In 1977, Maathai
suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment.
Not exact matches
«Research has long
suggested people with heart disease in
rural areas are at a disadvantage when it comes to access to health care and longevity,» says Dr. Sacha Bhatia, lead author of the study and a cardiologist at
Women's College Hospital.
However, the improvement was more prominent among white and Asian
women and those in urban areas,
suggesting more work is needed to reach
women in other racial and ethnic groups and those living in
rural areas, Harvey said.
Repeat use of ECs was infrequent, a finding similar to that in a British study, in which only 4 % of
women used ECs 3 or more times in a year.22 Improving access to reproductive choices for
women in
rural and remote communities was a key reason for the BC initiative, and our findings
suggest that EC prescriptions increased substantially in those areas.