Meeting Travel Grants and Setting Up a Rural Health Clinic

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Health ◽  
Health Clinic

A Nurse-owned Rural Health Clinic

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 29???35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Nicoll
Keyword(s):  
Rural Health ◽  
Health Clinic

scholarly journals Feasibility Analysis and Simulation of Integrated Renewable Energy System for Power Generation: A Hypothetical Study of Rural Health Clinic

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Anayochukwu Ani ◽  
Bahijjahtu Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Feasibility Analysis ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Simulation And Optimization ◽  
Renewable Energy System ◽  
Electrical Generation

This paper presents the feasibility analysis and study of integrated renewable energy (IRE) using solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbine (WT) system in a hypothetical study of rural health clinic in Borno State, Nigeria. Electrical power consumption and metrology data (such as solar radiation and wind speed) were used for designing and analyzing the integrated renewable energy system. The health clinic facility energy consumption is 19 kWh/day with a 3.4 kW peak demand load. The metrological data was collected from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) website and used to analyze the performance of electrical generation system using HOMER program. The simulation and optimization results show that the optimal integrated renewable energy system configuration consists of 5 kW PV array, BWC Excel-R 7.5 kW DC wind turbine, 24 unit Surrette 6CS25P battery cycle charging, and a 19 kW AC/DC converter and that the PV power can generate electricity at 9,138 kWh/year while the wind turbine system can generate electricity at 7,490 kWh/year, giving the total electrical generation of the system as 16,628 kWh/year. This would be suitable for deployment of 100% clean energy for uninterruptable power performance in the health clinic. The economics analysis result found that the integrated renewable system has total NPC of 137,139 US Dollar. The results of this research show that, with a low energy health facility, it is possible to meet the entire annual energy demand of a health clinic solely through a stand-alone integrated renewable PV/wind energy supply.

Psychiatric treatment-associated stigmatization as viewed through eyes of rural health clinic patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S740-S741
Author(s):  
D. Sendler ◽  
A. Markiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Trend Analysis ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
To Receive

IntroductionHaving a mental disease is frequently a stigmatizing experience for patients. We know little about urban inhabitants who travel to rural health clinics to receive mental treatment.ObjectivesRecruit and interview urban-based psychiatric patients who, to avoid stigmatization; travel to rural community clinics with the intention of receiving treatment.MethodsStudy included participants (n = 32) who exchanged treatment in government subsidized city clinics for rural community centers. Qualitative interviews lasting thirty minutes were recorded and transcribed for content analysis. MAXQDA, version 12, was used to annotate transcripts with topic specific nodes, followed by cluster theme and trend analysis.ResultsTrend analysis yielded three areas of concern for subsidized urban psychiatry: cost/insurance, lack of staff professionalism, and family-driven ostracism. Seven respondents cited cost as the main factor, influencing the choice of rural-based care over city clinic. Patients with stable income, but without insurance (n = 14), felt unwelcome in city clinics as their ability to pay was frequently questioned by supporting staff. Lack of trained social workers caused additional distress, as participants could not receive access to additional resources. Only four patients said that their psychiatrists acknowledged poor clinic environment and encouraged remaining in treatment. For 18 respondents, family demanded that they receive treatment in rural clinic so that no one finds out about their mental disease.ConclusionIn large urban clinics, stigma in psychiatry comes in many flavors, especially projected by unprofessional clinic staff and ashamed family. Lack of support forces patients to travel to rural premises to receive unbiased, stress-free care.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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