Lifestyle related disease in rural communities in Australia Case Study 2022

Lifestyle related
disease in rural
communities in
Australia

Population group
The study will address the
rural population of Australia.
Australians living in the
rural areas have poor health
than compared to those
living in the metropolitan
cities (Sarich, Ding, Sitas
and Weber 2015).

Description of issue
Poorer health in the rural areas are
consequences of the way of living.
Aboriginal and Torres Islander people
suffer more from chronic diseases (Bell et
al. 2016).
Face challenged when they require
accessing health care services (Quinn,
Massey and Speare 2015).
Risky behavior- smoking, drinking alcohol
Occupational risk- mining work or
accidents that are related to transport.