Exclusions within Healthcare in a Regional Australian Setting: Voices of the Hardly Reached

Abstract

Health initiatives to improve inclusion of vulnerable people have tended to focus on a specific group with little evidence of improvement in health outcomes or attention to intersectionality. This study proposes that exclusion within health services can first be addressed through identification of common practices underpinning exclusion. A total of 119 seemingly hardly reached residents participated through individual interviews, small group interviews and focus group discussions. Undertaking a Derridean deconstruction analysis, the study identified three exclusionary practices commonly experienced by respondents when seeking healthcare in a regional setting. These are: i) language and commu..