Analysis of a Primary Health Care Strategy in Australia

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Analysis of a Primary Health Care Strategy in Australia
The world health organization outlines primary healthcare as an approach which is well-
being centered on addressing the determinants of health and focuses on an inclusive interrelated
aspect of general wellbeing. As it was discussed by Halcomb et al. 2016, primary health care is
the first level of care for consumers. A strategy is a document outlining a country’s vision,
priorities, and course of action for maintaining and improving health status for its citizens.
According to Issel, and Wells, (2017), primary health care can be seen as both as an approach to
a health issue experienced by members of a community as well as a level of service provision to
the members of the community. This ranges from a broad range of activities from health
promotion, prevention of diseases, treatment, and management of chronic conditions. Every
being has the right to standard health and wellbeing.
One of the country's key strategy in the provision of primary healthcare is the
accessibility to appropriate cultural and clinical health care, which is timely and affordable in
prevention and management of chronic infection, mainly in the low social-economic
backgrounds. Chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and mental disorders have
heavily burdened the citizens of the country, and its prevention and management will take one of
the critical strategies toward the provision of primary healthcare. Referring to data from the
department of health, 50% of the Australians suffer from one of the prominent chronic diseases
and the conditions are responsible for up ¾ deaths of the Australians deaths.
WHO provides five guiding principles which should be incorporated in the key strategies
always for them to work appropriately. They include; “ accessibility, community participation,
health promotion, appropriate use of technology, and intersectoral collaboration.” These
principles are the core focus in attaining the primary health care strategies. Their main aim is the

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elimination of the health inequality on the health sector because of the social determinants and
social injustices and the epidemiological factors. Accessibility makes sure that the health
services are available to all the individuals without looking at their social background, ethnic
group, or age. Community cooperation incorporates all the leading society’s assets to enhance
the health of the marginalized groups. Proper use of technology is another field which makes
sure that there is medical research, and all the investigations are up to date to counter the health
issues.
With such figures in mind, approaches to primary care for chronic diseases
include;Advocating for a healthy lifestyle. This method includes regular exercise, proper
nutrition, drugs control like tobacco control and reduction of alcohol consumption — the
creation of awareness programs and investment in chronic condition research.Development of
Medicare benefits schedule, which will provide subsidies for patients, for example,
pharmaceutical benefits schemes can offer grants to a range of mediation used to treat illness
associated with chronic diseases.
Determinants of health
According to Hertzman (2017), determinants of health are factors that determine how
likely we say health or fall ill. Factors such as income, education, employment, or social group
are critical drivers to our health wellbeing. According to data given by AioHa (2016) on
Australia’s health 2016, 20% of Australians living in the low-income social classes were 1.6
times more likely to suffer from at least 2 of the chronic health diseases such as diabetes or heart
diseases. Some determinantsare discussed below.
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