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Research spotlight: food security and culture
What does food security look like when culture, Country and community are part of the picture? That’s the question driving a UCRH-led Aboriginal health research project working alongside communities on Bundjalung Country (Northern Rivers) and in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands). For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, food
Research spotlight: food security and culture
What does food security look like when culture, Country and community are part of the picture? That’s the question driving a UCRH-led Aboriginal health research project working alongside communities on Bundjalung Country (Northern Rivers) and in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands). For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, food
Research spotlight: food security and culture
What does food security look like when culture, Country and community are part of the picture? That’s the question driving a UCRH-led Aboriginal health research project working alongside communities on
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Supporting the rural health Australia workforce development of our region was front and centre during a series of Aboriginal Health Worker workshops that wrapped at our Simulation Centre in Lismore this week. Run across four sessions, the program brought together Aboriginal Health Workers from across the Northern Rivers to build
What makes a rural health student placement genuinely valuable? A new study co-authored by UCRH researcher Dr Jodie Bailie has helped answer that question, identifying the key ingredients that support rural health student placements and strengthen the future health workforce. Published in BMC Health Services Research, the article Determining constructs
Our latest forum brings together rural health research and real-world experience to tackle one of Australia’s biggest challenges, how we support people to age well. Next Wednesday, 1 July (10am-12.30pm), we are hosting an Aged Care Forum at our Lismore campus focused on reimagining healthy ageing and preventing dementia. The
Around 60 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across the Northern Rivers gathered at the UCRH in Lismore today, stepping into hands-on training sessions designed to spark interest in the rural health workforce and open doors to future careers in health. Students from Banora Point High School, Byron Bay
Can the way we talk about food security influence support for policy change? A new rural health research publication co-authored by UCRH researcher Caroline Deen set out to explore that question. Published in Public Health Nutrition, the paper, Advocacy to improve food security in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Last week UCRH brought people together for a powerful day of rural health research at the UCRH Indigenous Research Symposium, held during Reconciliation Week under the theme All In. The event carried a clear message from the outset. Reconciliation is not a once a year moment, it is something we
How can health professionals help create better health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples? A new paper co-authored by UCRH researcher Jane Linton explores the role of allyship and advocacy in improving care for Indigenous people living with musculoskeletal pain. Published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Moving Forward
A recent visit to the University Centre for Rural Health shows how rural health education in Australia can lead on the world stage. As part of the 2026 Laerdal Simulation User Network Conference, UCRH welcomed an international delegation keen to see how we train students using simulation. Hosted in partnership
New rural health research is shedding light on what happens to our connections with each other when disasters keep hitting the same place. Dr Rebecca McNaught from UCRH is a co-author on a new paper, alongside Dr Ang Li from the University of Melbourne, published in the International Journal of
New rural health research is shining a light on how better housing design could reduce serious illness in remote communities. Associate Professor Veronica Matthews from UCRH is a co-author on a new paper highlighting the link between overcrowded homes and preventable disease. The article, Designing Housing to Reduce Overcrowding-Related Harms:
New Aboriginal health research is shedding light on how people in a very remote Northern Territory community use digital technology and what’s getting in the way of using it for healthcare. The study, Digital Technology Use for Health and eHealth Literacy in a Very Remote Aboriginal Community in the Northern
How do we prepare future health professionals to work together around the needs of patients, families and communities? New rural health research co-authored by UCRH researcher Frances Barraclough explores one possible answer. Published in BMC Medical Education, the paper The use of a validated competency framework to guide the implementation
