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Health and Well-Being

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A National Study Of Obesity Prevalence And Trends By Type Of Rural County

A Program To Improve Access To Health Care Among Mexican Immigrants In Rural Colorado

A Program To Increase The Number Of Family Physicians In Rural And Underserved Areas - 1999

A Review Of Physician Turnover - Rates, Causes, And Consequences

A Sense Of Place - Rural Training At A Regional Medical School Campus

Academic Degrees And Clinical Practice Characteristics - The University Of Washington Physician Assistant Program- 1969-2000

Accessibility Assessment Of The Health Care Improvement Program In Rural Taiwan

Agricultural Medicine- Occupational And Environmental Health For The Health Professions - Edited By Kelley J. Donham And Anders Thelin

Alberta’s Rural Physician Action

An Analysis Of Medicare's Incentive Payment Program For Physicians In Health Professional Shortage Areas

An Instrument For Assessing Public Health System Performance- Validity In Rural Settings

Applied Strategies For Improving Patient Safety- A Comprehensive Process To Improve Care In Rural And Frontier Communities

Approach To Sustainable Primary Health Care Service Delivery For Rural And Remote South Australia

Arguing For Rural Health In Medicare - A Progressive Rhetoric For Rural America

Asking Citizens What Matters For Quality Of Life In Canada

Assessing Health Disparities In Rural Hawaii Using The Hoshin Facilitation Method

Assessment Of A Curricular Component Designed To Introduce Physical Therapy Students To Rural Practice Issues

Assisted Living In Rural America - Results From A National Survey

Assuring Rural Hospital Patient Safety - What Should Be The Priorities?

Attenuation Of Racial Differences In Health Service Utilization Patterns For Previously Uninsured Children In The Delta

Barriers To Cancer Screening By Rural Appalachian Primary Care Providers

Barriers To Quality Care For Dying Patients In Rural Communities

Building A Culture Of Confidence In Rural And Small Town Canada - Bruce 2006

Canadian Rural Family

Canadian Rural Health Research Society

CAT SCAN Shoal Lake Community Assessment Team Rural Lifestyle Report

Center Of Excellence For Child And Youth Centered Prairie Communities, Brandon Site Literature Review Summary Report

Challenges And Strategies Related To Hearing Loss Among Dairy Farmers

Characteristics Of Crashes With Farm Equipment That Increase Potential For Injury

Collaborative Model For Community Health Action

Commentary- Emergency Services

Commentary- Rural Hospitals

Commercial Insurance vs Community-Based Health Plans: Time For A Policy Option With Clinical Emphasis To Address The Cost Spiral

Community And Self-Concepts For Rural Physician Integration And Retention

Community Collaboration To Improve Health Care And Well-Being Access Of Northern Residents Project Model And Overview

Community Factors Associated With Long-Term Physician Retention

Community-Led Processes For Regional Collaboration

Comparative Description Of Migrant Farmworkers Versus Other Students Attending Rural South Texas Schools- Substance Use, Work, And Injuries

Comparative Performance Data For Critical Access Hospitals

Comparison Of Rural And Urban Residents' Implicit And Explicit Attitudes Related To Seeking Medical Care

Concordance Of Patient-Physician Obesity Diagnosis And Treatment Beliefs In Rural Practice Settings

Confronting Disparities In Diabetes Care - The Clinical Effectiveness Of Redesigning Care Management For Minority Patients In Rural Primary Care Practices

Connecting Allied Health Students To Rural Communities

Cost Analysis In Telemedicine - Empirical Evidence From Sites In Arizona

Critical Factors For Designing Programs To Increase The Supply And Retention Of Rural Primary Care Physicians

Critical Factors For Designing Programs To Increase The Supply And Retention Of Rural Primary Care Physicians

Delivery Complications Associated With Prenatal Care Access For Medicaid-Insured Mothers In Rural And Urban Hospitals

Depressive Symptoms In Adolescents Living In Rural America

Determinants Of Health Of Rural Populations And Communities Research Project Final Report

Diabetes Beliefs Among Low-Income, White Residents Of A Rural North Carolina Community

Differential Effects Of Economic Factors On Specialist And Family Physician Distribution In Illinois - A County-Level Analysis

Discourse Analysis Of Policy Concerning Seniors And Aging

Economic Issues In The Reduction Of Rural Hospital Capacity - A Research Summary

Emergency Medical Services And The Federal Government's Evolving Role - What Rural And Frontier Emergency Medical Services Advocates Should Know

Ethnic And Sex Differences In Ownership Of Preventive Health Equipment Among Rural Older Adults With Diabetes

Evaluation Of A Medical School For Rural Doctors

Expected Annual Emergency Miles Per Ambulance - An Indicator For Measuring Availability Of Emergency Medical Services Resources

Factors In Recruiting And Retaining Health Professionals For Rural Practice

Factors Influencing The Retention And Attrition Of Community Health Aides Practitioners In Alaska

Fatal Passenger Vehicle Crashes With At Least One Driver Younger Than 15 Years - A Fatality Analysis Reporting System Study

Frontier Ethics - Mental Health Care Needs And Ethnical Dilemma In Rural Communities

Frontline Health Care And Well-Being In Canada: Innovations In Delivering Services To Vulnerable Populations

Gender Differences In Rural And Urban Practice Location Among Mid-Level Health Care Providers

General Surgery Programs In Small Rural New York State Hospitals - A Pilot Survey Of Hospital Administrators

Graduated Drivers License Programs And Rural Teenage Motor Vehicle Fatalities

Health Care And Well-Being For Western Rural Communities

Health Care Decisions At The Household Level- Results Of A Rural Health Survey In Kenya

Health Care's Big Picture

Health Communications In Rural America - Lessons Learned From An Arthritis Campaign In Rural Arkansas

Health Status: Rural-Urban Differences In Colon Cancer Risk In Blacks And Whites - The North Carolina Colon Cancer Study

Herbal Remedies Used By Selected Migrant Farmworkers In El Paso, Texas

Home-Based Comprehensive Assessment Of Rural Elderly Persons - The CARE Project

How Might The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, And Modernization Act Of 2003 Affect The Financial Viability Of Rural Pharmacies

Identifying Rural Health Care Needs Using Community Conversations

Impact Of A Health Promotion Nurse Intervention On Disability And Health Care Costs Among Elderly Adults With Heart Conditions

Improvements In Care And Reduced Self-Management Barriers Among Rural Patients With Diabetes

Improving Health Care And Well-Being Access Of Northern Residents

Improving Work Environment Perceptions For Nurses Employed In A Rural Setting

Information Seeking And Intentions To Have Genetic Testing For Hereditary Cancers In Rural And Appalachian Kentuckians

Initiation Of Farm Safety Programs In The Arkansas Delta - A Case Study Of Participatory Methods

Injury And Illness Costs In The Certified Safe Farm Study

Inpatient Care In Rural Hospitals At The Beginning Of The 21st Century

Intensive Care In Critical Access Hospitals

Intensive Care Unit Utilization And Interhospital Transfers As Potential Indicators Of Rural Hospital Quality

Interim Evaluation Of The Rural Health Scholars Program

Leaf Rapids Community Assessment

Lights, Camera … Inaction Trends In Rural Health Care In Canada

Measuring Rural Hospital Quality

Medical Recruitment In Rural Canada: Marathon Breaks The Cycle

Medicare-Certified Home Health Care - Urban-Rural Differences In Utilization

Mentoring Youth In Brandon- Success, Challenges And Best Practices, Brandon Site Project 2

Modeling The Emergency Ambulance Pass-By Of Small Rural Hospitals In Victoria, Australia

Mortality- What Are The Roles Of Risk Factor Prevalence, Screening, And Use Of Recommended Treatment

National Health Service Corps Staffing And The Growth Of The Local Rural Non-NHSC Primary Care Physician Workforce

Nonfatal All-Terrain Vehicle-Related Injuries To Youths Living On Farms In The United States, 2001

Not There Yet - Improving The Working Conditions Of Canadian Nurses

Organization Of Care For Acute Myocardial Infarction In Rural And Urban Hospitals In Kansas

Patient Bypass Behavior And Critical Access Hospitals - Implications For Patient Retention

Perceived Barriers To Health Care Access Among Rural Older Adults - A Qualitative Study

Perceived Barriers To Nurse Practitioner Practice In Rural Settings

Personal Protective Equipment Use And Safety Behaviors Among Farm Adolescents- Gender Differences And Predictors Of Work Practices

Pesticides: Health, Safety And The Environment

Pharmacist Staffing, Technology Use, And Implementation Of Medication Safety Practices In Rural Hospitals

Pharmacy Access To Emergency Contraception In Rural And Frontier Communities

Physical Health, Illicit Drug Use, And Demographic Characteristics In Rural Stimulant Users

Physician Assistant And Nurse Practitioner Prescribing- 1997–2002

Physician Perceptions Of Practice Environment And Professional Satisfaction In California- From Urban To Rural

Physician Perceptions Of The Effect Of Telemedicine On Rural Retention And Rural Recruitment

Physician Retention In Community And Migrant Health Centers- Who Stays And For How Long

Physician Retention In Rural Communities-The Perspective Of Experimental Place Integration

Physicians For Rural America- The Role Of Institutional Commitment Within Academic Medical Centers

Picturing Rural Communities-Using Photovoice In Community Development

Politics Of Rural Health Care-Recruitment And Retention Of Physicians

Population Health Improvement And Rural Hospital Balanced Scorecards

Potential Urban-To-Rural Physician Migration: The Limited Role Of Financial Incentives

Practice Locations Of Graduates Of Family Physician Residency And Nurse Practitioner Programs

Predicting Rural Practice Using Different Definitions To Classify Medical School Applicants As Having A Rural Upbringing

Predictors Of Colorectal Screening In Rural Colorado- Testing To Prevent Colon Cancer In The High Plains Research Network

Premedical Education - The Contribution Of Small Local Colleges

Preventive Care In Appalachia - Use Of The Theory Of Planned Behavior To Identify Barriers To Participation In Cholesterol Screenings Among West Virginians

Prioritizing Threats To Patient Safety In Rural Primary Care

Psychosocial Differences Between Whites And African Americans Living With HIV-AIDS In Rural Areas Of 13 US States

Psychosocial Work Characteristics Predict Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors And Health Functioning In Rural Women- The Wisconsin Rural Women's Health Study

Quality Improvement Strategies And Best Practices In Critical Access Hospitals

Quality-Of-Care Challenges For Rural Health

Recruiting And Retaining Mental Health Professionals To Rural Communities - An Interdisciplinary Course In Appalachia

Recruitment And Retention Of Physicians For Primary Health Care Research

Recruitment Of Doctors For Rural And Remote Areas - Info

Recruitment Of Physicians To Rural America- A View Through The Lens Of Transaction Cost Theory

Recruitment Of Rural Health Care Providers- A Regional Recruiter Strategy

Research And Public Service With The Rural Elderly

Retention Of Physician Assistants In Rural Health Clinics

Retention Of Primary Care Physicians In Rural Health Professional Shortage Areas

Risk Factors For Rural Residential Fires

Rural America - Unique Opportunities For Health Care Delivery And Health Services Research

Rural And Urban Physicians' Perceptions Regarding The Role And Practice Of The Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, And Certified Nurse Midwife

Rural Community Health And Welling-Being - A Guide To Action

Rural Health Professions Education At East Tennessee State University - Survey Of Graduates From The First Decade Of The Community Partnership Program

Rural Healthy People 2010 - Identifying Rural Health Priorities And Models For Practice

Rural Implications Of Medicare's Post-Acute-Care Transfer Payment Policy

Rural Medical School Applicants - Do Their Academic Credentials And Admission Decisions Differ From Those Of Nonrural Applicants

Rural Women And Osteoporosis - Awareness And Educational Needs

Rural, Suburban, And Urban Variations In Alcohol Consumption In The United States- Findings From The National Epidemiologic Survey On Alcohol And Related Conditions

Rural-Urban Differences In Health Risks, Resource Use And Expenditures Within Three State Medicaid Programs- Implications For Medicaid Managed Care

Self-Rated Health Among Vulnerable Older Adults In Rural Appalachia

Self-Treatment Of Pain In A Rural Area

Social And Emotional Impacts Of Farmwork Injuries - An Exploratory Study

Sociodemographic Factors And Self-Management Practices Related To Type 2 Diabetes Among Hispanics And Non-Hispanic Whites In A Rural Setting

Starting A General Surgery Program At A Small Rural Critical Access Hospital- A Case Study From Southeastern Oregon

Strategy To Increase Agricultural Medicine Practice- An Exploratory Study To Predict Interest Among Generalists

The Community Health Action Model - Health Promotion By The Community

The Economic Value Of The Health Care And Well-Being Industry

The Economic Value Of The Health Care Industry In Sauk County, Wisconsin

The Environmental Context Of Patient Safety And Medical Errors

The Experience Of Rural Independent Pharmacies With Medicare Part D-Reports From The Field

The Health Trade-Off Of Rural Residence For Impaired Older Adults - Longer Life, More Impairment

The Integrity Of Rural Health Care And Well-Being Systems -The Role Of The Rural Hospital

The Limited Effect Of Screening For Depressive Symptoms With The PHQ-9 In Rural Family Practices

The Montana Model - Integrated Primary Care And Behavioral Health In A Family Practice Residency Program

The Regulatory Environment And Rural Hospital Long-Term Care Strategies From 1997 To 2003

The Relationship Of Individual, Family, And Community Characteristics With Physical Health- An Adult Study In 27 Rural Minnesota Counties

The Reported Value Of Rural Internal Medicine Residency Electives And Factors That Influence Rural Career Choice

The Role Of International Medical Graduates In America's Small Rural Critical Access Hospitals

The Role Of Medical Education In The Recruitment And Retention Of Rural Physicians

The Role Of Nature And Nurture In The Recruitment And Retention Of Primary Care Physicians In Rural Areas - A Review Of The Literature

The Role Of Rural Health Clinics In Hospitalization Due To Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions - A Study In Nebraska

The State Of Diabetes Care Provided To Medicare Beneficiaries Living In Rural America

The Taming Of Queue IV: New Frontiers Of Wait Time Measurement, Monitoring And Management

The Utah Rural Residency Study - A Blueprint For Evaluating Potential Sites For Development Of A 4-4-4 Family Practice Residency Program In A Rural Community

The Visiting Specialist Model Of Rural Health Care Delivery - A Survey In Massachusetts

Tobacco: Anti-tobacco Media Awareness Of Rural Youth Compared To Suburban And Urban Youth In Indiana

Tobacco Prevalence And Trends In Smoking-A National Rural Study

Transforming The Delivery Of Rural Health Care In Georgia- State Partnership Strategy For Developing Rural Health Networks

Translating Research Into Practice - Voluntary Reporting Of Medication Errors In Critical Access Hospitals

Understanding The Health Care Needs Of Rural Families

Update- Health Insurance And Utilization Of Care Among Rural Adolescents

Urban-Rural Differences In The Availability Of Hospital Information Technology Applications - A Survey Of Georgia Hospitals

Urban-Rural Flows Of Physicians

Use Of Critical Access Hospital Emergency Rooms By Patients With Mental Health Symptoms

Useful Health Models For Rapidly Changing Areas

Variations In Financial Performance Among Peer Groups Of Critical Access Hospitals

Veterans Health Administration And Medicare Outpatient Health Care Utilization By Older Rural And Urban New England Veterans

Virden-Wallace Rural Lifestyle Assessment

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger- Determinants Of Stress Resiliency In Rural People Of Saskatchewan, Canada

What Makes Rural Health Care Work

What Would Be The Effect Of Referral To High-Volume Hospitals In A Largely Rural State

Why Do Rural Primary Care Physicians Sell Their Practices