New educational television programs on type 2 diabetes, men’s health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development, and end of life care will feature in the Rural Health Education Foundation’s late 2009 and early 2010 broadcast schedule.
The Foundation’s preliminary schedule of accredited satellite television broadcasts beginning July 2009 also includes …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation live television program airing on Tuesday 14th July explores the issues involved in end of life care, particularly in rural and remote Australia.
End of Life Care looks at the latest developments in palliative and end of life care, and examines the particular issues …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has added to its website Quit Together, a 30 second animated video that can be used in education and intervention with pregnant women and their families or in training sessions with health professionals. It graphically illustrates the effects of smoking in pregnancy and encourages …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has welcomed Warren Snowdon as the new Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, which was announced by the Prime Minister on 6 June 2009.
The Hon Warren Snowdon, MP, is the Federal Member for Lingiari, which …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has advertised for two new staff positions in its Canberra (Deakin) office.
“Due to increasing demand for our services and a number of new projects, the Foundation has just advertised for two new positions: a full-time Health and Medical Project Officer and a part-time Distribution Assistant”, …
read more »The recent National Rural Health Conference has delivered two positive outcomes for the Rural Health Education Foundation: a large number of visitors to the Foundation’s exhibition stand; and the launch of the Priority Recommendations, a manifesto proposing 19 changes to the Australian health system, six of which hold significant promise …
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A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 9th June follows a group of women GPs in a range of rural practice settings and locations.
Women in Rural Medicine examines the professional and personal lives of seven women doctors who share their experiences working in rural Australia. …
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The Rural Health Education Foundation will show a Community Service Announcement about Drug Action Week prior to its cannabis intervention broadcast on Tuesday 26th May.
As part of its support for Drug …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 26th May is designed to improve the knowledge, skills and capacity of health professionals to detect and treat cannabis use problems and associated harms.
Mulling It Over: Cannabis Intervention in Primary Health Care considers the short and long term …
read more »Two free DVDs about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) co-developed by the Rural Health Education Foundation were launched by the Minister for Health and Ageing at a bushfire-focused community forum in Victoria last week.
The Hon Nicola Roxon MP officially launched the free DVDs, developed by the Foundation in conjunction with Australian …
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