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MOHMQuit: ten years of collaboration to support smoke-free pregnancies
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
MOHMQuit: ten years of collaboration to support smoke-free pregnancies
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
MOHMQuit: ten years of collaboration to support smoke-free pregnancies
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
Local knowledge saves lives
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
Why local networks matter after disasters
Rural health research often focuses on services and systems, but communities themselves play a huge role in how people respond and recover after disasters. A new journal article co-authored by
Psychosocial support to quit smoking
New rural health research involving UCRH’s Professor Megan Passey from the University Centre for Rural Health has contributed to an important update on how best to support women to stop
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UCRH Director Professor Vicki Flood is among a group of researchers behind a new study profiled in BMJ Open. The study, called the PROMOTE cohort study, looking into how to better understand and manage health risks during pregnancy, especially for women with obesity. With more women having children later in
While the bulk of UCRH’s focus on Australian health and wellbeing, we are always mindful of opportunities to contribute to global knowledge and understanding. Recently one of our researchers, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, was co-author of research looking at Bangladeshi university students. The work has now been published in Health Science Reports
UCRH researcher Associate Professor Chris Williams is part of a team of researchers working on a new trial, called the RESHAP-ED trial, which is set to explore whether having physiotherapists as the first point of contact can help reduce the time patients spend in an emergency department (ED). EDs are
UCRH researcher Associate Professor Vanette McLennan is among the authors of new work looking at how assistive technology (AT) is helping people with spinal cord injuries or damage (SCI/D) achieve their study and work goals. The authors reviewed 23 studies to understand how AT is used and the experiences of
UCRH research fellow Dr Rebecca McNaught has shared personal and professional insights into the experience of last week’s approach of Cyclone Alfred. UCRH has a number of researchers including Dr McNaught who have led various studies around the impacts of devastating flooding in the Northern Rivers in 2017 and again
In the wake of another flood and storm disaster to impact the Northern Rivers, a group of UCRH researchers have shared insights about how flooding can impact human health. Their work, published today in The Conversation outlines research conducted by UCRH which studied the impact of floods on human health
Overweight and obesity are becoming more common worldwide, and a new study has looked at how these trends might continue into the future. Researchers examined data from 1990 to 2021 and made predictions up to 2050, highlighting a worrying increase in obesity rates. Their work was supported by a global
UCRH researcher Chris Williams is among a group of authors to publish a new review delving into whether sitting around too much could be causing back pain in children and teenagers. The team of researchers reviewed a large number of studies to see if there’s a connection between being sedentary
The way that disaster management agencies and community-led grassroots groups work together during and after a crisis has captured local, national and even global attention as the number of floods, fires and other climate disasters increase in frequency and magnitude. With that in mind, UCRH is holding a Research Seminar
From today students and health practitioners training at the University Centre for Rural Health Northern Rivers (UCRH) will have access to a new, world-class maternal and birthing simulator called MamaAnne. UCRH is the first location in Australia to take delivery of the MamaAnne simulator, and one of the first sites
As part of the Australian Rural Health Education Network, researchers from UCRH have joined with colleagues from across the country to publish new insights around changes to rural nursing and allied health placements during the latter stage of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Their work, published in the Australian Journal
UCRH’s Director Professor Vicki Flood is one of a group of researchers behind a newly published study that has found that drinking a moderate amount of coffee might help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in older adults. As part of the Blue Mountains Eye Study, researchers looked
