The widespread and unjust drinking water and clean water crisis in the United States by J. Tom Mueller, Stephen Gasteyer

“…Further, elevated levels of water hardship are associated with rurality, poverty, indigeneity, education, and age—representing a nationwide environmental injustice.…”
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Variations in Colorectal Cancer Screening of Medicare Beneficiaries Served by Rural Health Clinics by Thomas T. H. Wan, Judith Ortiz, Rick Berzon, Yi-Ling Lin

“…The following 2 hypotheses were formulated: (1) CCS rates are higher in the post-ACA period than in the pre-ACA period, irrespective of the factors rurality, poverty, dually eligible status, and the organizational characteristics of RHCs and (2) the contextual and organizational factors of RHCs exert more influence on the variation in CCS rates of RHC patients than do aggregated personal factors. …”
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MALDI-TOF MS and 16S RNA Identification of Culturable Gastric Microbiota: Variability Associated with the Presence of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> by Claudia Troncoso, Monica Pavez, Alvaro Cerda, Marcelo Oporto, Daniel Villarroel, Edmundo Hofmann, Eddy Rios, Armando Sierralta, Luis Copelli, Leticia Barrientos

“…In Chile, the region of La Araucanía concentrates a high risk of gastric cancer associated with <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> colonization, rurality, poverty, and Mapuche ethnicity. Hence, we aimed to identify the culturable gastric microbiota and characterize its variability at different stages of epithelial injury, based on its <i>H. pylori</i> colonization in dyspeptic patients from this Chilean region. …”
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The impact of county-level factors on meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) among primary care providers. by Pierre K Alexandre, Judith P Monestime, Kessie Alexandre

“…These variables were rurality, poverty, educational attainment, managed care penetration, changes in population, and number of PCPs per capita. …”
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Cancer disparities related to poverty and rurality for 22 top cancers in Florida by Jaclyn M. Hall, Sarah M. Szurek, Heedeok Cho, Yi Guo, Michael S. Gutter, Georges E. Khalil, Jonathan D. Licht, Elizabeth A. Shenkman

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Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity associated to peri-urban living places in pregnant women in a rural area of Buenos Aires province, Argentina by Elías M. Rivera, Silvina N. Lavayén, Paola Sánchez, Carlos M.A. Martins, Etelvina Gómez, Jorge P. Rodríguez, Marcela E. Arias, Andrea P. Silva, Sergio O. Angel

“…Keywords: Toxoplasmosis, Seroprevalence, Rural, Poverty…”
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Mapping a research-advocacy-policy agenda on human rights and albinism: a mixed methods project by Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Barbara Astle, Ikponwosa Ero, Lori Beaman, Bonny Ibhawoh, Elvis Imafidon, Richard Sawatzky, Wisdom Tettey, Meghann Buyco, Emma Strobell

“…Other social determinants of health (rurality, poverty, and gender equality) are present as subtext in the findings, more so than priorities for research, advocacy, or policy, despite their preponderance in the lives of persons with albinism. …”
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