Biokineticists can help identify NCD risk in rural communities, but gaps in referral pathways and public healthcare integration may limit access to follow-up care.
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Moving can change the conditions that shape health, so health and social policy must plan for a mobile population.
More than 15,000 families in Michigan have received cash support from Rx Kids. Participants say the program helps them pay bills and maintain their health.
Care improves when healthcare professionals are given the tools to find their own solutions.
From October 1, specially qualified nurses will be able to prescribe medications and renew scripts at the subsidised price.
An influx of cash would help stabilize rural health systems, but the program’s focus on technology may leave other major issues unaddressed.
Cancer deaths in the US have dropped steeply since 1991. But the medical and public health advances leading to these declines have been concentrated among high-income areas.
Policymakers are still deciding whether to make some types of Medicare coverage for telehealth permanent. Studies show it helps older adults get more consistent health care.
NZ’s one-size-fits-all approach to managing type 2 diabetes is better in theory than practice for many patients.
People in rural areas often have to travel long distances for treatment and spend weeks or months away from home, family and work.
Foreign-born doctors account for 1 in 5 physicians in the US – and they often practice in regions where the physician shortage is most severe.
The reality of drone-assisted health care may be closer than we think.
A modest increase in health funding is all that’s needed to save lives. That’s a big impact for the price of a fancy coffee.
Drastic cuts to Medicaid and other public health provisions in the new law will mean even less money to rural hospitals, many of which are already at risk of closing.
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
A recent study found First Nations Australians were twice as likely to present to an emergency department with asthma or other allergy-related illnesses.
Here’s what the evidence says, and how they work overseas.
Some communities have too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need, when they need it. Whoever wins the federal election should commit to fixing this.
First aid guidelines for snake bite include staying still. But that can be tough if you’re in a rural or remote location.
Rural emergency departments can be busier than normal during school holidays. Plus they can be short-staffed. So please, save the ED for true emergencies.
Top contributors
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State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Reader in Population and Public Health, MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina
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Director, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health and Professor of Rural Health Research, University of Newcastle
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Senior Researcher in Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Rural Health Research, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Equitable Cancer Outcomes across Rural and Remote Australia (ECORRA), Deakin University
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Professor of Health Economics and Policy and Pharmaco-economics/pharmaco-epidemiology in the Departments of Health Administration & Management and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria
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Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Honorary lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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National Clinician Scholar, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan