Posts
State of Australian Mothers
Publisher: Save the Children Australia, 2016
Status – CURRENT
An Australian report building on findings from the International State of Mother’s.provides a state by state breakdown of the best and worst areas to be a mother based on and including financial security and access to services. Identifies regional and remote areas as significantly disadvantaged.
Barriers around access to abortion experienced by rural women in NSW Australia
Publisher: Rural and Remote Health March 2016
Status – CURRENT
There is a long way to go to remove the barriers that rural women experience in accessing reproductive care, including the pervasiveness of abortion stigma. Services closer to home may help reduce the inequities in access to health care experienced by these women.
Seeking help for domestic violence: Exploring rural women’s coping experiences: State of knowledge paper
Publisher: Anrows, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This state of knowledge paper examines research and literature on the effects of social and geographical isolation and remoteness on the ability of women to disclose, report, seek help, and receive appropriate interventions following domestic and family violence and/or sexual assault. The paper outlines: research findings on regional, rural and remote women’s experiences of domestic and family violence and sexual assault; and the main approaches of service delivery for domestic and family violence and sexual assault, drawing on literature that describes service provision in regional, rural and remote Australia.
Rural, remote and regional differences in women’s health: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
Publisher: Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2011
Status – CURRENT
The report explores findings relevant to the health disadvantage in rural communities and is structured into three broad themes: 1. Generally poorer health of women living in regional and remote areas; 2. Differences in access to and use of a wide range of health services; 3. The resilience of rural women and characteristics of life in rural communities which ameliorate sometimes difficult conditions. It shows examples where government policies have been effective in reducing health inequities, as well as highlighting situations in which changes in policies and practices could lead to further improvements.
Rural Women and Health Service Use
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2005
Status – CURRENT
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) regularly collects information about how women in three age cohorts rate their access to health care services, including questions about how often they visit the doctor, their access to bulk billing, female GPs, the number of GPs from which to choose, their satisfaction with the GP consultation, their preference for a female GP, and so on.
Health in Rural and remote areas of Australia
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2003
Status – CURRENT
Younger rural women’s aspirations and life experiences are very different from those of their city cousins (see Figures 1 and 2). Rural women marry younger and have more children, at an earlier age, than urban women. They are also less likely to have completed high school or have post-secondary qualifications. Rural women of all ages are more likely to do unpaid work in the family business or farm. Lack of qualifications and experience, combined with a depressed rural job market, restrict their options for paid work.