The big picture
The health and wellbeing of three generations of women in rural and remote areas of Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3643785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penny Warner-Smith, Penny Warner‐smith (University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Lois Bryson (University of Newcastle Australia), Julie Byles (0000-0002-3984-6877, University of Newcastle Australia) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-26 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/hesr.13.1.15 |
| OpenAlex | W2030028808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
For at least the last three decades, Australia has been experiencing profound economic and social changes which, it is argued, have resulted in a widening gap in health opportunities and outcomes between urban and rural areas. There are important health policy implications associated with these socio-cultural and demographic changes, and they are particularly relevant to women, who are greater users of the health care system, both as patients and carers, than are men. This paper draws on findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH), a 20 year study of the health of 40,000 Australian women, to paint an overview of rural women’s health and well-being in three age cohorts, including consideration of the divergent life course patterns among women, and issues of inequality and inequity between rural and urban populations. The data presented here suggest that there is a need to integrate a thoroughly gendered approach not only into all analyses of spatial inequality but also the analysis of the distribution of and access to services
Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Health care · Health equity · Inequality · Life course approach · Longitudinal study · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Workforce Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2014 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |