Primary Healthcare Facility

Running Head: PRIMARY HEALTHCARE FACILITY
Primary Healthcare Facility
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Table of Contents
Part A.....................................................................................................................................4
The cohort group selected for the study is alcoholism......................................................4
Why are they considered as special consideration in primary health care?......................4
What are the current policies around their health and social care?...................................4
What is the research say about the delivery of primary health care to the selected group?
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Part B.....................................................................................................................................4
Barriers and gaps in receiving primary care delivery........................................................4
The idea of effective primary care delivery with respect to the Australian Framework
and Policy............................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................8

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Part A
The cohort group selected for the study is alcoholism.
Alcoholism is a vital health concern and lead to premature death. It is evident from the
literature study that heavy drinking can be managed and prevented but challenges are faced in
the course of evidence-based advice and treatment. Consumption of alcohol is a major reason
that causes global ill-health (Kolar and von Treuer, 2015). It is ranked as the ninth leading
risk factor for premature death promoting the mortality and morbidity rates. Alcohol is the
cause of more than 40 ICD-10 which is the 10th revision of International Statistical
Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, it is a medical classification list that
is produced by the World Health Organisation (Islam et al., 2018).
Why are they considered as special consideration in primary health care?
World health organisation has evidence-based literature stating that alcohol is harmful for
health. The pattern of the alcohol misuse is the main factor that determines the amount of
damage that an individual with alcohol misuse is subjected to. Harmful use of alcohol is a
term that is exploited in the global non-communicable disease framework as well as by WHO
global strategy to decrease the harmful misuse of alcohol (Jiang et al., 2019).
What are the current policies around their health and social care?
Like many other countries Australia has adopted a variety of policies to decrease the rate
of alcohol consumption and the subsequent harm. Australia has initiated several policies like
drink-driving counter measures and ensures strict penalties on breaching it. It has also
promoted the restricted availability and accessibility this is done by reducing the density of
alcohol outlets, nightclubs as well as pubs. Australia has also developed low-risk drinking
guidelines that are monitored and updated by the National Health and Medical Research
Council (NHMRC) (Rehm et al., 2016). Another approach that is gaining popularity is the