Rural and Remote Health Workers

Follow the links below to find information about the services provided by and for health workers in rural and remote areas.

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Media release. Workforce audit reveals challenges for rural health
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The results of an audit of Australia's rural and regional health workforce were released on 30 April.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Healthy Horizons
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This framework provides direction for developing strategies and allocating resources to improve the health and well being of people in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural Health
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Rural health information for consumers, particularly those wishing to undertake rural health studies.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural Clinical Schools program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Rural Clinical Schools program is designed to encourage medical students to take up a career in rural practice by enabling them to undertake extended clinical training placements in rural locations.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Rural Health Support, Education & Training (RHSET) Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The RHSET program contributes towards the recruitment and retention of rural health workers.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Media release. Progress on rural health improvements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government has confirmed its determination to improve the health of rural, regional and remote communities, during a roundtable meeting with health professionals and consumers.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Support for rural health professionals
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of rural health workforce support initiatives.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Rural health: more services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government reaffirmed its commitment to rural health in the 2004-05 Budget by providing renewed funding of $830.2 million over four years for the Rural Health Strategy.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander rural health workforce
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of programs and services to improve the Indigenous health workforce and the health of Indigenous peoples.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   CARPA Standard Treatment Manual (Book Review)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The new edition (fourth) of the CARPA Standard Treatment Manual provides a reference manual for remote Aboriginal health workers, nurses and doctors in the Northern Territory. It is part of a series of primary healthcare texts for the Northern Territory.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   When it's right in front of you: Assisting health care workers to manage the effects of violence in rural and remote Australia
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This manual has been developed for health care workers, managers and employer organisations in rural and remote Australia to assist them prepare for and respond to violence in ways that will minimise its impact.
Date:   Aug 2002
Title:   Health in rural and remote Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report focuses on the health of Australians living in rural and remote areas. It compares the health of people living in rural and remote areas with that of those living in metropolitan areas across Australia. It shows that people living in rural and remote areas have many health disadvantages their urban counterparts do not experience, including shortages of health care providers and services in some areas, difficulties in accessing health care and greater exposure to injury.
Date:   Oct 2001
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