A.

GENERAL DIFFERNCES
Does the location you live and the size of your town influence your health and wellbeing? Skim the articles
looking for facts and clues that reveal differences between metropolitan, rural, and isolated areas in:
a. Life expectancy

b. Infrastructure

c. Prevalent diseases

d. Number of health care workers

1. http://ruralhealth.org.au/sites/default/files/fact-sheets/Fact-Sheet-23-%20measuring%20the%20metropolitan-rural
%20inequity_0.pdf

2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-28/garvan-rural-health-report/6650620

B. FOCUS STUDY: Bourke

Lot 1 Macquarie St, Bourke NSW 2840
You live 86 kilometers North West of Bourke and18
kilometers from Fords Bridge. The property has rural
power, telephone, satellite T.V. and broadband internet.
Mail is delivered twice weekly.
Use these links http://www.communityprofile.com.au/bourke/ http://www.aihw.gov.au/rural-health-rrma-classification/
Population of Bourke:
Population of Bourke and suburbs:
Classification:

Use Google maps https://www.google.com.au/maps

Your local public hospital is Bourke District Hospital: 26 Tarcoon Street, Bourke NSW 2840
Distance from house:
Driving time:

C. A SUDDEN TURN: Cancer

Someone in your household has been diagnosed with cancer. The local hospital is unable provide the
required chemotherapy and radiation. They have been referred to Westmead Hospital: Corner Hawkesbury
Road and Darcy Road, Westmead, NSW 2145. How will you get there and is public transport an option?
Distance from home:
Travel Options:
Travel time:
Chemotherapy treatments are every 3 weeks. Radiation will be every day for a month.
How will this treatment plan impact your household?

D. CONCLUSION: Fact or fiction?

1. Explain TWO consequences of household location on the access to health care services in NSW.
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2. Fact of fiction: All Australians have access to medical care when they need it. Support your position with
THREE pieces of evidence.
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A. GENERAL DIFFERNCES
Does the location you live and the size of your town influence your health and wellbeing? Skim the articles
looking for facts and clues that reveal differences between metropolitan, rural, and isolated areas in:
a. Life expectancy

b. Infrastructure

c. Prevalent diseases

d. Number of health care workers

1. http://ruralhealth.org.au/sites/default/files/fact-sheets/Fact-Sheet-23-%20measuring%20the%20metropolitan-rural
%20inequity_0.pdf

2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-28/garvan-rural-health-report/6650620

B. FOCUS STUDY: Strathfield

41 Meredith Street, Strathfield NSW 2135
Your home is nestled in a super convenient leafy
location within minutes' walk to the areas major
schools, Homebush Village shops, cafes and public
transport.
Use these links: http://www.communityprofile.com.au/strathfield

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/research-and-statistics/the-city-at-a-glance/metropolitan-sydney
http://www.aihw.gov.au/rural-health-rrma-classification/

Population of Strathfield:
Population of The Strathfield Local Government Area:
Classification:

Use Google maps https://www.google.com.au/maps

Your local public hospital is Concord Repatriation General Hospital: Hospital Road, Concord NSW 2139.
Distance from house:
Driving time:

C. A SUDDEN TURN: Cancer

Someone in your household has been diagnosed with cancer. The local hospital is unable provide the
required chemotherapy and radiation. They have been referred to Westmead Hospital: Corner Hawkesbury
Road and Darcy Road, Westmead, NSW 2145. How will you get there and is public transport an option?
Distance from home:
Travel Options:
Travel time:
Chemotherapy treatments are every 3 weeks. Radiation will be every day for a month.
How will this treatment plan impact your household?

D. CONCLUSION: Fact or fiction?

1. Explain TWO consequences of household location on the access to health care services in NSW.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Fact of fiction: All Australians have access to medical care when they need it. Support your position with
THREE pieces of evidence.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

A. GENERAL DIFFERNCES
Does the location you live and the size of your town influence your health and wellbeing? Skim the articles
looking for facts and clues that reveal differences between metropolitan, rural, and isolated areas in:
a. Life expectancy

b. Infrastructure

c. Prevalent diseases

d. Number of health care workers

1. http://ruralhealth.org.au/sites/default/files/fact-sheets/Fact-Sheet-23-%20measuring%20the%20metropolitan-rural
%20inequity_0.pdf

2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-28/garvan-rural-health-report/6650620

B. FOCUS STUDY: Cobar

22 Barton Street, Cobar NSW 2835
Your sweet little home is in the Cobar Shire, which
is situated in the centre of New South Wales at the
crossroads of the Barrier Highway and the Kidman
Way and has excellent road, rail and air links to
most of Australia's capital cities.
Use these links: http://www.communityprofile.com.au/cobar/ http://www.aihw.gov.au/rural-health-rrma-classification/
Population of Cobar:
Population of Cobar Shire:
Classification:

Use Google maps https://www.google.com.au/maps

Your local public hospital is Cobar District Hospital: Lerida Road, Cobar NSW 2835
Distance from house:
Driving time:

C. A SUDDEN TURN: Cancer

Someone in your household has been diagnosed with cancer. The local hospital is unable provide the
required chemotherapy and radiation. They have been referred to Westmead Hospital: Corner Hawkesbury
Road and Darcy Road, Westmead, NSW 2145. How will you get there and is public transport an option?
Distance from home:
Travel Options:
Travel time:
Chemotherapy treatments are every 3 weeks. Radiation will be every day for a month.
How will this treatment plan impact your household?

D. CONCLUSION: Fact or fiction?

1. Explain TWO consequences of household location on the access to health care services in NSW.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Fact of fiction: All Australians have access to medical care when they need it. Support your position with
THREE pieces of evidence.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________