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Skills that stick for Aboriginal health workers
Supporting the rural health 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 practical
Skills that stick for Aboriginal health workers
Supporting the rural health 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 practical
Skills that stick for Aboriginal health workers
Supporting the rural health 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
Reimagining ageing and preventing dementia
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),
Students step into future health careers
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
All in for Indigenous research
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
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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
New rural health research involving UCRH and University of Sydney medical students is shedding light on the challenges people face when seeking care after sexual assault. The study, Access to acute medical and forensic care for adolescents and adults who have experienced sexual assault: a systematic scoping review, was published
A student placement that stitched connection and dignity at Fletcher Street Cottage When University of Sydney social work student Laura Cole arrived in the Northern Rivers for her placement at Fletcher Street Cottage in Byron Bay, she brought more than her studies with her. She also brought a personal skill
New research is shedding light on how communities come together after floods and fires, with UCRH researchers Dr Jodie Bailie and Emma Pittaway among the co-authors of a new paper published in Natural Hazards. The article, Social infrastructure and centralisation in community response and recovery from disasters, looks at how
New rural health research highlights the importance of teaching future health workers to better understand First Nations health, through a study co-authored by former UCRH researcher Mohammed Hamiduzzaman. Published in Creative Nursing, the paper Teaching for Truth: A Descriptive Qualitative Study of a Classroom Strategy for Teaching Health Students to
Aboriginal health research is at the centre of a new publication co-authored by UCRH researcher Associate Professor Emma Walke, exploring how University Departments of Rural Health have supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health over more than a decade. Published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
How do we build better policy for people who live outside the city? New rural health research is helping answer that question, with UCRH researcher Jodie Bailie a co-author on a chapter in A Research Agenda for Lived Experience and Disability Policy. Titled Re-imagining policymaking with rural people with disability
For more than a decade, UCRH academics working in rural health research have collaborated with maternity services across NSW to address one of the most persistent and complex challenges in antenatal care: supporting pregnant women to quit smoking. As the MOHMQuit – Midwives and Obstetricians Helping Mothers to Quit Smoking
Community-led responses are a critical part of rural health research, especially as climate disasters become more frequent and severe. A new journal article co-authored by UCRH researchers Jo Longman, Emma Pittaway and Jodie Bailie and colleagues from the Sydney Environment Institute shines a light on how local knowledge and long-standing
