Starting with us: Imagining relational, co-designed policy approaches to improve healthcare access for rural people with disability.

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Context

Access to healthcare for rural Australians is a wicked problem, particularly for rural people with disability. Contemporary healthcare access frameworks in Australia tend to overlook geography, use a 'one-size-fits-all approach', and disregard the valuable relationships between key rural healthcare stakeholders, including rural people with disability, rural health services and health professionals. The United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires the Australian Government to engage people with disability in the design of policies that will shape their day-to-day lives, including their access to healthcare. However, the nature and extent to which rural people with disability, rural health professionals and other key rural stakeholders are in

SUBMITTER: Quilliam C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084439 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature