access to health q's

Question 1

geographical location

Answer 1

people living in remote areas of aus have difficulity accessing health , due to lower amount of doctors, specials, hospitals

solution: royal flying doctors, doctors fly out to rural areas to treat people

Question 2

ses

Answer 2

many health services are unavailable to people due to low income levels, making them miss out

there are still large out of pocket fees making people skip gp visits

Question 3

health literacy

Answer 3

non english speakers have low health literacy, 26% have capacity to understand health information impacting their decision making

health lit: using information to make well informed decisions based on understand on health info provided

Question 4

what is digital media?

Answer 4

audio video and photographic content that is converted to file

Question 5

virtual reality

Answer 5

training for surgeons, distraction therapy for cancer patients,

Question 6

mobile apps

Answer 6

my quit buddy, app designed to reduce smoking and maintain a smoking free lifestyle

Question 7

challenges of media on health

Answer 7

self diagnosis, people diagnose themselves ,

cause: anxiety, fear, misinformation, overuse of medication or misuse

self medicating: indivual medicate themselves for treatment
causes: side effects, overdose, increase addiction