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Rural parents, teenagers and alcohol: what are parents thinking?

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Graham, Melissa L; Ward, Bernadette; Munro, Geoffrey; Snow, Pamela; Ellis, Julie
  • Journal Name: Rural and Remote Health
  • Journal Number: Vol.6, No.1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

This article explores the attitudes, beliefs, and concerns of rural parents about teenage alcohol drinking. Focus groups were conducted with 26 parents in north and north-western rural Victoria, which discussed drunkenness and drinking patterns, age of initiation into drinking in the home, where and when alcohol is consumed, and th ....

Rural Smokers - A Prevention Opportunity

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Chapman, Anna; Bunker, Stephen; Dunbar, James; Philpot, Benjamin; McNamara, Kevin; Baird, Andrew; Vartiainen, Erkki; Laatikainen, Tiina; Janus, Edward
  • Journal Name: Australian Family Physician
  • Journal Number: Vol. 38, No. 5
  • Country: Australia

Background: Smoking is the largest single cause of preventable death and disease in Australia. This study describes smoking prevalence and the characteristics of rural smokers to guide general practitioners in targeting particular groups.Methods: Cross sectional surveys in the Greater Green Triangle region of southeast Australia us ....

Rural, regional and remote health: a study on mortality

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Phillips, Andrew
  • Publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 9781740247436
  • Country: Australia

This report examines whether mortality rates are higher for Australians living in regional and remote areas than in the major cities. It examines statistics on rates for all causes of death and for specific causes, including disease, injury, and suicide, and compares major cities, inner and outer regional, remote and very remote, c ....

Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health status and determinants of health

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: AIHW
  • Publisher: AIHW
  • Published Location: Canberra
  • ISBN: 978 1 74024 768 9
  • Country: Australia

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) an ....

Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health system performance

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: AIHW
  • Publisher: AIHW
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 978 1 74024 827 3
  • Country: Australia

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. Report LocationClick here to view the full pu ....

Rural, regional and remote health: information framework and indicators: version 1

  • Year: 2003
  • Author: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australia. Department of Health and Ageing
  • Publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 174024284X
  • Country: Australia

The rural health information framework seeks to identify all the types of information that are important to develop an understanding of, and to monitor, the health of rural, regional and remote populations. Based on the National Health Performance Framework and written in consultation with a wide range of data experts, Version One ....

Safety on small Australian farms

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: John Temperley, Tony Lower, Emily Herde
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23 No.1
  • Publisher: eContent Management Pty Ltd
  • Published Location: Maleny, Qld.
  • ISBN: 1037-1656
  • Country: Australia

This paper examines for the first time health and safety issues for small farms in Australia. It provides evidence that small area farmers face similar hazards to that of larger operations. The results also indicate that further work is required to assist these producers in understanding both their legal obligations in respect to health and safet ....

Secret men's business, grumpy old men

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Sergeant, Peter
  • Journal Name: 9th National Rural Health Conference
  • Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
  • Published Location: Deakin West, ACT
  • Country: Australia

The focus of this paper is on issues facing men, particularly men in regional areas where the incidence of isolation, loneliness and depression are especially acute. Some relevant literature is reviewed. The potential role of 'men's sheds' in helping to overcome these problems is discussed, along with comments on the overall contri ....

Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities : submission

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Australian Institute of Family Studies.; Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
  • Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies
  • Published Location: Melbourne, Vic
  • Country: Australia

In this submission to the Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, the Institute focuses on the Committee's third Term of Reference: the health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities. The submission discusses: 1) the evaluation of Indigenous community ....

Service Plan: Jerramungup Shire Western Australian Country Health Service - Great Southern

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Jill Thomas, Daniel Serrano and Jacqui Moran
  • Publisher: Western Australian Country Health Service
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

The purpose of the Jerramungup Shire Health Service Plan is to provide a framework for health care services to meet the current and future health needs of the community. The Shire service plan will guide service development and delivery, building partnerships, workforce development/sustainability, information technology and asset planning. Key o ....

Sex work and health in a rural context : results of qualitative study undertaken in New South Wales

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Scott, John; Hunter, John; Hunter, Vanessa; Angela Ragusa
  • Editors: Majoribanks, T
  • Journal Name: Reimagining sociology : 2008 TASA Conference : the annual conference of The Australian Sociological Association
  • ISBN: 9780734039842
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

The paper reports health related findings of the first study undertaken of rural sex workers in an incomerich nation. In-depth interviews were conducted with eighteen purposively selected women who work in the rural sex industry. Rural sex services have a unique structure which informs the experiences of sex workers. Recent advance ....

Small area population disease burden

  • Year: 2001
  • Author: Taylor, Richard
  • Journal Name: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • Journal Number: Vol.25, No.4
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Small area health statistics has assumed increasing importance as the focus of population and public health moves to a more individualised approach of smaller area populations. Small populations and low event occurrence produce difficulties in interpretation and require appropriate statistical methods, including ....

Social Capital and Mental Health among Aboriginal Australians, New Australians and Other Australians Living in a Coastal Region

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Berry, Helen L
  • Journal Name: Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 8, No. 2
  • Country: Australia

Australian mental health policy emphasises the central importance of social inclusion for promoting mental health and treating illness. Social capital is a commonly used concept for describing and evaluating social inclusion, but its relationship to mental health has not been investigated among groups of differing cultural backgrou ....

Social impacts of drought : a report to NSW Agriculture

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Alston, Margaret; Kent, Jenny,
  • Publisher: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University
  • Published Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW
  • ISBN: 1864671491
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

Although the economic consequences of drought are often discussed, little is known of its social impact on people in rural communities and resulting welfare implications. A 2003 study examined the effects of severe drought on three contrasting rural communities in New South Wales: the remote farming areas around Bourke, the broadac ....

Socioeconomic characteristics of NSW hospital users in 1998-99

  • Year: 2002
  • Author: Thurecht, L; Walker, A; Bill, A; Harding, A
  • Journal Name: Health Outcomes 2002: Current Challenges and Future Frontiers Conference, Canberra
  • Publisher: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

With the ever increasing cost of providing hospital and other health services, it is vital to have an accurate understanding of the different health needs of various categories of hospital users - for example the rich versus the poor, or city versus bush dwellers. For this study the authors started with a 1998-99 person-based NSW h ....

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