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Addressing rural risk factors

Topics such as:

  • smoking, risky alcohol consumption, overweight and obesity, reduced physical activity etc: and
  • Health education and promotion, health communications
 

Related Documents:

National Rural Health Alliance—2021–22 Pre-Budget Submission
29 January 2021
Position paper: Rural health policy in a changing climate three key issues
28 January 2021
The future of stillbirth research and education in Australia Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education
29 June 2018
Pregnancy warning labels on packaged alcoholic beverages
14 June 2018
The indicators of, and impact of, regional inequality in Australia
28 May 2018
Private Health Insurance Consultations 2015-16
09 December 2015

Related Media Releases:

01 December 2017
Disadvantage and lack of access exacerbating the rural health divide
10 October 2017
Combatting the stigma of mental illness in rural and remote Australia
30 May 2017
Broadband for the Bush on a slow boat to nowhere
09 April 2017
World Vision’s Tim Costello to address 14th National Rural Health Conference
08 December 2016
Rural and remote Australia priority on tackling overweight, obesity and smoking
17 July 2015
One death a week on our farms is still one too many
08 May 2015
Road safety: a life and death issue in rural and remote Australia
06 May 2014
Co-payments: missing the point for rural and remote health
12 May 2013
Rural health expectations of the Budget

Related Publications:

Partyline #50, August 2014
Medical Practitioners in rural, regional & remote Australia
Illicit drug use in rural Australia
Fact Sheet: Smoking
Alcohol in rural areas

Related News:

Alliance backs COAG call out on Closing the Gap
22 November 2018

The National Rural Health Alliance – the peak advocacy body representing the health needs of 7 million Australians – is joining the 13 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies... More
Diabetes a major health issue in the bush
12 October 2018

The National Rural Health Alliance today highlighted the startling figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report Diabetes Indicators for the Australian... More
Equally well: mental/physical health outcomes linked
11 October 2018

The mental health picture is stark.

A group of researchers, led by Associate Professor Russell Roberts (Charles Sturt University, Editor in Chief, AJRH) identify the increased... More