, Chisholm B, Hummelbrunner J, Tryssenaar J, Kandler L.
Published 29 June 2015 North America
Original Research
Impact of rurality on the oral health status of 6-year-old children from central Chile: the EpiMaule study
Giacaman RA, Bustos IP, Bravo-León V, Mariño RJ.
Published 25 June 2015 Latin America
Original Research
Examining palliative care program use and place of death in rural and urban contexts: a Canadian population-based study using linked data
Lavergne M, Lethbridge L, Johnston G, Henderson D, D'Intino A, McIntyre P.
Published 24 June 2015 North America
Original Research
Characteristics of Japanese medical students associated with their intention for rural practice
Kawamoto R, Uemoto A, Ninomiya D, Hasegawa Y, Ohtsuka N, Kusunoki T, Kumagi T, Abe M.
Published 11 June 2015 Asia
Original Research
Antenatal care and women's birthing decisions in an Indonesian setting: does location matter?
A, Manderson L.
Published 8 June 2015 Asia
Original Research
Determining the competences of community based workers for disability-inclusive development in rural areas of South Africa, Botswana and Malawi
Lorenzo T, Van Pletzen E, Booyens M.
Published 5 June 2015 Africa
Original Research
A framework for developing rural academic general practices: a qualitative case study in rural Victoria
Brown J, Morrison T, Bryant M, Kassell L, Nestel D.
Published 29 May 2015 Australasia
Original Research
An examination of retention factors among registered practical nurses in north-eastern Ontario, Canada
Nowrouzi B, Rukholm E, Larivière M, Carter L, Koren I, Mian O.
Published 20 May 2015 North America
Original Research
Colonoscopy in rural communities: a systematic review of the frequency and quality
Evans D, Cole AM, Norris T.
Published 19 May 2015 North America
Original Research
Effect of rural practice observation on the anxiety of medical students
Aydin S, Yaris F, Dikici M, Artiran Igde F.
Published 15 May 2015 Europe
Original Research
Risk factors for work-related injury among farm workers: a 1-year study
Molineri A, Signorini ML, Tarabla H.
Published 6 May 2015 Latin America
Original Research
Feasibility of a rural palliative supportive service
Pesut B, Hooper BP, Robinson C, Bottorff J, Sawatzky R, Dalhuisen M.
Published 4 May 2015 North America
Original Research
Satisfaction with local exercise facility: a rural-urban comparison in China
Zheng J, An R.
Published 8 April 2015 Asia
Original Research
Attitudes and characteristics of health professionals working in Aboriginal health
Wilson A, Magarey AM, Jones M, O'Donnell K, Kelly J.
Published 30 March 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Employment experiences of immigrant workers in aged care in regional South Australia
Goel K, Penman J.
Published 23 March 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Factors influencing the geographic distribution of physicians in Iran: a qualitative study
Ravaghi H, Taati E, Abdi Z, Meshkini A, Sarvarizadeh S.
Published 21 March 2015 Asia
Original Research
Types of homes and ways of life: a territorial analysis of the environmental determinants that factor into the proliferation of malaria vectors in the rural region of Allada in Benin
Lysaniuk B, Ladsous R, Tabeaud M, Cottrell G, Pennetier C, Garcia A.
Published 12 March 2015 Africa
Original Research
Knowledge and perceptions of tobacco-related media in rural Appalachia
Branstetter S, Lengerich E, Dignan M, Muscat J.
Published 8 March 2015 North America
Original Research
Exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives of Home Medicines Review
Swain L, Barclay L.
Published 25 February 2015 Australasia
Original Research
Perceptions of housing conditions among migrant farmworkers and their families: implications for health, safety and social policy
Keim-Malpass J, Spears Johnson C, Quandt S, Arcury T.
Published 13 February 2015 North America
Original Research
Analysis of barriers to adoption of buprenorphine maintenance therapy by family physicians
DeFlavio J, Rolin SA, Nordstrom BR, Kazal, Jr LA.
Published 4 February 2015 North America
Original Research
Developing a culturally competent, sustainable rural model for diabetes prevention
Johnson L, Denham S.
Published 4 February 2015 North America
Commentary
Free open access medical education can help rural clinicians deliver 'quality care, out there'
Leeuwenburg T, Parker C.
Published 17 August 2015 Australasia
Commentary
Services for people with communication disability in Fiji: barriers and drivers of change
Hopf S, McLeod S.
Published 21 July 2015 Australasia
Review Article
Medical-legal partnerships: the role of mental health providers and legal authorities in the development of a coordinated approach to supporting mental health clients' legal needs in regional and rural settings
Speldewinde C, Parsons I.
Published 11 November 2015 Australasia
Review Article
How widespread are the use of frameworks and theories in applied health promotion research in rural and remote places? A review of programs targeted at cardiometabolic risk factors
Iannella S, Smith A, Post D, Haren M.
Published 30 October 2015 Australasia
Review Article
Successes, challenges and needs regarding rural health medical education in continental Central America: a literature review and narrative synthesis
Colon-Gonzalez M, El Rayess F, Guevara S, Anandarajah G.
Published 25 September 2015 Latin America
Review Article
Determinants of an urban origin student choosing rural practice: a scoping review
Myhre D, Bajaj S, Jackson W.
Published 22 September 2015 North America
Review Article
Communicable diseases in rural and remote Australia: the need for improved understanding and action
Quinn E, Massey P, Speare R.
Published 21 September 2015 Australasia
Review Article
What role can the rural pipeline play in the recruitment and retention of rural allied health professionals?
Durey A, Haigh M, Katzenellenbogen JM.
Published 20 August 2015 Australasia
Review Article
The Fly-in Fly-out and Drive-in Drive-out model of health care service provision for rural and remote Australia: benefits and disadvantages
Hussain R, Maple M, Hunter S, Mapedzahama V, Reddy P.
Published 19 July 2015 Australasia
Review Article
Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: a systematic review
Osunkentan A, Evans D.
Published 25 May 2015 Africa
Review Article
Challenges to student transition in allied health undergraduate education in the Australian rural and remote context: a synthesis of barriers and enablers
Edmunds M, Harris M.
Published 27 April 2015 Australasia
Review Article
Role of the nurse in returning birth to the North
Wright A.
Published 25 February 2015 North America
Clinical Case Report
Post-mortem as preventative medicine in Papua New Guinea: a case in point
Haslam N.
Published 31 October 2015 Australasia
Clinical Case Report
Myocardial infarction in a patient with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia in a remote location
Dospinescu C, Simpson A, Leslie SJ.
Published 28 July 2015 Europe
Short Communication
The feasibility and acceptability of administering a
telemedicine objective structured clinical exam as a solution for providing equivalent education to remote and rural learners
Palmer R, Biagioli FE, Mujcic J, Schneider BN, Spires L, Dodson L.
Published 3 December 2015 North America
Short Communication
A successful longitudinal graduate tracking system for monitoring Australian medical school graduate outcomes
Woolley T, Hays RB, Barnwell S, Sen Gupta T, McCloskey T.
Published 22 October 2015 Australasia
Short Communication
An assessment of current antenatal care practices and identification of modifiable risk factors for prematurity and low birth weight infants in pregnancy in Solomon Islands
Cafaro J, Randle E, Wyche P, Higgins M, Fink J, Jones P.
Published 10 September 2015 Australasia
Short Communication
People living in remote communities can have best-practice diabetes care
Kirby S, Moore M, McGarron T, Johnstone P, Perkins DA, Lyle D.
Published 7 September 2015 Australasia
Short Communication
Portable power supply options for positive airway pressure devices
Riaz M, Certal V, Camacho M.
Published 29 July 2015 North America
Project Report
Peer mentoring: evaluation of a new model of clinical placement in the Solomon Islands undertaken by an Australian medical school
Smith J, Jones P, Fink J.
Published 18 November 2015 Australasia
Project Report
Strengthening training in rural practice in Germany: new approach for undergraduate medical curriculum towards sustaining rural health care
Holst D, Normann O, Herrmann M.
Published 11 November 2015 Europe
Project Report
'Achievement, pride and inspiration': outcomes for volunteer role models in a community outreach program in remote Aboriginal communities
Cinelli R, Peralta L.
Published 16 October 2015 Australasia
Project Report
Eye care services for the populations of remote districts in eastern Taiwan: a practical framework using a Mobile Vision Van Unit
Chen N, Hsieh H, Tsai R, Sheu M.
Published 7 October 2015 Asia
Project Report
'The Senja Doctor': developing joint GP services among rural communities in Northern Norway
Kehlet K, Aaraas I.
Published 21 August 2015 Europe
Project Report
A rural, community-based suicide awareness and intervention program
Jones S, Walker C, Miles A, De Silva E, Zimitat C.
Published 2 April 2015 Australasia
Personal View
Occupational therapy: what does this look like practised in very remote Indigenous areas?
Pidgeon F.
Published 26 April 2015 Australasia
Rural Health History
Rural health activism over two decades: the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice 1992-2012
Couper I, Strasser R, Rourke J, Wynn-Jones J.
Published 28 July 2015 International
Letter to the Editor
JCU medical graduates' preparedness for remote practice
Chopra A.
Published 25 October 2015 Australasia
Letter to the Editor
The untapped potential of a low cost evidence based smartphone application for smokeless tobacco cessation
Sharma G, Nagpal A.
Published 29 July 2015 Australasia
Letter to the Editor
Healthcare costs and outcomes for pediatric inpatients with bronchiolitis: comparison of urban versus rural hospitals
Hsu B, Meyer BD, Lakhani S.
Published 24 June 2015 North America
Letter to the Editor
Use of plastinated specimens in rural medical and nursing education: a novel solution
Kalipatnapu S, Prithishkumar IJ, Rabi S.
Published 27 May 2015 Asia
Letter to the Editor
Fly in/fly out health workers: a barrier to quality in health care
Busbridge MB, Smith A.
Published 21 May 2015 Australasia
Letter to the Editor
Appropriate nomenclature: angiotensin II receptors
D'Amore A, Mitchell E.
Published 14 April 2015 Australasia
Letter to the Editor
Targeted survey as a method to rationalize priorities for a strategy to improve eye health in rural Uganda
Hamilton A, Richter S.
Published 20 February 2015 Africa
Letter to the Editor
Halter traction for cervical spine injuries - initial treatment in the district hospital
Johnson Jr O, Das RN.
Published 20 February 2015 Africa
Comment
Can frequent medical evacuations be reduced by managing chronic disease better in the bush?
Moore M, Kirby S.
Published 22 July 2015 Australasia
Research Note
Urban-rural disparities in the nutritional status of school Adolescent girls in the Mizan district, south-western Ethiopia
Moshago Berheto T, Mikitie WK, Argaw A.
Published 30 July 2015 Africa
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