Variables associated with utilization of a centralized medical post in the Andean community of Pampas Grande, Peru.

Context: Integral to the location of health resources is the distance decay of utilization observed in a population. In rural Peru, a nongovernmental organization planning to increase the availability of health services needed this information.

Purpose: To determine variables associated with utilization of a central medical clinic and determine whether, because of the mountainous topography, travel time (TT) would be a better predictor of utilization than distance.

Self-assessed disability and self-rated health among rural villagers in Peru: a brief report.

Context: Risks for poor self-rated overall health in rural areas of developing nations have not been thoroughly investigated.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess potential risk factors for poor self-rated health among rural villagers in Peru.

Methods: A door-to-door survey of villagers residing in the Pampas Grande region in Peru, which is in the Andes Mountains, yielded complete data for 337 adults.