A Rural Health Education Foundation program about closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has been selected as a finalist in the Excellence in Indigenous Health Awards, held in Darwin on 29th March 2011.
Live Strong: Closing the Gap on Chronic Disease is a half-hour television …
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Indigenous children all over Australia are set to benefit from an upcoming Rural Health Education Foundation educational project to improve nutritional health, thanks to funding from the St.George
Foundation which will contribute $30,000 towards the project. The project will see …
On Tuesday April 12th the Rural Health Education Foundation will present a live and interactive simultaneous satellite TV broadcast and webcast about the diagnosis and treatment of endometrial cancer.
Endometrial Cancer: Investigations and Referral identifies the risk factors, signs and symptoms, and clarifies the steps to diagnosis and treatment.
The hour-long …
read more »On Thursday April 7th the Rural Health Education Foundation will enter new educational territory by conducting a question and answer audio webcast related to a recently produced CD about lipid management.
Lipids: Managing the Highs and Lows is a Foundation-produced audio CD which features Dr Norman Swan interviewing four rural …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has released a series of audio interviews about lipid management on a free CD.
Lipids: Managing the Highs and Lows is a 60-minute program which features Dr Norman Swan interviewing four rural and remote health professionals about effective lipid management in the bush.
Bona fide Australian …
read more »Searchable transcripts of three health education programs produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation are now available online.
The expert panel discussions from recently-televised programs about acne, obesity, and skin cancer are now provided in type-written form, as both web pages and PDFs, on the Foundation’s website.
Links to the program transcripts
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read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program that aims to prepare Australian health professionals for the coming flu season will air on Tuesday March 22nd.
Influenza: Are you ready? discusses influenza updates to the NIP schedule, as well as recent outbreaks and pandemics, and the impact of influenza on …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation will have a strong presence at the 11th National Rural Health Conference in Perth from March 13th to 16th.
Mr Tom Calma, the patron of the Rural Health Education Foundation, will be a keynote speaker at the conference. Foundation CEO Don Perlgut and Education Manager Maurie …
read more »On Tuesday March 8th the Rural Health Education Foundation will present a live and interactive simultaneous satellite TV broadcast and webcast about the provision of psychosexual care to women affected by gynaecological cancers.
Gynaecological Cancers: Psychosexual Care provides information about the psychosexual effects of gynaecological cancers, how to undertake psychosexual …
read more »The Patron of Rural Health Education Foundation, Dr Tom Calma, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Curtin University.
Curtin Vice-Chancellor Professor Jeanette Hacket said the Honorary Doctorate recognised Dr Calma’s knowledge and leadership in Indigenous affairs, and his commitment to closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Receiving his …
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