The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH) Presents: REMOTE AND RURAL HEALTH Community Approaches - Virtual Expert Symposium February 12, 2019 www.thenetworktufh.org Description Remote and Rural Health: Rural and remote health experts considered that remote populations are smaller, more isolated and more highly dispersed. Political power is less in remote areas; the nature of economic activity varies between rural and remote areas; and socioeconomic disadvantage is higher. As a result, morbidity and mortality are generally worse in remote areas. There are also workforce supply problems and decreased access to health services in remote areas. Different models of service delivery have developed in response to these conditions. Remote areas rely more heavily on visiting services, with differences in the relative roles of health professionals. In remote areas there is a stronger emphasis on public health approaches. Panel Questions 1. What are some Universal and Equitable Health best practice community approaches for engaging and serving Remote and Rural Health Communities? 2. How can these Universal and Equitable Health best practice community approaches be adopted into regional and/or national governmental policies? 3. How can these Universal and Equitable Health best practice community approaches be scaled, replicated, and/or adopted in communities across the globe? 4. How do these Universal and Equitable best practice community approaches incorporate the health team (Community Health Worker, Indigenous Health Worker, Nurse Navigators, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, etc.)? Panelists: 1. Ian Cameron 2. Michael Glasser 3. Arthur Kaufman 4. Steve Reid

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