Working in disadvantaged communities: What additional competencies do we need?

Elizabeth Harris¹, Mark F Harris², Lynne Madden^3,4, Marilyn Wise⁵, Peter Sainsbury⁶, John MacDonald⁷ and Betty Gill⁸

¹  Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

²  Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

³  Current address: Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW, Australia

⁴  Division of Population Health, NSW Department of Health, NSW, Australia

⁵  Department of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

⁶  Division of Population Health, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia

⁷  Social Justice Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁸  College of Health and Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia