Atkins, Kim
A brighter future—measuring how we are tracking with the National Strategic Framework
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Bain, Carole
Organisational commitment for a bright community future
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Barraclough, Frances
The role of nurse practitioners in a rural primary health care setting
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Barrett, Elizabeth
Virtually Intouch—an evaluation of desktop telehealth in rural and remote New South Wales
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Bell, Andrew
Building a Medicare Local as unique as the Territory itself
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Bell, David
Humour and acute psychiatry—a world-first randomised controlled trial
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Bennet, Pele
Listening—the first step to developing a state-wide hearing health plan
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Bird, Kevin
Team sport as a catalyst for Yolngu girls’ participation in healthy behaviours
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Birkett, Peter
From closure to world stage—a journey of rural commitment
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Bish, Melanie
Fostering nurse leadership in Australian rural hospitals: identification of the underlying issues
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Biven, Jenny
Rural mental health: a collaborative approach to improving client’s health-related behaviours
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Booth, Mark
Maximising the rural health benefits of a reformed health system: Medicare Locals
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Boucher, Melissa
Key lessons in implementing a rural GP spouse mentoring program
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Bourke, Lisa
Perspectives of ‘power’ in rural health and remote health
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Bowditch, Claire
Deadly Mereny Noonak Ngyn Moort: good food for my people: mid-term evaluation
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Bower, Madeleine
Women’s Development Project—empowering women in the bush
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Boyce, Laura
Audit of medication lists for elderly patients admitted to a regional hospital
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Boylan, Lyn
Supporting high-risk maternity services in rural NSW
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Brown, Joanne
Pass the Parcel: a new approach for energy efficiency
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Brown, Leanne
Building the rural dietetics workforce: a bright future?
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Brumby, Susan
Shhh: hearing in a farming environment
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Burton, Steve
Active in the outback
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Cabot, Wendy
‘Recovery’—the journey within three rural communities in New South Wales
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Cameron, Melissa
GP distribution in rural Australia—has the OTD moratorium worked?
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Cantlon, Cath
Change and Adaptation
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Carroll, Raelene
Midwifery continuity of care for remote women: the central Australian experience
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Carson, Dean
The attractiveness of Australia’s rural and remote spine for health professionals  2001–11
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Chaney, Fred
Governance at the heart of reform in remote Australia
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Cheffins, Tracy
Travel-related barriers to rural and remote patients accessing specialist care
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Church, Andrea
Pulmonary rehabilitation in country South Australia—a breath of fresh air
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Clark, Scott
Rural intermediate care in South Australia: a perspective on the first 12 months
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Clarke, Kate
Medicare Locals—a long way in a short time
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Clarke, Kim
Swallowing disorders—improving access to quality assessment in rural South Australia
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Clothier, Christy
Deconstructing the barriers to engage families with complex needs in early intervention services
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Cohen, Annamarie
The Family Referral Service model and KTS
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Condon, Sharon
Gender differences in recruitment, job satisfaction and retention of allied health professionals in Tasmania
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Conrad, Sue
Neighbourhood cohesion among middle-aged women: the influence of psychosocial factors
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Constantine, Sarah
Mining towns—does the boom mean bust for health services?
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Cook, Daniel
The important role of the regional eye health coordinator in NSW
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Cooper, Carl
Service delivery in pharmacy practice: what can be achieved in regional NSW
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Copley, Ivan-Tiwu
Culturally appropriate engagement strategies for collecting quality data in an Aboriginal population
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Cornick, Kate
The impact of the National Broadband Network on rural patients and rural health practitioners
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Cottrell, Jennifer
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease know no boundaries
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Cowan, Sue
Integrating aged care assessment for older rural people of north-east Victoria
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Cowell, John
Rural and metropolitan placements rated equally well by Australian university paramedic students
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Coy, Libby
Aboriginal Child Well Health Checks—the benefits of a positive first experience
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Crocombe, Len
Update on evidence relating to population oral health
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Cronin, Beth
‘Recovery’—the journey within three rural communities in New South Wales
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Davies, Sarah
Sharing care the Kimberley way
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Dean, Deborah
A project to develop a telehealth model of care for people with diabetes  in Far North Queensland
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Dham, Pallavi
Pattern of utilisation of telepsychiatry services for geriatric consumers residing in rural and remote South Australia
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Dolja-Gore, Xenia
Trends in mental health service utilisation for Australian women
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Doube, Bernadette
What the rural health indicators are indicating for New Zealand
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Ducat, Wendy
What do we really know about best practice allied health professional supervision? The challenges and rewards of preparing a systematic review and preliminary findings
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Duff, Donisha
Corporate and community: strengthening governance in the Aboriginal community controlled health sector
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Duff, Donisha
Supporting clinical governance in Indigenous health: an AHCWA/APHCRI partnership
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Dunlop, Andrea
From closure to world stage—a journey of rural commitment
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Edwards, Michael
Virtually Intouch—an evaluation of desktop teleheath in rural and remote New South Wales
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Eerden, Trish
Overcoming challenges in caring for a child with multiple disabilities
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Ellis, Bronwyn
Helping to empower regional multidisciplinary health teams to provide holistic palliative care
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Ellis, Isabelle
Incorporating advance care plans into the new Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record
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Endean, Colin
‘Closing the Gap’—adult Indigenous oral health needs in small, remote Aboriginal communities
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Ermel, Sharan
Allied health assistant remote supervision workforce model
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Fil, Veronica
The future of the GP procedural workforce in rural Victoria
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Fisher, Karin
University rural health placements: building social capital in a local community
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Fittock, Marea
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease know no boundaries
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Fitzgerald, Les
Designing whole-of-system placements for undergraduate medical, nursing and allied health students in rural settings
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Fitzgerald, Lisa
Healthy Tums, Healthy Gums: an oral health and nutrition collaboration
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Fitzpatrick, Lesley
Bridging Difference: using leadership development to address challenges triggered by changes in land access and use in rural Australia
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Francis, Karen
Enhancing computer literacy and information retrieval skills: a rural and remote nursing and midwifery workforce study
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Fuelling, Peter
Purpose fit or fit for purpose: development resources for rural allied health
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Galligan, Katherine
Interprofessional, student-assisted clinics: a solution for neurological rehab in remote Queensland?
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Gardner, Karen
Supporting clinical governance in Indigenous health: an AHCWA/APHCRI partnership
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Garnett, Francesca
Extended scope of practice, emerging health professions and rural career pathway attraction opportunities
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Gauld, Susan
Partnership outcome: brain injury training and support program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers
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Gilbert, Mandy
Dungog Community Kitchen in partnership with the Dungog Eat Well Program and the Dungog Shire Community Centre
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Giles, Christine
The Torres model of primary health care—the gap between reality and rhetoric
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Ginnivan, Denis
Shaping the National Disability Insurance Scheme for rural and remote areas
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Glover, Pauline
Educating midwives for rural practice
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Goater, Sarah
Health promotion in FIFO and resident mine workforces: a case for a Wellness-Watch program
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Goonan, Christine
The Core of Life Program—Tasmania’s Indigenous Early Childhood Development Strategy Partnership
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Gould, Gillian
Making ‘Blow Away the Smokes’ DVD for Indigenous smokers—the journey and lessons learnt
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Gower, Judy
Talk and Tucker
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Grant, Maggie
The STAR Project—Standing Together Against Racism
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Gwynn, Josephine
Impact of an Aboriginal community governed project: adiposity and food intake of rural children
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Hallinan, Christine
An evaluation of the impact of practice nurse initiatives on cervical screening in rural general practice
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Harper, Meredith
Simple, sustainable advance care planning processes in the MPS aged care setting
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Hassard, Julie
Breast Cancer Network Australia’s Seat at the Table program
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Hawke, Chris
Learnings from the Santa Teresa social and emotional wellbeing program
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Heath, Andrew
Pilbara Healthy Kids Initiative: a proactive response to primary health needs
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Hethorn, Maryanne
Supporting high-risk maternity services in rural NSW
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Highlands, Jenny
Simple, sustainable advance care planning processes in the MPS aged care setting
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Hockey, Richard
Mental health trajectories in three cohorts of women: are there urban/rural differences?
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Hodgkin, Suzanne
Securing the future: retention of older health care workers
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Holmes, Mary
Our community taking its Health In Our Hands
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Holmes, Paul
Our community taking its Health In Our Hands
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Honner, Mary-Jane
What soap is to the body, laughter is to good health
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Hoodless, Mary
An evaluation of what respite options work best for people with dementia and their carers living in rural New South Wales
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Hussain, Rafat
Disengaged services and disempowered rural consumers: implications for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the bush
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Ismail, Salma
Analysis of the roles and training needs for regional eye health coordinators
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Jack, Vicky
A brave new world
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Jakowenko, Janelle
Australian Medicare Local Alliance telehealth program
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Jelbart, Stephanie
Make a Mark: using art to educate youth about problem gambling
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Johnson, Claire
The Palliative Care Quality Improvement Project in regional WA
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Johnson, Kylie
The role of an online community in improving the wellbeing of geographically dispersed young people living with an illness or disability
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Jones, Debra
Community–Campus Partnerships and service learning: harnessing untapped potential for rural Australia
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Jones, Michael
Medical training and the point of conception of a rural doctor: a longitudinal study based on the MSOD project
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Jones, Susan
Cardiac rehabilitation in country South Australia—then, now and next
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Kanowski, Len
Psychological first aid for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
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Katzenellenbogen, Judy
Discharges against medical advice: relationship with rurality in ischaemic heart disease admissions
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Keane, Sheila
Developing an evidence base to underpin rural workforce policy in allied health
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Keioskie, Jennie
‘But I’m an environmental scientist, not a mental health clinician’
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Kelly, Paulette
Embedding telehealth in rural Victoria—choosing appropriate practice models
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Khut, George
Creative Partnerships: collaborative art and science research to reduce stress and anxiety experienced by children undergoing painful, recurrent clinical procedures
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Kidd, Tracy
The certificate in gerontological nursing for rural and regional nurses
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Kilby, Peter
Challenges facing rural populations seeking orthopaedic paediatric services in western NSW
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King, Jacqueline
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder—breaking the silence of the fringe dweller
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King, Katherine
Supporting medical students on rural clinical placements
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Knight, Anne
Audit of medication lists for elderly patients admitted to a regional hospital
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Knight, Sabina
Interprofessional, student-assisted clinics: a solution for neurological rehab in remote Queensland?
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Kovatseff, Gail
Building community through storytelling
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Kozica, Samantha
Phase one of a cluster randomised trial to prevent weight gain in women living in rural communities
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Lack Bernadette
Midwifery continuity of care for remote women: the central Australian experience
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Lang, John
The Alere Wellness Index, powered by Roy Morgan Research: informing Health and Wellness promotion campaign planning and assessment
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Larkins, Sarah
Health workforce planning for rural Australia: starting with the end in mind
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Latimore, Rachel
A partnership approach to delivering health education in remote Indigenous communities
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Laufik, Nanette
A physician assistant working in Aboriginal health care—a new approach for Australia
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Lawler, Louise
What ‘makes’ a placement
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Le Gresley, Helen
New South Wales rural and remote communities’ perception of mental health telephone support services
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Lehmann, Tanya
Embedding clinical supervision in rural and remote contexts—is it worth the effort?
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Licul, Hannah
Active in the outback
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Lindeman, Melissa
Towards systematic data collection and referral pathways for Indigenous youth suicide attempts
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Little, Alexandra
Shifting the wait: meeting the demand for paediatric speech pathology services
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Little, Fiona
Promoting best practice in the provision of rural mental health student placements
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Lock, Karen
The experiences of youth peer educators sharing health information
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Lombard, Cate
Phase one of a cluster randomised trial to prevent weight gain in women living in rural communities
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Lopez, Derrick
Disparities in ischaemic heart disease care for rural Aboriginal people
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Lovett, Andy
The Australian Rural Child Health Training Module
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Macfarlane, Tracy
Assessing the effectiveness of ADHD treatment—a collaborative regional approach
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Mackay, Jenine
Arts engagement programs with Warlpiri communities sharing traditions and stories
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MacPhee, Fiona
Integrating aged care assessment for older rural people of north-east Victoria
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Main, Robyn
Remote Indigenous aged care facilities of the Kimberleys—an eye health audit and comparison
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Manahan, Dan
The Roma Agreement: changing the face of rural generalist training in Queensland
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Marin, Tania
Culturally appropriate engagement strategies for collecting quality data in an Aboriginal population
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Mark, Bianca
Yarning On: making a difference to the health of young Aboriginal people
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Martin, Priya
Clinical supervision for rural Queensland occupational therapists—is the future looking bright?
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Martin, Tarja
Promoting health—using your arts ‘skill set’ in a rural health promotion
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Martinez, Lee
Community-based intermediate mental health care in the country South Australia context
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Maurits, Kim
Maximising package revenue through improved service delivery and data reporting
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May, Jenny
An exploration of violence experienced by professionals from three sectors delivering key services in rural and remote workplaces
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

May, Jodie
Multidisciplinary therapy services for children with feeding disorders in country South Australia
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McBride, Tony
Can you hear me? Raising hearing loss awareness through rural Medicare Locals
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McCrossin, Tim
Assessing the effectiveness of ADHD treatment—a collaborative regional approach
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper 

McGowan, Sharyn
Resilience: a model for allied health service provision in an oncology setting
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McInnes, Jennifer
Changes to eligible midwifery status: new possibilities for rural maternity care?
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McKendrick, Eleanor
Cochlear implant management through the use of teleaudiology
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McKinstry, Carol
Developing professional competencies for rural health students through service-learning placements
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McLaughlin, Deirdre
Mental health in older rural Australian women
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McLeod, Marg
Enhancing computer literacy and information retrieval skills: a rural and remote nursing and midwifery workforce study
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McMillan, Faye
Improving cultural responsiveness of health professionals through education reform
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Metcalfe, Leigh-Anne
From urban to rural—Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local
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Mills, Deborah
An exciting new direction for arts and health—and for the Arts and Health Foundation
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Mills, Deborah
Developing a national arts and health policy framework
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Mills, Jane
Hurry up and wait: evacuating Cairns Base Hospital—a case study
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Mitchell, Christopher
eHealth: supporting adoption in rural communities
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Mitchell, Mark
Listening—the first step to developing a state-wide hearing health plan
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Moores, Kirralee
Overcoming eating difficulties through Play Picnics
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Morse, Anna
What’s fair in vision care? Potential approaches for equitable access to spectacles
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Mosler, Daniel
Rural intermediate care in South Australia: a perspective on the first 12 months
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Mulladad, Mia
Learnings from the Santa Teresa social and emotional wellbeing program
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Myers, Debra
What the world needs now is Love Punks: using digital media for positive change
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Nangala Gallagher, Enid
Arts engagement programs with Warlpiri communities sharing traditions and stories
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Newman, Jane
Losing it—in the bush: empowering rural communities. Mid North Coast Local Health District and Port Macquarie Hastings Council
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Newman, Lareen
Active ageing, employment and rural SA: a Health in All Policies project
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Nielsen, Brent
What the rural health indicators are indicating for New Zealand
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Nott, Shannon
Engaging Australia’s rural future health leaders: the role of social media
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O’Hara, Maree
‘I can see clearly now’—an Aboriginal success story
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Olsen, Lyn
Adaptation of the clinical nurse role for improved safety in South Australian rural hospitals
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Osborne, Kate
Embedding clinical supervision in rural and remote contexts—is it worth the effort?
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Panagiotopoulos, Georgia
Survival stories: wellbeing of older widowed Greek migrants in rural South Australia
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Panzera, Annette
Health workforce planning for rural Australia: starting with the end in mind
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Parker, Jo-Anne
Goldfields SHAK Facebook—a new approach to providing sexual health advice
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Parson, Judi
The art of integrating play into rural paediatrics
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Peace, Jodie
Healthy Tums, Healthy Gums: an oral health and nutrition collaboration
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Pearse, Jim
The impact of the Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program on improved access to specialist services for regional and remote Australia
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Pearson, Lesley
Primary Care Partnerships in rural Western Australia: nurse practitioners leading the way
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Penberthy, Dianne
Losing it—in the bush: empowering rural communities. Mid North Coast Local Health District and Port Macquarie Hastings Council
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Penman, Joy
Helping to empower regional multidisciplinary health teams to provide holistic palliative care
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper 

Perino, Jennifer
A brave new world
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Perkins, David
The Australian Rural Mental Health Cohort Study: implications for policy and practice
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Petchell, Robert
The Jam, the Mix and the Gig—music and mental health project. A creative arts project for survivors of mental illness
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Philip-Harbutt, Lisa
Reflecting on the growth of arts and health
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Piper, Karen
Responding to child abuse and neglect: what primary health practitioners need to know
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Polson, Cara
A partnership approach to delivering health education in remote Indigenous communities
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Potts, Sharyn
Engaging people with disabilities in the prevention of violence against women
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Pratt, Pam
Patient Liaison Network—improving the journey for country patients having to travel to access health care
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Proietti-Wilson, Linda
A brighter future—measuring how we are tracking with the National Strategic Framework
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Pulsford, Rob
Aligning a $1.5 billion infrastructure program to meet expectations and consistently deliver critical outcomes across country Western Australia
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Purcell, Rachael
Supporting medical students on rural clinical placements
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Putland, Christine
Art, health and the evidence debates: practical insights from field research
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Quinn, Emma
Investigation of evidence-based maternity care for women in remote communities of far west New South Wales
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Radomski, Natalie
Designing whole-of-system placements for undergraduate medical, nursing and allied health students in rural settings
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Rae, Kym
Gomeroigaaynggal: empowerment of Aboriginal communities through ArtsHealth to understand the health implications of research in pregnancy
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Ramsden, Robyn
Giving rural children the best chance: improving multidisciplinary screening strategies
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Reid, Fiona
Reaching ‘in’ remote technologies and service delivery in rural and remote communities
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Richards, Janet
Resilient rural clinicians: role models for medical students
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Rivers, Imelda
New ways of delivering our business: for health practitioners and for artists
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Roach, Christine
Key lessons in implementing a rural GP spouse mentoring program
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Rogers, Alison
Women’s Development Project—empowering women in the bush
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Rogerson, Bernadette
Return to country—addressing Indigenous health and homelessness in far north Queensland
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Rolfe, Margaret
Identifying maternity service catchments—a data gathering and mapping exercise
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Roper, Stewart
Palya: good. Acknowledging achievements in Aboriginal health and welfare in central Australia
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Roufeil, Louise
Promoting best practice in the provision of rural mental health student placements
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Ryan, Kylie
Collaborating for carers at a grass-roots level
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Sandford, Debra
Overcoming eating difficulties through Play Picnics
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Saunders, Phil
Living with dementia in country South Australia
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Saurman, Emily
Use of MHEC-RAP by hospital emergency departments
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Sayer-Jones, Moya
Storytelling and new media: why not?
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Schoo, Adrian
Geographical classifications and incentives for rural allied health workforce recruitment and retention
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Sen Gupta, Tarun
The Roma Agreement: changing the face of rural generalist training in Queensland
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Setchell, John
The changing pattern of emergency medical evacuations from remote South Australia from 2000–01 to 2011–12
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Shipley, Lisa
Beyond dreaming—nursing education for rural Aboriginal women
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Short, Lynn
Community engagement integral to pharmacy success in remote community
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Sinclair, Craig
Under watchful eyes: clinicians’ perceptions of the use of online mental health resources in the rural context
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Slee, Tricia
Providing a Remote Area Dental Service for Aboriginal and regional communities
Abstract | Bio | Paper 

Smith, Catherine
Incorporating advance care plans into the new Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Smith, Deborah
One voice matters, many voices make a difference
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Smith, Sharon
Partnership outcome: brain injury training and support program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Sowry, Vicki
Creative Partnerships: collaborative art and science research to reduce stress and anxiety experienced by children undergoing painful, recurrent clinical procedures
Abstract | Bio | PPT

Spiller, Catherine
The TCPPP—a Tasmanian interdisciplinary experience of clinical leadership
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St Clair, Bella
Giving rural children the best chance: improving multidisciplinary screening strategies
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Steffner, Julie
The Family Referral Service model and KTS
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Stothers, Kylie
Responding to child abuse and neglect: what primary health practitioners need to know
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Strobel, Jorg
Rural mental health: a collaborative approach to improving client’s health-related behaviours
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Summons, Susannah
Sowing the seeds of change: Urapuntja food gardens project
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Sumner, Catherine
Aboriginal Child Well Health Checks—the benefits of a positive first experience
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Sweeney, Ann
The Core of Life Program—Tasmania’s Indigenous Early Childhood Development Strategy Partnership
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper

Symons, Joanne
‘Winning the workforce we want’. Will recent funding initiatives impact on recruitment and retention rates of allied health professionals and nurses in rural and remote Australia?
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Taylor, Kerry
Towards systematic data collection and referral pathways for Indigenous youth suicide attempts
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Templeman, David
Public health: governments abrogating their responsibilities
Abstract | Bio | PTT

Thacker, Julie
Rural and metropolitan placements rated equally well by Australian university paramedic students
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Thomas, Sally
Sharing care the Kimberley way
Abstract | Bio | Presentation | Paper 

Tideman, Philip
Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network CHSA—improving cardiac care in rural centres
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Tirimacco, Rosy
Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network CHSA—improving cardiac care in rural centres
Abstract | Bio | Paper

Trivett, Hugh
Health promotion in FIFO and resident mine workforces: a case for a Wellness-Watch program
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Trust, Stephanie
Recruiting and retaining Indigenous medical practitioners: AIDA’s experiences
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Turner, Nicole
Impact of an Aboriginal community governed project: adiposity and food intake of rural children
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Venables, Madeleine
Extended scope of practice, emerging health professions and rural career pathway attraction opportunities
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Vernon, Melissa
Primary Care Partnerships in rural Western Australia: nurse practitioners leading the way
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Volk, Heather
Medicines must be administered … in more ways than one!
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Waite, Heather
The GP Obstetrics Mentoring Program
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Wakerman, John
Is remote health different to rural health?
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Walker, Bruce
Governance at the heart of reform in remote Australia
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Wall, Anthony
Retention of nursing and allied health professionals in rural and remote Australia
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Wallace, Chris
Learnings from the Santa Teresa social and emotional wellbeing program
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Walsh, Diane
Building a Medicare Local as unique as the Territory itself
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Ward, Alison
Food for all Tasmanians: development of a food security strategy
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Ward, Sue
Hearing loss, lifestyle loss
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Wark, Stuart
Ageing with an intellectual disability: support issues in rural localities
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Warren, Kate
Volunteers in health
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Weatherall, Loretta
Gomeroigaaynggal: empowerment of Aboriginal communities through ArtsHealth to understand the health implications of research in pregnancy
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Providing a Remote Area Dental Service for Aboriginal and regional communities
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Wicks, Pauline
The important role of the regional eye health coordinator in NSW
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Wilkop, Katrina
Deconstructing the barriers to engage families with complex needs in early intervention services
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Williams, Nicholas
The Alere Wellness Index, powered by Roy Morgan Research: informing Health and Wellness promotion campaign planning and assessment
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Williams, Susan
Extreme heat and rural health: perspectives from health service providers in South Australian rural communities
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Wilson, John
Building excellence in remote Indigenous aged care: Tjilpiku Pampaku Ngura
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Wilson, Leigh
Heatwave disasters in rural Australia planning for an ageing population
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Woolley, Torres
Predictors of rural practice location for James Cook University MBBS graduates at postgraduate year 5
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