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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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This week UCRH welcomed three new cohorts of medical students to our campuses. In Lismore, we have 11 new students from the University of Wollongong joining us for a one year placement (pictured above). The students are in phase three of their medical degrees. They will spend their time with
In a newly published journal article, researchers with UCRH are among a group of academics that have reported on their examination of the effects of sleep deprivation on our stress responses. Theirs is the first systematic review to investigate how total sleep deprivation may influence autonomic nervous system responses to
Last week UCRH played host to an intense day of communication skills training for medical interns, international medical graduates and final year medical students. The extensive training session was put together by the Northern NSW Regional Training Hub with support from many of our medical educators. It is important to
While the weather may not have been on our side, it was all smiles at UCRH yesterday as we celebrated the launch of our beautiful new Yarning Circle as part of NAIDOC Week 2024. The new Yarning Circle installation is an outdoor space for education, meetings and informal gatherings that
There is no denying that UCRH’s rural placements offer a unique experience and that students love their time in the Northern Rivers. But does it help us to develop the rural health workforce? Recent data from our Grafton campus shows the answer to that question is a resounding yes. Of
At the University Centre for Rural Health, we want to work collaboratively to promote health and wellbeing for all people across rural and regional Australia. Over the past few weeks, we’ve joined forces with the Northern NSW Local Health District and the Rural Doctors Network on two fantastic programs, run
Our Multidisciplinary Education Program, more colloquially know as the Wednesday Program, enables students across a broad range of disciplines and universities to better understand each other’s roles and to work in unison. This perspective, known as integrated care, is something we embed in our teaching. We focus on providing students
The latest edition of Public Health Research & Practice, published by the Sax Institute, has been released today. The edition focuses on the theme Global health action delayed: people’s health and wellbeing denied and features an article by UCRH researchers. The paper is entitled Individuals with musculoskeletal conditions awaiting orthopaedic
Call it a cliche or call it a truism, but no two days are ever the same at UCRH. As often as they’re at their desks here in Lismore, our staff (let alone our students) are out and about the Northern Rivers and further afield in the pursuit of our
Associate Professor Vanette McLennan has contributed to a new publication that explores how cognitive communication skills are assessed when people return to work after acquired brain injury (ABI). The systematic scoping review looked at 14 studies and found that most assessments focus on isolated skills, missing the broader context of
The Australian Government has announced funding research to better equip Australia’s primary health care system to support patients, especially those with chronic and ongoing health conditions, and we’re delighted that $1.985m of the funding will support a UCRH-led project. Associate Professor Christopher Williams and his team have been awarded the
Curious about what make-up has to do with a rural health centre? The answer is moulage. Moulage is a French word for casting or moulding and refers to the art of applying mock injuries for training medical and health workers, and some of our staff have just brushed up their
