Table of Contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. I. Introduction
    1. A. Background Information
    2. B. Purpose of the Consultations
  3. II. Consultation Methodology
    1. A. Consultation Plan
      1. i. Choosing communities for the consultation
      2. ii. Working with local partners
    2. B. Consultation Format and Questions
      1. i. Consultation format
      2. ii. Focus of the consultation questions
      3. iii. Consultation feedback
      4. iv. Consultation reports
    3. C. Consultation Participants
    4. D. Limitations of the Consultations
  4. III. Consultation Outcomes
    1. A. Concepts of Health and Being Healthy
      1. i. Concepts of health
      2. ii. Keeping in good health
      3. iii. Factors that make it difficult to stay healthy in rural and remote areas
    2. B. Learning and Getting Information about Health
      1. i. Most common ways of getting information about health
      2. ii. Barriers to accessing information about health
    3. C. Experiences with Health Services
      1. i. What is working well
      2. ii. Barriers
  5. IV. Participants’ Recommendations for Strategies to Address Identified Barriers
    1. A. Health Literacy
      1. i. Literacy and learning needs and supports for rural areas
      2. ii. Improved access to health-related information
    2. B. Developing and Sustaining Healthy Communities
      1. i. Social factors affecting health
      2. ii. Health promotion and primary prevention
      3. iii. Local leadership
    3. C. Strengthening the Capacity of Communities, Practitioners, and Public Agencies/Systems
      1. i. Improving access to quality health are in rural and remote areas
      2. ii. Best practices and models
      3. iii. Research the needs of rural areas
  6. V. Adult Working Group Recommendations for Setting a Knowledge Agenda
    1. A. Supporting Research
    2. B. Knowledge Mobilization
  7. VI. Summary Statement
  8. Appendix A: Adult Working Group Members
  9. Appendix B: Sample Consent Questions
  10. Appendix C: Consultation Questions
  11. Appendix D: Participant Profiles