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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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Covid restrictions and the floods have made it a tricky couple of years for the Baribunmani Wanyi Ngay Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth program. In an effort to recover, the Aboriginal Health Team partnered up with the Regional Industry Education Partnerships (RIEP) Program to assist in getting the word
As part of NAIDOC Week, it’s timely to shine the spotlight on the array of research work underway at UCRH that focuses on Aboriginal Health. Our Aboriginal Health team are engaged in a range of exciting research projects, two of which are related to the potential of virtual reality for
Our Goori Book Club, which focuses on books about or connected to Aboriginal culture, health, authors and content, has had a great start to the year. Book Club has been in session twice already with students and staff meeting to talk about two fabulous books. Our first book was ‘Is
Just a few days ago our Aboriginal Health Team travelled to beautiful Lennox Head to provide the new cohort of long stay medical students from Western Sydney with a two-day intensive Aboriginal Health Immersion program. The Immersion involved a mixture of classroom and on-Country experiences. Classroom activities included topics focussed
This year’s NAIDOC theme, For Our Elders reminds us that in working and advocating for better health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities, we stand on the shoulders of giants. We walk the pathways our Elders have paved for us through generations of advocacy
UCRH is leading the Northern Rivers arm of a qualitative study about community-led Self-Organising Following Disaster. The study aims to explore community-led organising before, during and after disasters. For the Northern Rivers, the work will focus on the aftermath of the 2022 floods. The study has been designed and data
A newly published journal article has found that there is although Indigenous research governance is recognised as an essential part of ethical research, activities and contributions made by Indigenous reference group members are underreported. The journal article, Trusting relationships and learning together: A rapid review of Indigenous reference groups in
Griffith University Nutrition and Dietetics students have completed their 21-week long stay placement through the UCRH under the supervision of Clinical Educators, Nicola Buster, Bronwyn Morton and Narelle Greenlees. During their placement, students undertook placement blocks in Food Service Management, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Community and Public Health Nutrition. When reflecting
This week on placement Griffith University Occupational Therapy students and University of Sydney Physiotherapy students worked together in creating an interprofessional student led ‘Valentine’s Day Treasure Hunt’ at Whiddon residential aged care facility in Casino. Together the students collaborated with the Leisure and Wellbeing team at Whiddon Aged Care and
The UCRH Multidisciplinary Health Team welcomed Allied Health students across disciplines in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Imaging, Nuclear Radiation, Pharmacy, Nursing and Social Work throughout January. Students arrived from the University of Sydney, University of Newcastle, University of Technology Sydney, Griffith University, Charles Sturt University
A recent scoping review involving Associate Professor Chris Williams assessed the literature on research engagement of health care providers and health care organisations. Published in BMC Health Services Research, the study analysed 152 publications. Identified strategies include fostering dual-skilled teams, providing resources, incentivizing engagement, offering leadership support, enhancing education, facilitating
In collaboration with the Clarence Health Service and University of Wollongong Clarence Valley regional Training Hub, we hosted a health careers day for 27 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students and staff from Grafton High School, South Grafton High School, Clarence Valley Anglican School and McCauley Catholic College.
