Health Policy Reform Poor Rural Primary Health Care Delivery in Australia

Rural and remote areas around the world face the challenge of global development and global capitalis. As a result, young people at working age poured into the metropolitan and urban areas and older people are left in the peripheral rural communities. Comparing with the urban population, rural residents have higher risks of preventable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and obesity, also rural communities have high rate of unhealthy behaviors such as poor diet, physical inactivity and smoking.