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Self-management is an important aspect of the management of a range of long-term conditions. This study demonstrates the feasibility of telemonitoring as a tool for health education and self-management in patients with early stages of chronic diseases. Future research on a large cohort is required to optimise this model of care.
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Little is known about the health impacts of ceasing group exercise programs during the COVID-19 pandemic on rural individuals with chronic disease. This study found no clinically significant impact on physical functioning in clients with chronic diseases who were unable to attend their structured exercise groups during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many did reduce their amount of physical activity. This signals the need for further research to better understand how physical and mental health is affected in this population by such isolation.
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Health workers in rural and remote areas are called on to treat a large range of diseases, provide multiple health services, and perform a wide variety of procedures. All physicians undertake lifelong learning to maintain, develop or increase the knowledge, skills, professional performance and relationships used to provide services to patients, the public or the profession. Since the mid-1960s, many government and non-government organizations, including the World Health Organization, have conducted continuing education programs for rural health workers. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the effectiveness of continuing education for health workers in rural and remote areas.
This article reports on a study conducted in partnership with a remote First Nation in northern Canada. The study utilised concept mapping to develop a framework for identifying gaps in oral health care for Indigenous youth. Findings of the concept mapping and framework development process can provide information on strategies to improve preventive oral health services for Indigenous youth living in rural and remote communities.
Surgical care is limited in many rural areas, with a shortage of general surgeons contributing to this gap in services. This qualitative study explores the meanings surgeons associate with community characteristics to better understand the role that community plays in surgeons' practice location choices. Reflections around themes of physical environment symbolism, health resources' relationship to scope of practice, and overlap of professional and personal roles differed between rural and urban surgeons. The authors suggest that educators and rural healthcare organizations can improve recruitment and retention by better preparing potential rural surgeons for the expected role overlap and highlighting the value of the unique physical environment found in rural areas.
Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia and is currently responsible for 4.4% of the total burden of disease in the country. To identify gaps and unmet needs within the health and social care system and potentially improve the quality of care and outcomes for people living with dementia in rural and remote areas, this study investigated the needs of people living with dementia and their informal or formal care-givers in Gippsland, a rural region of Victoria, Australia. Although there are services and supports available for people living with dementia, accessing them can be complex and the wait time can be several years. People living in rural and regional Australia often face multiple additional barriers to accessing health and social care services.
People from rural riverside populations of the Amazon travel greater distances to access health care than urban people, have access to fewer dentists per individual, are less likely to have water fluoridation and tend to experience higher prevalence of dental caries and tooth loss. In Brazil, to increase access to health services for rural people, Fluvial Family Health Teams (FFHT) of health professionals visit many riverside communities monthly in a mobile unit to provide primary health care, including oral health and dental care. This study assessed the use of dental services, and the factors contributing to dental health access, by adults living in rural riverside areas covered by an FFHT.
Maternal morbidity and mortality in the USA are higher than in other developed nations and continue to rise. Infant mortality, likewise, is higher in the USA than in other developed nations. Limited availability of maternal health services, particularly in rural areas, contributes to this crisis. This protocol describes the evaluation of a USA government-funded project that seeks to address the shortage of quality maternity care in rural and underserved areas by strengthening partnerships, enhancing maternal care training of Family Medicine residents and obstetrics fellows, and improving the transition from training to rural practice for residents and fellows.
Uruguay has an important livestock industry (cows, sheep, poultry, pigs). Predator attacks on productive species generate great concern for animal welfare and also cause economic losses for farmers but little is known about how predator attacks on productive species impact the mental health of farmers. This study explored how predator attacks on productive species during 2021 influenced the psychological distress of farmers in rural Uruguay.
Rural and remote Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by diabetes-related foot disease (DFD), one of the most prevalent causes of global hospitalisation and morbidity. Early identification of wounds and multidisciplinary management can significantly reduce amputation rates, but there are important barriers to health care for rural Indigenous communities, including access to culturally appropriate care, distance to care, dislocation from family and cultural support, exposure to racism, and poor communication with healthcare professionals. Telehealth has been identified as a strategy to improve access to health care for rural and remote communities and may address some of these barriers, but there is little research exploring the use of telehealth in the management of DFD in Indigenous people. This Original Research study investigated experiences of rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with DFD utilising a newly established real-time video-based telehealth service.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a priority health concern within the United States and globally, with rural residents disproportionately impacted. This study used the concept mapping approach to explore cultural issues affecting the use of CRC screening and inform future education and prevention efforts among agricultural operators.
Infectious diseases associated with poverty disproportionately impact rural populations with limited access to health care. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is caused by infection with leishmania parasites and spread by the bite of sandflies; it is challenging to control owing to its epidemiological, clinical, and biological complexity. Colombia reported the second-highest number of CL cases in the Latin America region in 2020. Community capacity building and education is needed to achieve effective prevention and control. This article presents the learning process of implementing a capacity-building program, which sought to provide tools to the community to improve CL prevention and control in the municipality of Pueblo Rico, Colombia
Australian Journal of Otolaryngology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeons, published by AME Publishing, Inc. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology provides a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and others to publish original research and explore controversies in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with otolarynologic disorders, including head&neck cancer and disease of the skull base. The journal has a special interest in research that applies to the Australian community and the delivery of healthcare in Australia. Unsolicited manuscripts must meet pre-submission requirements.
An increasing number of countries are implementing taxes on unhealthy foods and drinks to address the growing burden of dietary-related disease, but the cost-effectiveness of combining taxes on unhealthy foods and subsidies on healthy foods is not well understood.
Using a population model of dietary-related diseases and health care costs and food price elasticities, we simulated the effect of taxes on saturated fat, salt, sugar, and sugar-sweetened beverages and a subsidy on fruits and vegetables, over the lifetime of the Australian population. The sizes of the taxes and subsidy were set such that, when combined as a package, there would be a negligible effect on average weekly expenditure on food (
The relationship between non-communicable diseases and consumption of unhealthy foods and drinks is well known, with dietary factors contributing almost 10% of the global disease burden [1]. Price is a key driver of food purchasing [2], and experimental studies in real-world environments (e.g., canteens and vending machines) and virtual supermarket-type environments show that people reduce consumption of unhealthy foods when the price of these products is increased [3].
Countries have been experimenting with taxing foods and drinks since the early 1980s [4]. In most countries, taxes have been applied to food and drink items that are clearly unhealthy or a luxury item, such as sugar-sweetened beverages and confectionery, with taxes often applied as a sales tax (e.g., United States) or an import duty (e.g., Fiji, Nauru, and French Polynesia). More recently, countries such as Denmark and Hungary have implemented taxes on a wider range of foods and drinks, including products such as meat and dairy, with taxes based on the levels of saturated fat, sugar, or salt. Mexico also introduced an 8% tax on nonessential high energy density foods and a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in 2014. Evaluation of the Mexico taxes found a 5% decrease in purchases of taxed foods in the first year, compared with no change in the purchase of untaxed products [5].
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