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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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Last week UCRH hosted our inaugural Reconciliation Week Research Symposium, which acknowledged and celebrated this year’s Reconciliation Week theme “Now More Than Ever”. The Symposium brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, health professionals and community advocates to hear from a range of speakers, exploring innovative strategies for addressing
Last week we held our annual Western Sydney University (WSU) and University of Wollongong Teaching Awards and Student Farewell. The Teaching Awards are a way of recognising and rewarding teaching and learning excellence within UCRH-supported clinical placements. They give us the opportunity to acknowledge the considerable time and effort many
UCRH has launched its first year in review publication, Anatomy. At first glance, Anatomy may be an obvious name for a publication from an organisation which has at its core, science and human health. We see the title Anatomy as something more subtle. A nod to, and celebration of, the
From 27 May-3 June we mark National Reconciliation Week, and now more than ever (the official theme of this year’s Week) it is an opportunity to acknowledge the continuing cultures and contribution that Aboriginal peoples make to the life of this country and to our work at UCRH. We are
Today UCRH hosted another fantastic Baribunmani Wanyi Ngay Day. This youth program, the name of which comes from a Bundjalung phrase that means ‘I dreamed about you’, is designed to encourage young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to pursue careers in health. Around 25 students from Mount St
UCRH Director and Head of Rural Clinical School Professor Vicki Flood today welcomed members of the NSW Regional Health Ministerial Advisory Panel, led by Chair Dr Richard Colbran, Chief Executive Officer of NSW Rural Doctors Network, to meet with our staff. The meeting was part of a visit to Lismore
UCRH was pleased today to welcome around an enthusiastic group of higher degree research students (HDR) from across the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney to our Rural HDR Student Day. The day was a chance for those students who are all undertaking a degree in
UCRH has announced the program for the Reconciliation Week Research Symposium being held on Monday 27 May. The Research Symposium will bring together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, health professionals and community advocates to explore innovative strategies for addressing the health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Leading UCRH researcher and Co-Lead Investigator for the CRE-STRIDE Network, Associate Professor Veronica Matthews has been announced as a recipient of a 2024 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant. She has been awarded $2.8m for her work in strengthening primary health systems through Australian Indigenous paradigms and
On Tuesday 28 May (2-3pm), UCRH will welcome the Director, Lifespan Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of East Anglia, and Chief Investigator for the Babybreathe trial, Professor Caitlin Notley to speak at our next Rural Health Seminar: Babybreathe trial – postpartum smoking relapse prevention. https://daffodilcentre.org/The Seminar,
A recent publication in the International Journal of Integrated Care has highlighted the importance of recommendations from the current national scope of practice review focussing on a nationally consistent approach in promoting and implementing common interprofessional competencies and national standards. UCRH’s Academic Coordinator Interdisciplinary Education, Frances Barraclough, is one of
We are excited to announce the first UCRH Reconciliation Week Research Symposium being held on 27 May 2024. Celebrating and acknowledging the 2024 Reconciliation Week theme of Now More Than Ever, the Symposium will be a perfect opportunity for anyone interested in an exploration of the health needs of Aboriginal
