Drivers of access to cardiovascular health care for rural Indigenous Peoples: a scoping review
CONCLUSION: The findings are consistent with other literature exploring access to health care for rural Indigenous Peoples. This review offers a novel approach to summarising literature by situating the themes within the context of equity and rights for Indigenous Peoples. This review also highlighted the need for further research in this area to be conducted in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand.PMID:38697785 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8674 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: T āria Tane Vanessa Selak Kyle Eggleton Matire Harwood Source Type: research
Experiences and impacts of out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure on remote Aboriginal families
CONCLUSION: Aboriginal families are significantly burdened by OOPHE when needing to travel for health care. Radical change of government initiative and policies through to health professional awareness is needed to ensure equitable healthcare access that does not create additional financial hardship in communities already experiencing economic disadvantage.PMID:38670163 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8328 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Courtney Ryder Shane D'Angelo Patrick Sharpe Tamara Mackean Nayia Cominos Julieann Coombes Keziah Bennett-Brook Darryl Cameron Emily Gloede Shahid Ullah Jacqueline Stephens Source Type: research
Significant healthcare resource utilisation in the management of skin and soft tissue infections in the Torres Strait, Australia
CONCLUSION: Healthcare costs associated with SSTIs in the Torres Strait are substantial. The implementation of effective preventative and primary care interventions may enable resources to be reallocated to address other health priorities in the Torres Strait.PMID:38632695 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8572 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Haylee Fox Allison Hempenstall Pelista Pilot Emily Callander Simon Smith Malcolm I McDonald Josh Hanson Source Type: research
Why surveys are 'very hard': exploring challenges and insights for collection of authentic patient experience information with speakers of Australian First Nations languages
CONCLUSION: Profound implications for the acceptability of a survey tool as well as data quality arise from differences between First Nations cultural and communication contexts and the cultural context within which survey methods have evolved. When data collection processes are not linguistically and culturally congruent there is a risk that patient experience data are inaccurate, miss what is important to First Nations patients and have limited utility for informing relevant healthcare improvement. Engagement of First Nations cultural and language experts is essential in all stages of development, implementation and eval...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Anne Lowell Yomei Jones Robyn Aitken Dikul R Baker Judith Lovell Samantha Togni Dianne Gon D Arra Beth Sometimes Margaret Smith Julie Anderson Rachael Sharp Maria Karidakis Sarita Quinlivan Mandy Truong Paul Lawton Source Type: research
Do predator attacks on productive species and the respective economic losses influence the psychological distress of farmers in Uruguay? A cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: The losses of productive species and the financial costs negatively influenced the psychological distress of farmers. This information highlights the need to generate public policies about farmers wellbeing that help them in these situations.PMID:38570200 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7614 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Paul Ruiz Gustavo Ben ítez Pablo Ernesto Bobadilla Maximiliano Piedracueva Juan Pablo Dami án Source Type: research
Informing the surgical workforce pathway: how rural community characteristics matter
CONCLUSION: Rural surgeons associated different meanings with certain community characteristics than their urban counterparts. As they work with prospective rural surgeons, educators and rural communities should highlight how health resources can translate into desired scopes of practice. They also should share with trainees the realities of role overlap, both how intense and stressful it can be but also how gratifying. Educators should include the rural social context in medical and surgical education, looking for even more opportunities to collaborate with rural communities to provide learners with firsthand experiences ...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Dorothy Hughes Joshua Mammen Tomas L Griebling Joanna Veazey Brooks Source Type: research
