Health services in northern Australia depend on student placements post COVID-19

Narelle Campbell; Kylie Stothers; Lindy Swain; Alice Cairns; Ella Dunsford; Chris Rissel; Ruth Barker

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Health services in northern Australia depend on student placements post COVID-19

Narelle Campbell, Kylie Stothers, Lindy Swain, Alice Cairns, Ella Dunsford, Chris Rissel, Ruth Barker

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The early and comprehensive public health biosecurity response to COVID‐19 in northern Australia undoubtedly has saved many lives in remote and rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. However, the strict quarantine of remote and rural communities has also meant reduced access of communities to various services, including health services.1 For example, short‐term contract funded agency nurses or health professionals are unable or unwillingly to quarantine for two weeks (at a cost of AU$2,500) before entering communities. Equally, some communities may prefer not to be exposed to the risk of COVID‐19, but in either case, the result is reduced services...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	521-522
Number of pages	2
Journal	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13035
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

COVID‐19
biosecurity response
First nations communities
Remote communities
student placements
Northern Australia

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Health services in northern Australia depend on student placements post COVID-19

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