Table of Contents

Special Issue: Rural Health

Edited by Erica Bell and Joav Merrick

Editorial

Rural child health
Erica Bell and Joav Merrick

Review Articles

Next steps in the logic of consumer-led self-management: Translating chronic condition self-management programmes (CCSM) into lifestyle management programmes for young people
Peter W. Harvey and Jessica Staker

Consultation liaison child psychiatry:A valuable resource for rural areas
Helen J. Stain and Brian Kelly

Original Articles

Following the policy pathway: The impact of policy processes on children’s access to healthcare in rural Australia
Julaine Allan, Patrick Ball and Margaret Alston

How rural schools support the early years
Susan Johns

Childhood immunization coverage and correlates for low vaccine uptake in Ungogo Northern Nigeria
Zubairu Iliyasu, Isa S. Abubakar, Mohammed Kabir, Faisal Shuaib and Muktar H. Aliyu

Assessing the impact of a mobile family resource service for parents and young children
John Guenther and Margaret Arvier

Female genital cutting: Its perception and practice in Igbo-Ora community, Nigeria
Daniel Adedayo Adeyinka, Olanrewaju Oladimeji and Chris Aimakhu

Pattern of dermatological disorders among adolescents in suburban rural school in South India
Ganapathy Kalaiselvan and Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan

Home environment as a determinant of psychological hardiness among creative Indian adolescents in urban and rural areas
Jagpreet Kaur and Kulwinder Singh

Self treatment and use of health services among children under 5 years of age in a rural district in Vietnam
Le Thi Hoan, Nguyen Thi Thu and Peter Allebeck

Bedouins of the Negev: Ethnicity and ethnic identity among Bedouin adolescents in Israel
Salman Elbedour, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Qun G. Jiao, Aref Abu-Rabia, Mohammed Morad and Joav Merrick

Parents’ perception about unintentional childhood injuries and its prevention in rural Bangladesh: A qualitative study in a local community
Salim Mahmud Chowdhury, Mohammed A. Halim, Leif Svanström, Lars-Gunnar Hörte,Ross Cox and Fazlur Rahman

Impact of poor quality of life on adolescents in rural Kentucky: A brief report
Hatim A. Omar, Søren Ventegodt and Joav Merrick

Case Report

A pair of Dizygotic twins born to two carrier families of sickle cell disease in scheduled caste communities of Orissa, India
Ranbir S. Balgir