Politics, policy and action: lessons from rural GP advocacy in Ireland
Local voices have driven monumental change in the Irish healthcare context. For these communities, the policy and politics of rural health are mere tools to maintaining or restoring their way of life. The biggest lesson to be learned is that unrelenting community commitment, when supported by the capacity to advocate, can influence politics and policy to generate sustainable outcomes and thriving communities.
Authors
- Patrick O’Donoghue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7821-0479)
- Peter Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-8322)
- Andrew W. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5549-8246)
- Shagun Tuli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6820-4892)
- Fergus Glynn
- Robert Scully
- Alan Bruce Chater
- Liam Glynn
Institutions
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (AU)
- Hurley Medical Center (US)
- Health Research Board (IE)
- Enable Ireland (IE)
- Trials Methodology Research Network (IE)
- Dundalk Institute of Technology (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Rural and Remote Health
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh8700
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74