Category: Rural Health
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Why it’s time to rethink oral health in Australia
Alexandra Jones For most of my 30 years in dentistry, I’ve spent my time helping people one mouth at a time. I’ve been a clinician, a researcher, an academic, and a dentist in metropolitan areas and across regional and remote Australia. Throughout this time, the more I saw of Australia’s…
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City students learn about human and animal health in remote communities
Dr Jessica Hoopes, Dr Bonny Cumming, Dr John Hunter and Prof Michelle Power Undergraduate students from a university in northwestern Sydney are learning about human and animal health in remote and rural communities across northern and central Australia. The Macquarie University students have been studying One Health concepts – which…
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What next for the Allies of Uluru?
By Honorary Associate Professor Leanne Coombe, Policy and Advocacy Manager, PHAA On 31 October, I joined a debriefing session with colleagues who are members of Allies for Uluru. We acknowledged and celebrated the extent of activities and efforts taken to support the Uluru Dialogue and Yes23 Campaign in the lead…
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How housing affects health on remote Country
The housing crisis is currently a hot-button issue making headlines Australia-wide. But it’s been endemic in Central Australia for decades. A chronic shortage of available housing in remote Indigenous communities has significant consequences, with unintended household crowding ultimately contributing to the poor health of residents. University of Queensland anthropologist and…
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Dr Joanne Flavel and Dr Kristen Glenister bring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion expertise to co-convenor roles
PHAA As part of our 2022 Q&A blog series on new PHAA Special Interest Group (SIG) convenors, we spoke to Dr Joanne Flavel and Dr Kristen Glenister, both active PHAA members who have been appointed as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) SIG co-convenors. Name, title/position, and summary of Public Health…
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Rural Health Mythbusters
Author’s note [1] Kristen Glenister, Claire Quilliam, Olivia Mitchell, Lucinda Aberdeen, Carol Reid, Brahmaputra Marjadi. In Australia, approximately one third of people live outside of major cities, that is, in rural or remote locations. ‘Rural health’ emerged as a recognized field in the 1990s and focusses on inequities in health…