An undue emphasis on rural older adults in the Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2023? by Cheetham, NJ, Dhesi, J, Hopper, A, Dowd, JB, Steves, CJ

“…We show that there are higher absolute numbers of older people in urban areas in England and Wales, in contrast to key messages from the CMO report which suggest greater need in rural areas based on relative metrics. The absolute size of the urban-rural difference in the population of older people is projected to grow by 2043. …”

Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services? by Wagner, J, Merner, S, Innocenti, S, Geling, A, Hope, R

“…Providing a sustainable supply of safe drinking water in rural Africa depends on sufficient revenue from user payments to maintain services. …”

Policy reform to deliver safely managed drinking water services for schools in rural Bangladesh by Fischer, A, Hope, R, Thomson, P, Hoque, S, Alam, M, Charles, K, Achi, N, Nowicki, S, Hakim, S, Islam, M, Salehin, M, Bradley, D, Ibrahim, M, Chowdhury, M

“…The SafePani model aims to provide safe drinking water services for all in rural Bangladesh through reforms in three areas – institutional design, information systems and sustainable finance. …”

RT5ELinkages of peatland degradation and rural poverty in development scenarios of peatland restoration by Bella Syakina, Radieah Mohd Nor, Armanto, M. Edi

“…Currently, peatland degradation continues due to drainage for industrial plants (Oil palm and Acacia), so their productivity continues to decline and rural communities are very dependent on peatlands, hence the poverty problem in rural areas remains unresolved. …”
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Urban-rural communities attitudes and perceptions toward wildlife meat consumption in Bintulu, Sarawak by Thomas, Alexander, Mariapan, Manohar, Lim, Evelyn Ai Lin, Johari, Shazali

“…In Sarawak, consuming wildlife meat is common among local communities especially those residing in rural areas where they hunt wildlife for their own consumption. …”

Urban housing prices and consumption structure upgrading: different relationships in urban and rural China by Ding, Yemin, Chin, Lee, Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad

“…Firstly, a fixed effect model was used to investigate the relationship between urban housing price and the consumption structure upgrading, and it was found that urban housing price has an inverted U-shaped effect on the consumption structure upgrading of Chinese urban residents, while it has an inhibitory effect on the consumption structure upgrading of Chinese rural residents. Then, we conducted multiple robustness tests, all of which corroborated the benchmark results’ reliability. …”
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Land fragmentation and rural sustainability in bade local government area, Yobe State, Nigeria. by Saleh, Abba, Majid, Mohammad Rafee, Toyin Jagun, Zainab

“…Land is one of the major factors in agricultural and other production activities which its accessibility and utilisation affect the outcome, especially in rural areas. This paper analyses land fragmentation and Rural Sustainability in Bade LGA, Yobe State, Nigeria. …”
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CAF-AMIC Workshop on the Rural Press in Asia : 19-21 June 1990, Singapore : [contents]

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Experience and perceptions of mental ill-health in people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study by Tsigebrhan, R, Newton, CR, Selamu, M, Hanlon, C

“…The aim of this study was to explore the experiences mental ill-health in the contexts of the lives of people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia. Methods: A phenomenological approach was employed using in-depth individual interviews with PWE. …”

Implementation of integrated rural development concept (IRD) in developing mukim of Sidam Kanan, Kedah, Malaysia. by Mohd. Hanapiah, Taufek, Samsudin, Noor Aimran, Muhammad Farid, Muhammad Farid

“…This study investigates the feasibility of an integrated economy of seven (7) villages in the Mukim of Sidam Kanan (sub-district), Kedah, Malaysia, by adopting the 'Integrated Rural Development (IRD)' to develop their economy. …”
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Representativity and Networked Interference in Data-Rich Field Experiments: A Large-Scale RCT in Rural Mexico by Noriega, Alejandro, Pentland, Alex

“…The study develops and tests the methodology in the context of a large-scale health experiment in rural Mexico, involving more than 3,000 pregnant women and 600 health clinics across 5 states. …”
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Migrants in between: rural migrant families' practices of settlement in a small but rapidly urbanizing Chinese city by Zhao, Haoyu

“…Since economic reforms started in the late 1970s, China has experienced rapid urbanization with a massive influx of rural migrants into cities. In contrast to most rural migrants’ temporary or informal settlements in Chinese megacities, many migrant families in small cities have managed to obtain urban housing and settle there. …”
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Seminar on Developments and Trends in the Rural Mass Media in Asia : Singapore, 16-18 January, 1989 : [contents]

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A case study on the application of new media technology and market expansion of rural enterprises in Central China by Liu, Meng, Wan Abas, Wan Antia, Mamat, Roslina

“…New media has become a critical marketing method in modern times and plays a vital role in rural China's market expansion and development. Currently, the sales of agricultural products by Chinese rural enterprises have become an indispensable part of agricultural product marketing. …”
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Adoption, usage and impact of Family Folder Collector (FFC) on a mobile Android tablet device in rural Thailand. by Chong, Vanessa Wan Ting., Lim, Michelle Huimin., Rodricks, Regina Marian.

“…Our research has shown that the tablet PC is sustainable in rural healthcare. Findings revealed that community factors like needs, training, and ownership were crucial in CHW’s usage of the FFC, and contributed greatly to the success of the project. …”
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Seminar on Developments and Trends in the Rural Mass Media in Asia : Singapore, 16-18 January, 1989 : [workshop report]

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AMIC-CAF-MPI Workshop on Rural Journalism : Penang, Mar 6-10, 1989 : [programme and list of participants]

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The impact of new communication technologies on cultural identities of rural Malaysia : experiences from twenty years of social engineering by Samsudin A. Rahim, Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri

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Nutritional assessment of rural villages and estates in peninsular Malaysia: total blood cholesterol values in children, adolescents and adults by Wai, Tony Ng Kock, Lin, Khor Geok, Siong, Tee E., Hashim, Normah

“…When compared to earlier rural TC data reported for closely similar rural communities in the peninsula, the present findings suggest a 'hypercholesterolemic shift' approximating 0.39 mmol/L (15 mg/dL) in the adult population; however, this was not apparent in the children and adolescents from these rural communities.…”

Participatory monitoring in farmer field school program through Whatsapp among indigenous farmers in rural Sarawak, Malaysia by Agnese, Federica, Othman, Zakirah, Mitin, Anni, Wan Yahaya, Wan Ahmad Jaafar

“…This paper aims to assess the use of WhatsApp Group for participatory monitoring in a System of Rice Intensification – Farmer Field School (SRI-FFS) program involving the rice farming community in the rural Bidayuh village of Tebaro in Sarawak, Malaysia. …”
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