Nursing Research

Investing in health education to reduce rural health disparities

Ross, J.; Mann, S.; Emond, K. (IntechOpen, 2023)

The global rural population accounts for almost half of the total global population. Access to health care for these rural populations is reduced, leading to increased health disparities. Nurses play a critical role in ...
The rural way: Rural nurses’ contribution to new models of health care, reducing health disparities - stories from practice

Ross, J.; Crawley, J.; Parmee, R. (IntechOpen, 2023-01-27)

This chapter reports on a research project that set out to capture the unique stories from rural nurses from Aotearoa, New Zealand. During the past three decades changing socio-political and economic contexts have affected ...