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INTRODUCTION:In mid-July 2010 flash flooding in Pakistan destroyed the basic water, environmental sanitation and livelihood infrastructures in 82 districts. Two months later, the local press of Swat (northern Pakistan) reported that several residents of Marghazar town became ill and were hospitalized after drinking contaminated water. A non-governmental organization (Oxfam GB) team took action to determine the causes of this incident and analyzed the community drinking water supply. METHODS:Standard methods were used to analyze six physio-chemical and four microbiological water quality parameters at five selected sampling locations in the water supply system. RESULTS:The samples from sites numbers (SN)02, 03, 04 and 05 were found to be microbiologically unfit for drinking due to the presence of Escherichia coli, Shigella, Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus (range 18-96 ± 14 cfu/100 mL). However, the pH, conductivity, total dissolved solid, total hardness as calcium carbonate and nitrate as NO3(-2) of all the samples were within WHO permissible limits. Higher turbidities were recorded at SN04 and 05 of 6 ± 0.23 and 9 ± 1.23, respectively. CONCLUSION:Quantitative results revealed the presence of pathogenic organisms and water quality risk factors due to the damaged water and environmental sanitation infrastructure. Continued water quality monitoring, the application of household based disinfectants, and healthy domestic hygiene practices are highly recommended in similar circumstances.
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Rural Remote Healthjournal_title
Rural and remote healthauthors
Baig SA,Xu X,Khan Rsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-01-01 00:00:00pages
2196issn
1445-6354pii
2196journal_volume
12pub_type
杂志文章abstract：INTRODUCTION:The community care philosophy in Australia has led to a number of older people remaining in their own homes, dependant on others for the majority of their care needs. A small number of older people being cared for by a family member or friend will move into residential aged care facilities for full-time ca...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Diabetes mellitus is a healthcare burden in India. Seventy-four percent of India's population lives in rural areas with limited access to healthcare resources. Telemedicine can play a big role in screening people with diabetes at grassroots level. In the telescreening model, single field 45-degree photographs a...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Nurse Practitioner - Aged Care Models of Practice Initiative supported the roll-out of a range of nurse practitioner (NP) models of practice, across Australia. One of these models was a community-based clinic-located practice, situated in a remote tourist destination where there is no resident general ...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health promotion is a key component of comprehensive primary health care. Health promotion approaches complement healthcare management by enabling individuals to increase control over their health. Many primary healthcare staff have a role to play in health promotion practice, but their ability to integrat...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.22605/RRH4413
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health professions students interested in future rural practice locations spend a week learning about and investigating all aspects of small town personal, professional and community life. This augments the mainly clinical experience provided by clinical rotations they complete as part of their professiona...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Traditionally dental plaque, calculus and stains have been removed by scaling and polishing manually with hand instruments such as curettes, chisels, hoes and scalers. However, ultrasonic scaling is becoming the preferred method of initial periodontal treatment and maintenance, due to improved patient and operator com...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Entry to practice medical programs (graduate- and undergraduate-entry) in Australia are under considerable pressure to provide clinical training as a result of increased student numbers. At the same time modern medical curricula require the development of active placements in expanded settings to achieve gradua...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Farmers and farm workers have higher than expected rates of suicide and undetermined deaths in UK studies, and some rural areas of Scotland have higher than average male suicide rates. Firearm access seems to be an influencing factor in England and Wales. Type of farming, and farming social networks may al...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Solomon Islands is a small developing island state located in the south-western Pacific Ocean. A population of approximately 680 000 people live on more than one-third of the 992 islands that make up the country. Approximately 80% of the population reside in rural areas, many in remote, difficult to reach and p...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.22605/RRH5787
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Child farm safety has been identified as a key public health concern in Australia. To date, communication strategies for child farm safety have primarily targeted rural based adults as custodians of children, and because the greatest proportion of deaths occur in pre-school children. However, emerging inte...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although some characteristics of physicians are known to be associated with their recruitment in rural and remote areas, the factors that predict mobility of physicians, and in particular, their mobility to rural and distant areas are largely unknown. METHODS:Flows of all physicians (n=4268) among municip...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mondana Clinic is a small rural clinic located in the Napo river region of the Amazon basin in Ecuador. Since its opening in 1997 the clinic has grown to be the primary health care facility for approximately 3000 individuals. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed tabulating the ambulatory diagnosis,...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:In Nepal, a number of private sector medical schools have opened recently; although sufficient numbers of doctors are graduating there continues to be a doctor shortage in rural areas. This article analysed the rural doctor shortage in Nepal and reviewed the international literature for strategies that may...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:High prevalence rates of obesity, particularly among those residing in US rural areas, and associated physical and psychosocial health consequences, direct attention to the need for effective prevention programs. The current study describes an initial step in developing a school-based obesity prevention pr...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The poor health of Indigenous Australians is highlighted by the fact that their life expectancy is 17 years less than that of non-Indigenous Australians. The cause of this health disparity is multifactorial, and includes the under use of health services and medications. Distance, cost, and embarrassment, or fear of se...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Hypothyroidism is a significant cause of pericardial effusion. However, large pericardial effusions due to hypothyroidism are extremely rare. Hormone replacement therapy is the cornerstone of treatment for hypothyroidism and regular follow-up of patients after initiation of the therapy is indicated. Herein, the...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.22605/RRH4384
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The WHO has estimated that 1% of the world's population need a wheelchair, but few have access. Access to wheelchairs for most of the South African poor population is through accessing rehabilitation services at public health facilities. This study explored access to wheelchair services from the perspectiv...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.22605/RRH5855
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nurses in rural settings are often the first to assess and interpret the patient's clinical presentations. Therefore, an understanding of how nurses experience decision-making is important in terms of educational preparation, resource allocation to rural areas, institutional cultures, and patient outcomes....
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Many rural Australian communities continue to endure a prolonged drought. The mental health effects of short-term natural disaster are well known; those of a long-term and chronic natural disaster such as drought are less well understood. However, in addition to immediate distress there are likely to be feelings of lo...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Farm health and safety has historically focussed on strategies such as injury prevention, safety audits and fulfilling legislative responsibilities. However, farmer injuries mask deeper health issues including higher rates of cancer, suicides, cardiovascular disease and stress. The relationship between occ...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Exposure of undergraduate medical students to general practice and community healthcare services is common practice in the international medical curricula. Nevertheless, proponents of the hospital and biotechnology based paradigm, which is still dominant within the medical academic environment, question both th...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breastfeeding provides health benefits to infants and mothers, yet many women decide against breastfeeding. This study examined differences in the prevalence of breastfeeding among national, urban, rural, and Appalachian regions of the USA. METHODS:Secondary data analysis of the US 2007 National Survey of...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Following a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), emphasis is placed on healthy lifestyle modification by means of secondary prevention. The literature suggests Australians have difficulty within the period following a PCI, particularly the rural cohort. Despite having a higher incidence of cardiac dis...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
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doi：10.22605/RRH4854
更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hokianga Hospital is a small rural hospital in the far north of New Zealand serving a predominantly Maori population of 6500. The hospital, an integral part of a comprehensive primary healthcare service, provides continuous acute in-hospital and emergency care. Point-of-care (POC) biochemistry has been ava...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.22605/RRH4934
更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health care and research in rural populations are often limited due to poor infrastructure and small sample sizes. However, such populations have a need for medical care and can be of great value when studying the health effects of lifestyle and genetic factors. The Northern Sweden Population Health Study ...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) has 34 years experience in training 1097 medical students as independent distance learners in a 36 week, community-based continuity primary care experience. This program has been successful in preparing competitive students who select primary care residencies and return to ...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Skin diseases are common among school children worldwide. However, limited information is available about the socioeconomic correlates that contribute to their development among school children in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). OBJECTIVES:to identify the prevalent transmissible and non-transmissible s...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) represent a significant occupational problem for hospital nurses, few investigations target nurses in rural facilities. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of MSD among nurses within an affiliated hospital conglomerate of rural Japan. METHODS:A se...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Malnutrition is a serious public health problem, particularly in developing countries, linked to a substantial increase in the risk of mortality and morbidity. Women and young children are most often affected. Rural disadvantage is a known factor, but little attention has been paid to rural-urban disparity...
journal_title：Rural and remote health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00
