Sentences with phrase «access to primary health care as»

This highlighted poorer Indigenous health and the need for an address to Indigenous peoples» access to primary health care as a priority.

Through these programs, the Commonwealth Government facilitates the general populations» access to primary health care as provided by general practitioners and other private health services.

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He unveiled a two - pronged approach to narrowing the health gap; by improving access to primary care and focusing on prevention as much as treatment.

Mokdad said increasing access to primary care, such as general practitioners and physician assistants, would help identify patients» early warning signs of poor health.

It also indicates the importance of assisting smokers with mental illness in overcoming barriers to accessing mental health care (e.g., insuring the uninsured, increasing the supply of mental health care professionals, improving linkages between primary care and mental health care) as a means to address smoking - related harm,» the authors write.

Open access is a type of health insurance plan that allows policyholders to see other medical professionals in the plan's network without first having to obtain a referral from a gatekeeper such as a primary care physician.

Indigenous peoples in Australia do not enjoy the same opportunities to be as healthy as the non-Indigenous population particularly in relation to access to primary health care, medicines and health infrastructure.

This can be explained by a number of factors, such as less effective treatment and poor clinical decisions, but a principal cause is the lack of regular access to primary health care.

AMSANT successfully campaigned for the Commonwealth Government to adopt a new Integrated Funding model as part of the new Primary Health Care Access Program or PHCAP.

«Simply put, eliminating the national family planning program will result in millions of women across the country losing access to basic primary and preventive health care, such as lifesaving cancer screenings, contraception, HIV testing and counseling, STI testing and treatment, and annual exams.

Those include prominent foes of abortion, most without medical background or health care expertise, whose primary objective reflects no desire to see that as many low - income women as possible have access to basic health care but only that Planned Parenthood be defunded as the visible incarnation of «the abortion industry.»

«The real impact of eliminating the Title X program is that millions of women across the country will lose access to basic primary and preventive health care, such as lifesaving cancer screenings, contraception, STI testing and treatment, and annual exams.

Combined, these two extreme proposals would completely undermine millions of women's access to basic primary and preventive health care, such as lifesaving cancer screenings, contraception, HIV testing and counseling, STI testing and treatment, and annual exams.

If you think that a human right to health is not an issue in a wealthy country such as Australia, just take a moment to consider the concerns regarding the quality of care provided to asylum seekers, that we detain children at the cost of their mental health, that some Aboriginal communities don't have access to running water, and that we currently seem determined to impose an economic barrier to accessing primary care.

Medicare Locals evolved from the international evidence on the value of a strong primary health care system and have been developing rapidly to improve the coordination of and access to General Practice, Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Chronic Disease services and Aged Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas ofhealth care system and have been developing rapidly to improve the coordination of and access to General Practice, Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Chronic Disease services and Aged Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas of ncare system and have been developing rapidly to improve the coordination of and access to General Practice, Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Chronic Disease services and Aged Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas ofHealth, Aboriginal Health, Chronic Disease services and Aged Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas ofHealth, Chronic Disease services and Aged Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas of nCare services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas ofhealth in areas of need.

An interesting recent review looked at just one aspect of this — people's ability to access primary health care — and found that access was influenced by multiple external factors such as health literacy, beliefs, values, culture, gender, autonomy, transport, finances, social and carers support, and empowerment.

The close the gap approach and the Close the Gap Statement of Intent is founded on an understanding that population health outcomes are fundamentally the result of underlying structural factors, such as social determinants, institutional racism, the quality of housing, and access to appropriate primary health care.

It is a simple fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples still do not enjoy the same opportunities to be healthy as non-Indigenous Australians, due to the lack of equal access to primary health care and infrastructure provision.

Instead, the right requires a state to ensure that its population enjoys the opportunity and an equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible - primarily by being able to access primary and other forms of health care and medicines when necessary, as well as enjoying a high standard of health infrastructure.

SRAs should not be used to negotiate the delivery of primary health care access or the delivery of essential infrastructure provision - such as water supply, sanitation and sewerage.

The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.

However, significant work has been completed over the past three years to reinvigorate the commitments of governments to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and related initiatives such as the Primary Health Care Access Prhealth inequality through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and related initiatives such as the Primary Health Care Access PrHealth and related initiatives such as the Primary Health Care Access PrHealth Care Access Program.

10 years to achieve equality of opportunity in relation to access to primary health care and in relation to infrastructure that supports health (such as housing, food supplies, water, and etc.).

Indigenous Australians die from preventable diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, eradicated among the rest of the Australian population and they have lower access to primary health care and health infrastructure that the rest of Australia takes for granted.