Month: June 2018

Prof. Janie Dade Smith1, Dr Shannon Springer1 1Bond University, Varsity Lakes, QLD, Australia   Introduction There are many initiatives occurring in Australia to teach cross cultural education to health professionals. However there is little evidence that any of these programs have a long term impact on the...
  • June 26, 2018
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Gayle Woodford Scholarship Gayle was a committed, proactive and professional Remote Area Nurse (RAN). She worked for Nganampa Health Service for 5 years before her sad death in 2016.  Her role as a RAN was the fulfilment of a ‘dream’...
  • June 21, 2018
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Sarah Brown   Purple house started with the dream of getting people home to country. An auction in 200o raised million dollars and allowed Pintupi to develop a whole new model of dialysis care on country. From November 2018 there...
  • June 12, 2018
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Associate Professor James Ward Head Infectious Diseases Research Program, Aboriginal Health | South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute   Sexually transmissible infection (STI) control has been an intractable issue in many remote areas particularly in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
  • June 11, 2018
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Dr. Ramakuela NJ1 1Department of Advanced Nursing, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa Women who had never achieved pregnancy after adequate exposure to unprotected sex without using contraceptives tend to suffer primary infertility. It is a global reproductive health issue...
  • June 7, 2018
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Ms Jessie Anderson1 1Centre For Remote Health, Alice Springs, NT   In recent years, the Commonwealth government has committed additional funding to encourage nursing and allied health students to undertake placements in Rural and Remote regions throughout Australia through the Rural...
  • June 6, 2018
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Ms Emma Bugden1,2 1Flinders University, Alice Springs, NT 2Menzies School of Health Research, Alice Springs, NT   In the context of the challenges of providing quality and effective healthcare in rural and remote areas, innovative and committed leadership is integral to making the...
  • June 6, 2018
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Dr David Campbell1 1Charles Darwin University   Introduction Noncommunicable disease has become a global pandemic, with the burden of this condition bearing most heavily on socioeconomically disadvantaged. While Aboriginal people have greater risk of being socioeconomically disadvantaged they suffer an...
  • June 6, 2018
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Kalen Chao1, Hanin Musbah1, Israel Needham1, Patricia Tan1, Stephanie Wong1, Felicity Croker2, Luke Croker2 1Year 4 Bachelor of Dental Surgery Students at James Cook University; researchers 2Supervisors   Introduction Increasing medical advancements coincide with increased life expectancy, leading to an...
  • June 6, 2018
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Ms Inara Beecher1, Ms Sabine Drilling2, Ms Vanessa Poulsen2, Ms Noelene Cooper1 1Country SA PHN, Torrensville, SA 2Heart Foundation SA , Adelaide, SA   Introduction: Regional SA has high levels of burden of CVD and despite this, screening for cardiovascular disease using the Absolute Risk (AR) tool has had...
  • June 6, 2018
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