Issue 83

83
Two people swimming at sunset
Editorial: Research informing the future direction of rural health
83
AJRH covers
AJRH, a game changer for organising and sharing research
83
Keynote speakers from the symposium
Scientific Symposium to stimulate discussion on rural health research
83
Eucalyptus tree
Local health research must be fit for purpose
83
Mock ward round being recorded using GoPro video camera (black device on bedside table)’.
Video-based coaching to improve non-technical skills for rural surgeons
83
Delegates at the first Australian rural women's health roundtable held on 2 May 2023.
Focusing on rural women’s health
83
Teenage boy using laptop
Courage and vision needed to shape effective health outcomes
83
Person receiving a vaccination injection
A game changer for vaccine coverage
83
Burnt landscape with fire hoses spraying
Community concern leads to research shaping disaster response
83
Chris Harvey (left), Suicide Prevention Program Manager, and Dr Sean MacDermott (right), outside Mildura Mental Health Services.
A holistic aftercare model to prevent suicide
83
Experts at University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health.
Partnerships moving knowledge, not people across Northern Australia
83
(L-R) CheckUP’s Evaluation Coordinator Kylie Rixon and Evaluation Lead Philippa Hawke on Thursday Island during a visit in March 2023.
Evaluating cultural safety in outreach eye and ear surgical pathways
83
Ryan McGrath recently joined the Department of Rural Health at the University of Melbourne; he shares a dual role at Goulburn Valley Health in Shepparton to build research capacity and culture. 
Building research capacity and culture within rural health services
83
RFDS Queensland Section's Mobile Dental Unit.
More than just teeth
83
Dr James Wickham, Head of Anatomy, teaching Year 1 students using von Hagens state of the art plastinated specimens.
Ambitious goals in rural medical education and health research
83
Mums, Bubs and Kids was one of the popular kitchen table discussions for the TALK ABOUT campaign.
Keeping local communities at the centre of health research
83
Artwork of persons head in multiple pieces
Keeping women safe, no matter where they live
83
Clinicians Alicia Besler, Anna Price-Smith, Dr Madeleine Ward and Dr Lachlan Brennan, were supported by the OGB Research Foundation to present their research at the 2022 Western Alliance Symposium. 
An innovative approach to improving rural women's health
83
Elderly woman playing cards
Innovation is key to overcoming aged care crisis
83
Healthy lifestyle items - fruit and veg joggers blood sugar measurer and chart
Data and quality improvement in primary care
83
University of Melbourne and Northeast Health Wangaratta representatives held an insightful forum on ways of improving and maintaining the local rural health workforce. (L to R): Prof Bruce Thompson, Dr De Witt Oosthuizen, Dominic Sandilands, Prof Marie Gerdtz, Libby Fifis, Kim Bennetts, Rebecca–Kate Oates and Prof Lisa Bourke. [Image: Kruty Hickling, Wangaratta Chronicle] 
Partnering for impact
83
Alison Lang, High Risk Foot Coordinator, GHRFC.
High-risk foot clinic boosts outcomes
83
The dermatology team from Townsville University Hospital.
Best-practice dermatology treatment and training
83
Outreach service clinicians outside the Regional Specialists Tamworth Multispecialty Medical Practice.
Accessible and sustainable outreach head and neck surgery
83
Father and baby in front of tree
Joys and challenges of fatherhood in the bush
83
Endometriosis Nurse Coordinator Anna (centre) at the 2023 Melbourne QENDO workshop networking with Dietitian Nadia Maxwell (left) and Endo Help founder Kat Stanley (right).
A collaborative approach to a regional endometriosis service
83
Family Planning Australia has been providing reproductive and sexual health services in rural and regional NSW for over 20 years. Two woman talking
Towards quality reproductive health care in every postcode
83
Professor Robyn Clark and her research team.
Caring for country hearts
83
Mum's hand touching babies hand
Healthy You, Healthy Baby: online tool to check preconception health
83
Grant recipient Dr Clinton Gibbs, Clinical Director of Research and Evaluation at Retrieval Services Queensland.
Fostering trauma care research in rural and remote Queensland
83
Mother holding baby with dad holding baby's hand
Online mental health support for dads