Issue 65

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health
Rural community leads the fight against rheumatic heart disease

Maningrida in the NT tackles a deadly but preventable disease with technology and traditional languages....More

By Kathleen Sweetapple
The Snow Foundation

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Dr Josh Francis, Shannon Brown and Trey Brown in Maningrida
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Laptop tablet and phone with website
A bulk-billing telehealth psychology practice for rural and remote Australians
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Beryl Spencer
My body has changed BUT I’m still me
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Elderly people on bicycles
How to navigate travelling with a person who is living with dementia
Other Rural Health
Cultural immersion at Karntimarta

Secondary school students from Sydney were welcomed to a remote community in WA’s Pilbara region where they participated with local school students in a variety of activities in an exchange of friendship and cultural awareness....More

By Greg and Lois Bray

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The combined Sydney and Karntimarta mobs
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Woman holding hands to face
Editorial - a rural take on chronic disease
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Rural Phramacist with customer
Challenging times for rural pharmacies
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Research study on managing severely injured patients

Health care providers from Victoria who have experience of managing seriously injured trauma patients are invited to take part in a research project....More

By Jemma Keeves
Monash University

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Boy with coloured paint on hands in front of his face
National guideline to improve diagnostic practices for Australians on the autism spectrum
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Two hands shaking
Lawyers and health professionals are working together to create change
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Ad - In pregnancy, no amount of alcohol is safe - afare
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I want a super fund that understands my future. HESTA
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Dairy Australia Bone Health
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Carer Gateway
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15th National Rural Health Conference
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15th National Rural Health Conference speakers
National Rural Health Conference program
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Photo and Poetry Competitions
Celebrate life in rural Australia – enter the Friends Photo and Poetry Competition
Other Rural Health
Paramedics pilot program to test advanced care services in rural and remote Australia

A pilot program in Victoria will trial new roles for paramedics in rural communities, in new settings such as urgent care and primary health care complementing the work of GPs, nurse practitioners and other health workers. ...More

By Allan Yates
National Rural Health Alliance

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Paramedics with older male patient
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Nurse folding arms
Grants for rural and remote nurses and midwives
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ACRRM President, Ewen McPhee and ACRRM CEO, Marita Cowie
How the rural ‘can-do’ approach enables GPs to overcome the challenges of rural and remote medicine
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Group of people holding vegetables from the farm
Tasmanian Wellness Framework: improving the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians with chronic conditions
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Practice nurse with young patient
Targeting incentives to attract more doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to rural areas
Other Rural Health
Students learn the art of medicine

Medical students from the University of Notre Dame live and work for ten days alongside west Kimberley people in family-owned and community organisations, such as cattle stations, schools, radio stations, local shires and small business....More

By Kerida Hodge
Rural Health West

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Jessica Watson, Tom Godfrey and Annabel Marshall mud crabbing in Derby
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Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services, ACT
A safety net wherever you travel
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Female pathology collector drawing bloods from patient
Opportunities for nurses working in primary health care
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Australia’s burden of pain infographic
National plan to address Australia’s burden of pain
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Man facing pond
National conference will focus on the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to rural health
Other Rural Health
Medical training designed to meet the health needs of rural communities

Designing a distinctive medical curriculum that focuses on meeting the health needs of rural communities is the focus of curriculum planning for a new School of Medicine to open at Charles Sturt University’s Orange campus in 2021. ...More

By Glenn McMahon and Megan Smith
Charles Sturt University

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Curriculum planning forum for the CSU-WSU School of Medicne to oen in Orange, NSW, in 2021
Chronic Disease/Risk Factors
Health problems caused by mould and biotoxins prompt Parliamentary inquiry

A Parliamentary inquiry has heard evidence that doctors are seeing an increase in patients presenting with biotoxin-related illnesses....More

By Tricia Greenway
Australian Integrative Medicine Association

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Boy with mask
Chronic Disease/Risk Factors
Diabetes educator improving the health of northern Queenslanders through understanding and prevention

Diabetes educator, Ingrid Hagne, is passionate about teaching people how they can make positive and sustainable changes to improve their health and stay healthy....More

By Karina Hughes
Northern Queensland Primary Health Network

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Ingrid Hagne
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yoghurt
Bone health in Australia: the costs, the risks and the role of health professionals
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Woman's hand on older male hand
Barriers to accessing quality palliative care – community consultations
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Forest road
Always choosing your own adventure: the life of a rural GP
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Nick Rendell from Advanced Physio Solutions in Moonta with a patient who suffers from chronic pain
Addressing chronic pain in country SA