Development of Rural Health Services Problems Illustrated by a Nonprofit, Privately-Based Approach

Kirk, Richard F.H.; Spears, Richard M.

doi:10.1097/00005650-197902000-00007

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“…Such an approach was advocated by Kirk and Pears (1979) when they emphasised the importance of community participation, along with the development of an approach aimed at improving the use of existing rural health services. This position was supported by Seekins (1995) who concluded diat rural-health initiatives that put emphasis on community development show more promise than do those focusing exclusively on extending urban-based programs into rural areas.…”

Section: Psychosocial Concernsmentioning

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The Post-Amputation Rehabilitation Experience of People Living in Rural Settings

Young

Murphy

Kippen

et al. 2001

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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This paper reports the results from a qualitative study aimed at identifying the factors influencing the rehabilitation experience of people living with an amputation in a rural setting. Following the conduct of an initial focus group, 24 rural-based individuals responded to an invitation to participate in the study's in-depth interviews. Fourteen of those interviewed lived in a ‘regional’ setting (the regional group) and the other ten lived in more remote locations (the ‘distant’ group). Consistent with this population's demography, the sample was comprised mainly of older people (mean age of 66.8 years) who had suffered their amputation as a result of vascular disease. While the groups differed with respect to two aspects of their rehabilitation experience (with the distant group reporting more problems with accommodation and access to health services), many common themes emerged from the interviews, including an overall positive acceptance of the surgical intervention, the call for increased post-operative counselling services, and an endorsement of the usefulness of peer-support (and more generally of social support) services. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for service delivery and endorsement is made of the suggestion that rural health planning be more community-focussed.

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Section: Psychosocial Concernsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Post-Amputation Rehabilitation Experience of People Living in Rural Settings

Young

Murphy

Kippen

et al. 2001

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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The Promise of Satellite Clinics

Nelson¹

1982

JAMA

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Rural Health Care

Ottensmeyer¹,

Smith²

1982

N Engl J Med

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Many rural areas of the United States are considered medically underserved. At the core of this underservice is a lack of physicians. Physicians are not attracted to rural areas for a variety of personal and professional reasons. We explore the role of established group practices (EGPs) in dealing with these barriers, by using a model of small associated group practices (AGPs) created in rural communities in association with a larger EGP located elsewhere. We also describe the use of this model by the Lovelace Medical Foundation in New Mexico in creating three rural group practices and planning a fourth.

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Development of Rural Health Services Problems Illustrated by a Nonprofit, Privately-Based Approach

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The Post-Amputation Rehabilitation Experience of People Living in Rural Settings

The Post-Amputation Rehabilitation Experience of People Living in Rural Settings

The Promise of Satellite Clinics

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