Adopting a proactive approach to good health: A way forward for rural Australians

Penman, Joy; Ellis, Bronwyn

doi:10.5172/rsj.20.1.98

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“…Many of the sources of inequity in rural and remote specialist services have been documented in the literature (Penman, 2010). For example, a study looking at consumers' perceptions of rural specialist services points out that barriers to access "limit rural and remote consumers' usage of health services, regardless of need, indicating a possible inequity if compared to larger, more accessible urban areas" (O'Callaghan et al, 2005, p. 162).…”

Section: Indigenous Rural and Remote Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Contributing to the continuing disparity between urban and rural/remote communities’ wellbeing, particularly in Health (DoH, 2007) and Education (Parker, 2010), is the fact that rural and remote communities have limited access to the specialist services that could help improve the situation. Many of the sources of inequity in rural and remote specialist services have been documented in the literature (Penman, 2010). For example, a study looking at consumers’ perceptions of rural specialist services points out that barriers to access “limit rural and remote consumers’ usage of health services, regardless of need, indicating a possible inequity if compared to larger, more accessible urban areas” (O'Callaghan et al, 2005, p. 162).…”

Section: Adversity In the Indigenous Rural And Remote Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Simultaneously implementing locally derived and owned strategies is also an integral part of achieving social inclusion and will contribute to ‘closing the gap’. The community of learners builds social capital, the pre-eminent form of capital necessary for a civil society (Cox, 1995, p. 17) and a for a community to emerge from adversity (Baum, 2007; Mulford, 2011; Penman, 2010).…”

Section: Key Principles Of How the Spice Model Harnesses Opportunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Current information clearly identifies that Australian Indigenous, rural and remote communities still face adversity when it comes to health and education outcomes, which are partly the result of inequities in access to specialist services and inappropriateness of some approaches in these communities (AIHW, 2012; O'Callaghan et al, 2005; Parker, 2010; Penman, 2010). In Australia, a democratic society, we should therefore be striving to address this inequity by working from a values base of all our people having a right to participate and have a say about servicing decisions that affect them (Baum, 2007; Lasker & Weiss, 2003).…”

Section: Key Principles Of How the Spice Model Harnesses Opportunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Complex issues require the “powerful combination of evidence, knowledge, understanding and values” (Baum, 2007, p. 90) applied to them. A key strategy in achieving this is to use all the resources and local knowledge available through community engagement and building the capacity of community members to be partners in effecting change (Denhardt & Denhardt, 2000; Penman, 2010).…”

Section: Key Principles Of How the Spice Model Harnesses Opportunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Red Dirt Thinking on Child Wellbeing in Indigenous, Rural and Remote Australian Communities: The SpICE Model “I just don't want my kid to struggle like I did at school”

Clarke¹,

Denton²

2013

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Supporting children in their early development and learning has long-term benefits for both them and the broader community. Yet in Australia we still have significant examples of inequality of opportunity (Allan, 2010) and other structural barriers to family wellbeing, particularly in Indigenous and rural and remote communities (Bourke, Humphreys, Wakerman, & Taylor, 2012). One of the structural barriers is the frequently siloed approach to addressing issues around child wellbeing and learning, when a collaborative effort results in more effective and sustainable outcomes. Red Dirt (Indigenous, rural and remote) communities are fertile ground for the emergence of partnership models that provide solutions to perennial, complex community issues and siloed service provision that impact on learning outcomes. The aim of this article is to provide a background and commentary to contribute to the discussion about what works to promote child wellbeing in Australia and put forward the SpICE Model as part of the solution. Drawing on a body of literature and experiences in the field, this article will introduce a model for collaboration that should contribute to child wellbeing: the Specialist Integrated Community Engagement (SpICE) Model. First, we give an overview of the context of adversity as it specifically relates to educational outcomes for children. The principles underpinning the SpICE Model, on how to harness opportunity from adversity, are also described as they provide insight into how to achieve sustainable change in this context. In conclusion, some of the potential challenges of embedding SpICE into practice are discussed. The argument developed throughout this article is that the SpICE Model has currency for a wide range of education, health, disability and welfare collaborations and how they impact on child, family and community wellbeing.

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Section: Indigenous Rural and Remote Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Adversity In the Indigenous Rural And Remote Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Key Principles Of How the Spice Model Harnesses Opportunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Key Principles Of How the Spice Model Harnesses Opportunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Key Principles Of How the Spice Model Harnesses Opportunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Red Dirt Thinking on Child Wellbeing in Indigenous, Rural and Remote Australian Communities: The SpICE Model “I just don't want my kid to struggle like I did at school”

Clarke¹,

Denton²

2013

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The influence of Identity, Roles and Expectations on Indigenous students studying at university which impacts on building the Indigenous health workforce

Corporal¹

2020

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Adopting a proactive approach to good health: A way forward for rural Australians

Cited by 2 publications

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Red Dirt Thinking on Child Wellbeing in Indigenous, Rural and Remote Australian Communities: The SpICE Model “I just don't want my kid to struggle like I did at school”

Red Dirt Thinking on Child Wellbeing in Indigenous, Rural and Remote Australian Communities: The SpICE Model “I just don't want my kid to struggle like I did at school”

The influence of Identity, Roles and Expectations on Indigenous students studying at university which impacts on building the Indigenous health workforce

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