Untitled Document Welcome to Rural and Remote Health Research at the University of Northern British Columbia. A vital body of the broader Canadian research community has been engaged in recent months in the very important topic of rural health research. With partnership from the federal Ministry of Health, the North Central Municipal Association and the Northern Interior Regional Health Board, a series of meetings have been held in Prince George to spotlight the problems in rural and remote health. Those who live in rural Canada know instinctively that their health is compromised, life expectancy is shorter, health care is less accessible, and comprehensive and continuing care is not a realistic expectation. Death rates and infant mortality rates are higher, but so are fertility rates, creating a demographic of young children and older adults associated with a loss of young adults to the urban opportunities.
Communities too can be fragile while others have acquired a resilience that is hard to ignore.
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