WEEK 7 RURAL HEALTH Flashcards
1
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Define Rural
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- Does not have a standard definition
- Quan: pop size, density, distance to service centres
- Qual: health, behaviours, landscape, envrionemnt
- It is a socially constructed phenomenon
- Identity of a community
- Geography plus demographics
2
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Define Remote
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- Inconsistently defined
- lack of year round access (road, ferry)
- > 350km from nearest town with year reound access
3
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Isolation
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- Distance
- Weather
- Geography
4
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Rural Communities
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- Employment
- Agricultural
- Industiral
- Arts and Culture
- Retirement
- Leisure Activities
5
Q
Population Diversity
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- Diverse groups in rural and remote regions
- Need for cultural safety and humility
- Community Health Assessment
6
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The Meaning of Health
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- Diverse
- Cultural and geographical elements
- Ability to participate in work, community events
- Being independent
- Holistic relationship among mental, social, spiritual, and physical wellbeing
7
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Trends
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- Strong sense of community belonging
- Resilience and community cohesion
8
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Health Inequities
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- Access to health care
- Techonolgy
- Water quality and food security
9
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Health Inequities: Access to Health Care
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- Fewer health care delivery options
- Under employment r/t boom-and-bust cycles - results in poverty
- Poverty as “invisible” to urban dwellers
10
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Health Inequities: Technology
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- Internet access
- Informatics
- Health care technologies
11
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Health Inequities: Water Quality & Food security
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- Drinking water advisories
- GI illness and rashes
- Higher cost of food
- Dependence on processed food
- Move toward traditional foods
12
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Issues for Rural Nurses
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- Carrying major responsibility-full scope enactment
- Addressing SDOH
- Fitting in with the community and being visible
- Coping with limited resources & infrastructure
- Lack of understanding by urban HCPs abour the complexity of their roles
- Marginalization
13
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Community Health Nurse Standards
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- Health Promotion
- Prevention and Health Protection
- Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation
- Professional relationships
- Capacity building
- Health equity
- Evidenced Informed Practice
- Professional Responsibility and accountability
