The health of rural Australians has become an issue of national importance in recent years, with the recognition that many rural communities tend to suffer poorer health status and have considerably less access to health services than their counterparts located in capital cities and major metropolitan areas. "The New Rural Health" is the first authoritative text on this subject and provides a significant contribution to the debate surrounding the determinants of health and what is necessary for improving the health status of, and access to health services for, rural and remote Australians. Taking a population health and multidisciplinary approach to rural health and rural health care practice, this book avoids a clinical focus. Rather, it concentrates on the process of rural health. Including contributions from prominent and experienced authors - representing a range of disciplines and settings - the book is divided into four sections: Section 1: Rural Society, Health and Health Services; Section 2: Major Health Challenges; Section 3: Rural Professional Practice; Section 4: The Future of Rural Health: Levers and Strategies for Change.
"The New Rural Health" will be invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate health science students, as well as policy makers and established rural health workers.
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Although not essential reading for a UK medical student, this book is an interesting, informative, concise and well constructed read on the challenges of rural and remote health. A must for anyone planning an elective in rural Australia. GKT Gazette
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Oxford University Press Australia
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-0-19-551330-1 (9780195513301)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Rural Society, Health and Health Service; 1. Contemporary Rural Australian Society; 2. Australia's Changing Non-metropolitan Population; 3. Health Status and Utilisation of Health Services in Rural Australia: A Comparison with Urban Status and Utilisation Using National Datasets; 4. Health Services and the Workforce; Major Health Challenges; 5. Determinants of Health, Disease and Disability: Differences between Country and City; 6. Life Stages, Health and Disease in Rural Australia; 7. Health of Indigenous Australians: A Rural Perspective; 8. Remote Health; 9. Comparison of Rural and Urban Health Status: Asthma in South Australia as an Example; 10. Mental Health in Rural and Remote Australia; Rural Professional Practice; 11. Characteristics of Australian Rural Health Care Professional Practice; 12. Preparation for Rural Practice; 13. Academic Rural Practice; 14. Preparation for Rural Nursing Practice; 15. Educating Nurses for Rural Clinical Practice: Working and Studying Alone; 16. Infrastructure Support for Rural Practitioners; 17. Health Service Models in Rural and Remote Australia; The Future of Rural Health: Levers and Strategies for Change; 18. The Future of Rural Health: Levers and Strategies for Change; Index
