Death rates from diabetes-related causes increase dramatically with increasing socioeconomic disadvantage and distance from major cities, and men are more likely than women to die from diabetes or related causes, according to a new Australian report.
The report, produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), is particularly relevant …
read more »** Update: Free DVD offer has expired **
The complete series of four Rural Health Education Foundation programs on Continence can now be purchased on DVD or VHS video.
The four continence programs, all produced in 2004, are:
Continence: What’s it all about? (no. 409a, 3 August 2004)…
read more »** Applications for the Client Relationship Manager position are no longer being accepted. **
(Revised call for applications posted on Monday 6 February 2006).
The Rural Health Education Foundation is looking for an experienced Client Relationship Manager (Fundraiser/Grantwriter) to join our small and energetic team.
The person will be responsible for researching and …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has released its Baby Boomers - Getting to the HEART of the Matter program for purchase on video and viewing via online webstreaming.
VHS videos of the program can now be purchased via the Foundation’s online video order form.
Or use the links below to …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has made a short video case study associated with its Falls Prevention program available via online webstreaming.
To view the 6-minute case study, which is not included in the main 80-minute Falls Prevention program, go to the video case study page.
About the …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has made its forthcoming series of 2006 programs available as a single video subscription package.
Health professionals and other interested parties can now order the complete set of all programs produced by the Foundation in the 2006 calendar year, usually a minimum of twenty to …
read more »They changed the world. Now they’re about to change your practice.
The Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964 - the generation that claimed they “wouldn’t trust anyone over thirty” - is now approaching retirement.
And they are likely to bring some unique healthcare challenges with them.
The Merck Sharp & Dohme University …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation will broadcast a special five-minute presentation about the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) at 7.55pm (Sydney time) on Tuesday 15 November 2005, immediately before the Foundation’s Falls Prevention broadcast.
The ACRRM presentation includes discussions by:
Dr Sue Page, President of the Rural Doctors …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Don Perlgut, will address a major Australian conference on satellite communications on Tuesday 6 December 2005.
The SatCom Australia 2005 conference will take place at Sydney’s Sofitel Wentworth Hotel from 5 to 7 December.
Don Perlgut’s presentation, scheduled for 10.40am, is entitled “Expanding your …
read more »Professor Paul Worley, a board member of the Rural Health Education Foundation, was named by Australian Doctor in their list of 50 most influential people of 2005. A panel of seven ‘medical industry types’ were charged with determining the 50 people with the most influence over general practice.
The …
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