The schedule of Rural Health Education Foundation’s programs has been altered to include repeat broadcasts of two popular programs. We have had many requests to re-broadcast the programs titled Prostate Cancer: Treatment and Access that was first broadcast in September 2004 and the Obesity and Overweight: It CAN …
read more »Suicide Prevention Australia recognises Rural Health Education Foundation’s valuable contribution to suicide prevention in Australia by awarding them with a Certificate of Commendation in the 2005 LIFE Awards.
The LIFE Awards were established by SPA in 2004 to recognise and honour the exceptional work of individuals and organisations involved in the …
read more »Ahead of the Rural Health Education Foundation’s forthcoming broadcast on Type 1 Diabetes, new research has revealed a significant increase in childhood diabetes in NSW.
The study, produced by the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and published this week by The Medical Journal of Australia, found that insulin-dependent diabetes in NSW …
read more »The program Absolutely Hypertension: An Update on Assessment, Risk and Management, originally broadcast in November 2004, is now available for purchase on interactive CD-ROM.
About the program
The program examines the importance of the level of blood pressure as a major determinant of an individual’s absolute risk for cardiovascular …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has recently produced a series of two documentary-style television programs on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues, for broadcast on its national satellite network. The programs were taped in Alice Springs, Hermannsburg NT, Darwin, Bathurst Island, Townsville and Sydney.
The documentaries are on Aboriginal …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation’s recent Paediatric Gastroenteritis broadcast was featured on Channel Nine’s national news bulletin on Thursday July 28.
In a television news story promoted as Fluids ‘crucial’ to fighting kid’s gastro, National Nine News Healthwatch reporter Sheryl Taylor summarised for a general audience many of the issues …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has released its Paediatric Gastroenteritis 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 view the Paediatric Gastroenteritis program via online …
read more »** Due to absolutely overwhelming demand, the Foundation has currently run out of free copies of this series. Please contact us if you would like to express interest if and when the free copies are available again. **
The complete series of five Rural Health Education Foundation programs on dementia is …
read more »Amanda Little, Program Manager of the Rural Health Education Foundation, will present the results of the Foundation’s recent Aboriginal program developments to the General Practice Education and Training, the Rural Health Curriculum and the RACGP Scientific Convention conferences in August and September.
Ms Little acted as the producer for the Foundation’s …
read more »The winter months in Australia are the peak season for gastroenteritis and with children among the hardest hit, paediatricians want to spread the word that fluids are the key to preventing children from becoming seriously sick and ending up in hospital.
Highly contagious
Infectious gastroenteritis, sometimes called “winter vomiting illness” or …
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