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Boundary crossers, communities, and health: Exploring the role of rural
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Kilpatrick, SI and Cheers, B and Gilles, M and Taylor, J, Boundary crossers, communities, and health: Exploring the role of rural, Health & Place, 15, (2009) pp. 284-290. ISSN 1353-8292 (2009) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.05.008
Abstract
Boundary crossers understand the culture and language of community and health service domains and have the trust of both. Rural health professionals living within the communities they serve are ideally placed to harness community capacity so as to influence community-level determinants of health. We analyse five case studies of rural health professionals acting as boundary crossers against indicators of capacity for communities and external agents such as health services working in partnership. A more explicit evidence base for inclusion of community health development in the jobs of rural health professionals is needed. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Boundary crossers; Rural health; Community development; Partnerships; Health professional roles |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Policy and administration |
| Research Field: | Health policy |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
| Objective Field: | Rural and remote area health |
| UTAS Author: | Kilpatrick, SI (Professor Sue Kilpatrick) |
| ID Code: | 55647 |
| Year Published: | 2009 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 46 |
| Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
| Deposited On: | 2009-03-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-10-09 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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