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Building collaborative practice with consumers in rural and remote Australia
- Authors: Parham, Jennie, Harvey, Andrew, Wells, Leanne, Cockburn, Jane, Patterson, Karen
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2019
A contemporary Australian health system must be characterised by partnerships with consumers. Partnering with consumers is about healthcare organisations, healthcare providers and policy makers actively working with consumers to ensure…
Building the evidence base for allied health in the ‘real world’
- Authors: Battye, Kristine, Sefton, Cath, Davis, Scott, Curry, Rob
- Published: 2019
The published evidence for allied health interventions and services is limited, particularly in relation to service models and models of care in rural and remote Australia. Furthermore, there is limited…
An innovative partnership aiming to embed clinical learning in regional WA
- Authors: Dadelszen, John von, Cahill, Emma
- Published: 2019
Background: The Benchmarque Group is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO No. 21824) specialising in the development and delivery of nationally accredited clinical skills programs. Earbus Foundation of Western Australia [Earbus]…
Where there is no midwife: the Imminent Birth Education Program
- Authors: Kelly, Jenny, Connell, Jane
- Published: 2019
Introduction: While the majority of births in Australia occur in hospitals with maternity services, it is inevitable that some women will present in established labour to health facilities without midwives…
Mental health service delivery in rural and remote regions: can telecare partnerships meet the needs of children?
- Authors: Stevenson, Caroline, Crawford, Alexandra, McCann, Darya, Everett, Michael, Casburn, Kim, Morrison, Lucy, Newsom-Smith, Emma, Burchfield, Katherine
- Published: 2019
Mental health service delivery to children in rural and remote areas faces many challenges including attracting and retaining staff, continuity of care, poor accessibility and limited consumer choice. Royal Far…
Telehealth Emergency Management Support Unit (TEMSU): connecting rural, remote and regional Queensland through acute telehealth
- Author: Crosbie, Deanne
- Published: 2019
Spanning 1,727,000 km2 and with a population of nearly 5 million people, 40% of whom live outside major cities, Queensland continues to pursue health equality and equity. Sometimes, very appropriately,…
Partnership and co-design: the national enhanced response to the infectious syphilis outbreak
- Authors: de Toca, Lucas, Casey, Dawn
- Published: 2019
An outbreak of infectious syphilis began in northern Queensland in January 2011, extending to the Northern Territory in July 2013, the Kimberley in Western Australia in June 2014 and since…
Implementation of nasal high flow therapy in Thursday Island and Cape York
- Authors: Cairns, Nicholas, West, Sally
- Published: 2019
Background: Respiratory diseases represent the main reason for paediatric inter-hospital transfers in urban and remote areas. Nasal high flow (NHF) therapy is a simple method of oxygen delivery that provides…
Riding the funding cycle: dodging ‘potholes’ in regional, rural and remote Australia
- Author: Cleary, Jen
- Published: 2019
An increasingly interdependent world economy means that differences across regions and within countries can often be greater than differences between countries. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Australian…
Managing dental decay of young Aboriginal children in the Kimberley, Western Australia
- Authors: Piggott, Susan, Carter, Susan, Arrow, Peter
- Published: 2019
Background: Aboriginal children in the Kimberley/Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA) experience dental decay at more than 3 times the rate of non-Aboriginal children, the majority of which remains untreated.…
Antimicrobial stewardship in regional and remote hospitals: the seeds for sustainability
- Authors: Bishop, Jaclyn L., Schulz, Thomas R., Kong, David C. M., Buising, Kirsty L.
- Published: 2019
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) incorporates any actions that promote the effective use of antimicrobials to optimise patient clinical outcomes, while minimising unintended effects including antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance has been…
Routine health checks and developmental reviews for Aboriginal children: Practices in a remote Kimberley primary health care service
- Author: Bromley, Jane
- Published: 2019
Aim: Aboriginal children in Western Australia’s Kimberley region have high rates of developmental concerns upon entering school. The purpose of this study was to identify i) current early childhood development…
Flood studies for remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
- Authors: Coppolina, Mary-ann, Grace, Damon
- Publisher: Engineers Australia
- Published: 2018
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has provided an assessment of flood risk, and an associated Floodplain Management Strategy, for four remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley region to…
Panel presentation: Evidence and wellbeing (the Interplay Wellbeing Framework: Building the evidence on pathways to wellbeing with community indicators from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia)
- Authors: Cairney, S, Abbott, T, Wilson, B, Schultz, R, McRae-Williams, E, Yamaguchi, J
- Publisher: AIATSIS and University of Canberra
- Published: 2017
Panel presentation: Evidence and wellbeing (the Interplay Wellbeing Framework: Building the evidence on pathways to wellbeing with community indicators from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia)
HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening: engaging under-screened rural-remote Aboriginal women
- Authors: Campbell, Laurinne, Vail, Anne, Pollard, Georgia-Lee, Bailey, Jannine, Dutton, Tegan, Robinson, Tracy, Jacob, Sunil, Wykes, Rene, O'Connor, Megan, Kelly, Cassandra, Callan, Nichole, McKay, Kate, Tiffen, Rozlyn
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2017
Aims: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. The incidence of cervical cancer in Aboriginal women is more than…
Community cultural development across Far North Queensland with a health focus
- Author: Jenuarrie
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2017
Arts Nexus Inc. has a clear mission across all of Far North Queensland: growing creative people, communities and industries. Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) that builds capacity, values cultural…
Remote health workforce safety and security: problems and solutions
- Author: Menere, R
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2017
A range of significant occupational health and safety challenges affect clinicians resident in remote communities, as well as visiting Allied Health, Medical Specialist, Retrieval and Management staff. While violence towards…
Health workforce turnover in remote Indigenous communities—who stays, who goes?
- Authors: Russell, D., Zhao, Y, Guthridge, S, Ramjan, Mark, Wakerman, J, Jones, MP, Humphreys, JS
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2017
Aim: Health workforce geographical maldistribution is a persisting global issue linked to inequitable access to health services and poorer health outcomes for rural and remote populations. Anecdotal reports suggest that…
Listen to the voice of the people: culturally specific consultation and innovation in establishing an Aboriginal health program in the west Pilbara
- Authors: Dimer, Lyn, Shilton, Trevor, Hayes, Anne, Hayes, Shirley, Heard, Monteza, Turangi, Gina, Hamilton, Sandy
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2017
Background: Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity in Aboriginal Australians, however only around 5% of eligible Aboriginal people at tend cardiac rehabilitation (CR) heart health programs. Through community…
Expanding rural service delivery through emerging technologies
- Authors: Dixon, Karen, Church, Andrea
- Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
- Published: 2017
Technology is advancing at an incredible rate with new devices, wearables, gadgets and gizmos coming on to the market every week. Technology provides rural health services with new ways of…