Power and politics : A case study of the failure of an evidence-based practice project in two rural communities
- Authors: McDonald, John
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 7th National Rural Health Conference, Canberra : 1st - 4th March, 2003
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- Description: This paper reports on an evaluation of a two-year project aimed at implementing a multi-disciplinary, evidence-based approach to the management of back pain in two rural communities. The project attempted to address the significantly above-average rates of back pain admissions to the local hospitals
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- Description: 2003000518
Issues in rural adolescent mental health in Australia
- Authors: Boyd, Candice , Aisbett, Damon , Francis, Kristy , Kelly, Melinda , Newnham, Karyn , Newnham, Krystal
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Rural and Remote health Vol. 6, no. 501 (2006), p. 1-9
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- Description: The mental health of adolescents living in rural Australia has received little research attention. In this article, the extant literature on rural adolescent mental health in Australia is reviewed. Given the lack of literature on this topic, the review is centered on a vignette presented at the beginning of the article. The case represented by the vignette is that of a young Australian growing up in a rural area. The issues raised – including the nature of mental health issues for rural adolescents and barriers to seeking professional help – are then discussed in terms of the available literature. The article concludes with a future focus for research efforts in the area of rural adolescent mental health.
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- Description: 2003001815
Harnessing the social capital of rural communities for youth mental health : An asset-based community development framework
- Authors: Boyd, Candice , Hayes, Louise , Wilson, Rhonda , Bearsley-Smith, Cate
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 16, no. 4 (Aug 2008), p. 189-193
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- Description: In Australia, we are facing a period of mental health reform with the establishment of federally funded community youth services in rural areas of the country. These new services have great potential to improve the mental health of rural adolescents. In the context of this new initiative, we have four main objectives with this article. First, we consider the notion of social capital in relation to mental health and reflect on the collective characteristics of rural communities. Second, we review lessons learned from two large community development projects targeting youth mental health. Third, we suggest ways in which the social capital of rural communities might be harnessed for the benefit of youth mental health by using asset-based community development strategies and fourth, we consider the role that rural clinicians might play in this process.
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Climate change and the future of Australia's country towns
- Authors: Beer, Andrew , Tually, Selina , Kroehn, Michael , Martin, John , Gerritsen, Rolf , Taylor, Mike , Graymore, Michelle , Law, Julia
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation p. 332-341
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- Description: This chapter presents the future of Australia's country towns in the context of anticipated climate change, where it is assumed Australia faces moderate climate change as predicted by the CSIRO's MK3.5 model. It argues that the future of Australia's country towns is not simply a product of climate change and its manifestation in terms of altered rainfall patterns, increased average temperatures and more frequent extreme events. The chapter discusses Australia's country towns within the context of contemporary and anticipated social, economic and climatic trends, before moving on to discuss the estimation of vulnerability within these communities. It describes both the implications for rural communities and the paths potentially available to governments across Australia. The adaptation and future of Australia's country towns is not simply a story of a changing climate and its impacts. © 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved.
Government doctor absenteeism and its effects on consumer demand in rural north India
- Authors: Iles, Richard
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Economics Vol. 28, no. 4 (2019), p. 475-491
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- Description: Government doctor absenteeism from their public posts is a sizable problem across developing economies. The consumer demand estimation for outpatient fever treatment presented in this paper investigates the interrelationship between government doctor absenteeism and the large informal healthcare sector. Using a counterfactual framework, this paper estimates treatment effect of eliminating government doctor absenteeism. The effects are measured by changes to the market share of government Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) providers and resulting own‐price elasticities of demand for government MBBS providers and unqualified providers. Modelling incorporates patients expected health outcomes by provider via the use of a qualitative measure of word‐of‐mouth recommendations. Results indicate that eliminating government MBBS provider absenteeism in North India would increase utilisation of government outpatient fever treatments from 18% to 50%.