Week 10 rural and remote and homleess

Question 1

why is accessing healthcare in rural and remote areas more challanging?

Answer 1

intersection between remotnes, lower SES and higher proportion of indigenous populations
gaps in health covarage

Question 2

what are some barriers to health in rural/remote areas?

Answer 2

less acess to flurided water
higher unempolyment rates
lower incomes
increased hosuhold crowdinf
increased food proces
increases fule proces

Question 3

what healthcare is provided in rural and remote areas?

Answer 3

GPs and clincs, urgent care centres and base hospitals
Nurses at clinics-urgent care centres and bush nursing centre
paramedics, ACOs CERTS and EMR

Question 4

what can remote area nurses do?

Answer 4

some prescribing rights, might be trained in radiology, trained by AV in remote emergency nursing, individual scope of practice, tele-medicine

Question 5

what is an EMR and what do they do?

Answer 5

emergency medical responder- MFB or CFA - provideds advanced first aid - no drugs - dispateched to slectove priority 0 jobs

Question 6

what is the definition of homlessness?

Answer 6

lack of one ore more elments that represent a home- sense of secruity, stability, privacy, saftey and the abolty to control their living space

Question 7

what issues affect homless populations?

Answer 7

poor mental health, poor physical health, substance abuse, rediced life expecatancy by up to 30 years

Question 8

what primary health services are avaliable in prisons?

Answer 8

GPs, nursing, mental health nursing, pharmacy, pathoogy, radiology, dentists, audiologu, optomotry, pidiart, physio and health proption