The Rural Health Education Foundation has released its preliminary schedule of accredited satellite television broadcasts for the period January to June 2007.
Over this period there are at least 11 programs that can be viewed on release usually on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with repeats during Friday daytime (now at 12.30pm …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation is pleased to announce an important new partnership with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR).
The Foundation and FRRR will be working together to enable additional rural and remote health and medical organisations to join the Foundation’s satellite network and view the foundation’s health …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has released a new strategic plan covering the period 2006-2010.
In his introduction to the document, Foundation Chairman Dr Brian Bowring predicted that the new plan would “guide the development of the Foundation to a new level of service delivery to (its) constituents.”
Strategic priorities
The plan …
read more »Online video webstreams and audio podcasts are now available for the Rural Health Education Foundation’s updated Aboriginal programs Keep Safe, Start Strong and Grow Strong.
The three 26-minute programs, which were all recently broadcast on SBS Television, are presented by Karla Grant, the well-known face of SBS TV’s national Aboriginal current …
read more »Australia only has between five and 10 years to put systems in place to deal with dementia in rural and regional Australia or it will be swamped by an epidemic of unprecedented proportions, a dementia expert claims.
Dementia is an illness causing memory loss and progressive decline in thinking and memory, …
read more »** UPDATE 2 July 2007: All free copies of the Multiple Sclerosis program have now been distributed, so there are no free copies available anymore. **
The Rural Health Education Foundation is delighted to announce that its Multiple Sclerosis: Update on Diagnosis and Management program (first broadcast in November 2006) …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has appointed Amanda Little as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Education, effective from 18 October 2006.
Amanda originally joined the Rural Health Education Foundation’s staff in August 2004 as the Head of Program Development.
“Since Amanda joined the Foundation, she has been instrumental in our …
read more »Our independent reviewers have written positive critiques of recent Aboriginal-themed programs produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation.
Professor Judy Atkinson, Head of the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples at Southern Cross University NSW, describes the Foundation’s Injury Prevention in Aboriginal Communities program on video (also available on DVD) as a …
read more »Free audio podcasts of all Rural Health Education Foundation programs produced since January 2004 are now available for download onto your computer - ready for listening at any time.
Foundation podcasts now available include:
610 - Rash Decisions: Dermatology in General Practice
503 - Asthma and Combination Therapy: Getting the Balance Right
409d - …
In November, SBS Television will broadcast three Rural Health Education Foundation documentary programs on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health issues.
The Start Strong (Tuesday 14 November) and Grow Strong (Tuesday 21 November) programs offer ideas for communities on what can work for them in improving maternal and infant care …
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