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April 8 program features tools for improving Indigenous lifespans

February 20, 2008

A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday 8th April 2008 focuses on tools designed to address the relatively short life expectancy and high risks of chronic disease experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Across the Lifespan: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Checks and Lifescripts, …

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March 18th program approaches Rheumatoid Arthritis

February 19, 2008

A new Rural Health Education Foundation educational television program looks at recent advances in the prevention, treatment and management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The program will be broadcast live through the Foundation’s national satellite network on Tuesday 18th March 2008 at 8.00pm Sydney time, with a repeat at 12.30pm Sydney …

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Secondary lymphoedema to be primary focus of March 11 program

February 12, 2008

The Rural Health Education Foundation has partnered with National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) to produce a television program on the management of secondary lymphoedema.

The program, titled The Management of Secondary Lymphoedema, will air on Tuesday 11 March and aims to increase awareness of the incidence and prevalence …

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Foundation Deputy CEO to present at International Rural Health conference in Nigeria

January 31, 2008

Amanda Little, Deputy CEO and Director of Education of the Rural Health Education Foundation, will present at the 8th WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Nigeria, Africa in February 2008.

Amanda’s presentation, Professional Development at a Distance: the Influence of Remote Education in Practice Change, is based on her research on …

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February 12 continence program deals with children and adolescents

January 21, 2008

A new Rural Health Education Foundation program to be broadcast on Tuesday 12th February examines continence issues for children and adolescents.

“Continence: Children and Adolescents” is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Continence Management Strategy.

This program aims to improve the knowledge …

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Seachange, Treechange, Lifestyle change - Rural Health Education Foundation to screen documentary series on rural GPs

January 4, 2008

The Rural Health Education Foundation will be broadcasting a new series of seven short (five-minute) documentaries featuring rural GPs. Commencing on Tuesday 29th January 2008 at 7.50pm, the Foundation is screening the series Seachange, Treechange, Lifestyle Change nationally through its Rural Health satellite network, Don Perlgut (Rural Health Education …

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HIV/AIDS update to be broadcast

December 31, 2007

A new Rural Health Education Foundation program takes a look at recent advances in HIV/AIDS, and will be broadcast live on Tuesday 29th January 2008, with a repeat at 12.30pm on Friday 1 February.

HIV/AIDS update: Holding the Ramparts, sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing, reviews the …

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Psychiatric Emergencies program now available free on DVD & video

December 23, 2007

** UPDATE 31 October 2007: All free copies of the Psychiatric Emergencies program have now been distributed, so there are no free copies available anymore. **

The Rural Health Education Foundation’s Psychiatric Emergencies program, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, is now available free on DVD …

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All Rural Health Education Foundation programs available on DVD

December 21, 2007

All Rural Health Education Foundation programs are now available on DVD as well as VHS video.

Commenting on the completion of formats, Foundation CEO Don Perlgut said “We have now completed the transfer of all of the Foundation’s backlist of program titles to DVD. This will make them more accessible to …

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Continence and Men’s Health program to be broadcast

December 19, 2007

A new Rural Health Education Foundation program to be broadcast on Tuesday 27th November examines issues relating to continence in the context of men’s health.

“Continence and Men’s Health” is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Continence Management Strategy.

The program will increase …

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