The well person's health check

Couzos, Sophie;Amos, Alison;Anderson, Susan;Boyden, Andrew;Brewster, David;Broun, Kate;Cadilhac, Domenique;Colagiuri, Ruth;Colagiuri, Stephen;Gray, Dennis;Hankey, Graeme;Hassard, Julie;Hunter, Ernest;Ivers, Rowena;Johnson, Tracey;Lalor, Erin;Maguire, Graeme;Mathew, Tim;Meihubers, Sandra;Murray, Richard;Reading, Dorothy;Skov, Steven;Taylor, Hugh;Thomas, Mark;Thomas, Melanie

Sophie Couzos

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[Extract] Primary health care is based on the central premise that prevention is better than cure. The preventive approach to health has shown returns on investment in mainstream Australia, especially federal expenditure on immunisation, public health campaigns, and the incorporation of preventive measures into primary care. I There is also good evidence that comprehensive and organised primary health care to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders is cost-saving. Internationally, developed countries with very weak primary health care infrastructures have poorer performance on major aspects of health (such as low birth weight (LBW) ratios and child survival) and higher total health care costs. Lower mortality and low birth weight rates are evident where there are more primary health care workers. Primary health care may also alleviate adverse effects of income inequalities on health. The medical profession and governments internationally encourage preventive health care.

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Aboriginal Primary Health Care: an evidence-based approach

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978-0-19-555138-9

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Oxford University Press

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South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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