From treatment to prevention in rural and remote Australia: practical considerations for health professionals to move practice “upstream”

Devine, Sue, and Seaton, Jack (2020) From treatment to prevention in rural and remote Australia: practical considerations for health professionals to move practice “upstream”. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28 (3). pp. 317-318.

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[extract] Most Australians face few challenges when accessing health care. Life expectancy in Australia is amongst the highest in the world and death rates have declined. However, improvements in health outcomes have not been shared equally across groups. When compared to their respective non‐Indigenous and urban counterparts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Australians living in rural and remote locations have lower life expectancy, more health risk factors and poorer access to, and use of health services. These disparities are underpinned by multifaceted social, political and environmental determinants of health and in the case of Indigenous Australians, complex cultural factors, systemic racism and intergenerational trauma.

Item ID: 63364
Item Type: Article (Commentary)
ISSN: 1440-1584
Keywords: program development, health information, health promotion, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Copyright Information: © 2020 National Rural Health Alliance Ltd.
Date Deposited: 20 Aug 2020 04:34
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111712 Health Promotion @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920506 Rural Health @ 50%
92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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