Looking at population groups and some of their unique challenges, respond to the
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Looking at population groups and some of their unique challenges, respond to the following:What are some ways that rural communities have tried to improve access to healthcare? What are the challenges faced in rural health? How can those challenges be addressed? Looking at population groups and some of their unique challenges, respond to the following:
What are some ways that rural communities have tried to improve access to healthcare? What are the challenges faced in rural health? How can those challenges be addressed? Looking at population groups and some of their unique challenges, respond to the following:
What are some ways that rural communities have tried to improve access to healthcare? What are the challenges faced in rural health? How can those challenges be addressed?
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Improving access to healthcare of rural communities
Acess is defined as timely use of personal health services to achieve best possible health outcomes. ideally residents should conviniently and confidently access services such as primary care, dental care, behavioral health, emergency care and public health services.
Access to health care is essential for
* Overall physical, social and mental health status
* prevention of diesease
* detection and treatment of illness
* Quality of life
* Preventable death
* improve life expectancy
A good health care access has to have Health insurance, Transporatation means to service providers, ability to take paid leave to acess health care services, Confidence with service providers, ability to communicate to service providers, not compromising privacy and quality of services provided
Challanges faced in rural health care
* No health insurance coverage
* Workforce shortage
* distance and transportation
* Social stigma and privacy issues
* poor health litrecy
* Shortages of doctors
Addressing the challenges
All the above challanges to healthcare access can be arrested with appropriate government policy and people support. Low cost services to those who cannt afford.
National policy on health insurance and regulation of prices of basic healthcare requirements. All the fundamental requirements or rights of the citizen should be protected by appropriate laws and regulation as nothing can beat legislation.
Allocating sufficient budget to provide vaccination to kids, preventive medicine to those affected free of cost by government.
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