Inclusive Practice for Health Professionals

Jenny Davis, Melanie Birks, and Ysanne Chapman

Unlike other health and society texts this book considers the interface between health care delivery, health care professionals and population groups.
The text focuses on the professional and social elements of inclusive practice and highlights its relevance to health care professionals and improving health outcomes.
Case examples demonstrate the diverse range of contexts for health care delivery

Inclusive Practice for Health Professionals

Jenny Davis, Melanie Birks, and Ysanne Chapman

Description

Inclusive Practice: Sociological Concepts for Health Professionals introduces students to the socio-political implications of the work they will be doing within the healthcare sector. It embraces the multi-disciplinary nature of work in the health professions, and applies the term inclusive practice to focus attention on its relevance to all health care professionals with the shared aim of improving health outcomes.

The text considers the interface between health care delivery, health care professionals and population groups, while providing a critical approach to examining the strategies for inclusive practice in contemporary Australian health care.

Inclusive Practice for Health Professionals

Jenny Davis, Melanie Birks, and Ysanne Chapman

Section 1 Sociological concepts of inclusive practice
1:Chapter 1 An introduction to inclusive practice
2:Chapter 2 Inclusion and exclusion in contemporary Australian health care
3:Chapter 3 Building inclusive frameworks for practice
4:Chapter 4 Health system reform for inclusive practice
5:Chapter 5 Diversity and inclusive practice in the workplace
6:Chapter 6 Social and political elements of inclusive practice
Section 2 Inclusive practice in context
7:Chapter 7 Population health and health outcome
8:Chapter 8 Inclusion and health literacy
9:Chapter 9 Rural and remote inclusive practice
10:Chapter 10 Vulnerable and disadvantaged populations
11:Chapter 11 An aging population
12:Chapter 12 Sexuality and gender

Inclusive Practice for Health Professionals

Jenny Davis, Melanie Birks, and Ysanne Chapman

Author Information

Jenny Davis, Project Manager, Innovation, Policy and Research, Benetas Support Office, Melanie Birks, Professor, Head of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition, James Cook University, and Ysanne Chapman, Adjunct Professor, James Cook University

Ms Jenny Davis, RN, RM, MMid, BApp Sci (Nsg), BHIM (Hons), GDip Crit Care, GDip Periop, GCert HEd, CertIV T&A., Project Manager, Innovation, Policy and Research, Benetas Support Office

Professor Melanie Birks, RN, PhD, BN, Med, Head Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition, School of Nursing and Midwifery, JCU Townsville (until June 2013, Melanie was Deputy Dean, CQUniversity, Noosa Campus)

Professor Ysanne Chapman RN, PhD, MSc (Hons), BEd (Nsg), GDE, DNE, DRM, Adjunct Professor, James Cook University

Contributors:

Narelle Biedermann Lecturer, Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Healthcare, Faculty of Health, Federation University;Drew Burns, Project Coordinator, DSP Disability Support Services, Federation University;Merinda Davis, health professional, Department of Health, Victoria;Karen Francis Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University;Sue Gordon Head of Physiotherapy, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University;Marion Gray Professor, Discipline and Program Leader, Occupational Therapy | Cluster for Health Improvement Leader, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of Sunshine Coast;Jane Havelka Clinical Coordinator/Lecturer for the Djirruwang (Mental Health) Program, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health at Charles Sturt University;Marnie Hitchins Researcher, Centre for Nursing and Midwifery research, James Cook University;Marg McLeod Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the Centenary Hospital for Women, Youth and Children, Canberra & Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University;Faye McMillan Program Director, Djirruwang, Charles Sturt University;Jane Mills Director of Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research and Deputy Dean of the Graduate Research School, James Cook University;Stephanie Perrot Lecturer in Nursing/Mental Health, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University;Fran Richardson Lecturer, Nursing, School of Health, Charles Darwin University; Julie Shaw Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University;John Solas Senior Lecturer in Human Services and Counselling, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland;Tony Welch Associate Professor, Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Central Queensland University;Gary Williams Lecturer, College of Public Health, Medical & Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University;Moira Williamson Associate Professor, Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Central Queensland University