Sharing Rural Health Perspectives: Early Findings From Australia's First Rural Health Consumer Panel.
People living in rural Australia experience poorer health outcomes and have reduced access to health services compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Despite guidelines supporting consumer involvement in research, there is low involvement of rural people in health and medical research. Au...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 2026; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1/21/2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191010394&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191010394 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09660410 EVX jtl: Health & Social Care in the Community issn: 09660410 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 1/21/2026 vid: 2026 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 191010394 191010394 191010394 10.1155/hsc/7046568 191010394 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Sharing Rural Health Perspectives: Early Findings From Australia's First Rural Health Consumer Panel. aug: au: Dangerfield, Fiona Kabwe, Mwila Fraser, Sally de Jong, Judith D. Brabers, Anne E. M. Dickson-Swift, Virginia Kinsman, Leigh Begg, Stephen Adams, Joanne Spelten, Evelien Leblanc, Raeann G. affil: Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research,, La Trobe Rural Health School,, La Trobe University,, P.O. Box 199, Bendigo, 3552,, Victoria, Australia, latrobe.edu.au sug: subj: Rural Health Services Australia Health Services Accessibility Consumer Attitudes Evaluation Rural Health Evaluation Australia Human Male Female Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Questionnaires Fatigue Quality of Life Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) Open-Ended Questionnaires Data Analysis Software Psychosocial Functioning Self Report Depression Anxiety Obesity Asthma Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Functional Status Health Resource Utilization Telehealth Psychological Well-Being Pharmacists Social Workers Waiting Lists Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: People living in rural Australia experience poorer health outcomes and have reduced access to health services compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Despite guidelines supporting consumer involvement in research, there is low involvement of rural people in health and medical research. Australia's first Rural Health Consumer Panel (RHCP), established in 2022, assists researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of rural and regional Australians' perspectives on health and healthcare. Data are collected from panel members via annual online healthcare surveys and community‐based research. This paper presents preliminary findings from two cross‐sectional online health surveys (Registration Survey and Health Survey #1) including demographic characteristics and current health status of panel members, interactions with healthcare professionals in the past 12 months and consumers' experience of accessing healthcare. Currently, the RHCP has over 190 members. Panel members are aged between 18 and 84 years and reside in a rural location across Australia. Findings reveal that 90% of panel members reported having a past or current health condition, with 77% of panel members reported having two or more health conditions. Panel members consulted a range of health providers in the past 12 months but often encountered barriers in accessing health services. For those who experienced barriers in accessing a health provider, cost, wait times and distance were most frequently reported. The results of the first two RHCP health surveys have highlighted important issues in rural healthcare, allowing us to identify research priorities and direction for further development of the panel. Findings will be used in collaboration with rural health consumers, rural health services, academic institutions and industry partners to drive improvements in healthcare policy and delivery. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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