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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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Artist and Student Allan Dyason and Frances Barraclough – Program Manager Clinical Education National Close the Gap Day 2015 (19 March) was held at the Uralba building; the day is nationally recognised and seeks to support equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Equality encompasses health, housing,
UCRH North Coast students Danielle (Danni) Dries (ANU) and Thomas (‘TJ’) Pearson (University of Western Sydney) are pictured on either side of Professor Lesley Barclay AO, the UCRH Director at the National Rural Health Students’ Network (NRHSN) face-to-face in Melbourne, 26-27 February 2015. Danni joined UCRH’s UoW/USYD teaching cohort for