Rural and remote Australians have poorer health than people living in metropolitan and regional areas. One reason is less access to primary health care services due to a lock of GPs. Current policies won't translate to more rural and remote GPs for several more years and will pose more ...
摘要原文 Annually across Australia about 1,000 people are killed on roads in rural and remote areas, while approximately a further 26,000 people are injured. Those found to be at most risk are young male drivers, truck drivers, pedestrians and those living in these areas, particularly Indigenou...
One in five Australians experience mental illness each year [3]. There is notable inequity in this disease burden for those living outside major cities in rural and remote areas of Australia [4], who are disproportionately affected by severe mental health conditions and substance use disorders, ...
Rural and remote Australians and New Zealanders have a higher rate of adverse outcomes due to acute myocardial infarction, driven by many factors [3,4]. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is also higher in regional and remote populations. The settings do vary from very remote and ...
Working rural and remote: rewards and challenges: meeting the health needs of remote and rural communities can be a challenging task. Under harsh conditions many nurses and midwives are working in innovative ways to ensure remote and rural Australians have access to the quality health care they ...
In short, Australia's PHC system needs to boost its capacity to pro- vide a range of basic services to Australians in rural and remote communities. Exactly how this will occur in not clear. However, the focus of this paper in identifying spe- cifically what PHC services should be locally...
From sleeping rough in parklands to skipping medical appointments, the additional burden of out-of-pocket health care expenditure (OOPHE) is widening the health care gap for Aboriginal households in rural and remote regions.
For the effects of rurality to be minimized with regard to the impact of mental health problems in RRvR locations, a number of changes need to occur. While living in nonurban locations certainly has its challenges, it has a number of unique benefits that
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It proposes options aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of Australians who experience food insecurity. It notes the role of the agricultural sector in addressing Australian food security. It also highlights the prevalence of food insecurity in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...