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    • 73
      • Editorial: Our unprecedented year leading to step-change in rural health
        The value in preventing and reducing stroke
        Back to the future in rural health?
        Attracting and retaining a rural health workforce
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        From undergraduate to general practice
        A raw real glimpse of changing life
        Outreach services worth their weight in gold
        ‘Struth’ moments bring relief after challenging year
        Partnering with community to design and develop ‘service learning’ in ACCHOs
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        Australia – the healthy country?
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        Finding information about kidney disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Cancer care and recovery during COVID-19
        Preventing health impacts of climate change must be in National Preventive Health Strategy
        National exercise project extended for another year
        Join Us: Connecting Australians to the national research effort
        Thought about starting a heart health support group?
        Rural virtual placement experiences as social work students
        Innovative program brings vitality back to the elderly
        Community pharmacies providing a ‘mental health safe space’
        Private health insurance funding for mental health care in Australia
        Country kids need more mental health support and at a younger age
        Podcasts helping navigate rural medicine
      72
      • Editorial: highlighting food and economic security
        "...know that the spring will come": arts and health in post COVID-19 lutruwita/Tasmania
        Telehealth support of trained Aboriginal Health Practitioners way forward in regional and remote eye care
        Increasing affordability of healthy diet should be key priority in COVID-19 response
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        A skilled health workforce more important than ever
        Living on tinned food: food insecurity in the Gemfields
        Healthy smiles and cheeky dogs
        Community pharmacy: the economic hub of rural areas
        Towards the first residential care farm in Australia
        The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet: finding information about economic determinants
        Staying food secure during COVID-19 in Central West Gippsland
        Working holiday recharges professional batteries
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        Play leads the way for school success
        Universities vital for regional economies
        Much-needed resources for health professionals in drought and bushfire-affected communities
        Music and medicine: A story of two songs and two outback men
        Telehealth to empower rural patients with musculoskeletal pain
        Let's speed up the Very Fast Train
        Don't leave oral health care for older people behind in the pandemic
      71
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        Editorial: Every cloud has a silver lining
        When the rocket ship can't land: How Starlight is supporting remote clinics in the NT
        A passion for public health in a pandemic
        Feeling the impact
        Environment the focus at pre-Symposium session
        Horses have big hearts and are full of love
        New resources to support Stolen Generations survivors
        Lighting the path for rural internships
        Food security in spotlight
        Connecting Friends in 2020-21
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        When isolation is second nature
        Adapting rural physiotherapy placements for COVID-19
        Working together with a shared understanding: growing workforce putting farmer health in the spotlight
        Regional development: a health boost for post-COVID Australia
        Poetry: Mother Nature
        Poetry: Dream of a Little Baby Siya
        Keeping remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities safe from COVID-19
        A creative focus on mental health
        Innovative models for health student placements in times of COVID-19: Learning from our UDRHs
        Asthma education in the spotlight
        Community pharmacists local heroes during COVID-19
        Change and innovation for rural health in Western Australia: a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic
        It's more than just medicine
        Remote and rural health care in an online world
        Five things to consider for those planning a pregnancy this year
        Glad I'm here and not there
        Poetry: Solutions for Rural Healthcare
        Rapid action force for rapidly spreading fires
        COVID-19 Update and information section to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities informed
        Helping remote families travel to medical appointments
      70
      • Editorial: Putting climate and health on the agenda
        Telehealth shoots for the skies
        Record crop of bush health students
        7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium may be a virtual experience
        We really should have listened earlier: Linking livelihoods and climate change
        New Year’s Eve at Malua Bay
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        Hazy Sundays: call for targeted research into the impact of bushfires on health
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        The costs of climate change are already upon us. We must prepare for the next emergency.
        The importance of staying hydrated for people living with dementia
        Climate change and the important link to health planning
        Planet: Save me, and I will save you
        Addressing mental health needs across rural Victoria with student placements
        Five reasons why online therapy is the way of the future
        Connecting the pipeline in rural WA
        The greenhouse gases behind waste – Why recycling in health care needs to be the new normal
        Workforce challenges that impact the continuity of health care in Northern Territory communities
        Royal Far West supporting children in disaster-affected communities
        North Coast NSW’s disaster response supports communities through bushfires
        Monash University medical students support the rural community of East Gippsland affected by recent bushfires
        Poem: Raising the dead
        From drought to flood in a flash
        Is the amount of physical activity you do impacted by climate change?
        Where health and climate issues collide
        Social prescribing provides a potential script for patients outside cities
        Ignorance is not bliss - Why improving rural residents' health literacy for smoke exposure will not be enough
        We must look after our mental health in the face of climate change
        Australia must act to protect our mental and physical health
        Ten to Men: Australia's first longitudinal study into men's health
        Up to date information on environmental health including climate change
        Prepare your patients to weather asthma triggers
      69
      • Real progress: the 2019 Update of the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision
        Harnessing telehealth for rural and remote Australia
        Editorial: Thinking about connectivity and rural health
        Beyond Blue’s online forums are supporting rural Australians
        Preparing for summer: Heat, climate change and regional Australia
        7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium - register now!
        20 years of friendship
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        Spotlight on ambulance services
        Women’s Health Queensland: supporting women across the state for 35 years
        Destination Medicine podcast launched
        Telehealth in residential aged care improving access and keeping residents out of hospital
        Five ways we're using digital health tools
        Occupational therapy students provide valuable services to elderly people in rural Victoria
        Umbo connecting rural children to speech and occupational therapists
        Telehealth a game-changer for rural and remote allied health
        Helping us to make healthier food choices
        National survey to investigate complex mental health lived experience
        Pain revolution rolling into regional Victoria in 2020
        Collaboration and innovation – mental health support for ‘high risk’ workers in rural and remote Australia
        Digital connectivity key to rural health
        Farmers and chemicals: the importance of avoidance, education and testing
        Improving connections between mental health practitioners: a success story from northern Tasmania
        Helping men to lead longer, happier and more fulfilling lives
        New free preventing stillbirth eLearning, guidelines and resources
        Using technology to better manage chronic health conditions
        Working towards a vision of no Australian harmed by haemochromatosis
        Exercise classes via telehealth
        Connectivity and upskilling in life support education
        Telehealth improves sustainability of services to rural and remote communities
        An app to improve access to AOD service information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
      68
      • Camping on Country - our health our way
        Ad - 7th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium
        Resilient communities supporting individuals to flourish: a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        A new plan for action on pain in rural and remote Australia
        Health precincts in regional Australia: where are the hotspots?
        My Health Record, rural and remote, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
        A unique and vital role in rural primary health care
        Alliance takes its priorities to Parliament House
        Editorial – 12 weeks in…
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        Understanding resilience: a research project
        NRHA Council engages in arts therapy workshop
        Opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share their voice on Closing the Gap
        Get the facts on the rural health workforce
        Building links through Friends of the Alliance
        Scientific Symposium in Alice Springs shaping the future of rural and remote health
        ‘Young Doctors’ program in NSW rural primary schools
        Working with Ngangkaris in remote Central Australia
        We can close the gap for vision
        Volunteering at Purple House
        Using technology to reach the regions
        Uluru Statement strongly supported by peak rural health body
        Tarumbal Smiles - a cavity free future for children at a Central Queensland kindergarten
        Tackling the syphilis outbreak in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
        The role of cultural safety in the care of Indigenous Australians
        Taking a full-service dental clinic to the edge of the Gibson Desert
        International conference focuses on sustainable development, ecological & cultural determinants of health
        A powerful force for Indigenous health
        Partnering for positive health experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
        Methamphetamine use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Managing asthma in the hay fever and thunderstorm season
        Learning program supports better outcomes for Indigenous families
        A typical day in environmental health - a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        Mentor program supporting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander nurses, midwives & allied health professionals
        The world's First Nations peoples call for change
        Ewe management course brings farmers together to support one another
        Striving to make a difference on Mornington Island – a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        Funding for locum assistance program extended
        Finding my space in rural primary health care – a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        A billing platform for rural health services
        Embedding retinal photography into primary health care
        A national plan for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce
        A little bit of help can go a long way
        The burden of musculoskeletal pain in rural and remote Australia
        Maningrida continues its fight against rheumatic heart disease
        A strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce is key
      67
      • Aboriginal kids on country
        My view from the West: a Friends 'My Place' story
        Arresting the decline in Aboriginal Health Worker numbers essential to Closing the Gap
        A call for action on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health & climate change
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        Website assists rural people to manage diabetes
        Supporting cattle station workers’ health and wellbeing
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        Rural doctors recognised as mentors
        Mud shot wins photo competition
        Trio humbled by health awards
        Building health and wellbeing through the arts
        Editorial - Will Greg Hunt be good for rural health?
        Burdekin doctor loves working in rural and remote communities
        Preconception health: what every rural GP should know
        Some days I feel I have the best job in the world – a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        High quality maternity services are needed in the bush
        R U really OK?
        Keeping children safe on farms
        A journey from hope to despair and back again: the NDIS in rural SA
        Mental health: rural health workers need more training and support
        Locum service gives a helping hand
        No time for games: health professionals campaign for children’s future
        More accessible medical services for rural communities
        Livewire - connecting chronically ill youth across the country
        Cooee – we are “Better Together”: a song of a Conference
        Women’s leadership development: grants available
        Forbes pharmacy wins national award
        Supporting children when disaster strikes
        Are rural young people using the Internet to support their health?
        An interdisciplinary learning experience in Tamworth
        Country kids are missing out on essential health services
        Climate change threatens the health and wellbeing of rural Australians
        Changes to kava import restrictions – what are the implications for Aboriginal communities?
        Better together: the National Rural Health Conference, Hobart 2019
        New guidelines for asthma care and management
        “A 24-weeker was born today” – parenting a premature infant in a rural area
      66
      • Top 10 public health successes over the last 20 years: what have they done for rural health?
        Dynamic duo delivering NDIS services to Normanton and Doomadgee – a Friends 'My Place' story
        Medically abandoned in Australia
        Life lessons: learning between generations
        Tucka-Time: teaching skills for a healthy life
        New facility supports the health and wellbeing of thousands of country children
        Government recognises allied health at MPs’ forum
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        Editorial - Making a difference to rural health
        Climate change and health in rural Australia
        Meet the Alliance in Hobart
        How about we work together to shape Australia’s rural research priorities and agenda?
        Older people flown to hospital for preventable illness
        Rural health conference tackling many issues
        Senator’s scholarship made studying dentistry possible for 10 rural NSW students
        Better together in the Sharing Shed
        Community led research for better health and wellbeing of Australia’s First Nations
        Opening up the world of arts and health at 15NRHC
        Ten Days on the Island
        At-home palliative care for rural and remote patients
        Regional training hub supporting doctors to practise rurally
        Advanced emergency skills training in Hobart
        Resilience - a positive characteristic for rural and remote health practitioners
        Scholarship opportunity for research into ear, nose and throat care
        An Australian doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières
        Tony Lord optometrist – vision for rural NSW
        The Purple House: Sarah celebrates 16 years – a Friends 'My Place' story
        Mental health and wellbeing events for farming families in South Australia
        The need for sustained action to improve eye health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Healthy rural and remote areas require governments to govern for health, sustainability and equity
        Healthy heart peer support program launched across Australia
        Video conferencing for learning on children’s health
        Climate change (a poem)
        Public health journal tackles climate change
      65
      • Rural community leads the fight against rheumatic heart disease
        A bulk-billing telehealth psychology practice for rural and remote Australians
        My body has changed BUT I’m still me
        How to navigate travelling with a person who is living with dementia
        Cultural immersion at Karntimarta
        Editorial - a rural take on chronic disease
        Challenging times for rural pharmacies
        Research study on managing severely injured patients
        National guideline to improve diagnostic practices for Australians on the autism spectrum
        Lawyers and health professionals are working together to create change
        Ad - In pregnancy, no amount of alcohol is safe - fare
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        Ad -15th National Rural Health Conference
        National Rural Health Conference program
        Celebrate life in rural Australia – enter the Friends Photo and Poetry Competition
        Paramedics pilot program to test advanced care services in rural and remote Australia
        Grants for rural and remote nurses and midwives
        How the rural ‘can-do’ approach enables GPs to overcome the challenges of rural and remote medicine
        Tasmanian Wellness Framework: improving the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians with chronic conditions
        Targeting incentives to attract more doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to rural areas
        Students learn the art of medicine
        A safety net wherever you travel
        Opportunities for nurses working in primary health care
        National plan to address Australia’s burden of pain
        National conference will focus on the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to rural health
        Medical training designed to meet the health needs of rural communities
        Health problems caused by mould and biotoxins prompt Parliamentary inquiry
        Diabetes educator improving the health of northern Queenslanders through understanding and prevention
        Bone health in Australia: the costs, the risks and the role of health professionals
        Barriers to accessing quality palliative care – community consultations
        Always choosing your own adventure: the life of a rural GP
        Addressing chronic pain in country SA
      64
      • Regional seminars focus on spiritual care in aged care
        Flying Doctor looking ahead to the health needs of country Australia in 2028
        Inspiring the next generation of health professionals
        Editorial: CouncilFest – definitively Better Together
        Overcoming barriers to better health in Queensland's Lower Gulf
        Sculpture festival helps farmers and community to flourish in hard times
        Pain Revolution gears up to change pain treatment in rural Australia
        PM announces Royal Commission into aged care
        Alliance celebrates 25th anniversary
        Alliance Council engages with Federal Parliament
        CouncilFest brings Alliance members together
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        NRHA adopts Reconciliation Action Plan
        Time to start thinking about the Friends Photo and Poetry Competition
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        Rural Health Awards now seeking nominations from Friends
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        Better Together in nipaluna/Hobart, March 2019 – Early bird registration now open!
        A history of the NSW Prison Medical Service – can you contribute?
        Mental health nurses bring integrated care in Far West NSW
        Keeping healthy in rural and remote mining communities: residents have their say
        Conference focuses on health research to improve health outcomes in Western NSW
        Author brings community perspective to ACRRM Board
        Remote monitoring helps Dan manage his heart condition
        Improving the transfer of care for patients on the NSW north coast
        A country locum’s travels around South Australia (book review)
        Staying healthy with healthdirect
        Anti-Poverty Week: a time to highlight the link between rural health and rural poverty
        Improving end-of-life health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
        Review brings together information on cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Federal Government initiatives aim to improve access to health services for rural people
        Leading the way in health workforce planning
        Medical Research Future Fund: can it deliver for rural and remote Australia?
        Bright future for medical education in Central West NSW
        It's the season for thunderstorm asthma
        Saving rural maternity units
        Ten years of postgraduate Agricultural Health and Medicine training
        More disability supports for country families
      63
      • Who’s joining up to My Health Record – and who’s not?
        Editorial - What about Allied Health?
        Rural Health Journal out next Wednesday 20 June!
        National autism guideline waiting for approval
        Advertisement - 2018 IHF Brisbane 42nd World Hospital Congress
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        She's called "The Bridge" - the inspirational story of Gail Yarran
        Alternatives to codeine in rural and remote Australia
        New Alliance analysis lays bare the rural mental health crisis
        The Royal Flying Doctor Service is after your thoughts on mental health
        Rural health & the Federal Budget: just the beginning
        $20K available for rural mental health projects
        “Pleasures that the townsfolk never know” – meet the Friends Advisory Committee
        Training dentistry students to recognise and respond to domestic violence
        Wagga Wagga pharmacy is national Pharmacy of the Year
        OK. I'll eat more fruit. But vegies? Do I have to?
        Snowy Flamingos - surviving cancer in style
        Snowy Flamingos reveal huge out-of-pocket costs
        Here's proof: rural and remote health research critically underfunded
        Rural and outback paramedics ROAR into Alice Springs
        Riding for a revolution in chronic pain
        AIHW - Survey of health care in remote areas
        Ophthalmologist Ashish Agar - Mentor of the Year
        Online forums for rural mental health
        Three Friends of the Alliance Awards up for grabs
        Major review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition
        Victorian GPs get a hand with country kids' health
        Allied health - let's prove our worth
        Ballarat physiotherapist recognised in Stroke Foundation Awards
        Rural educator signs Compact with Federal Government
        15th National Rural Health Conference: a healthy mix of policy, research, celebration and networking
      62
      • Editorial - Codeine and the inter-connectedness of rural and remote vulnerability
        Changing the trajectory of childhood vulnerability in regional Australia
        Sharing a heartbeat: a film on rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy
        Wide Smiles bringing oral health care to children in South Western Victoria
        Carer Gateway
        Help for perinatal anxiety and depression a phone call away
        Focus on health in Circular Head
        Shaping the 2018 Budget to improve rural health
        Rural health research in front
        From Christchurch to Tennant Creek: NZ nurse Anna Curtin is now sharing her skills in the NT
        Green and healthy hospitals and health services
        Birdie and Mr Frog: helping young rural families cope with extreme weather events
        Managing diabetes in regional Queensland
        Frontline fighting: tackling diabetes through primary health care in rural and regional South Australia
        Improving eye care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes
        Ed’s story the catalyst for online learning resource on caring for a person with Lewy body dementia
        Everyone would like more Friends …
        Closing the Gap a focus for GPEx
        Meet the Alliance’s Friends Advisory Committee
        Regional consortium supports home care for older people
        There’s one thing the town doesn’t have, and one thing Stephanie really needs: an optometrist
        Carl Barker: a change of career
        The changing landscape for rural and remote allied health
        Break it Down: community conversation around mental health
        Mental wellness program for school kids in regional WA
        Noela’s years of distinguished service to rural Australia recognised
        15th National Rural Health Conference: we can do even better!
        Did you know that you can donate to the NRHA to assist in our work?
        Flu vaccinations now available through community pharmacies
        Strengthening rural doctors’ capacity to address family violence
        Conference devoted to Closing the Gap on hearing loss
        eBook and animated infographics to support the alcohol and other drugs workforce
      61
      • Editorial - A big year planned for 2018 in rural and remote health
        Heart disease challenges rural and remote Australia
        Hope for Health: preventing chronic disease in East Arnhem Land with experiential nutrition education
        Smart phone app provides a simple way to identify Good Tucker
        HESTA - no butts about it
        The growing vulnerability of country children
        Supporting women’s wellbeing in remote Queensland
        Port Augusta doctor recognised for her passion for health care in an area of need
        Regional arts creates a healthy agenda
        Developing a pathway for allied health rural generalists
        Riding to raise funds for basic health care in PNG
        Free 24/7 professional online counselling for regional South Australia
        Consumer representation in the National Rural Health Alliance through Friends
        Locally grown mental health support in WA’s Goldfields region
        Our stories: videos capture the effects of mental illness on families
        New multimedia resources to support eye care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes
        Award winning induction program for aged care workers
        Technology helping elders in aged care to stay meaningfully connected
        Codeine rescheduling an opportunity to address the pain crisis
        Rural doctors’ association welcomes a safer era for codeine use in Australia
        6th RRHS Symposium will explore current research in rural and remote health
        Management development program developed specifically for remote health service managers
        Best practice manuals for remote health care
        Opportunity for training in agricultural health and medicine
        Health leadership congress addressed change readiness
        Sharing resources so the whole community benefits: lessons from the Rural Remote Social Work Practice Conference
        Leadership development grants for health sector women
      60
      • Editorial – Affordable, acceptable and appropriate access to health services for country people
        The Lions Outback Vision Van’s very first trip to Albany in 2016
        A step in the right direction
        Harnessing corporate relationships to improve health outcomes in rural and remote Australia
        no butts about it We’ve implemented a portfolio-wide tobacco exclusion. Has your super fund?
        As the bush burned
        Highlighting poverty in rural Australia: Anti-Poverty Week, 15-21 October
        GPs meeting the needs of rural communities: the pathway to rural generalism
        From country kids to rural doctors: the journey of doctors who grew up in the bush
        APY Lands Exchange inspires two-way learning
        Continence Foundation conference
        Important online resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health celebrates 20 years
        New wholesale plans to deliver increased broadband data limits for rural customers
        The National Rural Health Commissioner: a champion for rural healthcare
        Towards equity in aged care for regional, rural and remote Australia
        Collaborating to create local solutions for mental health care
        Friends of the Alliance – a voice for rural and remote health consumers
        Playing a role in the prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
      59
      • Editorial - A call for action to improve policies and programs for rural health
        New guidelines address the safety of the remote health workforce
        Rural Australia in words and pictures
        Mallee sunset over a canola paddock
        HESTA - sometimes you just want more
        Starlight and Earbus: improving the ear health of children in remote WA
        A healthy start in life: the NHMRC evaluates the evidence
        Better broadband in the bush
        Australia’s investment in regional broadband
        Prevention at the grassroots
        Getting the facts about ice: a toolkit for Australian communities
        Arts and health at the Conference
        Living the rural life
        Gunnedah optometrist recognised for decades of service to his community
        Congratulations to our friend Dr James Fitzpatrick
        Henry receives sight saving surgery
        Building capacity for primary eye care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services
        Online training supports diabetic retinopathy screening in primary health care
        ‘Simply’ better access to pathology diagnostics is not so simple
        National strategy improving access and outcomes for people with pain
        Unsung Hero Award a family affair
        Wuchopperen Health Service cultural programs
        Could this be motor neurone disease?
        Training program boosting access to quality emergency care across Australia
        Alcohol and drugs outreach services expanding in Western NSW
        Poster presentations: another valuable resource from the National Rural Health Conference
        Bad behaviour not always naughty kids
        Trailblazers: for young people doing great things in regional Australia
        GP video consultations a success in residential aged care
        Aged and palliative care linkages in rural Victoria
        Spirituality connections and caring for older people
        Queensland Health serving rural and remote Queensland
        Join Friends and help keep the Alliance connected and informed!
        The World Summit on Rural Generalist Medicine makes progress in Cairns
        Mental wellbeing in Queensland’s Central Highlands
        Generally speaking: JCU’s allied health rural generalist program
        Young doctors in race to ‘save lives’ at Rottnest
        University of Wollongong making a rural impact
        The journey to excellence in rural general practice
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      • It’s time – for a new, separate national strategy on rural health
        Pumped Hydro Energy Storage – pumped rural health
        Aboriginal Health Workers at the National Gallery
        HESTA - your future divided
        Raising funds for country kids
        The importance of broadband to health outcomes in rural and remote Australia
        Life chances are often shaped long before birth
        Strengthening South Australia’s rural GP pipeline
        The nbn™ network and a world of possibilities
        Continence Foundation
        Continence information in one online location
        Forum identifies priority areas for health in the Pilbara
        CQUniversity expands health course offerings
        Awards recognise outstanding rural doctor mentors
        Dietitians take action for reconciliation
        Friends at the Conference
        Tobacco smoking a leading health risk among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        The gap for vision is closing
        A Conference that leads to real changes
        Asbestos awareness - were your home or any structures on your property built or renovated before 1987?
        Trial increases cancer screening rates
        Unlocking the potential of rural and remote communities
        Top ranked abstract addresses the place of research in rural health organisations
        Ryan’s Rule promotes patient safety
        Support International Gynaecological Awareness Day on 10 September
        Supporting children with autism, their parents and teachers through tele-consultancy
        North and West Rural Health
        Four reasons not to miss the 14th World Rural Health Conference
        Lions Outback Vision Van one year on
        Young rural advocates heading north to Cairns
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      • Rural health magazine ends print edition and goes online-only
        Editorial – Investing in the wellbeing of rural and remote Australia
        Addressing rural and remote health at the National Press Club
        HESTA
        A paramedic intern in the Northern Territory
        #ruralhealthconf - the place to be is Cairns, 26-29 April 2017
        Rural doctor completes world’s toughest horse race for rural mental health
        Developing leaders in agricultural health and medicine
        Flying Doctor is expanding its dental outreach program
        Women’s leadership development programs – opportunities available for the health sector
        GP training benefits from cross-border collaboration
        Opening up the conversation about rural suicide
        Volunteers the key to compassionate care for those reaching the end of their lives
        Online wellbeing program helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
        Sharing information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health
        Vision loss still affects too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        A routine eye examination prevents a stroke
        Reaching out to new fathers through texts
        Improving education for children with autism wherever they live
        Early intervention helping children with autism and their families in rural Tasmania
        Elder abuse – inquiry into the laws protecting vulnerable older Australians
        Heart maps reveal more hospital admissions for heart conditions in rural and remote Australia
        Food security and health in rural and remote Australia
        Investing in suitable housing means more older people can stay in the rural communities they call home
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      • Editorial
        Suicide safety planning - helping support those at risk of suicide
        Interdisciplinary professional networks foster community engagement
        INNOVATIONS IN REMOTE AND RURAL MENTAL HEALTHCARE
        Bringing better mental health to rural areas through online programs
        Yarning Epilepsy – life changing training at your finger tips
        Calling rural and remote health researchers
        Heading outback for Ear Health
        Maintaining resilience in a not-for-profit remote health service provider
        The challenges facing rural health – with a new Government
        Mental Health Info Graphic
        TACKLING adolescent drinking in rural Australia
        Clinical pharmacist services are needed in rural Australia
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Sunset over grassy hill
Editorial: Our unprecedented year leading to step-change in rural health
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Bill and Denise Vernon
The value in preventing and reducing stroke
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Illustration of the Central Western Diabetic  Education Centre
Back to the future in rural health?
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Two people sitting on rocks looking out over valley
Attracting and retaining a rural health workforce
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I want super fund that understands my industry. Anne Mitchell, HESTA member. We’re the national industry super fund dedicated to health and community services, and have been for over 30 years. We know how important your work is. And how well you do it. We’re your fund. For life. Before making a decision about HESTA products you should read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (call 1800 813 327 or visit hesta.com.au/pds for a copy), and consider any relevant risks (hesta.com.au/understandingrisk). Issu
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Man and his dog in front of Weipa Health Services sign
From undergraduate to general practice
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Gravel drive way with dog
A raw real glimpse of changing life
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Woman and teenager holding sign
Outreach services worth their weight in gold
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Darn a Good Yarn cover
‘Struth’ moments bring relief after challenging year
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Three women in front of painted building
Partnering with community to design and develop ‘service learning’ in ACCHOs
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HbA1c diagnosis and monitoring at the point of care Improving the outcomes for patients living with diabetes
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Man having his blood pressure taken
Australia – the healthy country?
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Identifying Infections in Rural and Remote Australia 1. AIHW Web Report Rural & Remote Health October 2019 <https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/rural-health/rural-remote-health/contents/rural-health> 2. AIHW Report 2014 Covering over 7.6 million kilometres of land, Australia is the 6th largest country in the world. The tyranny of distance and its corresponding poor access to health care services for people living in rural and remote communities is one of the biggest issues facing Australian medicine¹.
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review of kidney health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Finding information about kidney disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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Cancer care and recovery during COVID-19
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People marching with sign Climate Change is a Health Emergency
Preventing health impacts of climate change must be in National Preventive Health Strategy
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Older woman lunging whilst younger woman asists
National exercise project extended for another year
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Join Us: Connecting Australians to the national research effort
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heart health support group
Thought about starting a heart health support group?
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Man and son with black swan
Rural virtual placement experiences as social work students
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Elderly excercising around chairs
Innovative program brings vitality back to the elderly
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Pictured: The PharMIbridge Research Team (L-R) Dr Sara McMillan, Dr Sarira El-Den, Professor Amanda Wheeler and Dr Claire O’Reilly.
Community pharmacies providing a ‘mental health safe space’
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Man on rock near lake
Private health insurance funding for mental health care in Australia
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Two boys silhouetted against sunset
Country kids need more mental health support and at a younger age
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Podcasts helping navigate rural medicine

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