We hypothesise that the exposure of environmental factors, predominantly in rural areas and primarily during the first five years of life, elevates the risk for developing type 1 diabetes.

Located among the rocky landscapes and pine forests of Hee on Sweden’s West Coast sits a 650-square-foot wood house with an aluminum roof and cantilevered canopy. The house is the work of ...

Why adults ages 25 to 44 are making the move to rural areas — and what's it like to embrace a slower pace of life. (Getty Creative) If you’re a millennial city dweller and feel like the ...

This study aims to understand the role that optimism could play in the context of a health asset approach to promote adolescent health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Adolescents (n = 948), between ...

A growing body of work in family sociology reveals that family life in rural and urban regions has become more similar.