Review

• Telemental health in rural areas: a systematic review
  Jun Watanabe, Hiroyuki Teraura, Akihisa Nakamura, Kazuhiko Kotani
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 50–54

Original Articles

• Does greater distance from the hospital exacerbate socioeconomic barriers to neonatal intensive care unit clinic attendance?
  Emily Cox, Mofoluwake Awe, Stephiya Sabu, Dmitry Tumin, Uduak S. Akpan
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 55–61
• Clinical decision-making using an assessment protocol of swallowing function after aspiration pneumonia: a comparative retrospective study
  Yohei Kanzawa, Hiroyuki Seto, Toshio Shimokawa, Takahiko Tsutsumi, Naoto Ishimaru, Saori Kinami, Yuichi Imanaka
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 62–69
• Negative association between loneliness and healthy state among rural residents in Japan: a cross-sectional single region population-based survey
  Yoshio Hisata, Takashi Sugioka, Aki Yasaka, Yuki Ueda, Masaki Amenomori, Katsumi Higashino, Yoshio Naya
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 70–78
• Using complete blood count parameters in the diagnosis of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in Filipino women
  Ana Kriselda B. Rivera, Angelica Anne E. Latorre, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 79–86
• Determinants of utilization of antenatal care services among recently delivered women residing in urban poor areas of Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India—a cross-sectional study
  Anusha Sharma, Meenakshi Khapre, Raviprakash Meshram, Anupam Gupta
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 87–95
• Grasping the structure of the care management process evaluation items that are related to care management skills with regard to individual users: conducting verification through self-assessment by care managers
  Yoshio Suzuki, Reiko Ishiyama
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 96–107
• Factors associated with the acceptance of employing nursing assistants aged 65 and older among those younger than 65 years old
  Yasushi Kudo, Taeko Toyoda
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 108–118
• A study of factors associated with the prognosis of cardiac arrest patients in a depopulated area with a high elderly population transported by Shimoda Fire Department
  Ikuto Takeuchi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Michika Hamada, Soichiro Ota, Ken-ichi Muramatsu, Wataru Fujita, Youichi Yanagawa
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 119–125
• Literature reviews on coping behavior of women with menopausal symptoms and menopausal disorders
  Chihiro Yamaki, Miwa Sasaki
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 126–132
• Effects of interprofessional conferences on intensive care units: comparing lengths of stay in the intensive care unit before and after the introduction of interprofessional conferences
  Daichi Watanabe, Keiichi Uranaka, Kyoko Asazawa, Takako Akimoto, Hironori Ohnuma
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 133–142

Case Reports

• Case of hereditary kidney disease presenting thin basement membrane with a single heterozygous variant of Intersectin 2
  Madoka Kondo, Takayasu Mori, Tadashi Oshita, Atsuki Ohashi, Eisei Sohara, Shinichi Uchida, Yoshitaka Maeda
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 143–148
• What’s in your water? A well-known risk for arsenic toxicity
  Dominika A. Jegen, Paul J. Jannetto
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 149–153

Letters to the Editor

• Total pain in advanced dementia: a quick literature review
  Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Tsukasa Muraya, Takashi Yamanaka, Satoshi Hirahara, Jiro Okochi, Masafumi Kuzuya, Hisayuki Miura
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 154–158
• Environmental changes and mental distress in rural communities
  Kei Nagai
  J Rural Med. 2023 Apr; 18(2): 159–161