A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 25th August explores suicide motivation and prevalence within rural and remote communities.
Suicide Prevention looks at the role of primary health care professionals in rural practice and the importance of recognition and treatment of depression, along with other suicidal …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation is pleased to be part of celebrating one of Australia’s unsung rural health professionals. The Foundation did so by offering assistance to Channel 9’s Random Acts of Kindness television program, which was screened nationally on the evening of Sunday 26th July 2009. Program …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program about men’s health will be webcast simultaneously with its first airing on satellite television on August 11. Out of the Shed: Overcoming the Barriers to Men’s Health will be presented as a live and interactive webcast at 8pm (AEST) on Tuesday …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has released a report which summarises an independent evaluation of the Foundation’s programs and services.
The primary objective of the evaluation – commissioned by the Foundation with funding by the Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing, and carried out by KPMG – was to assess …
read more »Jane Paterson, a senior manager at Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia, has joined the Rural Health Education Foundation’s board of directors. Ms Paterson officially began her new role as a Foundation director on Wednesday July 7th. She replaces Zarli French, another senior executive at Merck Sharp & Dohme, on the …
read more »New educational television programs on type 2 diabetes, men’s health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development, and end of life care will feature in the Rural Health Education Foundation’s late 2009 and early 2010 broadcast schedule.
The Foundation’s preliminary schedule of accredited satellite television broadcasts beginning July 2009 also includes …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation live television program airing on Tuesday 14th July explores the issues involved in end of life care, particularly in rural and remote Australia.
End of Life Care looks at the latest developments in palliative and end of life care, and examines the particular issues …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has added to its website Quit Together, a 30 second animated video that can be used in education and intervention with pregnant women and their families or in training sessions with health professionals. It graphically illustrates the effects of smoking in pregnancy and encourages …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has welcomed Warren Snowdon as the new Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, which was announced by the Prime Minister on 6 June 2009.
The Hon Warren Snowdon, MP, is the Federal Member for Lingiari, which …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has advertised for two new staff positions in its Canberra (Deakin) office.
“Due to increasing demand for our services and a number of new projects, the Foundation has just advertised for two new positions: a full-time Health and Medical Project Officer and a part-time Distribution Assistant”, …
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