Success Indicators

There are a number of periodicals and research reporting entities available and targeted to receive and publish Gateway’s research results for dissemination to other professional researchers, to pharmaceutical firms and groups, and to the public.

They include:

* Canadian Medical Association Journal
* Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine
* Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
* Australian Journal of Rural Health
* Rural and Remote Health
* American Rural Health Association Journal
* American Journal of Nursing

The value of Gateway research to peers, funders and the public will determine the viability, success and growth of the research institute. Two side-benefits of the work will also be quickly apparent. The work is expected to attract other synergistic and compatible research programs. As an example, an August 5, 2008 Medical Post article reported on a novel study in Boston that identified that the risk of heart attack is related to pre-existing depression. In the Huron-Perth area, as related in Section 3 above, women in general experience depressive symptoms twice as often as men, and twice as many rural women experience depression compared with their urban counterparts. A recent report showed that about 75% of women with disabilities living in a rural area in the USA experience moderate to severe depressive symptoms. In Canada, there is very little research on depression in rural women or depression in rural communities in general. This study will be explored further in Study 3 to be undertaken.

And there will be benefit to other researchers when the design of questionnaires is undertaken for studies. Gateway studies will pose questions designed to elicit rural-specific response. The analysis of responses will enable other researchers to fine-tune their enquiries to include this sector more competently.