Reducing Health Inequity for Children and Young People in Rural Australia: Are Digital Interventions a Panacea? A Rural Generalist's Commentary.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To explore the role of digital interventions in improving health equity for children and young people (CYP) in rural Australia from a rural generalist's perspective.

Context

Rural Australian CYP experience worse health outcomes than their urban peers and have insufficient access to early intervention and support. Rural paediatric outpatient waiting times as long as 6 years have been reported, with some regions having no services. Digital interventions have expanded since the COVID pandemic, providing new opportunities to improve quality and access to care for CYP in rural settings.

Approach

Here we provide a synthesis of the literature and health policy, from the perspective of a clinician working in rural Australian paediatric care, to describe the role and limi

SUBMITTER: Miller C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11951394 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature