Australia's Rural, Remote and Indigenous Health

3rd Edition - February 6, 2016
Author: Janie Dade Smith
Language: English
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Shortlist Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Student Resource from Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2016!

Australia’s Rural, Remote and Indigenous Health 3e is a practical guide to the delivery of health care in rural and remote Australia. Drawing on personal experiences of rural and remote practitioners, historical accounts, literature analysis and epidemiology, this frank and engaging text examines the economic, social and political forces that shape healthcare in rural and remote Australia.

With limited current resources to support studies in rural and remote healthcare, this title bridges the gap by offering valuable insights into Indigenous life and social determinants of health through the use of storytelling. It is the perfect guide for anyone working in or planning to work in rural, remote or Indigenous Australia; and for those undertaking cultural studies, or social policy.

Cover image
Title Page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Video Contents
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Reviewers
Dedication
About the Author
About the Contributing Authors
Introduction
Commonly Used Terms
Section 1 Setting the Scene
1 Advance rural Australia
Who lives in rural Australia?
The first inhabitants
‘Settling’ the country: 1788–1900
Rural Australia: 1900–2000s
Rural Australia today
Conclusion
References
2 Defining rural and remote Australia
Urban Australia
Non-urban Australia
Remote Australia
Why define regional, rural and remote?
Applying the classification to practice in very remote Australia
Conclusion
References
3 Culture and health
What is culture?
International perspectives
Australian culture
Rural culture
Cultural safety
Power, authority and health care outcomes
Racism
Social justice
Conclusion – It's a matter of respect
References
Section 2 Indigenous Australians' Health
4 Indigenous Australia
Setting the scene
British colonisation of Australia
Australian policies of the day
Conclusion
References
5 Putting Indigenous policy into practice – the double whammy
Putting policy into practice
Was it genocide?
‘Sorry’ seems to have been the hardest word
Conclusion – Reconciliation
References
6 Working with Indigenous people
What is good health?
Looking back and going forward
Why so many funerals for our mob?
Improving Indigenous health and wellbeing
Government and organisational leadership
Providing access to appropriate health services
Effective communication in Indigenous health care
Twelve principles for working effectively with Australian Indigenous peoples
Conclusion
References
7 Remote Indigenous health
Indigenous health
Spinning out of control
Health expenditure
International comparison
Mortality rates
Breaking the poverty cycle
Indigenous statistics
Good remote stories
Conclusion
References
Section 3 The Rural Health Landscape
8 Determining health
Health perspectives
Patient-centred care
Contemporary views of health
What makes us healthy?
The determinants of health
Determining indigenous Australians' health
The cycle of poverty
Conclusion
References
9 Rural people's health
Healthy Australians
The health of rural Australians
The triple whammy
Rural culture
Prioritising rural people's health
Conclusion
References
10 Caring for the population
Upstream, midstream and downstream approaches to health
Public health approach
Population health approach
Health promotion
Primary health care approach
Community-controlled health service approach
Conclusion
References
Section 4 Providing Health Care Services
11 Providing health services – the workforce
International workforce perspectives
The australian health workforce
The rural and remote health workforce
The nursing workforce
Nursing workforce trends
The medical workforce
Medical workforce trends
Indigenous health practitioner workforce
Allied health workforce
Rural pharmacy workforce
Supporting the rural and remote workforce
Conclusion
References
12 Remote health practice
Professional roles
Key remote health factors
Remote practice as a separate discipline
The remote area nurse
Occupational stress
Tips in preparing for remote health practice
Implications for funders, managers and educational designers
Conclusion
References
13 A rural future
Social capital
Growing health services
Advancing rural Australia's health
A framework for the future
Barriers to ‘just’ health services
Conclusion – Advance rural Australia
References
Index