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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 researcher Jane Linton has contributed to a new study that’s set to change how arthritis education is delivered to Aboriginal communities across Australia. The research team used a community-based participatory action approach to bring together lived experience from Aboriginal people and clinical guidelines. The result? A set of clear,
UCRH Director and Head of Rural Clinical School, Professor Vicki Flood is among the many authors of a new journal publication detailing an innovative trial, called Maintain Your Brain, which shows that an online lifestyle program can boost memory, reasoning, and processing speed in older adults. The article, An online
UCRH researcher Mohammad Hamiduzzaman is the lead author on a new journal article looking at older rural women’s participation in clinical decision-making with GPs and exploring factors associated with their pre-visit planning and involvement in treatment processes. The work has been published in Patient Education and Counseling and highlights that
UCRH researchers Associate Professor Veronica Matthews and Danielle Cameron are among a group of authors who conducted a new review highlighting the health risks posed by smoke from landscape fires, such as wildfires and agricultural burning. The study aimed to gather and assess scientific research on interventions that can help
The Australian Government is investing almost $11 million to build Australian research capacity in climate change and related health impacts through the National Health and Medical Research Council. In an announcement yesterday by the Hon Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care and Assistant Minister for Indigenous
UCRH researcher Larisa Barnes has published a chapter in Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide. Published by Academic Press (an imprint of Elsevier) the book addresses health literacy specifically within pharmacy and medicine use context, and provides a compilation of important content about medication literacy. It
Lifestyle changes, like healthy eating, could help reduce low back pain. Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide with many treatments, such as medication, often failing to provide lasting relief. Researchers from UCRH have uncovered a possible solution. Their study, published in JAMA Network Open, found integrating
UCRH researcher Caroline Deen has contributed to a new journal publication exploring how Indigenist research principles shaped a community-led project focused on food security in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The study partnered with Apunipima Cape York Health Council and Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, alongside communities in Cape
UCRH researcher Associate Professor Vanette McLennan is among a group of academics who have conducted a review of existing studies regarding non-medical assessment during the acute phase of rehabilitation in terms of costs, disputes, secondary psychological injury, and worker participation. Their work recognises that rates of return to work (RTW)
UCRH researcher Cristian Leyton has joined with colleagues from the University of Sydney and other institutions to publish a new journal publication focused on nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia. The article, Case Series of Right-Hemisphere Nonfluent Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia, has been published in the Journal of Clinical Neurology.
As part of a book series SpringerBriefs in Education, UCRH Aboriginal Health researcher Dr Marcelle Townsend-Cross has published a book chapter reflecting on her early career research journey. Titled Faith, dreams and lessons, the chapter sends a clear message to universities that providing creative and innovative options for Indigenous scholars
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