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5th National Rural Health ConferenceProceedings
Leaping the Boundary Fence: Using Evidence and Collaboration to Build Healthier Rural Communities
Adelaide 14–17 March, 1999
PRELIMINARIES
Foreword, Acknowledgments, Conference Process
SECTION 1
Statement from the National Rural Health Policy Forumof the Commonwealth, States and Territories
Opening of Conference
Opening Keynote AddressHon Dr Michael Wooldridge MP. Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care
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SECTION 2
Launch of Healthy HorizonsHon Dr Michael Wooldridge MP, Federal Minister for Health and Aged CareHon Dean Brown MP, South Australian Minister for Human Services, Disability Services, and the AgeingSpeech by Hon Dean Brown MP
Launch of the South Australian Rural Regional Women’sHealth and Well-Being PlansHon Dean Brown MP, South Australian Minister for Human Services, Disability Services, and the Ageing
Launch of ‘friends of the Alliance’Sen. The Hon Ian Macdonald, Federal Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government
Panel Discussion and Forum: Federal, State and Territory Responseto the New National Framework, Healthy Horizons
Breakfast SpeechSen. The Hon Ian Macdonald, Federal Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government
Summaries of Concurrent Sessions
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Implementation of Healthy Horizons - A framework forImproving the Health of Rural AustraliansKim Snowball
The Arts Program
On Ageing and Being an Older PersonHazel Hawke
SECTION 3 - KEYNOTE PAPERS
Past Conferences, Future StrategiesProfessor John Humphreys
Social Capital and Health: Implications for Health in Rural AustraliaFran Baum
“How Will We Judge the Success of the National Framework?”Jenny Macklin MP, Shadow Minister for Health
Health and Well-Being of Older Persons in Rural AreasGary R. Andrews
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Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Rural HealthDavid Weller
Heart Health in Rural and Remote AustraliaDr Darren Walsh
“Why Aren’t Simple Cost-Effective SolutionsImplemented More Widely? - Housing for Health”Paul Pholeros
Community Control and Primary Health Care for Indigenous HealthPuggy Hunter
A Rural Model of Health Education: The Tiered Approach(The Jean Hailes Foundation)Sara Knight
After Hours Medical Care and the Personal Safety Needsof Rural General PractitionersHelen Tolhurst, Louise Baker, Pam Bell, Gillian Murray, Jane Talbot, Jane McMillan, Amber Sutton
“The Right Step Forward”: A Falls Prevention ProjectMandy Sidwell, Danny Haydon
“Strong Community Arms”: Developing a Child Health Specialist Service; Principles Successes and Problems over Five YearsNigel Stewart
Obstetric and Child Health Outcomes on the Anangu Pijantjatjara Lands,1984-1996: A Preliminary AnalysisDick Sloman, Julia Shelley, Lyn Watson, Judith Lumley
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Health Promotion in a New Zealand Setting: Workingwith Families with Children 0-5 YearsTrinie Moore, Angela Baldwin, Janet Gafford
Quantifying Access to Health FacilitiesErrol Bamford, Lyle Dunne
Mapping the Differences: An Examination of Hospitalisationof Remote, Rural and Metropolitan AustraliansGeorge Preston
Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) To Establish AccessTo Aged Care Residential Services in Non-Metropolitan AustraliaGraeme Hugo, Rachel Aylward
Improving Access for Indigenous Australians to Medicareand the Pharmaceutical Benefits SchemeGeoff Gillett
Issues in Rural Nursing: A Victorian PerspectiveAngela Bradley, Ralph McLean
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Indigenous Health Managers: Managing at the InterfaceSally Matthews, John Wakerman, Peter Hill
A Partnership Approach to Gender and Health:Building Strategic Alliances for Sustainable ChangeChris Caleidin, Michael Bentley
Bridge to Home: A Vasse Leeuwin Health Service Initiativein Conjunction with the Silver Chain Nursing Association of WAJim Lee, Wendy McDonald
The North West Plan: A Geographical Planning Approachfor Health Gain for Rural and Remote CommunitiesKim Snowball, Rose Murray, M Seel
Co-ordination and its Ability to Achieve ChangeChristine Simpson, Lee-anne Daley
Telehealth in Australia: Equitable Health Carefor Older People in Rural and Remote AreasGlenda Banks, John Togno
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Strengthening Connections in the Bush: On-line Communicationand Collaboration in Allied HealthJulie Watson, G Bannan, Steve Clark, L Timmermann
The NSW Health Clinical Information Access Project (CIAP) Web Site:Leaping the Boundary Fence via the InternetMichelle Wensley
Partnerships in Best Practice - The Development of the TasmanianMedical Emergency Services Plan for Rural and Remote AreasLorraine Green and Grant Lennox
Using Multimedia Technology to Overcome the Tyranny of Distancein Delivering Education and Training in Oral HealthSteve Shackcloth
Collaborating with Government to Achieve Health Gain in Rural Australia Richard Eccles
Information Technology and PartnershipsAlison Miles
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The Development of Rural Selective Placements for MedicalUndergraduates in Aboriginal Health: Linking Medical Studentswith Trainee Aboriginal Health WorkersHelen Tolhurst, Louise Lawler, Gail Harvey
Overcoming the 3Ms! Marks! Money! Motivation!: How can more Secondary Students from Rural and Remote Areas be Encouraged to Choose a Career in Rural and Remote Health Care?Sandra Heaney
A Strategic Approach to Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) Developmentfor Rural and Remote Communities in Western AustraliaKathryn Fitzgerald, Terry Medley
Using Evidence Based Needs Assessment to Lead Changein a Small Rural CommunityFrank Evans, Mary Hoodless
Road Trauma Reduction and Injury PreventionParticipation in Rural CommunitiesDavid Sare, Deb Kirby
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Pitfalls and Possibilities: Public Health Training for RemoteCommunity Health Staff Robyn Williams
Understanding the Factors that Impact on Participationin Physical Activity by Rural Aboriginal AdultsShanthi Ramanathan
Christmas IslandAngus Turner
Successful Governance in Rural and Remote Communitieswith Board Education for Community Based BoardsErrol Bamford, Lyle Dunne
Getting Better Information from Country Consumersfor Better Rural Health Service ResponsesTony Woollacott, Anne Taylor, Kay Anastassiadis, Di Hetzel, Eleonora Dal Grande
Building Health Service Capacity for Immigrants in the Country:The Problem of Critical Mass and Specialised ResourcingJeff Fuller
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Staying Young at Heart: Rural and Metropolitan ServicesWorking Together for Health PromotionBelinda Polden, Peter Hill, Josephine Magery
A Collaborative Approach to Healthy Ageing in Rural CommunitiesMargaret Steinberg, Anna Nichols
Partnerships for Women’s Health in Rural VictoriaJan Osmotherly
Improving the Access of Health Servicesto the Local Aboriginal CommunityBrenda Carter, Lee Martinez
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Comparison and Contrast of Two Programs which Aim to IncreaseCommunity Capacity and Facilitate Sustainable and ResponsiveHealth Systems in QueenslandJohn Scott, Sue Smyllie, Brenda Campbell, Robert Bush
Beyond Rural Health and Well-Being: An Appraisal ofthe Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale - Fifth EditionErrol Bamford, Lyle Dunne
Developing Social Capital: Community Participation in Rural Health ServicesRoger Strasser, Paul Worley, Richard Hays, John Togno
Involving Rural and Remote Communities in the Education of Health StudentsDennis R Pashen, Elizabeth Chalmers
1998 Flinders University Nursing StudentsRemote/Aboriginal Nursing Placement in Central AustraliaDidy Button, Kerry Taylor, Kate Wagner
A Life, Not a WifeJo Wainer, Lexia Bryant, Roger Strasser, Dean Carson, Kelly Stringer
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MAN Model: Pathway to Men’s HealthBernard Denner, Michelle Gibson
A Study of Knowledge and Behaviour in Young Men in Rural NSWRegarding Testicular Cancer and Testicular Self-ExaminationKaren Francis, Frances White, Glenn Ross, Lindsay Smith
Staying in or Leaving Rural Practice: 1996 Outcomesof Rural Doctors’ 1986 IntentionsMax Kamien
Taking the Leap: An Exchange Program for Ruraland Metropolitan Perioperative NursesJennifer Rabach
Might and PowerIan Campbell
“Planning with Rural Communities for Muscolo-skeletal Health”;Arthritis Victoria Rural Access ProjectDaniel Coase, Marion Sharkey
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Innovations in Mental Health Service Delivery for Rural CommunitiesKarin Myhill
The Role of Volunteerism in MaintainingEmergency Services in Small Rural CommunitiesMardie Townsend, Mary Mahoney, Erica Hallebone
Rural DevelopmentM Hope Sharp
Towards Integrated Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote AustraliaDavid A Perkins
Navigating Mental Health Services in the Island StateChristopher Moorhouse, Gerald Farrell
How Two Small Hospitals Work Together to Overcomethe Challenges of Limited ResourcesSue Bucher
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The Development of a Sustainable Health Servicein a Small Rural Community: Every Cloud has a Silver LiningPeter Lorraine
The Real Cost of Accessing Specialist Medical Servicesfor Rural and Remote Communities in Western AustraliaSarah Rankin, Anthony House, Dugal Heath, Jeffery Hamdorf, James Aitken, Jill House
A Local Initiative for Diabetic Lower Limbs:Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention (LEAP)Lesley Saunders
Development of a Primary Care Model for CardiacRehabilitation and Secondary PreventionKristine Battye, Colleen Bichel, Kerry Kelly
Asthma Morbidity in Young People Living in Rural NSW: Time for ActionS Shah, H Wang, E Mazurski, G Cantwell, P Gibson
Overcoming Geographic Barriers through ContemporaryEducation of Allied Oral Health ProfessionalsValerie King, Leonie Short
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Establishing University Departments of Rural HealthElizabeth Chalmers, Dennis Pashen, David Lyle
Community Transport in Rural Queensland: UsingCommunity Resources Effectively in Small Communitiesto Improve Transport Options for Health and Other NeedsHeather Douglas
“Being Old is Better than the Alternative”: The Older Persons’Health Needs Study - East Coast, TasmaniaLorraine Green, Sue Whetton
Hepburn Integrated Aged Care ProjectGlen Rowbotham, Pam Baxter
Walhallow: Community in PlaceAnnette Taylor
The Narungga Health StoryJenny Fleming, Rose O’Connell
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Addressing Rural Population Health Needs in a Teaching Program:Evidence as a Base for LearningJudi Walker
Quality Medication Use in Aboriginal CommunitiesLance Emerson, Kathy Bell, Roland Manning
Non-Government Organisations and a Collaborative Modelfor Rural, Remote and Indigenous HealthPat Field
Working Against Youth Suicide (W.A.Y.S.): An Exampleof Intersectoral and Community Collaboration in Youth Suicide PreventionJan Reynolds, Maria Conroy
Bringing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Servicesto Rural and Remote CommunitiesPhilip Robinson, Bernie, Koszegi, Chris Seiboth
“Successful Domestic Violence Prevention in Rural Communities”Colleen McMahon, Nick Weetman, Rita Blieschke, Debbie Devlin
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The Role of Families in Promoting Rural Health:A Case Study of Contrasting Rural CommunitiesG Verrinder, J Humphreys, H Keleher
At the Coalface: Mentoring the Health Promotion RoleRobin Watts, Barbara Hughes, Kathy Mackay, Ann Bartlett
Community Consultation the Easy Way!Peter Craighead, Greg Allen, Ralph Maclean
Adding Insult to Injury? Cumulative Impacts of Recent Policy Changeson Perceptions of Health and Well-Being within One Small VictorianRural CommunityDr Mardie Townsend, Mary Mahoney, Pat Nesbitt, Assoc Prof Erica Hallebone
Aboriginal Youth Development: A Community Based Program in Far West NSWPeter Kenny
The Diabetic Foot in Rural and Remote AreasMeagan Morrison
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Results of the 1995 National Nutrition Survey:What did We learn about Rural Australia?Kathleen Graham, Michelle Fraser, Susan Jeffreson, Fidelma Rogers
SECTION 5 - ANCILLARY INFORMATION
Author Profiles, List of Participants, Author index, and other related NRHA information
