Table 2 Counts of case study Primary Health Network planned activities that are equity-oriented
Equity-oriented activities | Plan and enact effective strategies to addressinequities: orient local PHC services towards health equity | Plan and enact effective strategies to address inequities: address determinants of local health inequities | Activities not evidently equity-oriented | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strategies addressing equity of access to local PHC services | Strategies addressing equity in quality of care | Strategies addressing equity in access to and quality of PHC services | Strategies supporting access to other health care and social services | Equity-sensitive health promotion targeting individual behaviour | Intersectoral collaborations to act on local inequities in living and working conditions | Contributions to broader advocacy on social, political, and cultural determinants of health | ||
Metro North | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ? | 8 | ||
Metro South | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||||
Rural North | 3 | 1 | ? | 5 | ||||
Remote | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Rural South | 4 | 3 | 1 | ? | 6 | |||
Examples | Outreach allied health care to vulnerable children (Metro North) | Community of practice and provider support to integrate care of heart failure patients in identified areas (Rural South) | Care coordination services for people with complex needs, including dedicated component for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Rural North) | PHC and other social support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Metro North) | (Behavioural interventions identified, but insufficient detail to determine if equity-sensitive) | HealthPathways – information for clinicians on local health referral pathways (all PHNs, although Remote PHN outlined special consideration for health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) | ||
PHC services in rural/remote areas (Remote, Rural North, Rural South) | ||||||||
Weight management and lifestyle education delivered via general practice in selected locations with high obesity rates (Rural North) | ||||||||
Provider support in digital health initiatives (Rural South, Rural North, Remote) | ||||||||
Cross sectoral collaboration addressing child health needs in sub-region with high rates of social disadvantage (Metro North) | ||||||||
Immunisation for newly arrived refugees | ||||||||
Quality use of medicines initiative, in selected locations, targeting providers and community (Rural South) | ||||||||