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Does distance to hospital and interhospital transfer negatively impact time to definitive fixation and outcomes in patients with fractured neck of femur in a rural setting? 在农村地区,医院距离和医院间转运是否会对股骨颈骨折患者的最终固定时间和预后产生负面影响?
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13200
Geoffrey T Murphy, Felice Tong, Paul Rozenbroek, David Mostofizadeh, Andrew Sefton
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Who stays? Australian alcohol and other drug work and worker characteristics predicting regional, rural and remote job retention. 谁会留下来?预测地区、农村和偏远地区工作保留率的澳大利亚酒精和其他药物工作及工人特征。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13198
Jane Anne Fischer, Victoria Kostadinov, Jacqueline Bowden
{"title":"Who stays? Australian alcohol and other drug work and worker characteristics predicting regional, rural and remote job retention.","authors":"Jane Anne Fischer, Victoria Kostadinov, Jacqueline Bowden","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The Australian alcohol and other drug (AOD) regional, rural and remote (RRR) workforce experiences chronic workforce retention challenges. However, little is known about the characteristics of RRR AOD workers nationally, or factors associated with retention.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the personal and professional characteristics of RRR AOD workers and identify factors that predict intent to remain in the workforce.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Secondary analysis of Australian National AOD Workforce Survey data, a cross-sectional online survey of AOD workers (N = 1506).</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>AOD workers employed in RRR Australia (N = 447).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Demographic and professional characteristics; intent to remain in current job for the next year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of RRR AOD workers were female (72%) and worked full time (65%) in the NGO sector (58%). Most (56%) intended to stay in their job. There were not only high rates of poor job engagement (33%) and high burnout (42%) but also high job satisfaction (80%). Significant predictors (p < 0.05) of retention intention were job satisfaction, low burnout, employment security and respect in the workplace.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Workforce initiatives and benefits tailored to the current composition of the RRR AOD workforce are needed. Retention of workers may be facilitated by increasing job satisfaction, security and respect, and decreasing burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142649955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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'They got my back': Thematic analysis of relationship building in nurse home visiting in Aboriginal communities. 他们支持我":原住民社区护士家访中关系建立的专题分析。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13199
Alexandra Gregory, Kayli Wild, Danielle Aquino, Gary Robinson
{"title":"'They got my back': Thematic analysis of relationship building in nurse home visiting in Aboriginal communities.","authors":"Alexandra Gregory, Kayli Wild, Danielle Aquino, Gary Robinson","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The client-practitioner relationship is the cornerstone of nurse home-visiting programs. Little is understood about how relationship-based maternal and early childhood health care is perceived by women in remote Aboriginal communities. As part of an evaluation of nurse home-visiting in the Northern Territory, this research examines how relationships are established with clients, and what elements are valued most by women.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) is an Australian model of nurse-led home-visiting targeted at women facing adversity who need extra support. The model provides parenting information, health education and psychosocial support during pregnancy and the first 3 years of children's development.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Interviews were conducted with 92 Aboriginal women and 11 practitioners including nurses, social workers and community workers.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with convenience samples of MECSH clients and practitioners. Data were analysed using a two-step process of structural coding and thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Trust was the foundation of clients' positive perception of the relationship with their MECSH provider. Relationships took time to develop, often beginning with practical support to meet clients' basic needs. Practitioner dependability and flexibility to client priorities, communication, confidentiality and being helpful to the woman and her family was important. Clients emphasised emotional support and friendship.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The relationship-based approach was valued and consistent with culturally safe and trauma informed ways of working with Aboriginal families. Effort is required to commit to the model to address ongoing healthcare engagement and health outcomes in remote Northern Territory communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142633087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Imaging personnel are key to improved imaging service delivery in rural areas. 成像人员是改善农村地区成像服务的关键。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13197
Gordon Mander, Debbie Starkey, Karen Dobeli
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The 7Cs to reduce dental hesitancy for culturally and linguistically diverse rural Australians. 7Cs 减少澳大利亚农村地区不同文化和语言群体对牙科治疗的犹豫。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13194
Mohamed Naqeeb, Gavin J Carmichael, Helena Kyriazopoulos, Hanaa' Grave, Vasiliki Arachi, Joshua G Kovoor, David R Tivey
{"title":"The 7Cs to reduce dental hesitancy for culturally and linguistically diverse rural Australians.","authors":"Mohamed Naqeeb, Gavin J Carmichael, Helena Kyriazopoulos, Hanaa' Grave, Vasiliki Arachi, Joshua G Kovoor, David R Tivey","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142633073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The revised remote area nurse model of consultation. 修订后的偏远地区护士咨询模式。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13195
Sue Lenthall, Sabina Knight, Colin Watson, Lyn Byers, Fiona Cameron, John Wright, Sally West, Roianne West, Madeline Ford, Stuart Mobsby, Katie Pennington, Oluwatobi Ajayi
{"title":"The revised remote area nurse model of consultation.","authors":"Sue Lenthall, Sabina Knight, Colin Watson, Lyn Byers, Fiona Cameron, John Wright, Sally West, Roianne West, Madeline Ford, Stuart Mobsby, Katie Pennington, Oluwatobi Ajayi","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this revision was to update the Remote Area Nurse (RAN) Model of Consultation (MoC) and was prompted by publication of the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework (2013-2018), shifts in RAN workforce patterns, community health patterns and technology use.</p><p><strong>Context: </strong>Rural and remote residents face higher rates of hospitalisations, deaths and poorer access to health care with a significant burden of avoidable fatal conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Health care is mostly provided by RANs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners (ATSIHPs), addressing diverse health needs, a mobile population and navigating cross-cultural situations. Despite challenges such as clinician shortages, RANs manage a significant portion of non-emergency consultations. The RAN MoC was developed to ensure comprehensive, systematic and person-centred care and to mitigate risk to the client, the nurse and the health service.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>The 11 expert panel members, all authors, revised the RAN MoC through a series of Microsoft Teams meetings, one face-to-face meeting and an exchange of emails. The principles were reorganised under the four domains of the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework and mapped against the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Health Care Standards.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The revised RAN MoC is designed to provide evidence based culturally informed care, standardise RAN consultation best practice and improve the health outcomes of their clients. With the increased turnover and number of nurses 'new' to remote, more innovative approaches to education and dissemination of the model is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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How First Nations peoples living in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area describe and discuss social and emotional well-being. 生活在托雷斯海峡和北部半岛地区的原住民如何描述和讨论社会和情感福祉。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13196
Torres Webb, Kathryn Meldrum, Chenoa Wapau, Betty Sagigi, Rachel Quigley, Edward Strivens, Sarah Russell
{"title":"How First Nations peoples living in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area describe and discuss social and emotional well-being.","authors":"Torres Webb, Kathryn Meldrum, Chenoa Wapau, Betty Sagigi, Rachel Quigley, Edward Strivens, Sarah Russell","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study was the first phase of a broader project designed to develop a new tool to screen social and emotional well-being (SEWB). Its objective was to identify words used by First Nations people living in the Torres Strait (Zenadth Kes) and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) to describe and discuss SEWB. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the First Nations peoples who took part in this project as holders of their cultural knowledge now and forevermore.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>This study took place in community and primary health care settings located on islands of the Torres Strait and NPA of Australia.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Twelve yarns with 35 community members and health professionals were led by Torres Strait Islander members of the project team between August and December 2022.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This study employed a descriptive qualitative design. Yarning, an Australian First Nations relational method, was used to share stories about SEWB. All but one yarn was audio recorded and subsequently professionally transcribed. Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyse the yarns.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Worry, sad and stress were the words most often used by participants to describe feelings of low SEWB. Signs of low SEWB included behaviour change, particularly significantly reduced community engagement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Worry is not a word that is used in Australian mainstream tools that screen for psychological distress. Findings of this study indicate that a question that asks about worries should be included when screening for low SEWB in Australian First Nations peoples living in the Torres Strait and NPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Growing the peer workforce in rural mental health and social and emotional well-being services: A scoping review of the literature. 在农村心理健康和社会及情感幸福服务中发展同伴工作队伍:文献综述。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13192
Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Melissa A Lindeman, Penny Watson, Xianliang Liu
{"title":"Growing the peer workforce in rural mental health and social and emotional well-being services: A scoping review of the literature.","authors":"Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Melissa A Lindeman, Penny Watson, Xianliang Liu","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Growing the mental health peer workforce holds promise for rural communities, but we currently lack an understanding of the guidance available to support the development, implementation and sustainability of this workforce in rural settings.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Study aims are to: (1) determine the extent and nature of the literature that provides guidance for growing the peer workforce in rural mental health services; and (2) identify and explore any guidance relevant to rural peer work services dedicated to First Nations communities, including those promoting social and emotional well-being within this body of literature.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A scoping review method was employed to identify relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature published between 2013 and 2022 across PsychInfo, Medline, Embase and CINAHL, Scopus and Informit HealthInfoNet databases, as well as targeted organisation websites and Google Advanced Search.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>A total of 26 unique studies/projects were included from the US, UK, Canada and Australia with public mental health, non-government/for purpose and private sector service settings represented in the literature. Grey literature, such as reports of evaluations and frameworks, formed the majority of included texts. While there is a lesser volume of rurally focused literature relative to the general peer work literature, this is a rich body of knowledge, which includes guidance concerning services dedicated to First Nations communities. Via synthesis critical considerations were identified for the development, implementation and sustainability of peer work in rural mental health services across six domains: 'Working with community members and stakeholders', 'Organisational culture and governance', Working with others and in teams, Professional expertise and experience, Being part of and working in the community and 'Local mental health services capacity'.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>While there are considerations relevant across a range of settings, the domains of: 'working with community members and stakeholders', 'being part of and working in the community' and 'local mental health services capacity', capture additional, distinct and nuanced challenges and opportunities for growing the peer work in rural services.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The literature offers insights valuable for service planning, policy development and the allocation of resources to support rural peer workforce growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142481590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Understanding the professional factors that impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia. 了解影响澳大利亚地区、农村和偏远地区病理工作者留任的专业因素。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13191
Kirrily Werth, Tiana Gurney
{"title":"Understanding the professional factors that impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia.","authors":"Kirrily Werth, Tiana Gurney","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to determine what professional factors impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data regarding the professional factors that impact the retention of regional, rural and remote pathology workers in Australia (n = 95). The survey focused on pathology workers' satisfaction with specific professional factors and how long they intended to stay in their current position.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Regional, rural and remote (MM2-7) pathology laboratories in Australia.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>There were a total of 95 participants, including 24 phlebotomists/laboratory assistants, 34 medical laboratory scientists and 29 supervisors/managers, with the majority of participants being from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant positive associations were found between satisfaction with career advancement opportunities, workplace culture and maintaining professional skills with the retention of regional, rural and remote pathology workers. Open-ended responses indicated that personal factors also played an important role in pathology worker retention in regional, rural and remote communities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides important insights into the professional factors that impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia. Personal factors were also found to play an important role in retention. These findings have highlighted the need for further research to be conducted to explore the relationship between professional and personal factors and how this impacts the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142481591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evaluation of nurse practitioners' extended scope of practice in a regional hospital emergency department in tropical Australia. 对澳大利亚热带地区一家地区医院急诊科执业护士扩大执业范围的评估。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Australian Journal of Rural Health Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13190
Angela Jackson, Chris Hawkins, Theona Stone, Petra Anderson, Frances Wilesmith, Mark Little
{"title":"Evaluation of nurse practitioners' extended scope of practice in a regional hospital emergency department in tropical Australia.","authors":"Angela Jackson, Chris Hawkins, Theona Stone, Petra Anderson, Frances Wilesmith, Mark Little","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>There is very little literature examining the workload and impact of nurse practitioners (NPs) working in emergency departments (ED) in regional and rural Australia. The aim of this paper was to review the ED NPs scope of practice in the ED discharge stream and patient outcomes at Cairns Hospital over a 7-month period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study examined the ED electronic medical record between 14 May 2019 and 31 December 2019. Cases managed by ED NPs, referrals, procedures performed, representations and disposition data were collected. Adverse events were sought from the Qld Health adverse events register (Riskman), the department complaints register and the ED M&M meeting minutes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1443 patients were treated by NPs, with ages ranging from 0 to 98 years (median 40 years). Australasian Triage Score (ATS) 3 cases made up 30% of the workload. Other than ATS 3 cases, time to being seen was better than the general department. There were very few unexpected representations, complaints or adverse events.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study supports the view that NPs working in a regional emergency department can safely manage a variety of patients outside a fast-track model, with a wide age range and a variety of triage categories and diagnoses. We believe this has important implications for the provision of emergency care, especially in regional and rural Australia.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142395522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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