Primary Health Care for Children and Families in Rural and Remote Areas

Running head: CHILD ADOLESCENT FAMILY HEALTH 1
Child Adolescent Family Health
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CHILD ADOLESCENT FAMILY HEALTH 2
Child Adolescent Family Health
Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
How A Primary Health Care (PHC) Approach Supports Nurses to Work in Partnership with
Children and Families in Rural and Remote Areas......................................................................5
Health Promotion Program..........................................................................................................6
Health Education Topic That Have Improved the Health and Wellbeing of Children and
Families in Rural and Remote Areas...........................................................................................7
Findings and Discussion..................................................................................................................7
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11

CHILD ADOLESCENT FAMILY HEALTH 3
Executive Summary
In essence, this paper highlights the overall significance of the advancement of various
nursing practices in both the rural and remote areas of Australia. Moreover, the report provides a
relevant update of the status of nurse practitioners in Australia. The paper as well dwells deeper
into the issue on adolescent and their families proposing what is needed to improve their health
outcomes in the society.

CHILD ADOLESCENT FAMILY HEALTH 4
Introduction
It is essential to point out that a chronic condition requires special attention particularly
from the government medical specialists. Notably, adolescent children especially in rural and
remote regions of Australia have undoubtedly faced neglect for a long time. In this light, there is
need for awareness of various medical services provided by the primary health care (PHC) (Zwar
et al., 2017). Primary Health Care is, therefore, regarded as an approach within the health care
system that often promotes the access of medical services by all people in the society including
rural and remote areas. PHC builds relationship between nurses, families, and the adolescent in
the rural and remote areas through the services and awareness campaigns medical specialists
performs in such areas (Zwar et al., 2017). In essence, Primary Health Care (PHC) approaches
are designed to permeate virtually all practices that involve child care as well as involving
families in all education procedures (Zwar et al., 2017). Notably, this is to make sure that
education departs from a reality point of experience through family setup and in a dialogical
relationship (Kyei-Nimakoh, Carolan-Olah, & McCann, 2017). In the care of a particular child or
the adolescent who has a chronic illness, health education is a significant process in achieving
autonomy, acceptance, as well as a routing way in managing health conditions, therefore, making
it easier to maintain and prevent various recurrent and future hospitalizations (Zwar et al., 2017).
With this said, Australia is regarded to be a country that enjoys good health, therefore,
experiencing one of the highest life expectancies across the world. Nonetheless, many Australian
residents, particularly from the rural as well as remote societies, tend to experience poor health
outcomes when compared to people who come from metropolitan areas in Australia. Notably,
the rate of hospitalization, as well as preventable disease, tends to increase with the overall
remoteness of a city. As a result, adolescent children have been on a higher risk of suffering from