A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 22nd April, Smoking and Pregnancy: Womb to Breathe, explores the health impact of smoking on pregnant women, their unborn child, and young children.
Smoking and Pregnancy: Womb to Breathe canvasses the range of effective smoking cessation interventions, including …
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The Rural Health Education Foundation will have an exhibition at the National University Rural Health Conference (NURHC) 2008, which will be held in Launceston, Tasmania from April 3rd to 5th at the Tail Race Centre. This is the National Rural Health Network’s 10th Anniversary Conference and more than …
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Ms Sabina Knight, an experienced Remote Area Nurse and accomplished health educator based in Alice Springs, has joined the Rural Health Education Foundation’s board of directors.
Foundation chair Dr Brian Bowring welcomed Ms Knight to the board at the Foundation’s first board meeting for 2008 on Tuesday February 26.
“I’m thrilled …
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The Rural Health Education Foundation’s Another Shade of Blue: Depression in Older Australians program, funded by beyondblue - the national depression initiative, is now available free on DVD and VHS video.
The 68 minute program, initially broadcast in November 2007, provides information to rural health professionals on best practice multi-disciplinary …
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A doctoral thesis from a researcher working through the University of Ballarat shows that keeping up with improved health practices is more difficult the farther health workers are from big cities, validating the Rural Health Education Foundation’s efforts to increase “distance delivery” of evidence-based practice principles.
Evidence-based practice involves judging whether …
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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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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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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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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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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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