Titre :
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Access to rural health services : Research as community action and policy critique. (2006)
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Auteurs :
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PANELLI (Ruth) : NZL. Department of Geography. University of Otago. Dunedin. ;
GALLAGHER (Lou) : NZL. Institute of Environmental Science and Research. Ltd 34 Kenepuru Drive. Porirua. ;
KEARNS (Robin) : NZL. School of Geography and Environmental Science. University of Auckland. Auckland.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 62, n° 5, 2006)
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Pagination :
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1103-1114
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Accès soins
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Milieu rural
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Santé communautaire
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Politique santé
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Etude critique
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Surveillance soins
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Soins
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Enquête
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Surveillance
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Nouvelle Zélande
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Océanie
;
Femme
;
Homme
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS GjWR0xDp. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Although access to rural health services has been an enduring focus for a variety of scholars, little has been recorded about the intersection between health service policy, provision and access experiences. This paper identifies how community action can highlight the gaps between policy rhetoric and access experiences. Taking the case of rural New Zealand, we document how a community organisation Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) completed a national survey as a form of community action. This study records rural households'experiences and challenges when accessing both primary and secondary health services. A range of access problems is identified. The study also illustrates how community-based activism concerning health care need not be local or single-service focussed, but can involve a multiservice critique at the national scale. Such work highlights not only the experience but also the complexity and politics of health service access.
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