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Health conditions and their management in rural and remote communities

Topics such as:

  • chronic conditions;
  • mental illness;
  • cancer;
  • dental/oral diseases;
  • accidental injuries;
  • treatment, management and early intervention.
 

Related Documents:

Regional Telecommunications Review 2021
30 September 2021
Inquiry into the provision of general practitioner and related primary health services to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australians
30 September 2021
Addendum to the Submission to the Parliament of Tasmania: Rural Health Services
27 August 2021
House Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
18 May 2021
National Rural Health Alliance—2021–22 Pre-Budget Submission
29 January 2021
Submission – Inquiry into health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote New South Wales
15 January 2021

Related Media Releases:

28 August 2018
Morrison’s Ministry – Where Is Rural Health?
10 October 2017
Combatting the stigma of mental illness in rural and remote Australia
03 June 2017
Access to mental health services is key to turn around the poor outcomes for the bush
03 February 2017
Still a lot of room for improvement for cancer outcomes in rural and remote
16 April 2015
Half of Australia's farm workers exposed to dangerous noise levels
20 February 2015
Government must come clean on dental programs
13 May 2014
Rural election commitments met in 'medical' budget
13 August 2013
Dental care - a priority issue for many Australians
14 May 2013
Good in parts - like the curate’s egg
12 May 2013
Rural health expectations of the Budget

Related Publications:

Partyline #50, August 2014
Mental health in rural and remote Australia
Medical Practitioners in rural, regional & remote Australia
Illicit drug use in rural Australia
Fact Sheet: Patient Assisted Travel Schemes
Fact Sheet: Hearing loss in rural Australia
Fact Sheet: Dental workforce in rural, regional & remote Australia
Fact Sheet: Arthritis in rural and remote Australia
Fact Sheet: A guide to patient assisted travel schemes
Alcohol in rural areas

Related News:

Fears grow for rural communities as COVID-19 spreads beyond Sydney
12 August 2021

Witnessing the surge in transmission of COVID-19 across large swathes of the country and hearing updates day by day of the virus encroaching into rural, regional and remote... 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