Monthly Archives: December 2015

‘System participants’ inform local action on hard to reach services

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Social Work in Health

Equity of access to health services is a key goal for primary health care internationally and in Australia (WHO, 1978). The systems used to gain entry to health services can impede or facilitate access, engagement and health outcomes. Equity of … Continue reading →

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Inadvertently locking out the most needy from health services

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Social Work in Health

In 1971 Tudor Hart believed that the people who most needed health services were the least likely to receive them, and that turns out to be true. His ‘Inverse Care Law’ is valid today. Since then Marmot and Wilkinson have … Continue reading →

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