Rural Health

Links to information about the health issues facing Australians living in rural and remote areas, including the availability of health services, and coping with crises.

For Australian Government information on rural health issues and programs, go directly to the Australian Government's Regional, Rural and Remote Health website.

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Population sub-groups : Rural and remote populations
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   These web pages provide information and resources about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in rural and remote areas.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Rural and remote
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   There are a range of unmet needs for rural palliative care patients and their families, including access to palliative care services, information about illness, practical care and support
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Rural, regional and remote health -- A study on mortality, Summary of findings
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report updates and builds on findings from the 1998 AIHW report, Health in Rural and Remote Australia, which identified higher death rates outside major metropolitan areas. This report largely resolves this uncertainty by controlling for Indigenous status and describing for each region: differences in death rates; trends in mortality over time; and how many more deaths occurred than were expected.
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Rural, regional and remote health -- A study on mortality
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report updates and builds on findings from the 1998 AIHW report, Health in Rural and Remote Australia, which identified higher death rates outside major metropolitan areas. This report largely resolves this uncertainty by controlling for Indigenous status and describing for each region: differences in death rates; trends in mortality over time; and how many more deaths occurred than were expected.
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Rural and Remote Australia - Equity of access to health care services
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Rural and remote Australians have poorer health than people living in metropolitan and regional areas. One reason is lack of GPs. Current policies won't translate into more rural and remote GPs for several years and will pose more challenges.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Rural and remote pharmacy services - evolution not revolution
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   New developments have given pharmacists an increasing role in helping rural and remote populations identify, manage and control their chronic health problems.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Consumer representative profile - balancing safety and (e)quality
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Experiences as a consumer representative in the Northern Territory have driven one representative to national representation for health consumers.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Tackling chronic disease: exploration of key research dimensions
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   A synopsis of a research workshop that was conducted to focus attention on tackling the burden of chronic disease in Australia, through both prevention and more effective management. The workshop was held in Melbourne on the 5th and 6th of July, 2001.
Date:   Jan 2001
Title:   The effectiveness of the Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative in rural and remote Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative (IDDI) provides a nationally consistent framework through which police and courts may refer eligible drug offenders towards appropriate assessment, education or drug treatment.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Services for People in Rural and Remote Areas
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on services for people in rural and remote areas.
Date:   Oct 2004
Title:   Rural and remote
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   There can be a range of needs for rural palliative care patients and their families, including access to palliative care services, information about illness, practical care and support.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Rural health services - support available
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A Multi Purpose Service (MPS) is a joint State and Commonwealth program which assists rural communities to deliver a broad range of services, according to community need.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health status and determinants of health
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report focuses on a comprehensive range of health issues concerning people living in rural, regional and remote Australia. It includes information relating to health status (such as rates of chronic disease, injury and mental health) and determinants of health (such as tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, nutrition and physical activity).
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Mental Health of People in Rural and Remote Areas
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information and research on mental health issues for people in rural and remote areas
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health system performance
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report focuses on a comprehensive range of health issues concerning people living in regional and remote Australia. It includes information relating to health system performance (such as health service usage and supply of health workers) and is the 10th report in the AIHW's Rural Health Series.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report focuses on a comprehensive range of rural health issues including: health status, determinants of health, and health service provision, and is the first systematic comparison of its kind.
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Rural health services - Q & A
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Women who live in rural and remote areas can find it difficult to get health care information. These questions were posted by visitors to the Better Health Channel and answered by a panel of experts, which includes general practitioners, nutritionists, physical activity professionals and other health and medical specialists.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Making consumer quality use of medicines happen : policy statement
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF has developed a seven point policy statement on quality use of medicines based on consultations with consumers, including the 2004-05 Community QUM Project.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Innovative Grants Primary Health Care Projects
Publisher:   Bundoora Extended Care Centre
Description:   Videoconferencing to link health services in rural and remote Australia with multidisciplinary continence services: A Pilot Project
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Rural, regional and remote health: A guide to remoteness classifications
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The development over the last decade of geographical classifications for Australia that describe areas in terms of relative remoteness has provided an opportunity to compare a wide range of health and welfare indicators across Australia's major cities, regional and remote areas.
Date:   Mar 2004
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