The role of local government in improving public health has been given legislative recognition in some Australian states. There is growing evidence of the positive role this statutory recognition has given to align local government efforts with state government health policy. Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a comprehensive approach to integrating public health, promoting components into a range of traditional local policies such as those relating to housing, transport and water. While much of the work internationally in HiAP has focused on urban populations, we argue that there are opportunities for rural and remote Australian local governments to use HiAP to respond to disparities in health outcomes amongst rural and remote Australian communities. We examine the Australian experiences with HiAP, the role for local governments and the future challenges and opportunities around the use of a HiAP approach to improve community health outcomes in rural and remote Australian communities.

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农村和偏远地区卫生政策中的卫生问题：澳大利亚地方政府的角色？

澳大利亚一些州已立法承认地方政府在改善公共卫生方面的作用。越来越多的证据表明，这一法定认可在使地方政府的努力与州政府的卫生政策保持一致方面发挥了积极作用。Health in All Policies (HiAP) 是一种综合方法，将公共卫生整合到一系列传统的地方政策中，例如与住房、交通和水相关的政策。虽然 HiAP 的大部分国际工作都集中在城市人口上，但我们认为，澳大利亚农村和偏远地区的地方政府有机会使用 HiAP 来应对澳大利亚农村和偏远社区之间健康结果的差异。我们研究了澳大利亚在 HiAP 方面的经验，