RURAL AND REMOTE WOMEN

Why is the health of rural and remote women an issue?

Women in rural and remote areas of Australia tend to have different health and well-being outcomes than those living in urban areas. They have higher mortality and morbidity rates for some diseases and increased incidence of certain diseases and injury, and higher rates of hospitalisation. Women living in these areas generally have less access to health services with shortages of almost all health professions and health-related infrastructure.

Rural and Remote Women: Policy and Policy Development

Better Health for the Bush. A plan for safe, applicable healthcare for rural and remote Queensland

June 1, 2014/in Government Policy /by admin

Publisher: State of Queensland (Queensland Health), June 2014

Status – CURRENT

Better Health for the Bush expands on existing initiatives, bringing together local and statewide perspectives. It details wide reaching health system innovations and protocols, as recommended by the SRRCN, which are being implemented across the state.

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Rural and Remote Women: Analysis, Comments and Position

Advocacy for safety and empowerment: State of knowledge paper

October 2, 2015/in Australia-wide, Practice Guidelines /by admin

Publisher: Anrows, 2015

Status – CURRENT

This paper analyses critical, policy, service and research literature on responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence in Australia; focusing on non-legal and non-clinical services and women’s specialist services in regional and remote settings. As a critical review, the paper highlights problems in using ideas of “effectiveness” and “success” to drive objectives in service delivery; and seeks to re-centre aspirations for empowerment alongside those for safety.

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Rural, remote and regional differences in women’s health: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

June 15, 2011/in Evidence / Statistics /by admin

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.

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Rural and Remote Women: Evidence

ALSWH Plain Language Summary: Birth interventions differ for urban and rural women

October 18, 2016/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016

Status – CURRENT

The study found that women who lived in rural areas had fewer birth interventions than those in the city.

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State of Australian Mothers

May 23, 2016/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

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.

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Barriers around access to abortion experienced by rural women in NSW Australia

April 5, 2016/in New South Wales /by admin

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.

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PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Drought and Mental Health

February 8, 2016/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016

Status – CURRENT

The data from this study showed a lack of association between drought and mental health in a cohort of 45-61 year old rural Australian women.

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Seeking help for domestic violence: Exploring rural women’s coping experiences: State of knowledge paper

October 16, 2015/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

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.

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Rural, remote and regional differences in women’s health: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

June 15, 2011/in Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2011

Status – CURRENT

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Rural Women and Health Service Use

October 9, 2005/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

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.

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Health in Rural and remote areas of Australia

October 16, 2003/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

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.

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Rural and Remote Women: Practice

Rural, remote and regional differences in women’s health: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

June 15, 2011/in Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2011

Status – CURRENT

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Rural and Remote Women: Tools

National Rural Women’s Coalition – Weather the Storm Kit

November 20, 2015/in Australia-wide, Tools / 'How to' Resources, Uncategorized /by admin

Publisher: National Rural Women’s Coalition,2015

Status – CURRENT

The Weather the Storm kit has been prepared to support women to prepare for disasters and emergencies. The kit consists of three manuals which can be downloaded. Part 1 – Manual. The kit is set out and designed so it can be delivered for community groups. It can be used by anyone, however some skills or awareness of group facilitation would be useful. The kit gives a step-by-step guide to planning and delivering the program and can be adapted to fit different communities and varying natural disaster types e.g. cyclones, floods, bushfires etc. It follows a ‘ think and discover, plan, design, deliver and evaluate’ format. The content of the program is set out in a manner that is easy to follow e.g. how to set up, what to do as women arrive, how to work through the session and how to end the sessions etc. Part 2 – Tools and Templates. This section has all the specific information, worksheets and tools needed to design a program. It includes sample invitation letters, worksheets, participation certificates, post program surveys etc. Part 3 – Resources. This section has the resources which you can print off and provide as handouts to participants or resources to set up e.g. an emergency bushfire kit contents; how to use BOM information services.

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