Health

The Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSM) strategy for Aboriginal patients on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, was designed to develop and trial new program tools and processes for goal setting, behaviour change and self-management for Aboriginal people with diabetes. The project was established as a one-year demonstration project to test and tr ....

This paper presents the reults of a survey undertaken in rural and regional Victoria in 2003 on the total costs faced by households caring for people with chronic illnesses. The impact of these costs for the households is discussed in the context of neo-liberal policy development by Australian governments and the effects of those policies on such ....

Background: Anthropogenic climate change will affect global food production, with uncertain consequences for human health in developed countries. Objectives: We investigated the potential impact of climate change on food security (nutrition and food safety) and the implications for human health in developed countries. Methods: Expert input and s ....

The issues surrounding climate change and its implications for human health are complex. This presentation considers climate, climate change, the possible relationships to drought and the prospects for future climatic conditions in Australia, and their likely effects on public health. The paper provides some background information ....

This Service Plan provides the strategic direction for service delivery for the Western Australian Country Health Service's Coastal Wheatbelt and Moora catchment for the next 10 years and will inform the implementation plan for the State Government's $565 million Southern Inland Health Initiative. The Service Plan was developed via a comprehensiv ....

In 2011 the Country Health SA Local Health Network (CHSALHN) established a number of mental health Intermediate Care Services (ICS) whose aim is to support the transition of mental health consumers of services from acute care to a range of sub acute health service options. The ICS provide sub acute care options in community settings including int ....

Many Australians are living under pressure of social change and its consequences. People in rural and regional areas often live with additional stresses particular to rural communities. This paper discusses community cohesion and its relationship to resilience and the development of health and wellbeing. To emphasise the transition ....

The Community Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) program is a model of engagement used to empower communities in various parts of Australia with respect to their consumer needs and expectations about the quality use of medicines. The CHF Community QUM Project was developed through partnerships between the Consumers' Health Forum of Aus ....

This study investigates rural women's needs in maternity care in Tasmania; the current rural maternity services in Tasmania; and the gap between women's needs and the services provided. Report Locationhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajr.12043/abstract ....

Consumer e-health is rapidly becoming a fundamental component of healthcare. However, to date only provisional steps have been taken to increase our understanding of how consumers engage with e-health. This study, an interpretive review, assessed the evidence about consumer use of e-health and identified five categories that encomp ....

Many rural Australian communities continue to endure a prolonged drought. The mental health effects of short-term natural disaster are well known; those of a long-term and chronic natural disaster such as drought are less well understood. However, in addition to immediate distress there are likely to be feelings of loss, grief and ....

A couple of years ago I was visiting a small isolated and remote Indigenous community in the role of a mental health nurse educator. Implicit in the role was not having any client contact or clinical responsibilities. Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=728346769060994;res=IELHEA ....

Issue addressed: This study investigated the application of an educational health promotion program, the Stanford Chronic Disease Self- Management Program (CDSM), within three Queensland Aboriginal (Murri) communities (rural, regional and urban). Methods: A participant-observation approach was used and qualitative data was collecte ....

Aboriginal people across Australia suffer significant health inequalities compared with the non-Indigenous population. Evidence indicates that inroads can be made to reduce these inequalities by better understanding social and cultural determinants of health, applying holistic notions of health and developing less rigid definitions of wellbeing. ....