Find one or two current journal articles on remote or rural health case studies in a particular area of interest in terms of health service delivery, (for example allied health professionals, community interventions, health promotion, nurses) in Australi
Find one or two current journal articles on remote or rural health case studies in a particular area of interest in terms of health service delivery, (for
example allied health professionals, community interventions, health promotion, nurses) in Australi
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1. Find one or two current journal articles on remote or rural health case studies in a particular area of interest in terms of health service delivery, (for example
allied health professionals, community interventions, health promotion, nurses) in Australia
2. Read the material you have located; and identify the relevant factors within the Wakerman definition below:
Remote Health is an emerging discipline with distinct sociological, historical and practice characteristics. Its practice in Australia is characterised by
geographical, professional and, often, social isolation of practitioners; a strong multidisciplinary approach; overlapping and changing roles of team members; a
relatively high degree of GP substitution; and practitioners requiring public health, emergency and extended clinical skills. These skills and remote health systems,
need to be suited to working in a cross-cultural context; serving small, dispersed and often highly mobile populations; serving populations with relatively high health
needs; a physical environment of climatic extremes; and a communications environment of rapid technological change (Wakerman 2004; Defining remote health; Aust. J.
Rural Health (2004) 12, 210�214)

