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Version September 7, 2020
Week 3: Rural populations
September 21-27, 2020
Class Objectives:
1. To examine the definitions of rural, northern, remote, indigenous, and circumpolar.
2. To provide an overview of rural populations and their health status.
Required Readings:
1. Gracey, M., & King, M. (2009). Indigenous health part 1: determinants and disease patterns.
Lancet, 9683(374): 65-75.
2. Bryant, C., & Joseph, A. E. (2001). Canada's rural population: trends in space and
implications in place. Canadian Geographer, 45(1), 132-137.
3. Young, K., & Chatwood, S. (2015). Comparing the health of Circumpolar populations:
patterns, determinants, and systems. In B, Evengard., J.N. Larsen., & O. Paasche (Eds.), The
new Arctic (p. 203-211). London: Springer.
4. Kulig, J., Kilpatrick, K., Moffitt, P., & Zimmer, L., (2013). Rural and Remote Nursing
Practice: An Updated Documentary Analysis. Lethbridge: University of Lethbridge.
https://nwtresearch.com/sites/default/files/unbc_uda_report_final_lr.pdf
Week 4: Health systems
September 28-October 4, 2020
Class Objectives:
1. To understand the history of health system development in rural and Aboriginal
communities;
2. To explore trends in the evolution of modern health systems for rural and northern
populations.
Required Readings:
1. Lawson, G.S., & Noseworthy, A.E. (2009). Newfoundland's Cottage Hospital System: 1920-
1970. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, 2(26): 477-98.
2. Grzybowski, S., & Kornelsen, J. (2013). Rural health services: finding the light at the end of
the tunnel. Healthcare Policy, 8(3), 10-16.
3. Kornelsen, J., McCartney, K., &Williams, K. (2016). Satisfaction and sustainability: a realist
review of decentralized models of perinatal surgery for rural women. Rural and Remote Health,
16: 3749.
4. NL Medical Association. (2017). Summary Report: Forum to determine the need for A
Review of Health Facilities and Services in Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John’s: NLMA.
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