Nursing University
This essay will debate whether or not that the social determinants of health can help reduce health inequalities within the nursing workforce and the Australian Health Care System. To define the social determinants is “how people are born, how they grow, live, work and age which are influenced by the distribution of money and power”. These social determinants are the main reason for most health inequalities. 1. Inequality refers to the state of being unequal. It implies that the distribution of social resources is concentrated more upon some, than on others, “a difference in health status of the distribution between population groups” 2. In the essay it will discuss how nurses and the AHCS will contribute to reducing the number of health inequalities in rural areas using the social determinants. It will also compare similarities between Australian and Canada on how they address a solution to the health inequalities facing rural and remote areas. Examples will demonstrate how Nurses and the AHCS will influence the diminishing amount of inequalities due to the social determinants.
People in rural and remote communities in rural Australia have been enduring the rising numbers of disease, depopulation, an ageing population and struggling to sustain the services given because of the shortages in the workforce. 3 This causes them to face particular health challenges which are due to their living conditions, isolation from large populations groups, distances from health services and their socio-economic status. 4 Illness or disease are exceptionally more common in rural areas than in urban for example compared with major cities the life expectancy is 7 years lower than normal, also people are more likely to take more risks like smoking, drinking. They also seem to gain illnesses like
Asthma, arthritis and bronchitis. 5 The Rural Doctors Association of Australia state that existing policies are not addressing the health care
People in rural and remote communities in rural Australia have been enduring the rising numbers of disease, depopulation, an ageing population and struggling to sustain the services given because of the shortages in the workforce. 3 This causes them to face particular health challenges which are due to their living conditions, isolation from large populations groups, distances from health services and their socio-economic status. 4 Illness or disease are exceptionally more common in rural areas than in urban for example compared with major cities the life expectancy is 7 years lower than normal, also people are more likely to take more risks like smoking, drinking. They also seem to gain illnesses like
Asthma, arthritis and bronchitis. 5 The Rural Doctors Association of Australia state that existing policies are not addressing the health care